The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-07
AT THE STATI0N.H0uSES.
Arrest. Made Last Nigbt-Tramp Lodger

Arrest. Made Last Nigbt-Tramp Lodgers.
Fleming Randolph, eolored man iof-
rs years of aye, was ares ed on war
rant last night charged with stealing that
mari of ladies' dress known as n basque,
nom Elizabeth Hardie. He was locked
up in the First Police station.
The cold weather dealt numerically
last night with the tramps. a number
of them, slenderly clad, made their APP
pearance at the police stations enquiring
for lodging They stated where they
came from in answer To questions
from the officers i'm charge. The
cities from which they started
ranged from Galveston, Jacksonville and
Memphis. and their destination was
every city from Washington 10 Portland,
Maine The suggestion that they started
from the Sunny South too early in the year
did not seem 10 arouse them. They were
only anxious TO get in cell where the
temperature was above 10 Fahrenheit.
This morning the Police Justice viii give
them marching orders. He has no in
tention OF boarding them at the expense
Of the State in Jail
Yesterday. William Johnson, coiored
driver. aged iwenty-seyen years, was ar
rested and lodged IN the First police sta
ton where he spent the night, on two
charges. The first warrant said that he
did. unlawfully and feloniously forge,
letter and attempt TO use a certain paper,
purpOriing 10 be a certificate signed by
Mr. Stanley LipscOmb, who Is engaged
in the coal and wood business at No 22s
north Eighteenth street, corner Of Broad,
and in whose employ is William John
son.
Johnson went to real estate agency
with this forged utterance, the text OF
which said. in substance, that he Nv IN.
Johnson) was d man Of good character
that he had been in Lipscomb's employ,
and that he was all right Mr. Charles
Mahonev. the clerk, discovered that the
handwriting of character was not that
of Mr. Lipscomb, and he went to bis
place OF business, where the said writing
was repudiated. This led 10 the arrest.
4 search warrant was also served on
him charging him with unlawiully and
feloniouslv stealing a lot OF coal from
: LipscOmb. \ customer ordered ton
Of coal from Mr. Lipscomb at dark lie
could not al the moment send the entire
ton. but did send a hundred pounds
Johnson collected the money for the en-
tire ton. and went 10 Mr.. ; , Lathr0P
coal ward. where he paid for nineteen
hundred pounds and delivered il, never
turning in the money for the other hun
dred pounds which he had delivered fol
his employer
The record at the First police station
Yesterday showed that Buck Spotswood
who seems 10 be the backbone 81 the lot
terry and jug games in the city, was ar
rested on Police Justice Crutchfeld
bench warrant and bailed for his appear.
ance before the Police Court this nom
ing
Four hogs were taken up by police
man Yesterday running at large on the
public,street They were put in Melon
ouehs stable, and subsequently one of
them. SOW and shoat, were sold 10
W. $ Pollard for S.. The other two re-
NAMED in the stable
A. Girolami and G. T. Timberlahe
were both arrested Yesterday The
former was charged with uulawially
assaulting and attempting 10 strike the
latter Undertake WAS charged with
unlawmny cursing and abusing the
former. The row occurred al a bar-room
Both were bailed to appear before the
court this morning