Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-02
A RAID BY THIEVES.
TWO or THEM CAPTURED WHILE
ROBBlNG'FREiGHT CARS
Nine Watches And Three Ptsfois STOLEN
From n show Case.-Rsoovered
Through The Dispatch.
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Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispssch.l
PETERSBURG, Va, September LA raid
was made by gang of thieves, night be-
fore last. on the freight cars in the
depot yard Of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company in this city. Three
cars were broken open, and one was
robbed. Timely discovery prevented a
serious theft. Two negroes. William Reed
and Archer Galloway. were caught in the
act of entering one of the cars. after hay
ing broken the seal and removed the door
pin.
They were brought into the Mayors,
court, this morning, and were sent on to
the Hastings court for trial. Two other
negroes have been arrested for robbing
another car of a can Of lard and O cake OF
cheese. They were sent to jail this morn
ing, and will have an examination to-mor-
row with counsel 10 defend them. The
stolen property was recovered. Their
names are Thomas Brown and Charles
Pollard-employees of the company.
ANOTHER sERIoUs ROBBERY.
Mr.. William T.. Moore, proprietor OF an
"all-night" house near the old market. was
the victim of a heavy robbery at an early
hour yesterday morning. During a lapse
OF business he fell asleep in his store, and
while thus resting, some unknown parties
came il and robbed his showcase of nine
gold and silver watches and chains. and
three pistols, which were held by Mr..
Moore as collateral for money he had
loaned to different parties. As yet there
if no clue to the thieves. though the police
have been actively working on the case.
AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YI,ARs.
In recent letter to the DISPATCH from
this citS description was given of valu-
able gold ring found by negro on Batter
sea farm. Just west of town, and turned
over to officer Reuben Rag land, of the po-
lice corps. with the hope of finding the
owner. Mr.; J. E. Sullivan, clerk of the
First Market. Richmond. read the
description in the DISPATCH and rec
ognized the ring as his property
or rather thatof his wife. which
was lost in 1868, over twenty-five years ago.
He givessuch additional description of the
ring, as to render certain the identity of
the property. At the time the ring was
lost Mr.. Sullivan WAS a resident of this
city. his home being on Commerce street.
He was engaged, in 1865, TO a young lady
named Miss Maggie l.. Slater. now his
wife. He presented her with an engage
ment ring. on the inside of which We're en-
grayed the initials Of EACH. L. SIN.
l.. S." with clasped hands between them,
and a double heart opposite. The date OF
the engagement. December 1855" IL also
engraved. Officer Ragland, who has bust
ness in Richmond tomorrow, will take the
ring with him and deliver 1t to Mr. Sulh-
van.
A GOOD NEWSPAPER.
1t have been truly said that every para
graph published in a newspaper is OF in
terest to some one Of It's readers. TIE
DIsPATCH's description of tins long lost
ring finds the owner and illustrates the
value of . good paper. The description of
the man recently murdered near Temples
in Chesterfield county. led 10 his IdentIf-
cation by man hundreds of miles away.
Ii is learned that the tobacco crops in
this section was but very little injured by
the recent storm.
Great interest is felt here in the result of
the games between the clubs Of the Tn
City League. Ii IS hoped and expected
that the Petersburg club will be strength
ened for the final games III few days.
HIT BY A MAIL POUCH
Mr.. John Holland. a section master on
the Norfolk aud Western railroad, at
Wakefield, was very seriously hurt this
morning at that place by being hit with
mail pouch, thrown from the Cannon Ball
train. DR.. j. W. Bryant. the railroad sur
geon at Crewc went down this afternoon
to attend the injured man.