Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-01
TRYING TO FIND HIM.
,,nT,alNc EFFORTS or THE POLICE
IN THE WEsT-END CASE.
A Nearo who is Bissing-suspeehng Q
white MANA Cap Causes Trouble
Clues Run Down.


assault case TO q Dispatch reporter late yes
terday afternoon.
"If the little girl had only said II was
white man and given some description
then there would be something 70 WORK
on" continued the policeman, out' my
goodness, telling US to look out LOT Val,
black negro breaks us all up. There must
be a thousand men IN Richmond VINO nn.
swers this description and we can hrIs ai
them all.p Notwithstanding TINS tne ol,;-
GERS are working on the case WIN Ven Is ~
80 that hodes no good 10 the evil,doef IL He
IL within the reach OF their clutches;
Az on the two preceding days; 1 nl';an
Hulce. Acting-Sergeant Tyler anu loI'o al
man Marion and Gibson were ensageu ~ -
NJ YESTERDAY till midnight endea !. In w.
ferret out the mystery-for sucn ~ N"0 Nv"
become.
The arrests were much fewer tnan on
Thursday and Friday. OnlY ono n9s he
vac 1T once pronounced not to be the
wanted man.
HAD POISONED HORSE
One Of the men taken into custody yes
terday had on previous occasion oooI
Mood with Attempting to poison
horse belonging to Mr.. Morton, out IN
This instance It was found out that ne hao
no connection whatever with the case.
Another of the men arrested lived ont IN
tbe county. In fact, one OF the ohcers
Yesterday made two fruitless journeyslnto
Henrico. Suggestions, written and Ferpa,
came in from every quarter, ana notninT
that had the appearance OF cruz WIS a.,
lowed TO go uninyestlsated. Inc ahoun I
-. tLia mo WAS e0OT-
nous.
HAS NOT BKEN SEEN SINCE.
What looks more like a clue than any
rot discoyered is the fact that young
negro who for some time past hes lived IN
fine neirhborhood where the offence oc-
curred has been missing since Ihursoay
,nornino. II is thought that the where
abouts of this individual is known, ana
last night the police were following the
trail with a vim. The colored fellow IN
ouestion is said to be about twenty years
of age and TO fit the description OF the III
tie girls assailant.
he SAW THE MAN.
The man on the car who took her fathers
supper from little Bessie Pulling the night
of the occurrence is said TO have noticeu q
Young negro leaning against the renee AT
Morris street. He would h8yepaid no par
ocular attention TO this. but it struck nm
AZ being strange for man to be standing
ont in a pouring rain at night for no appa-
rent purpose. The negro went on IN d
minnie or two, but in what direction was
not noticed.
MAY HAVE BEN WHITE MAN.
In the past day or two the officers at
work on the case have gradually began 20
loan towards the idea that Bessles assali-
ant NAV possibly have been white man;
The statement of the two negroes would
tend to strengthen this theory, and 1t IS
thought that in the excitement OF the mo-
ment and the darkness the victim may not
have been able to distinguish between a
white man and a negro. Some little sus-
nicion is attaching to n white man who
spent several hours last Wednesday night
AZ the street-car transfer station. about 100
Yards from the place where the assault was
made. The man on duty there thinks the
stranger did not leave the house during
the entire time, but is not sure. All the
same the police are inquirlng closely as 10
this person.
THERE WAS A STRUGGLE.
Dr. Franklin. who attended the girl the
night of the sad affair, SAYS that both OF
her cheeks and also her throat show signs
OF having been badly scratched, showing
concluslvely that there was struggle. Inc
Doctor has reasons to believe that Bessle's
assailant was man and not boy, as has
been suggested.
HOW IT WAS REPORTED.
Acting-Sergeant John II. Tyler sent the
following to the Dispatch yesterday: 400,
Nassrs. Editore-In to-days issue Of your pa
per in speaking of the outrage upon little MISS
Pulling you say the question has been asked
time and again why is 1t that II tho offence was
con- nitted at { o'clock at night nothlns was
known of It at the station-hOuse until the next
mornipg7n Such Is not the case. WAS ecllng
sergeant that night and heard OF tho auair
through Policeman Sale. We immediately IN
vestigsted the case, worked on 1t until l:os +.
NJ, when we separated. l then went 70 the
station house, reaching there few minutes
after II O'Clock, aud reported the outrage to Ser
Reant Orange. the officer IN charge.
No entry of the assault was made on the
book at the Third statlon-house until the
day following. the 26th, and when D's-
pdich reporter telepnoned the Third sta
ton Thursday morning at III o'clock-slX
hours after the offence had been commit
ted-he was told nothing was going on"
WHERE DID HE GET TIRE CAP?
IF there can be a humorous side to such
a case it certainly lies in the dislike that
The average Richmond negro has suddenly
taken TO wearing a cap. The part that this
species of head-gear has played in this SEN
sation has caused it to become drug in
the market, and until the culprit is safe IN
hand and convicted its sale will be eX-
tremely limited.
When the Dispatch reporter was at Re
servoir and Nam streets yesterday after
noon one of the policeman pointed to the
covering on the, happy head OF negro
cap?n Not being afflicted with blindness
the scribe replied he did see it, but ex-
pressed no desire 10 raise" it.
Looking closely the newspaper-man dis
cerned that the covering on the pate of the
dusky citizen was of striped woolien ma
terial and was made after the style OF the
nocturnal adornments worn in the good
old days when it took 100 cents worth OF
silver TO make dollar.
WELL" continued the officer.
arrested a man down on Seventeenth street
Friday because he had on that cap. l
brought him up and he was not identified.
This morning | was out near the EXPOSE
tion-Grounds and seeing this darky with
this cap on him took charge OF him. L
also found out that he was not the one
wanted. The Joke of il is the first man got
frightened and threw 1t away and this one
picked it up.
This isindeed a capital offence"
NEAR THE DUNsTAN HOUSE.
The home of Mr.. Pulling on south Nor
ris street is quite near the house in which
resided the Dunstan family, on whose front
fence was discovered the shawl of Fannie
Lillian Madison, the victim OF the Old
reservoir tragedy. The latter dwelling is
on Reservoir street not far from Cary.
DR.. Franklin when seen bv a Dispatch re-
porter last night said that little Bessie was
doing very we'll and he has little doubt
that she will soon recover.
INTERcOn EGlATE DEBATEn