Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-07
.TALT HALL NOW SAFE.
NJ "A SECURELY CHARTERED IN THE
CITY JAIL OF LyNcheuRc
A Little Girl Killed BY the Electric CARS
Fire In . Furnace Buiiding-Dsed OF
Trust TO Secure Bonds, Sc.
Especial telegram to the Dispsschl


LrrcHpuno. Va, February 6.-Talton
Hall. the Wise county murderer. arrived
here this morning at o'clock under guard
n tho Sheriff Of Wise county and two de-
puties, all Of whom we're armed with WIN
chester rifles. Hall is in appearance by no
means the desperate. He is rather I'M
dsr-szed man-pot stout and not ZERO
cious-looking. When your correspondent
went TO the condemned mans coll tins
norninp Hall was living ON his cot wrap
nd mn In his blankets. He was told that
That he would say was for the newspapers
and would be printed. and he replied that
he didn't believe he had ANYTHING 10 say 10
the newspapers.
DOWN on NEWSPAPERS
They had already printed many Things
about him that were wrong. he sslu
there was nothing in the report that MS
friends were camped around Wise county
Jail for the purpose of rescuing MN. Inc
newspapers had gotten the story up; ne
didn't know what for. lie SAID that ,he
things he is charged with were done when
he was an officer OF the law ana nad 10 GU
counter borse-th thieves and the like. As to
his last scrape. he said, he acted as he did
Mucu SFCi Weo
LITTLE MINNIE RwERs KILLED.
About o'clock this afternoon a little
white girl named Minnie Ewers, about Is
wears of age, was run over by an electric
street-car and had both legs cut on below
the knees. II seems that the little girl
and a companion were running race
down a side street, and when they reached
Main they did not notice the car. and lit
tie Minute struck the car and fell under
meath the wheels and was crushed before
il could be stopped. The motor man
william Matter, was arrested and bailed 10
s., 900. The little girl died about 5 O'CLOCK
tonight.
DESTRUCTIVE IRE.
Last night fire broke out in the new fur.
mace building of the Washington ZINC
Company, in West Lynchburg. The
building was over 300 feet IN length, and
two thirds of it was destroyed. The fur
naces were not injured. Omcers OF the
company say the origin OF the hre Is nc
doubt to be attributed to the electric-hght
wires, as the flames were first seen close to
the wires. The loss will probably reach
| 1850, which is covered by insurance.
TO SECURE SG0 900 IN BONDS.
A deed of trust was recorded In the
clerks Office this morning from the River
mont Street-Railway Company TO the
Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank. 1t
CONVEYS all the property OF the company
| in trust to secure the payment OF bonds 70
| the amount of 100000, or the coupons
upon them. The bonds are to be made
PAYABLE at the Peoples National Bank IN
| thirty-four years from February LIST, and
| TO bear interest at 6 per cent, payaDle
semi-annually. Fifty thousand dollars OF
| the bonds are to be delivered to the River
mont Company in part payment for the
money due 1t by the Riyermont Street.
Railway Company. The bonds are to be
issued in the denominations OF 1900 and
500. The property conveyed Is the cleo
trio railway of the R:vermont Street HAIL
way Company, its power-house. and the
land thereto attached, four railway cars;
the car-house, all rights OF way ana AL
appliances of the company.