The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
LADY HAS
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
81ven Poison BY Mistake, But PiySs-
c3ans Think She VIII suffer No
III Effect
EDWARD NJ. JONES DIES,
Unknown Petersburg Merchant
Passrs Away During Sight-HofSe-
wei Employe Held Up by Highway
meTa

with her parents at Us =. Yes, Street
had a narrow escape from tea;h fh-s
afternoon when she accidentally swal-
lowed a quantity Of a"se- Ty4aGnes.a
eiren her by her mother through ms
eA1es- Tia youuK lady ran excited " 70
= nearly drug store s-a WIS given
lirM aid. She vas -3lea hurried on
70 the Fesecs5urg Hospital. where. by
khe use O. q stomach p2r057, sha +71s
relieved OF the poison a-nf later re-
turned 70 her home "a very 1er-
vous state from exctt@.--snt, though
the Hospital physician stated tina: size
would suffer NJ a., effect from the
drug.
Mr.. Edward VI, Jones Dies,
Mr. Edward ii. Jones. g. we.!-kno9a
and prosperous High street merchant
and a resident Of tEe West End. died
very suddenly a. MS residence, ll04
Il W. Washfngror Street. some lime dur
anI last night q heart failure. Mr..
Jones was about Nfty-etEht Years Of
ago and retired last evening. after Q
o'clock IN his us4ai healrh. TWO Of
his younger children occupied the
room with h1rn last night ana wher
another member 90 The family went
20 awaken the children shorty after
z O'Clock this morning = was learned
that Mr.. Jones was cod IN death. lie
Was preceded IN death M his VIE,
Mrs Rosa {. Jones, ~ December iasr,
and is survived by one daughter and
six eons-Mrs. 5. J Esres ana Nessra
I William E. I-.nwood II Austin J..
Leslie NJ. Edga~ s. ard Albert II
Jones. all OF Petersburg, also by one
sister and orc 0ther--N~a. E.t2a-
beth Srl4thsnu. of Petersburg. and Mr.
u. Fillmore Jone8. - South Rich
raond. The funeral wlN be conducted
! from tn residence at 80 O'Clock
ThIreday afternoon and .nterrnent
will be made In PiarSfo~d Cernp-a---.
Funeral Of Mrs. Robertson.
The funeral II Mrs T0ctfe VI
Robertson. an account OF whose 4aur-
der has heea related III The Virgin lar.
was conducted st the grave IN Bland
ford Cemetery AZ O'Clock TINS morn
ing, Rev. F ". Moore, Of the Second
Baptist Church, ofticlated. ass ated ry
Rev. l. NJ. Roper, % the First Baptist
Church The case against James r.
Noel, the murderer. was called In
5 Police Court this morning. bat hia ey-
animation was continued to gave ht.fi
time TO secure counsel The prisoner
shows the ter-4h," strain ~ 1alnd
under which Re IS labor1ng, though
ne Is apparently trying va!uIy 70 con
cca1 hts torture Of mind for the
dastardly crime which he committed
upon woman vtrze cfrarat-+ err. ar
cordlng to all reports. was above re-
proach.
7 Former pctersburger Arrested.
Cornelius DsttTneT, "a, former T'e,t.4vss-
burger was arrested by the Paterson.
n. j.. police YESTERDAY uftern oan
while he was attempting In pawn n
fonr-larat diamond ring. which the
pawn broker suspected HIM Of Rteat-
ing and which II has haen excar4afrset
Has a s4fe ~ n TIL 7-Fsrf ry777-
the room Of Mr.. aol Sachs Of fhLs
CITY. several months ago Mr. Sachs
and 41Htfner weTe rooTners In The same
mouse on West Tahh Street Seven
months n go the ring disapreard and
Irttfrler remained here without being
I suspected. He attempted Yesterday
30 pawn Jewel and was iaurleti;af--
" taken sn charge, A description Of
the ring was sent % Paterson nv Chtrs
sAagiand tailed with eh@ ring zyhte.s
QlttnaT was attempting TO DISPOSE Of
&c he viii he brought back here for
U1aA AZ soon as the proper reerllr++-or
pMpers can ne nec1lred.
s4 May Term Higgins Thursday
Ihs May term Of the Ifustirrs
N0nrt with e number Of ireror,ot,,
casss on the docket begins ~ 10 o'clarf-
Thursday morning. The following t,v
ors have heen summoned 80 serve etr-
ting the term:
Grand jury-r1atcher Fl Seward. Gro.
yer c Wright Alfred Friend. vvavor1,,
Wiikirx, r. Hamilton seahury. J Nsce
buchanan. Tshau r. Dyer, John "
Sutherland and Samuel r Rfdenyt
Nsntre Fac'aE- Rov a. Gou6v. I'd
ware l. Alee. = Harry Tow.N. Fr.H
H. Cole, clifton II Nic5fauaway. p.
STANLEY Beckwith. Lafayette ". shei-
~. u Morgan knight. Samuel Bur
we'll. william G, Martin. }. z. Plan-
kenshsp Thomas 81 Andrews p.y-
mond Atkohnl e. Roper Leath. flames
H. AcBro"yu. E~rnstt q. Atkins. Ar
thur n NTof'. W!'Ism H. wiHcls, Ar
chle Is, WILLIAM. william II l.uusr1r4
Pettt turg- -JoEe7r W ro!an. Ira Va
Kaney Bent q Hosenstock. Charles
~ Bowie, Samuel r. Ezzen, Edward
". Allen Joseph W. ertsh. Ordw-ay Y.
Gates, Richard Epp~s
Going 10 LynchhurE.
Among the Petershurgers who Will
attend tho meeting Of Tho GRAND Lodge
/ Q, r. II II Virginia, which con
venes AT LyachburE tomorrow, will be
Attorney Richard r. Wilson. OF mis-
citys Hon Emmett L. Mann and MY
J. benjamin Moore. OF Metoaca, the
latter, the Grand Prophet Of virginia.
lsft here todsy % attend the meet
ing.
Held Cp By Negro
Richard Ia Palmer. an em pFoys Of
the DUPONT plant 1T HoYewtI. was
held up by two negro ht1hwavrner
about s:6e o'riocE fnts morning ne1r
Poe. Prince George County ana at
the point az pistol vas robbed Of
+ suit OF clothes which he was carry
ing In suitcase and S15 I'm money.
The negroes fed after ro5bfng Mr. De
Palmer. Ths vtctir IiurerrH I'm the
ri ~ 80 SvH