Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-24

him flash roll" ana 'Teep MIN On inc
string" m -. ~ the
men pulled out . bundle. united IT, no
threw q lot Of brand.nsw bills upon inc
table. A Il afterwards turneo O.. ou.: :. an" too
we're 100 genuine so bills. lW Vs. ana ~"
MS. making q total OF u.0n'
The man from Manchester asked them
% that was ali they had got. and they
satd ~ WAS. Then q Suspicious gieem
sa,e. over his face and the operators DO.
80 20 look Mt each other. Sheffield had
been pretending to examine the money,
and while doing 20 had scooped u INTO =
nile. Large beads OF perspiration spanssu
H. brow and he trembied with excite
ment. The operators tnen rsA"Se" '""'
thew were being trified with.
ors ~ the men raised his umbrella 10
....nk ShefIield and the other punched ~
H. ShefIield. unable to suppress MS
Saai,pvg uttered a war-whoop ana drew
~ h,ackiack. lie whanged the big man
LIZ the head with II. knocking him over
ond then fIourished It over the other man.
who had stepped back in alarm ana SUM
bled over the bed
sheme,d nut the money into his over
co., nocket and dashed out OF tne uo"'
without his hat. That wasn't VIVA. ne
had intended to do, but ne toiu S"e.
Mummy afterward that MS exc'enen.
dominated him, and he couidht woIn
according to schedule. beliowins inc a.,
o,ar',,ad maniac. he dashed down the
s.a,r. waving the blackjack and acting
oareral,v like a weird. wild thug.
rho hotel clerk saw the strange crea-
ture ain believing. dash out OF the door'
40 sheffield reached the sidewalk ne
was mel by a big crowd OF people just
on the Pennsylvania ferryboat. Sheineid
summed about trying to dodge them, and
some one started a cry OF "Mad-dog!'
A youth ran to Detective McNally VINO
was standing near by. and told him tna'
a man had Just done murder In the
hotel.
Mentally. who was In plain clothes
dashed up. He found Sheffield performing
In the centre Of an interested mob. VINO
wouldn't let him get away. The detec'
tive grabbed him. but the come back
wouldn't have IL. and. uttering more
yells. wanted to fight. A uniformed police
man came I'D at that moment and the
| two removed Sheffield to police headquar
| ters. His hair was waving In the breeze
| and he was breathing quickly. something
| like a man snoring.
Meanwhile the "green-goods'' operators
| had dashed down the stairs. run through
| the barber-shop and the bar-room. anC
| then vanished. A policeman at the ferry
saw a well-dressed man with dark com
| plexion run into the ferry-house. Blood
| was streaming from under his hat. ant
ne was much agitated. 1t was not until
after the boat that took the wounded
stranger to New York had started thai
the policeman connected him with the
| Taylor Hotel events.
MONEY TAKEN FROM HIM.
Sheffield, at police headquarters. told
| Chief Murphy exactly how he had got TIE
| 81 800. This was a weak move on his
part, because IL he had said that the
| money was his, and that he had brought
IT down to buy green goods with IL
would hava been given back to him. As
It Is, 1t will go to the police mutual-aid
| fund. II the "green-goods' men turn up
and prosecute Sheffield he might receive a
sentence of fifteen years Imprisonment
for robbery with violence. while they
could get only five years under the
'green-goods" act. having clear balance
OF ten years In their favor.
Chief Murphy sent out and had several
"green-goods'' men arrested and shown
| to Sheffield, who was locked up on a
| charge Of carrying concealed deadly wea-
| pcEs until such time as his victims shall
appear to prosecute him, and give him
his allowance OF fifteen years. But he
failed to identify any Of them. Among
those captured were Mike Ryan. who was
, taken before the Lexow Committee, and
refused to testify; John or "Sheeny''
Morgan, and pretty Jimmy" Wilson.
The last two named had Just come over
/ from New York, and were indignant at
their arrest.
why, We had an important appoint
ment with a gentleman from Philadel-
phia," they said, and this has caused Us
to lose him."
was he a come on or come back?'
asked the Chief. boldly.
I'm not bound to incrfminate myself,
am II" replied Pretty Jimmy"