The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-19
THE RoANORE TIMES, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1872
AN UNSAFE JAIL.
Many Prisoners Being Brought
to Salem.

Ithas been many q day since SO many
prisoners have been brought to tho
Roanoke county jail as there has been
in the past forty eight hours. There
are now dozen prisoners, some incar-
cerated for henious crimes, within the
four cells of the Jail, three of which
cells are known to be unsafe. Tho SUI
pervisors OF this county have been talk
ing and talking and planning and plan
ming to make the Jail secure, but so far
1T has all ended in talk, and it wial
not surprise those who know to hear OF
a general Jail delivery al any time.
Even this would not move the super
visors. for prisoners have escaped
within the past eighteen months and
they have done nothing to prevent
further escapes, nor will they until they
find that the people insist that they
make the Jail secure.
Thursday w. q. Baldwin, tho Nor
fold and Western detective, telegaphed
that one of the men who recently
robbed the Norfolk and Western safe
at Salem depot had been arrested in
Lynchburg. Officer Boon took down a
colored man to Identify the prisoner as
one of the suspicious characters seen
loaing at the depot on the night on
which the robbery occurred, aud re-
turned with the man Thursday night
and lodged him in Jail. Friday after
noon he was brought before Magistrat to
Weber, who continued the case until
Saturday, November %, on account of
the commonwealth not being ready,
and remanded the prisoner to Jail.
The prisoner gave his name as James
Nolan, and said he was a plumber by
trade. 1t is known that he once
boarded here and beat the landlord out
Of his board bill, and at the proper time
it is thought enough evidence will be
forthcoming to'convict him
Thursday afternoon there were three
or four umbrella members" in town,
and about dusk two robberies were
traced to them. The first, of an over
coat from outside of Levy e Alexan-
fifteen ivory billiard balls, worth $40,
from Mrs. Senay's barroom. Serg cant
Frier and his subordinates secured the
town u1til dark, and when it was found
that the rascals had skipped he sent out
kilograms, which were answered Friday
morning by the chief of police of Roa.
noke, who autographed that he had ar
rested one, and by the Radford chief,
who wired that he had another. Deputy
Sergeant Ninke went to Roanoke in the
afternoon and brought back Jack Burke,
the man arrested there, and a special
constable was sent to Radford last night
to bring in the other. During the after
noon some colored boys found one of the
bundles of old umbrella "fixings," evil
IDENTIFY thrown away by one of the
thieves in his flight.
Friday morning Special Constable
nf orriu ,,;k
Thomas Richardson, a low, chunky,
black negro, charged with robbing Mike
Rosser and others CATALAN laborers) on
night in June at the mines of the Con-
solidated Mining Company, near Roam
oke, of $500. Richardson was assisted
in this crime by Major Tinsley, who is
also in jail here for burning the stable
and Eve horses on the 29th OF October
Of the Consolidated Mining Company.
Both of these arrests were made by Do
tective Baldwin. Richardson was taken
before Justice Camper, who remanded
him to jail until the 25th, as the COM
monwealth was not ready.
About , p. m. Officer Boone pulled"
middle-aged white man who gave his
name rs Steve Halloran, of Roanoke, for
being drunk and disorderly on Main
street. AS the stranger was too drunk
to appear before the mayor he was put
in the jug"
1t was nearly shutdown when Special
Constable Powell knocked at the portals
of Hotel Henning to deliver Andrew
Nowlin, colored, cent on to the grand
jury by Magistrate n. M. Willett for
stealing corn from n. u. Gregory, on
Bent Mountain. last Thursday.
When these notes closed there were
still very fair chances for another burg
lar, two safe blowers, horse thief,
three receivers of stolen goods and one
chicken thief being brought in during
the night.