The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-23
BISHOP MOT GUILTY"
THE ABOyE rERDfCT MAS REdCH.
Ed Ar 4: O'CLOCk LAST NIGHT.
One OF the Most Interesting Trials Ever
Held in Manchester Post-Ofiice In
spector In Town-Personals.
MANCHESTER BUREAU RICHMOND Trmrs.

|
Of the case of Louis Bishop, who. In
| conjunction with Arthur Beyiii. IS charged
| with robbing the store OF Captain Morrs
some time since The particulars OF this
| case have been several times published,
| and great interest has centered around
| IL Oh account of the peculiar manner IN
which the robbery was committed.
| After disposing of the case OF Frank
| Williams. charged with breaking into the
| residence OF Mayor Maurice by imposing
| upon him five years In the pehitehtary,
| jury was Inpanneled ana the case
/ Of Bishop taken w. Messrs. :. ). Dos
| well, OF Richmond, and W. Il. Cox and
| Hay Garrett, OF Manchester, appeared
! FOR his defence, and W TO - clock the
court was occupied In examining wit
| nesses Tor the Commonwealth. At that
| hour the court adjourned until . o'clock.
When cour- reconvened at O'Clock
| there was scarcely standing room. so
| great was the general interes. felt In the
| outcome Of the case
| Nearly the whole evening was con-
| sumed in examining witnesses for Bish0p.
! Misses Watson and Rlankenship, OF FAIL
Ing creek. Chesterfield county, were put
upon the stand. as was Mr. shelton, Of the
| same place. and their evidence all tended
| 20 prove that Bishop was some distance
| from Manchester at the time Of the rob-
| berry
After all the evidence was in Captain
| a. G. AttkssOn, Commonwealth attor-
ney. opened the argument win astrong
speech. lie WAS followed By Mr.. w. b.
Cox for the defence, who made con-
vIucing effort in behalf OF his client
Mr. Hay Garrett followed him. Ills
speech was romarka bic for power Of IN
Nective and beauty Jf Oratory The large
crowd listened 20 him with hrcathless IN
terest. and he made "a marked impression
The argument was closed by Castain
Atthisson, who spoke for about halt an
hour He concluded his energetic speech
at 10 o'clock. ana the case was given
10 the jury. After being out Two hours
"a verdict Of acuuittal was brought in
During the trial Bishops father. ven
cradle gentleman OF fine APPEARANCE, sat
by bis son, and Ms count8nance showed
how keeny bee felt the disgrace.
Post-Oiiice Inspector John T. Clum was
in the city yesterday. mainly TO look after
Tho robbery OF the mail pouch Al the
Petersburg depot some time since. While
here Mr. Clum IS also looking into the
matter Of a free-delivery system for Man
chester. lie says that about the only
thing that stands In the way IS the fact
that the appropriation for this year,
which ends June 3Oth. might not re sufii-
cient TO supply all the offices that are
entitled to free delivery. or course the
streets will have To he marked and the
houses numbered This the Council has
agreed 10 do -ev.ral bids have been
made for the building. and they are all |
az present under consideration. But Mr.. |
Clum says that this viii not be allowed |
90 stand in the way Of the system.
As 10 Manchester becoming station |
G." OF Richmond. the inspector said he |
had never heard anything about it. ami |
did not suppose there was any truth in |
the report
Tie said he had never heard of second |
class Office being emerged into n larger |
one. When asked about the advigability |
OF SWansDOro becoming station OF Man |
chester Inspector Clum seemed 10 think !
10 n good idea. and one that would GER
taillv benefit SwansbOro
a birthday party was given al Ninth /
and McDOnOugh streets Tuesday night |
the Manchester Quartette consisting OF |
Mr.. Ed Nunns'iy deader, Temps Ho- |
beck. tenor, Charles Amos. bass. James /
Bats, baritone. Frank Armistead. second /
bass.
Rev !. b. Clayton. who has been hold
ing very interesting and profitable evan /
gclistic services with Rev. Mr.. Haignt |
I'm the Baptist church here will be at the
Br0ad-Street mission. Richmond Gl2 east
Broad, tonight and every night TINS
week Ills great theme and aim Is the |
with great power the Importance OF |
more thorough conservation on the part
of Christians.
The following additional indictments
have been found by ~ abhnd jury:
Liza Peachy Ccolorod was. rsicted for
getting goods from the store nj MIRA
IT, T.. LipscOmh on q forged order.
Am Indictment was found against J. T..
Short. the alleged bogus sewing machine
agent, for forgery and larceny. 4 trun
bin was also found against he firm Of
Tingle a. Parker. who keep a bar-room
on FUN street between Twelfth and 'rhir-
tecnth, on the charge OF selling liquor 10
minors.
Theodolphas Mann. well-known col
Orod man. died very suddenly Tuesday
night about l1.3o o'clock on Hun street.
Tie was returning from lodge meeting |
near Eighth and HUI streets. and when
Doe reached Ninth Doe was taken suddenly
iil Four OF his friends who were with
him carried the man 90 W. j. carriers
drug store. where everything possible
but he expired before he reached his
home. Coroner BrodnaX viewed the re-
mains yesterday morning, but decided
that am inquest WAS unnecessary, 'as the
man came 90 Ills death from heart dis
ease.
The citizens of Manchester are eagerly
looking forward 10 the result OF the meet
ing tonight by The TWO committees from
the city Councils OF Manchester and
Richmond To try to arrange matters
looking 10 the union OF the two cities.
There is "a great and growing interest
taken in this question by The people
OF Manchester and those WhO were
formerly opposed 10 ann \ AT N upon seri-
Gus thought are now heartily m favor
The funeral of Mrs. T. A. Fisher. whose
death occurred Monday took place Tues
day afternoon at the OLD homestead in
Chesterfield. The services were conduct
ed by Rev W. W. Lear of Central |
church. Mrs. Fisher was a highly e.
teemed lady and was devoted Chris
/
ClOIt Messrs. Henry Fitzgerald, J0-
ss)h W. Bronaugh, Jr, Smith Latham,
Royal, and Il. D. Taylor.
Eleven years ago these gentlemen acted
as pdll-bearers for her son, the lamentot
The case Of Mr. Il. r. barrow. the
5 swer contractor, who was charged with
leaving an ObstructOn' I'm the stree; a.
night without a signal. was called I'm |
she Mayors Court yesterday morning |
After hearing the testimony Of several
the Mayor imposed a fine OF
50 on tine contractor.
w A. Parker and John Tingle were
fined s. on the charge OF having dis
orderly house.
Louis Johnson an old coi0rod man.
Chesterfield county about week ago
Ia is said Louis, who was very old
man, lived iu a small house by him
self and was IN the habit Of locking
himself in the house at night, and kept
the key hanging 10 his coat. IL IS
ought the house took fire, and I'm his
.xcitemeut lost the Key and was unable
20 escape from the burning building.
rhe house was completely destroyed, and
MS dead body was laken from me ruins; :
be- held al 1870 o'clock tonight In the ,
,ity Engineer Office. ,
Mr. Mosby Pulliam. who has been quite
lick Is out again.
The marriage OF Mr.. Harold l.. DuVal | I
o Miss Marie Bass VIII occur to-day at '
lOon al Bainbrdge-Street Baptist church 7
Mr.. Ollie 3 Elder left Tuesday night for | /
Montreal where he has accepted "A posi- |
ion with the Canadian Tobacco Com
ANY.
Il his interesting lectures last night at n
feade- Memorial church. Mr.. Pulliam IL =
living "a series Of lectures on the history | =
Il The British Church, and his theme last