The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-31
BUSINESS MAN
KILLS HIMSELF
FRANK $. BLAKE SHOOTS BULLET
INTO BRAIN IN PETERS
BURG HOME.
WILL ENTERTAIN FOSS
ALECK w. BRYANT BUYs OUT EN-
PLoYER nut WILL SELL NO LIZ
QUOR-POLICE COURT
busy.
WILL ENTERTAIN FOSs

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PETERSBURG, VA, Oct. 3o.-Dis-
pondency, brought about by Ill health
and financial troubles, is assigned as
the cause of the suicide shortly after
noon to-day Of Frank s. Blake. who
shot himself through the head with
pistol at his home. No. South
street.
Mr.. Blake was forty-nine years OF
age, today being his birthday, and
for the last twenty years had been
employed as clothing salesman in
the establishments OF Sol. Cooper.
Gill & Hoy and Figenbrun Brothers
Recently he for a time was unemploy-
ed and suffered with fever. Upon
his recovery he resumed his work at
the Eigenbrun store. His suicide Is
the cause Of considerable surprise and
is a shock to both his family and
friends. of whom there were many.
The suicide occurred In the room
Of Mr., Blake at his home on South
street. There was no one with him.
The first intimation of trouble came
to the members of the family in the
house when the sound OF the pistol
shot was heard. He was found
stretched at length. dead, the pistol
beside him.
Mr.. Blake is survived by his wife,
by one son, Horace, aged about TWEEN
ty-one years, who is employed at the
Central State hospital, and by three
daughters, Misses Maggie, Catherine
and Octavia Blake, whose ages range
from ten to sixteen years. Mr.. Blake
was a member of the Odd Fellows and
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lar. Arrangements for the funeral
have not been made
VIII Entertain Foss.
Mayor George Cameron, of Peters
burg. during the stay of the Massa
chusetts veterans on their visit here
next month for the unwilling Of the
Massachusetts, monument near the
Crater, win entertain Governor F0ss
and his stan and others of the party
at a buffet luncheon. Mayor Cameron
has written Commander James An
derson, Of wilcox post. G. A. r., of
Springfield. Mass. extending the In
vitation through him and asking him
to designate the hour and day most
acceptable to the visitors for the en-
tertainment. Much interest IN the
coming visit Of the Northern Veterans
Is being shown hero and the commit
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soliciting FUNDS for tho entertainment
Of the visitors II meeting with sue
cess.
VIII Cut Out Whiskcy.
Aleck w. Bryant, who for fourteen
years has been connected with Alex
ander Wilson, the oldest grocer In Pc
tersburg, in the conduct OF the bust
ness, this afternoon purchased the
store ana business from Mr.. Wilson.
who has retired on account OF age.
Mr.. Wilson left active connection with
the store several weeks ago and since
that time the store has been under
the MANAGEMENT of Mr.. Bryant. The
new management announced that It
Will cut out the bar business done at
the store.
Sold Two Houses.
At public auction this afternoon T
Panill Sons sold for tho owner two
houses on Highland Terrace. at which
the prices brought were fair. Both
were sold to Frank Wood. One, a sin
gle house containing Ave rooms and
on Z lot 140x120. sold for $3.50, and
the other double house containing
six rooms, on a lot having lao feet
frontage. brought $3.50.
Police Court Busy.
This morning was the busiest In
weeks for Justice Plummer in Police
Court nearly thirty defendants being
arraigned. Perhaps the most impor-
tant was that in hich Arthur Thomas.
colored. was charged with cutting Max
Tabin, a merchant whose store Ia at
the corner OF Gill and Federal street.
Thomas Is charged by Tabtn with
coming into the store about 10 o'clock
Saturday night and using profane and
abusive language. When Tabin start
ed to eject the negro. he says. Thomas
turned upon him with a knife. Tho
case was continued to Thursday.
John Lewis. cclored, charged with
entering and robbirE the residences IT
". B. Harrison on Brown street, the
store Of ". o. Newsome on Byrne
sire Ell, and the Petersburg Wood Sup
ply Company on Market street WIS
held for further hearing following po-
nee investigation. Some Of the ar
,icles alleged to have been stolen were
foun6 In the neg.os possession.
George johnson. colored, was SEN
fenced to four months in jail for the
theft OF jewelry ard other articles from
tho Petersburg hospital, at VIII h he
had been employed FOR some time.
The most interesting drunk on the
docket was Emna Jones, colored. who
was found in such condition that the
only way to get her to police head
quarters was to take her there in a
push cart. She was fined s..
Temperance League Meets
A special meeting of the womer's
Temperance League OF America will
BE- hello "wednesday afternoon at a
O'clock at the residence of Mrs. l.. f.
McMinn, at 355 West Washington
street. The meeting 10 called by Miss
Pearl Young, Its president who wishes
for large attendance because import
ant business Use to be transacted.
Fuperal Of Mrs. Hamlstts.
Tho funeral Of Mrs. T. A. Howlette,
who died Friday night at her home
in Chesterfield county, about ten miles
from Petersburg, was conducted this
afternoon at o'clock from the late
home. Interment was in the family
burying ground in Chesterfield county.
Mrs. Howie:te was sixty years Of age
and is survived by her husband.
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