Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-28
AT A GUNS MUzzLE.
rIspLAcEp CoNFIDEgcE-A FORCED
SURRENDER OF sroLEs PROPERTY.
Wanted for Forgsry-couron ~suits-Ofhcs
Applicants Waiting for Devslopment'-
Tobacco Exports, &c
-sonce Of tho Richmond DIspaich.l


pETERsBrRG. December q. 1888.
4 case ~ mlsplacei confidence whlch was
quickly righted by the victim occurred YES
terl,v morning In Chesterfield county. The
parties 10 the affair were both eoiored.
.. DIuev GLE is q veli-to.do farmer IN The
county. On Christmas night negro ,traoger
applied at his house Tor work. His repre-
aentattons we're suoh that Gle took BIN ~,
give him the best be bad, snd agreed also 70
live hin employment. Yesterday morulpg
the srranger vas missing aud Glle's watch
ard chsin had also mysierously disappeared.
Coupling the two facts together GLE LOOK Us
gun aud horse ant went In pursuit. lie
owe took the negro after travelling several
mile. aud forced him at the muZzle OF MS
gun TO deliver up tn stolen property. rms
done The two separated under rather due
rent circumstance than those under WHEN
they mc;.
r. w. Hammond. who is in the Richmond
Jail 10 answer charges n forgery, i "anlel
here aiso for The same offence. lie succeed
Cd ia missing one or more forged checks on
merchants here and then LETT.
Several complaints were made tothe pohce
authorizes to-day by country negfoes that
they hsd been sHindled out Of their money
by negro sharpers WHO had played the
.'ihree.card-mODte" game on them.
Joe Thomas, the negro who shot his VIE
in New York q day or ITO ago, wa formerly
owned By the Buster family IN thi' city, ~ d
he has two brothers living here now. Ills
wife also went from Petersburg, aud leaves
relatives here.
Inc Circuit Court Of Petersburg. Judge
Hancock presiding, will meet in adjourned
session on The 3lst 81 December The udgr
will then render biz decision on the motion
N counsel for the dei'ndants n further
continue The numerous suit OK the Comnon-
weslpI against the coupon taxpayers.
Who Is 10 be postmaster OF ms city ana
who the collector OF internal revenue for The
district under the incoming Republican Adj
minisirati0n are questions that have appa-
rcntly dwaried into Inslgnlicince under the
shadow " the greater questions 81 General
Nlahone's appointment 10 q Cabinet po'ltioD
and his control OF tho Federal patron.
age IN Yirgluis. While there may DE
no other Virginia asplrant for the
Cabinet posifon there VIII he a strong
6shi within the Republican party
against General Malone for any recognition
by the Harrison Administration. Tbs hght
wlll be ted IN Virginia by such men as Colo
mel james d. Brady. Ex-Governor WlNiam
4. Cameron. and other prominent iude'
y ndent leaders. and il is well known that
ihey have not only the tlrmncss but the Tact.
10 make the fight a very lively one. TIE
negroes Of the Fourth district almost 10 o
man will sustain them, and viii rejoice q,
The defeat Of General Nahoue.
Several commissions ne htHGficO have been
held upon Insane negroes THIS week. The
asylnm ne1r tbs city Is so crowded That there
is hardly room for more inmlics. 4 lunatio
arrested last night showed the peculiarly OF
SEEING children in tho streets and running
of with them. 10 their great fueht.
Iii, believed that the tobacco exports from
this city this month Will exceed J1o,O0J
pounds.
Toe tobacco warehouses are doing nothing
this weck-no stock coming in from thc
country iorsalc. RoplN ApMH'