Death by own action shocks Suffolk banker victim
Augustus H. Cobb, wealthy Suffolk banker and mill owner, shot himself at the Suffolk Banking and Trust Company to cause which authorities say was instantaneous. The revolver, found on the counter, had two shells and a heavy blood loss, while speculation of foul play arose amid nervous conditions and recent embezzlement losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus H. Cobb
Washington Post
Suffolk
Suffolk Banking and Trust Company
Wo W Wurray
el. Hart
Reir
Mr. Cobb
Spoky
Bruce Rawles
Rawles
Cobb
Holliday
Saintf Baker
W. F E. Cobb
Bink
Brunswithe
Obituary notices from Virginia and surrounding towns
A stream of obituaries and notices from March reports the deaths of Rev O P Richards in Luray, Col Thomas J Fell near Auburn, and John W Lillard in Luray, among others. Also mentioned are deaths of Dannie C Treg and Rebecca Fisher, with details of survivors and burial plans. a settlement in New York affects John Armstrong Chandler, and miscellaneous local notices cover illness, accidents, and liquor referendum planning in Leesburg.
Dancy to Die in Related Incident Next Thursday
Peter Dancy, a Black man formerly convicted in Henrico County Circuit Court, is sentenced to die in a related incident next Thursday as Gov Mon tague or officials determine action. The ambiguous report notes legal proceedings and planned execution, with limited readable details from the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dancy
Montague Ars Onaly
Eias
Peter Dancy
Henrico
Dani
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Health for Guards and People
Armor of the British household life guards is praised as gallant. The text urges strengthening the system to ward off influenza colds grip and bronchial issues in harsh months. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as the best tonic to build vigor warmth and resilience across vital organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings House
Nore
Hood
Rockville Pigeon Shoot Attracts County Marksmen
A March clay pigeon shoot at Rockville Gun Club drew top Montgomery County shooters and invited guests. Baltimore expert Mowell Hawkins and Luther Squier offered demonstrations, while Thomas Keys and George Allnutt led prize events. Scores varied with Keys and Allnutt among top county contenders in cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery County
J. Mowell Hawkins
Baltimore
Luther J. Squier
Blawkins
Squier
Thomas C. Keys
Charles J. Lyddane
Germantown
Robert C. Warfield
James P
Weirs
Lee
Dorsey
Harry C Hurley
Nathan A. Allnutt
John Mins
Samuel B. Wetherald
Robert B. Peter
Stephen Lyddane
Clea Meem
Messrs
Thomas C Keys
George All~ Nuk
Colored postmaster short in Sugar Land falsifying accounts
Postmaster Nathan Johnson, a long time leader among local Black residents in Sugar Land, is arrested after an inspector from Washington finds he falsified accounts, records, and cancellations defrauding the government. Isaac Bell acts as temporary postmaster as Johnson awaits further hearing in Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Land
Washington Post
Boyds
Post-Office
Sharon
Washington
Nathan Johnson
Johnson
Carter
Frederick
Isaac Bell
Germantown
Ice in the Upper Potomac Limits River Dangers
Reports from the Potomac below Cumberland MD indicate conditions are not alarming. Ice is mostly broken, except Dam No 6. Debris removal on rail lines proceeds, several trestles washed out on the Huttonsville branch, coal and iron extensions suffer slides, a curved stone bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio near Grafton was washed out, delaying traffic. The Potomac gorge above the town began to move again, while the Cheat River is falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Potomac
Dam No 6
West Virginia Central Railroad
Huttonsville
Baltimore and the Railroad
Grafton
Cedar Cliff
West Virginia Central
Cheat
Marines for New Cruisers Drill in Washington
One hundred U S Marines from Norfolk are ordered to Washington for drill in preparation for duty aboard the new armored cruisers Pennsylvania and Baltimore. Thirty marines will depart for Dry Tortugas naval station Fla. for duty there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Washington
United States
Guantanamo
Santo Domingo
W. A .Mochel
Pennsylvania
Maryland Dredging Captain Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Captain Robert V. Wilkinson of the Maryland Dredging and Constructing Company shot himself in the temple aboard the Chesapeake docked at Alexandria. He had feared a lung illness recurrence and left letters to acquaintances and a Baltimore fiancée. A coroner's inquest was deemed unnecessary. The article also describes a Virginia Glee Club concert at the Opera House, with an audience of local alumni and a reception at the Brockett residence afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Burdaq
King Street
Alexandria
Robert V. Wilkinson
Maryland
Chesapeake
Wilkingon
W. R. Purvis
Purvis
Leo Lash
Baltimore
Maggie Wellstager
Alice Ann Avenue
Capt Wilkinson
Miss Wellstager
Maryland Dredging and Constructing Company
University of Virginia
Old Dominion Boat Club
College
Alexandria Alumni Association
A. D.brockett
North
Washington Street
University
Brockett
Marshall L. King
William J. Boothe
Mushbach
Mass Lameau
Miss Herbert
Miss Dent
Douglass
Local Banquet Draws National Figures and Guests
The text records an evening banquet at a new hotel with prominent speakers including national leaders. Attendees listed include Mrs Scott, Robert Turner, Rodgers, Mor, Th An, Frank Creighton and Yoseph Peaks Hayes, and bottles Bowery Association members. One speaker, Mr George Bee, is noted, while another figure in Wachtaston recovered from a sudden illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Robert Turner
Rodgers
Mor
Frank, Creightong
Yoseph Peakes Hayes
Ase
Bowery Association
George Bee
Wachtaston
Murder in First Degree Verdict Against Thomas Owens
Huntington West Virginia March 10 The verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was returned against Thomas Owens for the killing of J R Crockett a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway detective during an excursion on the Guyandotte Valley line last May The train stopped at HigUgly station where Crockett arrested Owens for disorderly conduct Owens drew two guns and fired killing Crockett then fled but was captured Two days later Owens and Weakley were captured and Weakley was later acquitted Owens faces execution by hanging next week by Judge Doolittle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Owens
Detective Crockett
Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Hamlin
J. R. Crockett
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Guyandotta Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Logan
Robinson's Circus
Hig Ugly Station
Lincoln County
Owens
Crockett
Squire Burch Brumfield
John Weakley
Scherer
Jack Bingham
A Pbase
Weakley
Doolittle
New Railroad Contracts Signal WV System Extension
Morgantown March 16. Plans indicate the Cameron Confluence cut off of the Baltimore and Ohio will be set between Confluence Pennsylvania and Pisgah West Virginia on March 15. Engineers are to prepare the Pisgah Morgantown section for contracting in sixty days and four corps begin work today. The Pennsylvania surveys Cheat River east, Wabash grades west, and Lake Erie contemplates a Monongahela River line, turning the county into a railroad construction hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Washington Post
Morgantown
Wva
Cameron Confluence
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Confluence
Pisgah
W. Vo
Mushc
Corps of Engineers
Pennsylvania
Cheat River
Lake Erie
Monongahela River
Mystery in Woman's Death in Baltimore
Police probe a troubling death found in a ramshackle east Baltimore house at East Fayette Street and Central Avenue. The victim, a neat and cleanly dressed woman, lies in a cellar with a bloody mouth and a Catholic prayer book bearing the name Ellen Kirk. No local match found as investigators await a post mortem and identity confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
East Vayette Street
Central Avenue
Ellen Kirk
Bequest for Virginia and Virginia State Championship
The will of James C Carter leaves Harvard University two hundred thousand and Virginia University two thousand. The late leader also bequeaths to the Bar Association and the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Virginia opens its first basketball team for a state title bid at Newport News. Warenton Hunt Club schedules March meets with locations and dates. A York County suspect claims a double identity in a murder case. Two men charged with looting a Hagerstown hardware store. Four prisoners captured after escaping Lexington jail. details of the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Carter
University
New York
James Carter
Harvard University
Bar Association
Carter
University of Virgnia
Society For the Iprovement
Washington Post
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Newport News
Newport News Five
Virginia
Peace
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Grinnell and
Lexington
Buena Vista
Sterrett
Walker
John L. Preston
Beard
Virginia Horse Show Dates and Rail Rates Dispute
At the fourth annual Virginia Horse Show Association meeting in Richmond, committees were formed to confer with railroad officials over freight and passenger rates. President Mullikin and Secretary-Treasurer Davies were re elected. The association set show dates across Virginia and approved membership changes and an exhibitor ban appeal process. The discussion warned that high rail rates could threaten future shows. Political notes from Charlotte and Richmond follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullikin
Davis
Virginia Horse Show Association
New Willard Hotel
Virginia
C W. Smith
Warrenton
Charles Mullikin
Boyce
Malikin
H. B Goodridge
Norfolk Association
Messrs
H B Goodridge
J. Anderson
Hugh C. Braxton
J. J. Davies
W Smith
J M Cochran
Mullkin
J Jenkyn Davies
Keswick
Leesburg
Upperville
Fredericksburg
Culpeper
Manasses
Orange
Charlottesville
Staunton
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Berryville
Lynchburg
Richmond
Norfolk
Upperville Horse and Colt Association
Davies
Norfolk Horse Show Association
Norfolk Horse Show and Fair Association
Huis
Board to Meet in May to Name State Superintendents
Report notes Radford may merge with Montgomery County when the board meets in May to select superintendents. A March 21 meeting will hear a committee report on statewide school district changes, with superintendent appointments slated for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
J. W. Hill
Radford School
Lucas
Radford
Montgomery County
McIntyre Held at Norfolk for Extradition After Sentence
Philip McIntyre, former Tennessee lawyer sought in nineteen states for forgery, was sent to Virginia’s penitentiary after pleading guilty in Norfolk. He will be held for the next state or Mexican authorities seeking extradition. Mexican request filed at Washington and to be acted on after Virginia sentence ends.
Taken to Penitentiary Forger McIntyre Nabbed in Extradition
Norfolk Virginia March 10 Philip McIntyre the former Tennessee lawyer, wanted in nineteen states for forgery, recently sentenced to one year in the Virginia penitentiary, was moved to Richmond penitentiary after serving. He will be held for the first state or Mexican extradition authorities. Also Mount Elliott Springs sale to Charles B Cooke for 25000 with planned improvements. Plus William Brown Negro sentenced to sixty days for wife beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Norfolk
Philip McIntyre
Tennessee
Virginia
New York
McIntyre
Richmond
Department of Justice
Washington
Odnion
Ayid
Mount Elliott Springs
Washington Fost Staunton
H G_ Weichelberger
Day
Charles B. Cooke
Augusta County
Mount Eliott
Cooke
William Brown Colored
Kimball
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Suffolk Capitalist
Fairmont
Mets
Toledo
Ohio
Thomas J Fell
Auburn
Luray
Johnn W. Lillard
Laos
Beoniowa
Warren Canaly
Rookiile
Joseph Fack
Magruder
Messra
Frank Jems
Dantile
Dannie C. Treg
RWB
Key
Genal Hospital
Cherottesville
Rebecca Fisher
Alexandra
Walcock
Tha Washinton
Joseph White
Kans
Pisses
Cana Dois
Stokey Sanitaria
Niewera Pre Fapive
Short
Upper
Christian
Winston-Salem
N.C
Sen Sitian
Twoelleemen
Huta Jackson Newman
Roanoke
Bedford County
Gov. Montague
Petersburg
A J Montague
First Baptist Church
Simeon Seward
Mary
Ests
Roh Pitt
Religious Herald
Missouri
Gov
Folk
Batchelor
Jefferson
Little Rock
Fairbanks
Vics
Col
Cimmons
Springfield
Bluefield
George Witt
Wreckers Bluff
Alexandra Ews
Jib Rie
Beslthy Sularte
Glee-Club
Attracte-Darge
Crown
Lick
McVeigh
Giles
Edgar
Qur Royal
Ie Rubens
Mandolin Club
Schumann
Rosser
Rummel
Crawford
Brigham the Glen
Smith
Johns Hopkins
The
Os Reve
Glee Club
James Belection
Robyn
the Glee Club
Seers College
Manyon
Munyon
Philadelphia
Warrenton Hunt Club
Washington Fort
Cockrell
George Brooks
York County
Hannah Ross
Chesapeake and Ohio
Little Washington
Bagerstown
Charles Snatterly
Lewis Thompson, Jr
Union Stock Yards
Samuel Emmett
Hagerstown
Harrispurge
Virginia Horsemen
EICK
General Association
Charlotte
N. C
A. McNinch
M Brown
Massachusetts Avenue
Elias Raff Liquor Co
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Colonial Wine Co
9Th St. Wharseatershes
St. Louis
Mercantile Trust Company
Stours
Philippine Public Works
Insular
Regal
London
Paris
Yla
Piccadilly
San Francisco
Washington Store
Penna. Ave
N. W
Tim
Adler
Sonee
Mae
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
7Th St
Littlefield, Alvord & Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Patna
Fond du Lac
F. S. Williams CO
Iamond Yes
Burlington Vt
Dr. Shoop
Dr Shoop
Rex
Racine
Wis
Naizn
Nasonic Temple
Ohlson
Brown
Arch St
Pecasylvadle Avé
Newspapre
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