The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-27
JUDGE WALTER WATSON DECLINES
TO ALLOW PETITION FOR
SEPARATION.
STEAMER GROUNDED
TICKETS ROBBED FROM SOUTH
SIDE FAiR-BAHTENDE AR
RESTED Fon TAKING
LIQUOR,


Judge Walter A. Watson. of the Cir
cult Court, to-day announced his de-
cision in the divorce suits Of Madge
G. Kidd vs.. Louis l.. Kidd and Of
Louis l.. Kidd Va. Madge g. Kidd. de-
nying divorce and refusing siiinony,
and assessing costs against both par
ties to the suits The case had
been pending In the court for sew
eral months and argument was heard
yesterday. Desertion YVES alleged III
each OF the complaints. Hill Montague
aud Brockenbrough Lamb, OF Rich
mond represented Mrs. Kidd and Rob-
ert Gillian, of this city, and }. ;. Bo-
harmon, Of Surry county Mr.. Kidd.
Because the jury believed tho de-
PENDANT did not know the peanuts
he had purchased from j. l.. Miller.
coloIed, were stolen and because OF
his previous excellent reputation. f.
I'll. Boisseau. charged with being ac-
cessory to the theft of ten bags -
peanuts stolen from the Columbia
Peanut Company. was acquitted In the
Hastings Court to-day. The theft of
tie f,s-asttit5 occurred 1atftiHFS- 30 aa-t,
and j. l.. Miller, the coiored man,
charged with stealing them was con-
ytcted and sentenced at IL recent term
or the court to eighteen months In
the penitentiary. which sentence was
later committed to twelve months in
the city Jail.
In the case OF Harry Valentine. col
ored. charged with feloniousiy shoot
ing Joe Ellis another colored man.
the jury returned IL verdict of not
guilty.
The case OF Wesley Burnett. the
young white man. charged with shoot
IMP at III young negro, was postponed.
Burnett having tailed to appear. 1t
was announced he had jumped his bail
bond of $3.50 given for his appearance.
Robbed Southside Fair.
1t was learned to-day that the Of
fee of the fair management under
the grandstand at the Southside Fair
grounds was robbed sometime during
the progress of the fair, number of
tickets being taken. How much the
fair association lost is not known at
this time. The tickets We're sold by
the robbers, 1t was learned and it is
believed the men operating We're
strangers and have left the city.
The theft was discovered when the
work oil checking up on tickets was
begun. when 1t was found that a con-
siderable difference In the number of
tickets sold by the fair, and that taken
ia at the gates. The fair directors
kept the robbery quiet until to-day,
when the news leaked out.
License 10 Marry.
License was issued to-day ut the
office of the clerk OF the Hastings
Court for the marriage OF Miss Alice
Grace Wilkinson, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Benjamin Wilkinson, to Reginald
Woodville Best. well known young
man of this city, who is in the EN-
ploy of the A. Wright Shoe Company.
Following the marriage Mr.. Best and
his bride will so North to spend their
honeymoon
Mrs. Adelule Marlborough.
Mrs. Adellne Marlborough, wife of
j. Il. Marlborough, died last night at
her home at Matoaca. aged fifty seven
years. Mrs. Marlborough had been in
Ill health Tor several months. She
is survived by her husband and by
two daughters and three sons. They
are. Misses Annie and Mamie Var
borough and Wallace aud Ballard
Marlborough. of Aiatoaca, and Walter
Y Marlborough, of Ne~ smyrna, i la.
Two sisters and two brothers also
survive. They are: j. A. Burnette, of
Petersburg, nnd James Brunette. OF
Franklin. Va: Mrs. Ruth Boothe, Of
North Carolina, and Mrs. s. W. Jones,
OF Petersburg. The body Was taken
tonight to I~ouisburg. y. G., a former
home. for interrnent. Funeral Will
be had Louisburg tomorrow.
Captured Ground Hog.
William Jones, an employe of w.
II. Harrison a. Company, while taking
down the exhibit OF that company at
the Fair Grounds this morning, cap
tured a ground hog, which ran across
the door of the big exhibit building.
Tho animal is now exhibited in the
of ell
West Washington street.
Arrest Bartcnders-
a. &. kossler and A. Smith. bar
tenders employed by w. Il. Rahily,
lof the Commercial Cafe, during the
fair, we're arrested In Richmond to-
day for the Petersburg police on a
charge OF having stolen and carried
away travelling bag full OF wines
and liquors from the Commercial. De-
tective Heelan went to Richmond this
afternoon. got the prisoners and
brought them to Petersburg. They
will probably he arraigned In Police
Court In the morning. 1t is alleged
they entered tine cafe through H. tran
som from the entrance leading to
rooms above the saloon, in which
they slept.
Steamer Aground.
The steamer Pocahontas and two
minion steamer Berkeley, which ran
aground early this morning near City
Point. while on her run from Nor
folk to Richmond. The tugs and the
Pocahontas will try to get the boat
off tonight.
I The passengers We're brought to
I Petersburg this morning and, after
having breakfast here, were sent to
/ Richmond on the Cannon Ball train
| Literary Debaters.
! AT the meeting this afternoon of
the Literary Society of the Peters
burg Military Academy the negative
side of the question. Resolved, That
education should be compulsory" in
debate, was awarded the decision by
the judges. The negative was argued
by Cadets Clarence and Saunders, and
( the affirmative was by Cadets Luns-
ford and Parsons.
| A. y. Hi,i Camp OF Confederate
Veterans has appointed as a COM
mittee 10 solicit subscriptions for the
/ fund to entertain the visiting Union
veterans from Massachusetts next
month. the following: George CAM
eron. Jr., chait1nan; r. r. Matteson,
W. r.. Poole, II. $. Seward, r. r.
Heath. Walter y. Jones and Edward
Eigenbr,n.
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