Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-08
TAYLOR in CUSTODY.
KIM Williams Commissioner Brought
Here on The Charge Of Forgery.
ron A LuNATICs SUPPORT.
IL Is such a Claim Warrant That
the Accused Is Charged with Hav-
Ing Trsuduicntly uttcred-rhe
omcers stiiI Rcticent.


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The Dispatch of yesterday morning
printed exclusively the news that ser
eeant Alec Tomlinson and Officer GID
son would leave on the ea5 y ~. u"'"
,ver the York.River railroad for the pu'-
pose OF arresting one OF the coh'n'
tloners OF the revenue OF a nearby ''""
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The official referred 10 was MI bur'"ey
Tav,or. Commissioner OF the Revenue y.
King William county. He was 1i''o
a, The courthouse during the o''.
,rouch, 10 the city on the $50 ua'n ms
,,rh, and taken to the second s'i'''"
House. ,.,,oss ,ail
snv h,natic is confined 10 oo"'"0'
corr. III person for the msih'e
c.re n such Iunatic out OF 'he jan a"1
,,,ke allowance therefor not eHc'eo"'s
-, ia authorized for a lunatic corhhea
J.. ,,u" the expenses To be certihea 70
che Auditor OF Public Accounts
THE CHARGE AGAINST LAY Loh'
rno charge against Mr.. Taylor Is that
Of utiering a forged order Tor 'he nam
,oranee Of a lunatic. and Is specincaiIy se'
co,th in the warrant for his crest aS
follows: a.,
,-,,, no "unlawf,lly and feloniousiy uio
,,ter aud attempt 70 employ hs ~
certain false. forged. ana couhteiie' 80 80
,6nd aud attested order Of court; Pu'
.dr,i,,g 10 10 the order Of the County
.ouri OF the county Of Prince Niilldll,
uaking an allowance TO one ., tnoppcs oap,p,c..
for the sum Of $500 Tor the ma ,,r,aic
md care OF one Mary Young. "A iuhai,l
"a also Tor clothing furnished tne sa,n
Mary Young. said order purpora,,,iiis w. ~,
i've been drawn upon ana payavie py
the Commcnweai IN oi NlRi'ia'a ' a,test "a
uor,inr TO have been drawn ana atsesaIa
lv 4 H. Terrell. Deputy CLERK OF saio
county. which laid false. forged, coSh,et
fsit. certified. md attested order Oh s"'u
court is In the following woius-o Wa VIZ
Here IL gwen a copy OF the aheseI
,,rgra order. which follows the usuai
form. setting forth the amount purpor-
I,,o 20 be due. and certifying that after
mo commitment Of said lunatic ana every
,vvo months after, application was nhue
70 two Of the lunatic Nsylums Tor her hu-
mission and refusal for want OF room
The warrant then charges that the salo
purnIey TAYLOR uttered such order' KNOW
Ing u 10 be false. forged. etc.
Ills COUNSEL AWAITS HIM
Mr. Taylor reached the statlon-house In
charge Of Sergeant Tomlinson ana oln-
cor Gibson about g:i5 O'Clock. ana innie-
d,ateIy went into consultation win 'oio
mel ". +. Wickham, who was there 10
rocot him as one Of his counsel lie de-
,iined TO talk about the case, but, through
Colonel Wickham, gave out that ne was
eurnrlsed at the issuing OF the Warrah''
t,,t came along without any trouble.
AZ stated I'm yesterdays Dispatch. the
warrant for Mr. Tsylor's arrest was is
rued et n conference held at the Capltoi
wednesday night. at which were present
Auditor Mayre, MIR, c. Lee Moore ms
chief clerk: Judge Samuel B, WIN, OF the
1Tustinrs Court, Commonwealth's-Atto
nov II. NJ Smith. Jr. and Magistrate
W. T. Jones. Policeman Gibson was aiso
rreseut. and the warrant was placed IN
rs hands This conference followed one
nat had been held In the Auditors once
al the close OF business hours "Wednesday
between Colonel Marye and Mr.. II. ;.
,,.o'forstein. in which n clue was given
which led 10 the arrest OF Mr.. Tayior'
CAME FROM SEVERAL COUNTIES.
I, oorears that several orders for the
,-.lutsnance of lnnatics. and apparently
I'm the same handwriting, had come INTO
he Auditors office from diherent couii-
ties This aroused suspicion ana II II
frvelooed that the orders were not genu-
inc through apparently In proper form.
Mr. ". s. Walerstein. proprietor OF the
Trlnan Sons grocery store. on Main
street between Seventeenth and Eign-
tccntb. had frequently presented lunauc
orders for payment. and Wednesday one
OF his employees presented an oruer ior
.'Si. purpnrting 10 be from the county
Court OF pinwiddie This order Mr.. wal
f,. tatt
TAYLOR. brought up from King william
nv the lat,er's clerk. The letter con-
taIned an order for goods, Mr.. Taylor
being in the merchandising business at
J.estor Manor-and. after deducting
the amount of the bill for the
foods from the court order, Mr..
Wallersiein gave the clerk check
for the difference. About o'clock
Wednesday at the request or Coionei
M.yrc Mr.. Wallerstein went to the Au-
dltors Office. and gave all the informa-
tlon hc could about the handling of such
orders. The letter enclosing the Dinwiddie
order was promptly turned over by Mr.
Wallorstein to the authorities.
WAS IrNJOINED To SECRECY.
In conversation with Dispatch re-
porter yesterday afternoon MIR. Waller
stein said he was not at liberty to disclose
what transpired In his conference with the
state officers. but ne would say that he
hTd received a number OF court lunatic-
orders from Mr.. Taylor. Of course never
questioning for moment tina. they were
an right as he knew Mr.. Taylor and
lad no idea that ne would do anything
wrong.
IL ,Vas stated In another quarter that
merchants were In the habit OF receiving
luna,ic-orders and that the impression
was that MIR. Taylor made business Oh
dicoun,lng them.
Mr. Taylor Is about 81 years OF age.
and married. and has several children.
Tc IS a native OF Hanover county, ana
was deputy clerk Of the Hanover county
court Tor some wears He has been living
m KING William for nine or ten years: mas
been prominent In Republican politics.
en4 ls a member Of the Republican conf
mlttcr for this congressional district.
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION.
Tho case Of Mr.. TAYLOR viii come up
r. the Police Court this morning, but
whether the lnves stigation viii be gone
ir', or not - not known 1t Is not un-
Nkcly that n continuance VIII be asked
for. as neither side has had time Tor pre-
pafatlon. There Is a question I'm the
minds of some whether the Richmond
courts have jurisdiction in the case Com
monwealths s-Attorney Smith declined last
uieht 20 discuss any phase OF the mat
ter He like Auditor Marye, was greatly
dsplcascd because the Dispatch published
iis FUN and interesting story yesterday
morning Neither OF these officials would
tax Wednesday night. because they were
afraid publicity would cause the accused
10 escape arrest. and they were equally
as GYm yesterday In their refusal TO give
any Information for this paper. But this
morning. as yesterday. the Dispatch pre-
sents its readers with the news. in which