Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
Old COUNCILS ACTS.
1rsin! Eniries from The Records Early
IN the Present Centnfy.
,ur FAMOUS oLD-MARKEr GANG.
s.u,rc Holmes the only survivor
,roO Larceny Was Punished fehs
Aico-Mhy Jackson was
over Mcclellan.


bic chamber in tie sad CITY, on
....... the l1th Of January. 1874 was
..l d. civilian c. Williams. Gent
.f.... Philip Norborne Nicholas. John
...-.-al-h. william Foushee. George
10. william Writ. Christopher Temp
5.n.ai bailey. and William Mar
c.-t. common councilmen."
.'- obi. transaction Of considerable
,..,ss appears the following note:
.r..,. ~ absence granted Messrs "irt
.-, r,y or the remainder OF the day"
....- I'd, made at this meeting by the
.-.f Police OF the city OF Richmond
.....,, predecessors Of the captain OF
...-..yatch. and subsequent Chief OF
- Or "a definite determining of his
rs such. 1t may be Of interest
these latter days TO learn that the
,..y.nr resolution was thereupon read
,.l hid on the table,
...-,yel. That It IS the opinion OF the
-,.,.~,.n Hall that the Master OF Police
a.. ,.,torzed by law &c give judgment
~, ,...a execution against every person
.-..y ~ violating. within tho city OF
,....f any law innc;ing penalty
....t. U.s. made recoverable before a magis-
-.e 70 The corporation.
..-. time in 1874 It was resolved 'nat
.mrn1n Hail pay the Keeper OF w
..rtary l. cents per day LOT go
-.ft committed thereto unuci "'
- ~ the magistrates OF the CITY
March 2. 1914. Common Han grant
t.- Of ground 20 the United states
D. OIL. location OF a powder Wasazlne
r,aicau on Fifth street In Adams
.., to be returned after the war men
..,., between the United states and
.. ur.tain. 10 is the present site OF
,rn r.va,r magazine. when was ploNii
o.. IN ne day Richmond was eVacua'eu'
Ar-.l 60 l~5. -. .,o
~ l-9 tenn OF the court was one
rs- lanes Dickinson for selling
'.r.h made OF rum at the Eagle Tavern
Nt.out license.
IT,. s.r.er'ber. 1925. an order was enter
.. directing the City Sergeant aiter
twenty days publication to sell for 'no
t....t " the Commonwealth, SaIan.
,. ~ Robert b. Armistead, OF New
,-.-. county she having been convicted
.I.,ag her time Of her master con-
t-ary TO law.
.. ... meeting OF the Common Coun-
l.f. ON January II, 1914 John II.
t-Ia was elected Inspector and
r.-.r OF LIQUORS, and held the once
d.. r-i-a period Of over forty years.
t,- strobia was q popular citizen ana
81. enthusiastic member or the hiCn-
,..-I Lfght Infantry Blues. lie mar
60 sister ~ General William Lam
i-f for many years Mayor or the city
,r.s Julia Mayo, who afterwards be-
came the vile OF Dr. Robert Henry
Csbeu. who had been schoolmate OF
FIR Strobia, once wrote beautiful song
ana march, very popular with oahlS
and I'm parlors years ago. which she
dedicated 20 him. In 1884 Mr. SroDla
was succeeded "a. office by sampson Jones'
who was for "a long time previous 10
that date "a merchant DOING business
81 the corner OF Main and Ninth streets
pix MHers present stand, under the
frm-name OF y. * $ Jones. After the
election Of Jones, In 1854, well-known
cr7.n long since dead wrote some
lines about the election OF 1854 In which
le refers to the defeat Of Strobla In the
following manner:
"'Twera vain TO tell how strobia fell;
.rwould melt the hearts OF stones, sir;
How be did gauge from youth 70 age,
Yet licked by Sampson Jones, sir.
a, u meeting held In April. 1874 W.
g. Wren. City Sergeant, reported 70 the
Common Han that at an election heid
Ll..r his supervision In JEFFERSON ward
fr members " the Hall, Charles Whit
l.ck. Joseph Mayo Francis Wicker. John
81 .us. John Enders, Archibald Peas
r..- ana others had been elected. In
g., SON Ward Philip n Nicholas. John
Amber Solomon Jacobs, George Hay,
s. .u II. FltzwylsOn were reported
t.-.. IN Monroe Ward among those
i,..rt.l elected were William Marshall
D.>..r cf the Chief Justice Of the
1. Statcsl. David Bullock, Benjamin
N...rs Ieeh. Hugh Davis Gather OF
t s shelton c. Davis, Clerk OF the
Nr. mattel Thomas Richie. and
d. r-t..I-law William Foushee, first
4 90 ihe city.
orb. ,s thus elected chose Thomas
tr Mayor; Charles Whiuock,
l....r..r. 1-I solomon Jacobs. Senior
Alderman. Ise latter was Grand Master
o. tN- o,ar. lodge Of Virginia Masons
!-'0r Dr- fHar OF Solomon y. Jacobs
ava l- N am JRQualin Taylor and
1 jam. M Taylor Another sister
deceased married John Poindexter,
a.. .. l lu-lty. The Taylors were sons /
o. William D. Taylor. Of Taylorsville /
I....t.r county. one OF them George /
l F ,I is clerk Of the Supreme Court !
Appeals u Virginia
Haf're the Hastings Court May 8. 1892. |
slave. belonging 70 DR.. William /
-.c. was tried for hurglariously en- !
tr tfe storohouse OF Wright South /
'e .r 't.s city and stealing ''ten pounds /
Dr.. upwards" Being adjudged guilty. the /
vae condemned 10 be hanged on /
B.. SOD NJ Che following June. In those /
'.. +i Judgment meant that about I
Or 20 later Joe would be found IN /
n- Louisiana cotton-held indusiriously 4
-s FL hoe or some other domestic I
The prisoner was valued al $50, /
ent 90 about $3.50 OF our present 4
Aleu- a slave Of Mr.. Sou;hgate.
OIL. charged with aiding Joe in robblng
SEER and. being found guilty. was
f.l % be burned IN his left hand !
re twenty-five lashes at the
".rI.rE-posL when a member OF
cf Friends was summoned on
n those days the Court Clerk al
Was careful 20 add that. being a
" ta affirmed" In 1898 appear
entries where defendants, on con-
getty offences, had been or
b. burned IN the left hand,
WITH tho further penalty OF being
end ~ a cart, 70 be driven
street. While cons laple
ung them up with thirty nine
anterior 20 the late war a num-
..taas o. Jefferson Ward 50 often
tecc ~ renl Zvous al the First
l..se as Co become known as
'l Market gang" They were all
e.l.-ct individuality. and. as a
..er o, course. loved 70 have their own
''. f.t 60 occasion seldom or never