Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-19
the hand and was quite lame-walkine

the Appomattox river.
THE WOUNDED MAN.
Sergeant Brooks has q bad wound in
the groin, but he is doing well, and will
no doubt recover.
Officer Sweeney returned to the city
last night-thcroughly broken down.
Captain J. B. Angle and Sergeant j.
A. Cosby left this morning on the early
Danyille train for IIallsboro', the sta
tion between Coalfed and Powhatan.
kilograms From the Front.
A Dispatch reporter sends the fol-
lowing;
PowHATAN STATION, VA,
March 1910 p. II.
Several policemen, together with
number Of countrymen armed with
double-barrel shot-guns and pistols,
and under charge Of Captain Epps and
Sergeant Alexander Thomlinson, are
securing the woods in this vicinity,
rpicketing the railroad stations, and
guarding the public bridges between
here and Chula.
There are any number Of rNnors
aloat, and there is much excitement,
and the country people are giving all
the aid they can to the police.
.A-LADY,S CRIES DRIVE HIN OFF
This morning about 10 o'clock man
answering the description Of Morgan,
the burglar, and acting suspiciOusly,
trayel-stained, and much fstigued, stop.
ped at the house Of a Mr.. &. W. Will
liams. lie being absent at the time,
his wife met the fellow, who asked her
for something to eat. She became
alarmed and cried out to some parties
who were at work in a field near by,
and who in response hastily ran to the
house, but before they reached it the
man had disappeared. They tracked
him some distance, but failed to over
take him and gave up the pursuit.
AT \ CoLoRED WoMAN's CABIN
He CUTS WOOD FOR BREAKFAST
AND TELLS HIS TALE.
The next place that the supposed
Morgan vas heard from was at the
cabin Of a colored man by the name Of
Brown. Brown lives a mile from Mr..
Willisms's. Here Morgan demanded
Of Browns wife something to eat. She
wanted to call her husband to get wood
to make fire, but he objected and him
self cut the wood for her. She says that
he ate very heartily and paid her fifty
cents. She did not want to take his
money. but he told her to take it : that
b. had enough; that his expenses were
nothing to him; that the house for
which he was travelling furnished him
plenty Of money to pay his expenses.
While he was eating his meal he placed
@ pistol on the table.
IL WANTS TO SHAVE AND ASKS yoR
\ RAZOR.
Before leaving the colorei woman he
asked her if she had a razor, remark.
irc that be wanted to shave, but sha
.aid that she dia not have one. Tie
also said that he wanted to get some
one to change q gray suit with him for
The ore that be- hai on and that if he
did 0 he would be able to get out Of
the country. This happened about l.
o'clock.
IiE APPEARS AGAIN LAST NIGHT.
At $ O'Clock tonight Mr.. y. j.
Fowler, who lives about a mile and a
half the other side Of Mr.. Williams,
and two miles and a half FROM this
depot. rode horseback here and mott
fed the police that he saw the burglar
pass his house and 90 10 a colored
mans house about half a mile from
his. The cclored man immediatcly
came to his lFowler's) house, and told
him the burglar inquired which was
the nearest course for him to
take to get into a public road. The
colored man said that he put him in
the direction OF the buckingham pike,
which was four miles OIL.
NOW THEY HAVE IT THAT He WANTS
TO COME TO RICHMOND.
4 telegram from Coalied says that
the fugitive attempted to board Rich
mond-bound freight train at llallsboro'
at o;3j tonight.