The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-24
WILL Be TRIED FOR
ALLEGED ASSAULT
Four White Men Under $3.50
Bonds for Their
Appearance.
Appearance.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]


| Danville. Va. February 23-Consid-
cradle interest is being displayed in
| this city and in the surrounding dis
| trict regarding tho coming trial Of
four young men of the Rumn ncighbor-
hood at Wentworth. n. c.. In the Su-
perior Court for an alleged assault
with deadly Intent" upon a man whose
name is unknown. The feature of the
| case lies In the fact that the man, who
is said to have been seriously injured
| at the hands of the four men. either
! cannot or is unwilling to BIO brought
| forward.
| The men. who wore indicted by a
special grand jury last November. are
DIR. r. G. Wharton, o. l.. Fitzgerald. a
rural mail carrier; G. w Collie and
William Wright, the latter two are
said to be farmers, and are under $3.50
bonds for their appearance before the
| Superior Court which convenes In
| Wentworth this week.
Little is known of tho facts sur
rounding the case, but ruinor and the
prevailing undcrcurent OF opinion
have 1t that the trial will be sensa-
tional In every way. and while the al
legged victim may not be present at
the trial. IL is said there are numer-
the prosecution.
1t fs understood here that the young
| man was set upon by the four indict-
cd men and was inhumanly treated to
such an extent that 1t was found neces-
sary to transport him TO Richmond
where. In hospital. an operation had
TO be performed. Repeated efforts to
i m xlo sfr.sA
tho alleged offense have failed here.
Tor nobody in the locality where the
affair occurred. near Ruffin, ia willing
TO discuss It.
Both sides Of the prohibition question
are working diligently but quietly in
the city now III view of the oncomine
election. which will be called by Judge
featross probably at any carly date.
Already sufficient names have been
procured by the dry" faction TO war
rant an election being called. but as
yet the petitions have not been present
ed to the judge.
william Wilson and william Paylor.
VINO are said 10 have missed the boat
stcaming from Bucnos Aires on Janu-
AIRY "a are now expected to reach here
March :. for on the dag preceding the
steamship Fcstris will probably reach
ne" York. sailing from the Argentine
capital 1t is thought that the failure
OF the two men 10 reach the boat before
II sailed is due to some rcd tame" or
iornlality which had to be gone throur h
with at the last moment.
One of the most enjoyable entertain
rnents given here i'll long time was
the Japanese operetta, princess Chrys-
anthemum," presented by the members
of the vocal class Of the Roanoke In
stitutc. The beautiful auditorium was
packed to its capacity, the largest and
most representative audience ever
gathered at the institute
The principal characters I'm the piay
we're Miss Mary Garrett who repre-
sented the princess; George Geohacgan.
who personificd the Emperor What,
For Why; Ashby Raine. who acted the
part OF Saucer Eyes, the Wizard Cat:
Miss Florence Boatwright. the Fairy
Moonbeam. The two rival lovers.
Prince So-Truc and Prince So-SIi. were
impersonatcd by Tom Smith and Tom
BASS. The star of the play was Ton
Not, the court chamberlain. this role
being represented by Miss Edith Eitz-
patrick.
Both the solo and chorus work was
! OF high order. The credit for this
entertainment is to be given TO Miss
Harriet Marble, the vocal director of
the institute