The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-25

be gosen from thc bottle and ~
DRUG RECENTLY Boucfrr
Inc bottle Is stamped WeiSlxcr
anderson, druggists. Manrhcs-
Ter, va: The label had been torn
on. Inc newness 81 the cork
seems 10 Indicate that the d,s,~
Whatever IL IL, was very recently
put into the bottle. 1'hs. bottle
seems 90 have been thrown away
by the man vino attempted "a hifis,
the body. ft was found about H.
teen yards from the cor =. The
cork. howe cr, was found at the
wOman's side. lying between the
lett arm ana the body.
Arthur Brown. son of Jefferson
Brown, on whose place the grew
some discovery was made. said
yesterday afternoon that ne beard
buggy or ight One-hOrse vehicle
drive rapidly by the lane shortly
after midnight OF July Sd. The
vehicle was huTI'ying towards
Rio hWOud, lac said. or towards the
CroSs-road which leads 40 the
Midlothian Turnpike.
Early the next nlDrlinz Rich
ard Brown. his bro,hcr-. walked
through thc W1oti~ WnCrS the
body was subsequently, fouat. He
walked within "a fc't yards oil the
spot. bat was not conscious of
any objectionable OG1T.
Jefferson Grown walked down
tie lane on tEc morning of July
'ih. B NoCk Of bu1laro- dipping
through uic unCCroru-n attracted
lis attention.
HIS GREW SOME FIND.
lie Found the body stretched on
IT. bacil in thc brush. The face
h"d been mutiIatcd by the vul-
lures 80 toat. lac could tell moth
in- oi thc looks or the, woman.
ia" 'ulzard~ had also Dcclscd
"ptn u'c cat On t2c wOman's arm
AMI $50" one cn hr~ ic@.
tic ot once called ono OF his
>'ii- "i1 -cut Tor Magistrate =.
.'. CONAN. WilC. oftcr an informal
"l"c~i, ordered thc body buried.
bt- 81. 10 FISHER. vino examined
~'ir OBJ tlc wOuiaus hair. said
'-dt 4c believed tuc victim was
.'ttu. others are still of the
opinion ti.a, -ily i~u- white.
4nc h'lr-~uCh of IL as re-
ih'ino above -rurnr tangled
'',i "..,..'.. $3.50 brood was found
.n BE-. t'c .yi- g. not NiuNy. nut
i-'@ i'tn uIicu .ut. al0 almost
any h'itt --''tru t..--, is-sir--.yilor,
500. % '.. ttt-l.... -r"fft- t0 hiuk
fe Woman throat mai been
C"t as % Nith "a razor. The cut
nc-ah near the iCit ear and ran
nearly tO the right ear. The iu-lI-
."r 'cnH and thc Windpine had
been severed.
ta"rc Wa9 a. little blood ON the
l@i"l~ OF the NOman's hands.
mere was no blood on the body.
inc nandaSc around the neck
was soaked with blood. Ia an
iEn'S Io nave been tied around
tu' wound 20 prevent bleeding
while the body was being carried
into the WOODS.
BSOO GIT FROM DISTANCE.
Livery one in Bon Air is full OF
tncorlc~. buI $50 one knows -s,Ore
ABOUT tire case than is here stated.
IL - agreed that the body must
nave been brought from some
Instance. tt seems probable
more probable than ANYTHING
clSc-that che woman was muir
dcrcd in Richmond or i'm Peters
burg.
The police have been investi-
eating the matter i'm Richmond
Tor two days. The Petersburg au-
moritics will probably be asked
today 10 take up the search in
their city.
What seems most likely IL that
The woman was murdered I'm a fur
ntshed room or i'm the woods he
t"CSh mere anu hon AIR. General
belief il that the murder was COM
mitted by a white man with n very
she may have taken the Iautauum
sharp knife rnzOr.
Ia IL possible that the woman
was cruGGed when she was killed.
or WAY have been forced 10 take IT,
Certain IL iS-abOVe all things
that she could not have taken the
tHudanunl, eat her own fhront.
undressed herself and disposed of
the clothes.
-he nand OF GypSIes which re-
Gently passed through Chesterfield
county Is still under suspicion, hut
without definite cnuse. SeycrnI
negroes living near Bon Air have
reported that very bright nlu-
lnttO woman peddIer was recently
seen near BON Air. She IL said 10
have had long hair-dOVvn over
her ShOulderS-like the hair of the.
murdered woman.
4 woman who makes her living
az peddier would hardly have
hands and feet careGuIIy kent like
nor IL IL likely shat a woman lFz-
fn= In "a GypScN camp would keen
her nails mnniCurCd and polished.
Although the pieces of ribbon.
scissors, etc. were left by the nrsr-
dcrer. hc seems 10 have executed
his crime and concealed his trstV -
with hendiSh Intelligence. The
county uthOritirS have strong
hOpcS. OhNNeNer. they say. OF nick
Ing up the trail within the next
few days. and once they have found
the scent it will be pursued reIent-
lessly.