The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-10
SHAW SOON TO BE FREE
sgE DFSpERATE BUR0LdR VINO rs
NOW ~ THE PENfTESTIxRI.
Al vii, be Remembered That lie Shot Ser
reant Brooks and Tried to Ind the Earth
In Career OF Sergeant Tomiinson.

gust seven years ago wednesday
Charles Shaw. a notorious and desperate
burglar. was sentenced to the peniten-
HAIRY for a term Of eight years. Since
his soiourn az the big refornatory he
has been an unusually orderly prisoner
and has given the officials Of the prison
no trouble whatever. The term OF us
sentence was consequently committed to
q utue over seven years, and on the 18Th
aay Of this month Shaw Will be a free
man.
Ths circumstances In the daring rob
49, and would be murder Of which shaw
uas the hero made IL one or me most
belebratcd cases that ever took pace IN
Richmond Tor weeks the burglar name
s,as on evcrybOdys lips. In the police
s,ationa. around the cOurtrooins' about
The hotels. on the street corners ana IN
sact IA nearly all the public places In
Tie city the topic Of interest was the
bold attempted robbery at the late MI
Hermann Schmidts grocery store on the
northeast corner Of Fifth ana Broad
streets.
n viii be remembered that on Monday
night. March D.. 1886. shaw VINO men
tsve his name as Morgan. entered MT.
kglnlIfN Store anu hohiA W NN''''N''f
XIV directory. lie eyed the safe closely,
And other suspicious actions convinced
Nr Schmidt that the man was a rascal |
BANTAM Angle. Of the Second police sIa-
don. was notified. and that night The |
bodice watched Mr.. Schmidts store but /
discovered no suspicious Signs Inc
Watch was continued the following Night |
Ind about $3.50 A. NJ AN explosion Ia me
rear Of the store WIS heard. Policemen /
I M.
ftore. one going to the BrOad-street |
lbe other TO the Fifth-street door. The
burglar. however, scrambled over back
Fence aud escaped through an alley.
On examination IL was learned that The
man had gained entrance into the store
by boring holes through the back door,
fhen unlocking the door, An attempt had
been made to blow the safe. Two holes
had been drilled in the door, but the eX-
plosion effected no further damage than
removing a knob. The burglars instrU-
msnts were left behind.
1t was believed at the time that the
burglar was travelling in the train Of the
Parlor Match Dramatic Company. This
proved 10 be an erroneous impression, /
however but Sergeants Brooks and Tom
linson went through the train, and after
examining several cars, Mr.. Wipperman,
Mir Schmidts book-keeper. who had ac-
the officers to identify the
man. saw the burglar leap from the
train. MIR. Wipperman caught the man,
and Just as Sergeant Brooks threw his
arms around the burglars body, the
latter drew a pistol, shot the Sergeant,
and effected his escape. Sergeant Tom
Ilnson went Ia hot pursuit. firing several
shots at the fugitive, who returned the
FIRE. AT one time the Sergeant deemed IL
wise to shelter himself behind telegraph
pole, and the burglars bullet buried
Itself In the wood. MIR. Charlie Hutchins
and "a cOlOred man overlook the Sergeant
ana each furnished him with a pistol
The chase was continued. and the Ser
seant fired again at the man as he was
turning down the narrow street between
5hockoo warehouse and the bark mill.
rhe man entered stable on the bark
mill lot and the square was surrounded
Nv police officers and carefully searched
,ut the fugitive could not be found.
The burglar was seen to cross the Dan
Vile bridge a little later, and about
o'clock was seen in Manchester. Po-
licemen Sweeney and Wren were put on
iys' crack and followed him towards Bon
Air
Sergeant Brooks was carried 10 the resi-
dence of DR. c. W. Z. Brock. who cx-
amined the wound. The ball, which was
q large one, had entered the right groin
and lodged near the middle OF the left
thigh bone. The Sergeant was taken to
his home, and It was some considerable
time before he recovered from the
wound.
Mayor Darlington offered a reward Of
BOO for the capture Of the burglar.
In the vicinity Of Coalheld station he
was seen and shot at several times, but
again made good his escape. Several Off
GERS tracked him 10 the vicinity of Pow
hatan station where II was learned that
The man had been wounded. After many
adventures he was captured on Belle
Isle. whence he tried hard to make his
escape in a boat. II was learned hat he
had received several slight wounds dur
Ing his episodes with the police officers
and others.
He claimed 10 be a shoemaker from
New York, and admitted shooting a po-
Ice officer at the Union Depot, but denied
he charge Of having attempted to burg
arize Hermann Schmidt's store.