The times dispatch. [volume], November 01, 1911, Image 10

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SIX GRADUATES
FROR ST. LUKE'S
Young Women End Their
Studies and Get Diplomas as
Trained Nurses.
Six handsome young women, with
the grill work all behind Hum and
bright promises ol success In stoio.
gruduates of iho training school ?>! St.
Luke's Hospital, hist night received
their diplomas In the meeting room
above Station A, of. tin Klchntond post
olllce, on Harrison Street.
The opening address was delivered
li> the Rev. Meade Clark, I). 1'.. and
the oath uf oflicc, a sort of sacrament
recognized In the profession, was ad?
ministered by Dr. Downdes Peple. As
he repeated the almost sacred words,
like those ?>f Hippocrates to the medi?
cal profession, tin- young nurses, who
ute uiiout to enter upon duties recog?
nised as eotCCrnug unbounded good
to human ?kind-, -repeated them in sol?
emn fashion after him. The Rev.. Jo?
seph N. Latham, pustor ol Centenary
Methodist Church, offered the conclud?
ing prayer ami called down the bane
di< lion "I Divine Providence upon the
young workers.
Flowers in abundance were present
ad to the graduates, and the whole af?
fair was curried off with beautiful ef?
fect; Tho ceremonies of graduation
were followed by dancing, to which nu?
merous friends and relatives had been
invited.
The graduates are Misses ICintnu Ctiry
Breekenridgc, Mary Neville Michaux,
Lena White Vines. Helen Peyton Wor
Sbam Campbell and Sarah Virginia
Thacker, of Virginia, and Miss Bessie
Hcrndon Barnes, of South Carolina.
An honorable certificate was award?
ed to Miss Blanche Irene Friedlin.
OCTOBER A BIG MONTH
Building Operations fur Ten Month- Already
K\rrrd Banner Vear.
Building peiinlta for October exceeded the
total authorized In October last year by
I*. Up to last night the Building In
?piotor's office hau authorized in the year
lH! a grand total of f.\S.':.'.lr.'J. of which
tl.STi.Ttt was for new structures, and <<;??.
4K> was for alterations, extensions and re?
pairs. Already (lie total In far ahead of
the grand tola! ;or 1*10. the banner year for
Richmond up to that time, and tliori are
ci two months of work to h- entered. New
rick dwelling* were authorized during Oc?
tober, Amounting to JCJ..'. X?; factories
amounting :?< 176,009, and schools amount
tng to I13I.CC0.
THALHIMER FINED
Charge of Altered Violation of l-abnr laiw
W ill. However, Be Poughl t? I liiish,
1. Thalhiiuer. of the firm ol Thalhimer
'Brothers, or Mi Jiast Broad .-:r<et. was
convicted In 1'ollte Court yesterday morn?
ing of working females more than ten
hours in *ny one day of twonty-four hours,
In violation of the Virginia < rode, and wan
fined 110 by I'r.llce Justice tlrlggl.
Harold H. Bloomberg appeared for the
defense, arguing thin On- Thalhimei Broth?
ers' store la not a manufactory within the
meaning of the statute, which ?neclfles. he
declared, factor}' ami msnufsi lory. and
that, therefore, his clients had not violated
the law. As a test case, u is probable that
.the matter will bo taken, if necessary, to
.the Supreme t'ourt of Appeals
savingSbank
RICHMOND
Honesty and Iniegrlt) |? the only
protir-tlon against rascality. Look
at the men connected with this
bank and you will fcei assured.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
FOR POSTAL SAVING FUNDS
STATE RAILROADS
I PAY HALF MILLION
I Large Total of Taxes Received
I by Auditor?Norfolk and
Western Pays Most.
st.itc Auditor S. R. Donohoc fa cod
an embarrassment of riches yesterday,
fur a total of $555,700.93 wn^ received
I by him I" taxes from the railroads of
I Virginia alone. Plain Railing Ls ahead I
for the State now, since there is enough |
I money on hand to pay the school fund j
I due on November 10, and the current
I revenues will i>e sufficient to keep I
I things going until the new realty ami I
i property tu.\es begin to conic in after !
? 1 lecembor 1.
The Norfolk and Western Railway i
< ompany and the Chesapeake and Ohio I
[Hallway Company, the state's two
I l?rgeat taxpuyera, sent in their checke
! yesterday. There are still a few rall
: roud clo cks lo come in, and these will i
? be received to-day.
j Vesterday's receipts were as follows,
not counting those from telephone
companion and the usual run of small
I payments to the. Stale Treasury: Polo
muc, Frederlcksburg and Piedmont, $t.
1041'.49; Chesapeake Western. $1,728.57;
I Danville and W estern. (4.767.34; Nor?
folk and Western. $320.780.27: Virginia
j und Southwestern. $12,470.49; Chesa?
peake and oino $190,182.10; Ivanhoe
land Carroll. $82.72; Richmond and Hen
I rlco (electric). $851.69; Washington
[Southern, $16,856.44; Richmond. Kred
. rlcksbtirg and Potomnc and Richmond
' and Petersburg Connection Company
|(the line between Klbn and ityrd Street
j Stations in Richmond. $u;tS,9'.'.
j The Richmond, Frederlcksburg and
Potomac Railroad pays no taxes. The I
Norfolk and Western sent in two
checks on as many banks; the Chesa?
peake and Ohio's payment was in one
WOODEN SPIRE I
WILL COME DOWN
I
j First Presbyterian Church
Awards Contract for Its Re?
moval as Ordered.
Contract wns awarded yesterday by
I the board of deacons of the Kirst
; Presbyterian Church to Contractot
j John Drcvcr for the removal of It*
wooden spire down to the octagonal
1 briek cupola! which surmounts the
I roof, in accordance with the order.-, ol
j Building Inspector Heck. The" con
. tract price Is $500. tile contractor to
j have ull old material from the aplre,
j ami to roof over the cupola In a sub
I stantiul manner.
1 The Broad Street Methodist Church
has appointed a special committee
consisting of Rev. F. I.. Wells, pastor;
\. T. Christian and G. M. Smithedul
to secure plans and estimates foi
making the necessary steeple changes.
Several contractors who have been
part way up In this spire have con?
firmed the Judgment of the Building
Inspector that the supporting wood- 1
work Is rotter, throughout, and thai j
the spire should be removed with the I
utmost dispatch?Certainly before any
...re winter storms Hid.-, also have
been askv'1 by the Seventh Street
Christian < lunch for the necessary
? ehani?es there, the committee In Charge
I having assured the Building In'spec
i tor that II will meet his views in re
4 tfard to Uie safety of the public, <
TRUE REFORMERS'
CASE POSTPONED
Judge Waddill to Hear Receiver?
ship Application Argument "
on Monday.
I
Judge Edmund Wuddlll. Jr., aitting |
ill the United States District Court'
yesterday afternoon, lieurd the motion
ol Attorneys John Lamb and Con way
It. sjands. who represent benellclarlea
having tlnims against the Grand l''oun- j
tain. United Order of True Reformers, j
for Hie appointment of a receiver to,
take charge ol the assets of the order,
tlie receiver to administer them under
the direction of the- Ullited Stales
court
This motion came up on a new 1>!1I
in equity Hied yesterday, tend after
hearing argument of counsel, the court
continued the case until next Monday
morning.
Messrs Montague & .Montague and
It. IS, I'.yrd and J. ?.uuuns Ncwsone
represented the defendants; The courl
refused to appoint a receiver under
the old bill, and. therefore, the new
liill In equity was tiled. The new hill
contains more sweeping allegations
than the old, anil states that as non?
residents holding policies amounting
to a sum required by Federal law for
action by a Federal courl. they have
a liuhl to lien on the funds of the
order.
W. It. Orlfllh, grand worthy muster
of tin r< organized True Reformers,
arrived in the city form Washington
yesterduy, hearing with him a petition
signed bj 1,000 Washington members
of the order, asking Judge Wuddlll to
deny the motion for a receivership.
.1. Thomas NcwHonic (colored), gen?
eral counsel lor the orler. states that
the assets exceed $123,000 now. and
that fie debts of the order uro less
than that sum. Cluims are not at pres?
ent being paid, lie declares, because
Ihe funds are tied up in the present
litigations. Counsel for the defense
state that, barring the litigations, the
great colored organisation could be
firmly re-established, und that all its
dents could lie paid, as new funds are
coining in every day.
FAITHFUL SERVITOR ILL
Janitor nf Supreme Cmrrt for Mun.v Years
Stricken With Paralysis.
Shepherd Scott, for forty years Janitor
for the Supreme Court of Appeals 0f Vir.
glnla, ??s paralysed Monday night. Ills
condition is serious, but Is riot regarded as
Immediately alarming.
s.at i is probably more fmvornbly und
generally known to tin- lawyers of Virginia
than any other colored man In the State.
During all the years which hove seen him
at work In the quarters the court he hits
constantly come In contact with attorneys
practicing before thai trlbunul He has car?
ried countless messages to and from the
law library, has eared for the court-room
and clerk's offices and Judges' offices, hus
been the repository of all sorts of Informa?
tion. No one connected With the court can
recall that he ever forgot to obey an In?
struction. Nor any one recall .a moment
1 when be was not polite and fully willing
t() oblige.
The Judges yesterday took a personal In?
terest in his case. It has only been a short
time since Kilwuid Brown, for many years
Janitor of the law library, died In harnen.
A subscription paper was widely signed hy
attorneys to pay f?r a tombstone at his
grave.
COLLECTS DAVIS LETTERS
Mississippi Official tilth. .Much Information
Id Richmond.
After spending several days examining
local historical repositories fur copies of
hitherto unpublished writings of President
Jefferson Davis, of the Confederate States,
I Jr. liiinbar Rowland left last ulght for his
homo ai Jackson, M?s. He is director of
the department of archives and history of
State of Mississippi.
Dr. Rowland's State Is engaged In the
coin . Hon. lor publication, of all obtainable
letters of President Davis. It Is recogniz?
ed thai the truest history Is to be obtained
from the writings of those who helped to
make it. The state ot Mississippi will bear
tie expense ot publication in the interest
of history.
Dr. Rowland found much valuable infor?
mation In Richmond at the Confederate
Museum and at the department of archives
and history of the State Library. He hopes
tn receive many additional voluntary con?
tributions' of copies of letters written by
President Davis. His work In Richmond
will In completed by n copyist.
SNATCHED HER PURSE
Citizen? tilve (linse to Robber of Miss Fan?
nie Knight, but He Kscapes.
Miss Fannie D. Knight, of SIS North Third
Street, was robbed of a handbag, contain?
ing Jli, by a negro while sho was walking
last night along Leigh Street.
The puise-snntcher came close to her, and
before she had an idea as to his Intentions,
had snatched her bag from her wrist and
made off. Several citizens witnessed the
deed and gave 'chase, but were unable to
gain ground on the fleeing snatcher.
Law Kxnnilrmtlon To-Day.
Tli< annual examination in this city of
applicants for license to practice law in
Virginia will be held to-day In the hall of
the House of Delegates. This will be the.
Second to be conducted here by the State
Hoard Law Examiners, which succeeded
the Judges of the Supreme Court In this
duly. The class in Richmond Is always
?mal er than that In Koanoke, which Is held
just after the closing of the Inw school
sessions.
GOOD ROAD WORK
PRAISED BY MANN
Governor Issues Proclamation
Commending Plans for
Convention.
CITIZENS URGED TO ATTEND
Association Officers Believe
State Paper Will Have
Great Effect.
Calling attention to the Important j
benaflta to be derived from the meotfc!
lug of tlie American Association for;
Highway Improvement in Richmond!
on November 20 to 23, Governor WU-!
Ham Hodges Mann issued yesterday o i
proclamation, urging lh<; citizens of
Virginia to attend and give llieir snp-;
port to a praiseworthy effort to lift!
this and Other States out of the mud. j
Governors of other States will be asked j
to Issue proclamations of the sumo
kind.
Logan Waller Page, the1 president of]
the American Association for High- '
way Improvement, says that the proc?
lamation of Governor Mann will re-j
suit in a crystallisation of the senil-!
ment for good roads throughout Vir- I
(Clnla, and. when followed by similar,
proclamations in other Stales, will |
produce the same effect throughout tho :
country, j. k. Pcnnybuckor,, Jr., the
executive secretary of the association,
and Charles J' LIgM, the chief ?ehl
representatives and organizer, have]
been traveling through the country,
and report that everything is in read- t
loess for "good roads week" through-]
out Ihe country. Immediately follow - '
lug tho goneral demonstration, the;
congress of the American Association
for HlghWa) Improvement and Its!
allied organisation will be held at
Richmond. The automobile tours.;
good road Irulns and . liter features of I
the congress have already been ar?
ranged, und Richmond will bold ihe
greatest crowd In Its history.
Governor'* l'roelu matt Ion.
After culling attention to the fact
that the American Assocatlon for
Highway Improvement Is to bold * is
tlrst annual road congress In Rich?
mond November "JO to 23, "for the pur- j
pose of bringing to the solution of
tb.e many diltleult problems connected
with the improvement of the public
roads the combined knowledge and ex-i
pet it nee of the men who have devoted '.
themselves to u study of this import- !
ant question," Governor Mutin'a proc-!
lamatlon says:
tVhereas the President of the!
United States will be our honored j
guest and wil: address the congress!
upon that Important occasion; and
"Whereas the improvement of public!
roads throughout Virginia und their]
proper rare und maintenance will re-'
suit In greatly Increased prosperity |
and add Immeasurably to the Welfare
of our people;
"Therefore. I. William Hodges Maan?|
Governor of Virginia, do hereby re?
quest the people of this Common?
wealth, and especially those charged
with the management of our public
roads, to attend and participate In the
I American Road Congress hereinbefore 1
I mentioned.
"1 furthermore urge upon all civic]
organizations, public schools, churches,
the press and all other agencies with?
in the Commonwealth that serve to
promote human welfare, to set apart
the week beginning November 13, 1011,
Iwhich Immediately precedes the con-j
gress, as "good roads week," and dur?
ing that period to devote their united!
I efforts to a furtherance of the move- j
] merit for better roads and par?
ticularly to the accomplishment of
j some practical result within the zone]
. of their influence."
The proclamation issued by Gov
i ernor Mann is the first ever Issued by
1 the chief executive officer of a f?lute
: in the good roads or any other similar
I movement.
TBJIPEItAXCE f.EtTCREs BY
UK. TAY1.UR, Or BOSTON 1
I Rev. E. C. Taylor, D. D.. of Boston, will ]
deliver three 'matures under tho auspices
Of the Women's Trnipernnce League, In this
I city next Sunday. The first of these will |
; be to the children at the Unloa Station i
.Sunday school, where he will givfc cheml- |
cal demonstrations of tho Ingredients of
various intoxicating liquors at 9:3o in the !
morning.
At 11 A. M. he will preach at the Third
Presbytergin Church, Twenty-slttcja and
Broad Stroets, en the subject "The Seien- ]
tlflc Protest Against Legalized Saloons." |
At the First Haptist Church at S P. M. he.;
will lecture again, his subject this timo
being "A Message of rfetenee to Thinking
Men nnd Women."
Held on Two Charge!..
Bunny Tlnsley, colored, was arrested yes?
terday by county otrtcer J.. It. Tiller on a
warrant chnrging him wrth an assault upon
Pnlsy Robinson, and with disorderly con?
duct, lie resisted the officer In making the
Brreat and another charge, to that effect,
was entered against his name on the blot?
ter. His case will be heard by Magistrate
T. J, Purycar this morning.
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MANY BRANCHES
E REPRESENTED
Woman's Auxiliary, Diocese of
Niagara, to Hold Meet?
ings Here To-Day.
Delegates from nearly lot) branches
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Dio?
cese of .Niagara meet this morning In
twenty-llm untiual convention In All
bOlntS parish house. A large and rep?
resentative gathering of l?piscopal wo?
men. It is expected, will greet tho'
speakers who are scheduled to deliver
addresses at the convention.
the session opens this morning with
an address of welcome on behalf of
the parish by Rev. J. V. Downmun,
..V" re5.toT of A" Saints' Church, and
with a similar welcome by .Mrs Kltz
hugh .Mayo, president of the auxiliary
Ol All Saints', who will speak for the
Richmond branches. The business pro?
gram will be taken up Immediately
upon die conclusion of the speeches of
felicitation with the hearing of re?
ports and the disposal of routine'mat?
te rs.
Following this, Bishop Gibson will
extend his greetings to the conven?
tion and Introduce the speakers of the
day. Bishop .Mann, of North Dakota:
Miss Harber, of O lint*. ;uid Miss .Neeley,
of Japan. At the conclusion of the
morning program the delegates will
adjourn to enjoy a luncheon served by
the auxiliary of All Saints' Church.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock the Junior
auxiliary will hold a mass-meeting In
All Saints' Church of delegates, mem?
bers, the Brotherhood of St. Paul, and
all interested in missions. The speak?
ers at this meeting will be Miss Bar?
ber. Miss Neeley and the Rev. A S. Lloyd, 1
!>? D. At S:ln to-night. In All Saints'!
Church, the "qulei hour" service ivlll
be conducted by Dr. Lloyd.
Thursday's program will begin with
the celebration of the HoU Commun?
ion at 7:.tn a. m. Two business ses?
sions will be hold, ||,? (irst ;lt i?: i r. In
the morning and the second at 1:30
In Ihr afternoon.
The big social feature of the Rich?
mond meeting was an Informal recep?
tion tendered i'.io delegates last nlaht
at the home or Bishop Robert A. Gib?
son. :>0'", Park Avenue.
SHAME TO DRIVE
BILL'S MUSE AWAY
And Here They Have Locked
Up Bill Tansey, Town's Won?
derful Poet.
James Walsh, better known to the
reading public by his nom de plume
Bill Tansey, the poet who has thrilled
the hearts of thousands and whose pen
results are not in the State Library,
but ought to be, was arrested last
night, it Is unfortunate to chronicle,
and was locked up In the station to
sleep off a Slight attack of inebriation.
Mr. Tansey swore that he hadn't had
a swallow; that the officer who had the
misfortune to arrest him was mistak?
en, and that It hadn't might to have
j been done, or did.
Mr. Tansey told the desk sergeant
[ that he had* 10.000 friends who would
j come to his rc?*-ue If they only knew
I of his plight, and wanted to use the
j telephone. Rut he was led back,
spite of weeping protestation, to one
of the little steel cots, and soon sonor?
ous snores satisfied the sergeant that
the poet was liappv again In dream?
land.
I Bill Tansey la known far and wide.
He has contributed to every publica?
tion in Richmond, and always Ihe pub?
lic asked for more. HIS productions
were profuse. Occasionally he slipped
up on a rhyme, and his rhythm was
somi times a little shaky because of
1 the hurry of his muse, bu| then It must
I not be forgotten that even Homer oc
I caslonally nodded, and poetl'- license
I is the most liberal license In the world.
It allows a man to do nlmost anything,
and he Is excused. Bill used to live in
' a cave over somewhere on Church Hill,
where things were quiet, and there he
reeled off poems by the yard. Of late.
It seems, howe%-er, h" has been neg?
lected by his muse. and. so far as the
public know:-, nothing has come from
his pen. Rut wait. He may be work?
ing on his mnsterplece, something
which will go down through all the
ages and be road again on doomsday,
between the final acts.
Marriage License.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
In the Hustings Court to Honry C. Nelson
and Marv It. Thomas.
Dr. Bronsford 111.
Dr. John S. Bransford is critically ill at |
his home. Stony Point, near Ron Air.
BY APPENDICITIS
Ambulance Physician Watts
Rushed to Memorial Hospital
From Hallowe'en Party.
In the midst of the festivities of a
Hallowe'en party given at the Nurses'
Home, on East Broad Street, by the
nurses of Memorial Hospital, Dr. Ran?
dolph A. Watts, all Interne at the City
Hospital, became suddenly 111 with
acute appendicitis at 11:30 o'clock last
night and was taken across to the hos?
pital In a stretcher.
Dr. Watts had been feeling unwell
during most of the day, but thought
his attack would prove to be not seri?
ous, and attended the party. Gaiety
was at Its height when the attack
came upon him. Ho suffered terrlblo
agony, and was almost unconscious
when Dr. Julius Hulchor, a brother In?
terne In the City Hospital, rushed to
his side. Messengers were at onco
dispatched across the street to the hos?
pital, and there the youiv? Interne was
conveyed by strong and willing arms.
Without delay. Dr. Watts was taken
up to the operating room, and at ll:ao
o'clock the operation Was begun. With?
in half an hour It had been finished,
and the y<rfirTg* physician was rallying
from the shock and tjlie effects of the
anaesthetic. Dr. Hulchor remained at
his bedside to see that ho came
safely through the ordoal, and then
went to a telegraph office, from where
he dispatched a message to Dr. Watts's
brother, A. C. Watts, In Lynchburg,
and to a fi'iend in Baltimore.
The operation was said to be com?
pletely successful, and the attending
physicians have hopes of a speedy re?
covery. Dr. Watts Is one of the lat?
est apolntees at the City Hospital, and
has himself answered hundreds oC
emergency calls and saved mnny Uvea
by his prompt attention.
Trial began yesterday In the Law and
Kqulty Conn of the suit of ?eorgr D. Prlrt
dy against John K. Rose ft Company. The
trial will occuMr aoreral days.
The latest for' young men. Made of fancy
cheviots and cassimeres. Natty and serviceable.
On sale to-day at $1.95.
Gans-Rady Company
FOSTER JURY UNABLE
TO REACH VERDICT
Court Takes Recess Until This Morning, When
Fate of Man Charged With Capital Offense
Will Be Determined.
After remaining out almost an hour
Without reaching a verdict, Judge It,
Carter Scott, of the ilenrico County
Circuit Court, last evening at 7 o'clock
recalled the Jury In the cubc of tho
Slate against Edward Foster, charged
with a capital crime, und adjourned
I the court until lu o'clock this morn- i
1ng. The Jury was escorted to tho I
hotel under guard, and will meet this
morning to make up Its verdict.
\ Opinion is divided as to the outcome
of the case, the fulluru of the Jury 10
return a prompt verdict being taken to
Indicate strong dissension in the Jury
I room, If not utter Inability to agree.
The whole day was consumed In ex?
amining witnesses and hearing the ar?
gument of counsel, both the prusecu
[ tlon and defense righting every inch
of the way and entering every pos?
sible exception. The nature of the
evidence followed the main points al?
ready 'Drought out In a previous hear?
ing before Justice T. J. Puryear.
A*c of Girl the Crux.
The fiercest tight of the trial cen?
tred about the evidence produced by
the prosecution tending to prove that
Ada Catherine Meeks, tho alleged vic?
tim of poster, wan at the time of tho
specific offense charged In the war?
rant, and Is now. under fourteen years
of age. Upon this fact and one other?
actual proof that tho crime charged
was committed?hung the prisoner's
fate. liolh sides admitted that '.he
case rested upon these two points, and
confined their chief arguments to them.
Mrs. Nannie Hicks, of /.ion, Louisa
county, summoned by the Slate, testi?
fied to knowing Ada all her life, having
been present, she said, at her birth.
During tho many vicissitudes of the
Meeks family She hnd been called upon
frequently to take care of Ada and her
small sisters, and was In a position to
know Jus* how old the child was. She |
told the jurj that she bad received
positive Information from the mother
of the girl shortly before she died two
years ago that Ada was born In May.
Ifc'.'S, and that she Is, therefore, now
only thirteen years old.
In Hitpport of the charge In the
warrant, ihe .State Introduced Mr. and
Mrs S. D. Fuss? 11, who live on a farm
adjoining that of Foster. Mr. Fussell
related under oath, und was substan?
tially supported by his wife, that Mrs.
Foster, wife uf the accused; Lynn Fos?
ter, his son, and Ada. fled from the
Foster farm to his house on the night
during which the prosecution alleges
i the crime was committed, seeking
refuge from Foster; that the three
spent the night at bis house, and that
the next morning Foster came to his
dwelling with a wagon to take his wife I
back. He testified further that a eon
j vernation tlo n took place between
Foster and his wife in th.> presence of
[himself and his wife. In which Mrs.
Foster bitterly upbraided her husband
for his conduct. This, he said, caused
Foster to reply that "If she didn't
like the way he did; he was ready to ,
give her half of the property or her)
Just share." Implying that he was ready
for a divorce. He also accused her
of being jealous.
The testimony of tbe Fussolls was
offered by the State as corroborate,
evidence of the crime, and was ono
of the strongest points of the prosecu?
tion.
Clrl uri Stand.
Following Dr. William J. Mavbeo,
superintendent of the Children's Home
Society, who told of taking Ada, to?
gether With three other sisters. In the
home two years ago; of later placing
her with Foster, and of the subsequent
removal of the girl from his home.
Tbe State placed upon the stand the
girl, who is the central figure In the
case. She has a decidedly attractive
appearance, and does not look like a
girl more than fourteen years of age.
She is frail In stature, anil has .a de?
cidedly childish air. With frequent
stops, and In broken sentences punc?
tuated with sobs and tears, sho re?
peated practically word for word the
story she had told before the lower
court. Only by repeated questioning
of the Commonwealth's attorney was
it possible to force the' sordid story
from her unwilling lips. On the point
of dates and srvclflc times she was
hopelessly confused, but in th" main
her story withstood the attacks of at?
torney for the. defense, L. O. Wenden?
burg.
. Examination by the lawyer for the
defense caused her to admit that she
hod been a "moan" girl, and that Fos?
ter had repeatedly been compelled to
whip her for her meanness. On one
occasion she had put a dead snake In
the spring In an effort to poison Fos?
ter. Asked why she did It, she guessed
It was because the devil had got Into
her, but a moment later she said sho
did it because she wanted to get even
with Foster, who had wronged her.
It developed that Ada was sent to
school by her guardian, but later had
to be taken home because of mlscon
duct.
Two Vltnl Points.
Confining Itself principally to the
two vital points already noted, the de?
fense sought to show by a letter writ?
ten to Dr. Maytoeo by Mr*. Hicks two
years ago, at the time she applied to
the home for n berth for the children, I
In which It appeared that Mrs. Hicks
referred to Ada as being at that time]
thirteen years of age. To offset the
testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Fussoll. a I
number of witnesses were introduced
by Attorney VVendenburg, who testi.
tied to the good character of tho ac
CUScd, and tho good name ho bor?
among his fellows. W. A. Johnson,
Thorn.ib Watson, HuOolpii Addocks, S.
T. Patterson, G. w. Vandroff, J. 11.
Johnson and D. II. Crlttenden, all of
them farrnor neighbors, assured th?i
lury of the prisoner's good repute.
Argument of counsel began at 6:10.
Immediately after the charging of tho
jury by the judge, and was concluded
by Commonwealth's Attorney Julian
Gun It at CilfU. when tho Jury tuok the
case.
A decided sensation was sprung early
In the trial yesterday morning When
Julian Gunn produced an affidavit Bet?
ting rortb that Lynn Poster, son of
the accused, bad held conversation with
one ifT tbe vcnlreinun with the Idea
of Influencing him In favor of his fath?
er, ?ine of tiiese waa even quoted as
saying that no matter how damaging
the evidence against K?ster might
prove lo oe, he would stand out for
his aoqultta) Lynn Poster was anreet
ed and arraigned on the charge left
night, but the State failed to sustain
Its case and the Incident ended with
Magistrate Ira Lewis's placing young
Poster under a peace bond of $100 foi
twelve months.
Following aro the men who compose
the Jury: Jacob Siellar. C. C Austin. R,
P. Hberhnrdt. It. L. Gary. C. J. Ford,
Thomas Armstrong. F.. V. Riddel). R. A,
''hi Id r?-y. I.. J. Crovo. C H. Taylor.
J. 13. Crlttenden and George Jordan.
ArrroU Yesterday.
M. J, Cave was nrrested yesterday on a
. ? :t r ^r~ r>: stealing a gold ring and a steel
tape" line from W. J. Boston. Both articles
are valued together at J10.
Kmm"ii Orueeley, colored, was arresled
on a charge of feloniously assaulting John
Raker with a knlfo.
William Berkleley, colored, was taken in
on a charge of attempting to break In, in
the daytime, the stable of L* D. Wlngtlrld.
To Open t'p Alley.
Judge Witt, of the Hustings Court, yes?
terday appointed five commissioners to con?
demn for the public use certain property
between Beverly and Jarquelir. ar.d Ran
dolph and South l>orr.Bardy Btreet?. tho
property lo be converted into an alley. Th*5
commissioners were Ueorge D. l'earman. II.
W. Wood, 11. Theodore BlIVfOAi Henry W.
ltountree and Frank D. Kpps. They will
meet ui t o'clock on the afternoon of Mon?
day; November i.
Ilidldlntr J'rrmlt*.
Building and repair permits were issued
yesterday as follows:
Julia E. sharp, to repair a frame dwell?
ing on the north side of Eighteenth Street
between Ueeatur and Stockton Streets.
Washington Word, to cost tl-A
Mri JChii.- Asher. to repair a brick flwel
llnti PIS Wist Marshall Street, to cos'. l'j>j0.
J. Dee Davis, to erect three detached
brick Swellings on the north side of Floyd
Avenuo between Davis and Robinson
Streets, to cost 112.000.
found! Schedule.
The special Committee on Changes of
Form of Government will meet at thu City
Ha:i this afiernoon at & o'clock. The Com?
mittee on Relief of the Poor will meet at
S:fc) o'clock. Meetings for to-night Include.
Ihe Council Committees on Siren Cleaning
and Light, and an Important subcommittee
of the Committee on Streets.
To-mofrow night there aro scheduled
meetings of the Committees on Elocirlclty,
Grounds and Building? und Cemeteries.
??The Oldest City In the World."
The lecture by Dr. Ldgar J. Banks
at the Young Men's Christian Associa?
tion lust night on "Rlomya. the ?ldest
City In the World." was Intensely In?
teresting and Instructive. To-night ut
I>:;i0 o'clock he will give his illustrated
lecture on "Egyptian Excavations and
the ILble."
Long Trip for Wheels.
Detective-Sergeant Batu-y and nutctiv?
Helton yesterday afternoon made a trip Into
'? lllland county to brick back two stolen
bl ? lea. They went In an automobile flf
tei miles, and found ihe stolen wheels at
the tiome of a Mr. DuVal, whose son had
found them on the side of the road. The
wheels are the property of O. \V. Chen
au:t. of 'j04 Boulevard.
I*. B. A. to Meet.
The Police Benevolent Association will
hold Us annual meeting to-morrow night.
L? Z. Morris, president, will read his re?
port, nnd an account of the financial status
of the association will be rendered by Sec?
retary Georg.: V?. Matthews. The funds of
the association were very largely increased
during the last year.
T?o Coats Stolen.
Mrs. Moore, of 610 West Broad .Street,
reported to the police yesterday, that a
woman's fur coat bad been stolen from In
front of her store. Lator a like report came
from B. Schloss. of 220 East Broad Street.
It la supposed that the thief stole two
coats no that he could afford his wife or
sweetheart k selection
Interfering With Offlrer.
John OrlnieB. colored, of llenrlco County,
was lodged in the county juii yesterday
charged with Interfering with Officer J. K
Tiller tn discharge of his duty. He was
balled in the sum of }IM by his father for
appearance before Magistrate T. J. Pur?
year this morning.
It AILROAD AND STEAMSHIP TICK?
ETS TO A I.I, POINTS,
Baggago called for and checked to
destination of tickets.
Tnxlenb service.
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO.,
K0D Ennt Main Street.
i roofing tIn]
Sec that YOURS bears this trade-mark.
Gordon Metal Co.
Richmond* Vh&inia.