The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-13
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Letters tFGaA SAhuufpHs
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
SUPREME CoURT-THE NEW JOINT STOCK COM
pANY-pARTICuLAR OF THE FIyE.HUNDRED'
no1LAR RnpBERY-ANoTHER ROBBERY COL
LISBON OF FREIGHT.cARs.
SrAuYroN, November IL, 1874. :
In the Supreme Court yesterday the argu'
ment in tbe case of Davis's widow us. Da'
yis's creditors was concluded, and time
taken by the Court to consider. Argument
spos beg,In in the case of Lasele rs. Gould,
an anpeal from the Circuit Court OF ROCK
bridge county.
The Board of Directors of the new joint
stock company have resolved to proceed at
once with the erection of the proposed new
hnil,liup on Main street. The following gen.
tlemen compose the building committee ::
William Green, Edward Mcmahon, III. y.
Hartman, It. K. Menifee, and Il. G. Bickle.
Yesterday Chief.of-Po lice j. L. Parent
succeeded in recovering the larger portion OF
the 1900 which Peter Scott (colored bad
stolen from Tom Brown (colored). The
story of the robbery as told by the prisoner
is as follows: On last Thursday he went
into the stabe of DR.. Fauntleroy, in whose
employ he was, to pick up some little cnlcN,
ems which had been recently hatched ana
fallen from the hay-loft. In looking tor them
he found an old valise, in which II turns out
Tom Brown had slowed away his savings.
Afterwards he procured key Whlcn IN
locked the valise, and carried Oh the money.
The money was not missed until sunday
night, when Mr.. Parent was notified OF the
ROBBERY. On Monday morning bis suspl.
cions were directed to the prisoner, VINO had
been making good many purchases
Il inc n ~
on that days train for Charlottesville. DE
had him arrested and lodged in Jail. He
then let it be known pretty generally among
tue negroes that the robbery had been COM
mitted, and wanted any OF them with whom
the prisoner had left any of his recent pur-
chases to bring them TO him. Yesterday
morning q colored man living at Mrs. John
B. Badwin's brought him brand-neW
hand.trunk which the prisoner had left with
him. He was ignorant Of what it contained.
On opening it, Mr.. Parent found three hun
dred and ninety-sX dollars OF the five bun
dred which had been stolen. This with the
purchases the prisoner made will account
for about four hundred and fifty dollars or
the amount stolen. After the recovery OF
this money the prisoner gave the particulars
of the robbery as above related, though as
vet he has not accounted for the fifty dollars
which is still missing. 1t is thought that he
has given or lent it to some friend of his.
Yesterday, Taylor Jefferson (colored) was
brought before magistrate on the charge OF
having stolen from Wyatt Smith (colored)
one hundred and twenty-five dollars in
money. The evidence was that Jefferson
was recently in Smiths snack-house, when
the female clerk left for short while, leaving
tn-boX in the room containing the above
amount Of money. After he had gone it was
discovered that the box had been stolen.
The magistrate sent him On to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury, and he was admitted
to bail in the sum Of 500. Jefferson has
been q negro Of some prominence here among
his own class, and the general impression is
that he is not guilty of the crime with which
he is accused.
Yesterday morning, in shifting freight
trains west Of this city, two trains ''got
away from the brakemen " and collidcd.
One car was thrown from the track and two
badly smashed. MAX.
MASs.MEETING OF CITIZENS-ALARM OF FIRE
LAUTDRY--sUPREME CoCRT--wEATHER.
S1AUsToS, November y, 1874.
Acting. under resolution Of the City
Council, the Finance Committee mas called
a mas. meeting of the citizens, to be held on
next Saturday at the courthouse, to con.
slider the proposition Of the City Engineer
for supplying the city with water. The
plan proposed is that of the reservoir sys-
tenn, and will involve an expenditure of
about $4,000.
The city stands in want of nothing more
than she does or a full supply OF water both
for domestic use and for the protection of
property from destruction by fire. Her
present supply would prove wholly made
quate in the event of a large fire in any por-
ton Of our city at distance from Lewis's
creek. 1t is TO be hoped, both for the pres
ent safety aud the continued and future pros
perity and growth OF our city, that some
means will be adopted on next Saturday
which will insure the early construction Of
water-works such as the city needs.
An alarm OF ire was sounded yesterday
evening about half-past 8 O'Clock, caused by
the burning out of chimney OF MIR. Wits,
on Main street. No BARN was done.
The machinery for the laundry at The in.
stituton for the deaf dumb, and blind has
been received, and is being placed in the
building.
In the Supreme Court on yesterday the
argument in the case of LaSelle Us. COLDS
administrator was finished, and the case sub
mitted. The court will adjourn on Satur-
day, November 21st.
We are now in the sixth week since rain
Of any consequence has fallen, and the earth
is parched and dried up. The wheat is
looking badly and is being destroyed by the
1ly. MAX,