Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-15
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lion, D. A. Brock, of Lacey Spring,
was suddenly attacked by the horse,
which weighs 1900 pounds The
animal bit at Mr.. Brock. missing his
leg. but cutting his saddle into pieces
As the man brought the whip down
upon the beast It made another at
tack. this time its teeth going
through his trousers leg and missing
his flesh by fraction of an inch.
Unable to eycape. Mr. Brock jumped
from the saddle and grabbed the
stallion by the bride Just as the
animal Joined In combat Holding
the bride with death grip the man
was hurled into the air and then
slammed to the ground as the animal
raved ana xnorted. Walter and Frank
Rhodes happened to be passing and
managed to beat of the infuriated
animal, thus saving the life of Mr.
Brock. After subduing the mad
horse Mr. Brock remounted and com
tinued to the pasture Later he found
knife In his pocket and had bitten
q ive-cent piece in half.
| Petersburg The bulkiest indict-
ment ever given to a Virginia grand
| jury was handed to a special jury in
the Corporation Court here by Com
monwealth Attorney R. H. Mann. 1t
covers 264 closely typewriter pages
and embraces 20 counts, covering "a
charges of embezzlement Of funds of
| the Old Appomattox Trust Company
against Charles Hall Davis. former
| president, and Carter III. Bishop,
former cashier of the company. It
Is designed to supercede indictments
returned by two previous grand jul
ries. Upon motion of the common
wealth the grand jury was dis
charged, 1t being found out that one
of it's members had been q stock
holder in the Appomattox Trust
Company, and the cases continued
until the next term
| Norfolk .-Confiieting stories were
told by Mrs. Minnie Lee Murdoch and
Charles Merkle, held here in connec-
ton with the killing of Harry Hard
ing, sailor, whose body was found
buried in an onion patch in the rear
of the woman's house. Mrs. Muir
dock, according to the police, made
a full confession, saying she was
awakened on the night of May 80
by the dying groans of Harding, who
had been asleep by her side, and that
Merkle then told her he had killed
the man with an axe. Merkle denies
having made any such confession to
the woman, and insists that he knew
nothing Of the tragedy until the body
was found in the house.
Roanoke Edward S.. Hines,
practicing attorney, was lodged in q
police station after he had stabbed
his wife with butcher knife. 1t is
| said that when he returned to his
home he found his wife in an intoxi-
Gated condition and became greatly
angered, picked up the knife and
stabbed her twice. Mrs Kines was
taken to police headquarters, where
she was attended by the city physi-
clan, who says her wounds are not
serious. Hines came here fro M Bal
timore several years ago and was sue
cessful In the practice of his profess
sion His wife before her marriage
was Miss Legonia Edwards, of Balti-
more.
| Norfolk.-That distance is no bar
rier to love and matrimony was
/ shown again when Miss Ethel-Broedy,
of Alton, H., after travelling 1000
miles to Norfolk, became the bride
Of William Schnurr, master-at-arms
on board the United States receiving
ship Franklin. They had been sweet
hearts for several years. but distance
| kept Schnurr from carrying out his
wished for marriage. A few days ago
Miss Broedy telegraphed her sailor
lover that she would marry him here.
! fredericksburg committee
of the Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian Church appointed at a
| recent meeting of that body at Louis
| vile, KY, at a meeting here appoint
led Prof. s. w. somerville, of this
| city, president of the Fredericksburg
1 College for the ensuing year, and
named Dr.. N. Barney and Rev. J .
! H. Henderlite, also of this city, mem
| bers Of the faculty The remainder
Of the faculty will be appointed in
| a short time.
~f1OuSlOu.--Olu OOIuluIOns camp NO.
112, Woodmen of the Wor1d,zof
Houston, celebrated the twenty-first
| anniversary Of Woodcraft The
meeting was addressed by Rev. r.
e. L. Aylor. pastor of the Baptist
| Church; Rev. s. L. Dumvill, S, L..
Gilliland and R. H. Beasely.
Fredericksburg Roosevelt Page,
| present member of the House OF Dele
gates from Hanover county, is a can
didate for the Democratic nomination
| for reelection. He is opposed by w.
b. Walton, of Ashland, publisher OF
the Hanover Herald.
Norfolk. final action by Alfred
| Sweeney, Of Brooklyn. N Y, for the
recovery of alleged losses by reason
| of failure to secure delivery of the
| old Bay Shore Railway receivership
| properties here, which subsequently
passed into the hands of E. B. Smith
& Co.. of Philadelphia, was ended in
the Supreme Court of Virginia, at
| Wytheyille, when that court affirmed
q verdict of the lower court here dis
| missing Sweeney's action, involving
| 500, 900. The suit here followed
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