The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
DEAD STRANGER MAS
RESIDENT OF GEORGIA
Letter From Florida Friend Estab'
fishes HIS Identity As T. Warren
Dining.
AT WORK ON THE RAILROAD
Big Force of Men Pushing Construc-
ton OF Petersburg and Appomattox
Railway Company's Line 70 CITY
Point.

ton OF Petersburg and AppOmatoox
| Railway Company's Line 70 CITY
| Point.
! petersburg, Va. Sept. ia letter
was received here today by Messrs. j.
T.. Morriss & Son, local undertakers,
who have had the care of the body Of
the white stranger who was killed here
on the night OF August 81 by being
run over by an automobile at Sec
ond and Bollingbrook Streets, which
practically establishes the unfortunate
mans identity.
The letter is from William p. Bost-
WICK, K. F. ID. No. /. Tampa. Fla. and
states, In part, that the mans name
! Is I. Warren Dining, and that his
home was near Atlanta, Ga. The let
ter states further that Dinning at
one time was employed by Mr.. Bost-
WICK as carpenter and that he was
a thoroughly reliable ana honorable
man. He Is survived, according to
iMr. Bostwick's statement. besides his
mother, by two daughters, one or two
brothers and one sister, Miss Lula
Dinning.
| MIR. Bostwick Is a contractor and
states in his letter that Mr.. Dining
left Tampa the latter part Of July.
stating that he was going to his home
on visit and would then come here
and look into conditions in this Sec
tion, Hopewell especially. and advise
him (Mr Bostwick) by letter whether
to come up here in search OF. work.
Mr. Bostwick states that he had been
much surprised at not having heard
from Mr.. Dining because OF his re-
liability and was panied to hear OF
his death.
Others Are Identified.
| The identity Of two other bodies.
which have Been held in the under
taking establishment Of j. T. Morriss
d Son for several weeks, has been
established, the two being negroes who
/, were shot to death early on the morn
ing OF August % while attempting to
hold up and rob another negro, who
was discharged by a coroner's fury.
one of the negroes was found to be
Lewis Terrell. Of Raleigh, n c., and
his body was claimed and buried by
mis- aunt, Clara Steward, who lives In
New York city. The other body was
that OF Thomas Green, OF Portsmouth
and was not claimed by relatives, but
was buried today by the authorities
or Prince George County
Messrs. ]. T. Morriss & Son have
had numerous bodies in their moreue
recently OF strangers, but through
II ust!FiHs efforts ana dfftgence
only one OF the large number has bean
buried without being identified, that
being foreigner who committed
suicide by jumping into Swift Creek
and drowning some weeks ago.
Lay Cornerstone OF Elks' Home.
petersburg Lodge. No. 237, b. p, O.
f.. at q recent meeting decided to send
representatives to participate In the
laying of the cornerstone OF the new
National Elks' Home at Bedford City
on Saturday, September rs.
ID. Hamilton Wilcox, exalted ruler:
w. w. TONNES. esteemed leading
knight. were named as delegates. and
E. P. GOODWIN and Robert NJ. cnth.
I bert as alternates w. w. Baugh.
president, and w. Clifford Godsey.
j secretary, will attend as representa-
tives of the State association
| AT the same meeting several candi-
dates were initiated and several new
applications were received. after which
q Past District Deputy Myer saal in
stalled the following officers:
Leading knight. w. w. Townes;
loyal knight, Robert l. Kidd: IecturinR
knight, Robert M. Cuthbert. e. r.
following the installation exercises
The first regular meeting OF the
Mothers Club OF Robert p. Lee School
for the new session will be held in
tho auditorium Of the school at 4
O'clock tomorrow afternoon. Officers
of the club fir the 1915-'16 session are
as follows:
President, Mrs. e. r. Bowman;
vice-president. Mrs. r. n. Meacham:
secretary-treasurer. Mrs. G.. F. Seavers.
These officers, with the heads Of the
4
tive committee. Tomorrows meeting
will consist of many interesting fea-
lures. among which will be discus
sion of the present congested condi-
/ tions in the school.
Push Railroad Construction.
| The Vaughan Construction Com
pany, contractors for the construction
OF the electric railway being built
/ from Petersburg to City Point by the
4 Petersburg and Appomattox Railway
Company. 10 pushing the construction
| OF the road with all possible speed.
The company now has about one hum
dred and fifty men and eighty-five
mules engaged at work at various
] points on the line and expects to have
it completed, according to q state
ment made by the chief engineer, on
or before January l.
| Sitting in Prince George Court.
| Judge j. N. Mullen. OF the Hastings
Court of Petersburg, Is presiding in
/ the Circuit Court OF Sussex County
this week for Judge West, who is sit
!, ting In the Circuit Court OF Prince
4 George.
/ Struck by Stray Bullet.
/ Mr.. W. e. Gill, one OF the most
prominent citizens OF Chesterfield
County. who was painfully wounded
In the right leg by a stray ride ball
while driving through Ettrick. Is stiil
confined to his bed and is una BILE to
move the limb. The bullet struck Mr..