The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-28


SOLD JIMMY O5T-THE REWARD-THE
HANDSOME GENT SENTENCED TO HARD
LABOR
The Paterson Guardian, OF recent date,
contains q four-coumu account Of the ar.
.iyal of James Hand In that city. The fol-
owing are extracts:
All was confusion In the Jail Office when
Jimmy arrived. He was shaken By the hand
is If be had beer town pump, or the Pre-
,ident of the United States. "I'm glad to
zee you, Jimmy, but can't say that vel.
come yeu back under these circumstances ]"
was the purport of the universal salutatioD.
WHY BE RAN AWAY. j.
Jimmy conversed freely with bis friends,
and be gave q full account Of his doings |
while away. he had made up bis mind to |
remain here in Paterson and take the conse-
ouescee, be they what they might, rather |
than run off and be fugitive, and at the |
same time almost ruin his mother, who had |
pledged so much Of her worldly possessions |
TO the reimbursement Of bis bondsmen. But |
when he made known this intention to his |
relatives and friends they would not listen to
such thing, and vaise OF clothing was
tbrust In his hands and he was actually |
pushed out Of the house and bade 60. So |
he went. -
HOW EE LIVED IN RICHMOND.
He was enjoying himself in Richmond,
and looking about to see what opportunities
there were in that city until last Tuesday, q
week ago to-day. He was in constant COM
munication with his friends in this city, and
received the Paterson papers daily. BE had
no iptimatfon that any one In Richmond
would "giye him away" although there
were several persons there who were for
merly of Paterson and knew him we'll
enough. His apprehension, however, was
accomplished from bis being "given away"
after oil by one pretending to be his friend,
It is said. 1t was not "Jack" Hughes. On
the contrary, "Jack" was one of the most
steadfast friends be found III Richmond, and
stood by him brayely till the last.
THE DETECTIVES APPEAR.
It was after supper when Hand was
going down the street and was hailed
by some one behind him calling out "Hand p
Jimmy turned and asked the man who spoke
to him what he wanted. The man asked
him IL bis name was not James Hand.
Jimmy replied that 1t was. The man then
said he was an officer and "wanted" him.
II proved to be Detective Wren. Jimmy
asked him If he had any authority to arrest
him? At this the detective asked Jimmy up
into bis private Office, around she corner,
and on striving there the officer Immediately
~talked business" by intimating that ne
knew all about Hsnd's case, and Wouid
arrest him unless he made it all right.
He told Jimmy that he bad partner 10
The detective business named Knox, and
that he (Hand) would be allowed TO 60 II ne
would come down with S2,ooO- 81 ,Ooo for
each of the officers. Jimmy failed TO "see !"
the man, and told him he had no author
ity to arrest him anyhow, and started 70
leave the place. This is declared by Messrs.
Knox and Wren to be most outrageous
falsebood. Criminals very rarely say any
thing good Of the officers who arrest tnem.J
THE THEATRE.
The. officer asked. Jimmy where he
was going. Jimmy replied that ne was 60,
inc to the Theatre. The detective then said
that was lust where he was going, and be
would 90 down with him; 80 they started
tooether down the street. After they had
zone a little way, the detective suddenly
took Hand by the arm, and before ne kne"
what It was about he pushed him into
doorway, and TO Jmmy's astonishment ne
found he was in police station, fast and
secure.
HAsEAs CORPUS.
Jimmy was arraigued before the Judge
lsst Thursday morniug, with Major b. wei
ler Hoxsey as his counsel, be having Volun-
teered the service. The Msjor proved to the
Jndge that there was no such offence in New
Jersey as felony, and argued that they had no
right to hold Hand. Under some act OF
the Virginia Commonwealth, however,
Hand was held by the Judge as "conserVa-
tor OF the peace' until the New jersey au-
thorities could be notified. Telegrams were
acco, dinghy sent to Paterson notifying the
authorities here of the fact that Hand was
still in custody and held, and shortly after
answers were received to keep him until the
officers sent on could arrive.
POOR WASHINGTON LAWYER.
Hand had telegraphed to the only lawyer
he knew in Washington TO have VIII OF
habeas corpus ready so that he would be
detained on his arrival there, but it hap
pened that the lawyer telegraphed to was
not yery smart, and he made some botch OF
the work, so that 1t was no better than II ne
had done nothing, and the party came right
through with no detention worth mention'
ing. No attempt to repeat the effort was
made as the party came through Wilmington.
MRS. JAMES HAND.
Mrs, James Hand was quite broken down
when she learned of the arrival Of her bus
band in Paterson. She takes great blame
upon herself, because she urged Jimmy to
20 away, and now perhaps he will be more
Severely punished because he did run away
at her suggestion. All through these trying
proceedings Mrs. Hand has proven herseli
true, devoted wife, and Jimmy's mother
self.sacri6cing parent. Jimmy feels more
badly Oh their account than for anything else.
...-.....s THE REWARD.
The bondsmen Of Hand will have to pay
the $500 reward they offered. As Hand was
released on the charge upon which he was
first arrested, 1t is said the Richmond detec'
tiyes have no claim for the reward, and the
probabilities are that it will have to be paid
to Whitehead and O'Brien. They propose
to claim 1t, it is said.
It Is said Hand has been sentenced TO
eighteen months hard labor since the above
was written.
AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF RANDOLPH OF RoAN.
oKE.-The following letter was deposited
in the State Library Saturday:
WASHINGTON, January "a, 1921.
Dear Sir,-Your letter OF the 1st [post-
marked 2Otb] was received yesterday. have
delivered ali your remembrances, and all
whom you know In this club return the most
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