Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-30
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Arrest OF Two Wcii-knovn houn"
Men Saturday.

GNnchburg NcWs)
Ncasrs. John a. winston and Samut
II. Dillon. wen-known young men OF
this city. were arrested saturday NOM
ing on a warrant sworn out by Mr.. u. j.
Fitzhueh. Of AppomattoX, cnaTg'ns
them with the larceny of two Cdmpbei
comfy bonds Of the value uf $l-3. The
Young men were arrested by omcer ~
roe. who took them 20 tha court-n'u"-.
where they were confined until about
o'clock Yesterday afternoon when the,
,,.re hailed I'm the sum of Foi Witn Mr
~ l.. Dillon as surety. Mr.. hdn1olph
Harrison As counsel Tor the accused, Whiie
the plaintiff is represented By Mr. JohI
j.. Lee.
Whu, AT the courthouse the young men
were seen by a News reporter, 10 whom
they mal., IN brief, the following state
mcnt:
About two or three months ago, about
the first part of April, as IL seems John
4. Winston found on Main street, in FROM
Of the furniture store Of ". i. Dillon q
Co. Of which firm he r. an employee.
two bonds. one Of $500 and the other ol
Si.cno. At first b. did not realize what
they were. He took them into the store.
ana. according 10 advice, locked them
up in the FIRMS safe, and there they re-
NAMED some time. pending his CIV IN
st0n's investigation as 10 the ownership.
Having been unable, after repeated en-
deqVors. 70 locate the owner, they were
now arrested because they would MOI
surrender Tn, bonds. Shortly after The
! loss of the bonds Mr.. Dillon, at the r.
quest OF Mr. Winston. went down f. An
p0mattox 20 see Mr.. Fitzaugh who. ID
the mean time, had pat an advertisement
I'm one Of the daily papers OF Lynchhu.s
/ Mr. Fitzhush was unable 90 idenuty I'd
/ bonds. and they accordingly decided L.
/ hold them. Mr.. Winston unfortunately
/ had imblbcG rather too freely. and had
/ lost the bonds. which he was carrying in
/ his p0cket at the time, fl order 10 fad
/ their owner The bonds were certainly in
! existence. Mr. Winston had advertised
| them in the daily papers. They hac
/ never attempted 10 negotiate them, ano
/ mad put theWeclves 10 considerable
/ trouble and Inconvenience to ina thc
owner. The bonds had not been identified
/ and consequently they had refused L.
1 give them up.
TIE OTHER SIDE.
The story which the other side tells ID
/ considerably At variance with Inc on
above. The following are tn alleged facts
as stated 10y the prosecution:
In the early part OF April, Mr.. FitZhugh
nj Appomattox. came 10 Lynchburg and
/ took from the Peoples National Bank
bundle OF papers. representing several
} tbnueaud dollars worth of bonds, mum
/ Der of which were Campbell county bonds
! ana among the Campbell bonds were two
/ one for 500 and one for Sl,JW After
drawing the papers from The bank ht
walked down Main street. with the bundle
uuder his arm. and passed by Dillon
store. Shortly after he discovered that nc
had lost a large Quantity OF the bOhuS'
: and among them the two campo H-countE
bonds above referred 10. lie repol'eu H''
los 10 Mr. T. y. Krise. with whom NJ
! rad transacted considerable business ano
Mr. Krise promised him that he wou'a
/ Keep q lookout for them. ,.t
Mr. Ftzhugh Immediately advertised nj,
/ l9es in the papers ard offered a re"HIu
{ Tor the return OF the bonds. Nlthln
short time after Mr. Krise received q
/ rtter from Mcssrs. John l.. Williams "
/ Son. OF Richmond. informing MN IN"
] they desired 20 dispose or Sou worm y,
/ Cornubeu county bonds. Mr. krise nnaly
agreed To take the bonds nj premi an o.
/ a. TIE brokers then wrote MI hr's'
/ that the parties with whom they were ne
/ cotiating for the bonds had failed 10 N1'
/ liver them.
About this time man styling himsell
| John III. Wood visited Mr.. Fitzhush ~
/ his home in AppomattoN. and Introduce
himself to Mr.. Fit2hueh under the nam,
u Wood. The man wood taen inform o
/ Mr Fitzhugh that he could ascef ,ii
{ where the bonds were. and asked Mt
Fltzhugh what he was willing 20 pay -,
their delivery. MIR. FitZhugh inioimsu
/ Wood that the matter was IN Mr.. krise
/ hands. and that n must see him. JUS
/ prior 10 the visit OF Wood Dir. fltzhusn
/ had received postal from John H. w ou
/ stating that he would be glad TO see Mt