Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-23
CAUGHT HIM AT LAST
PLUMMER GRAHAM ARRESTED IN
mAyCHEsTER AFTER MONTHS.
DID NOT JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE,
A Man Goes out TO Commit Suicide,
But the Water Looks Too Far On
md CoId-RemovaI of ONCE I'M
peded-PersOnnI. gLL,

Plummer Graham. a negro man, who
has been wanted by the Manchester po-
lice for loi these many days for being
disorderly about the jail and cursing the
inmates. was yesterday afternoon cap
tured by Captain Lipscomb and Officer
Smith. and securely lodged at the station
for Mayor Maurice's consideration THIS
morning. 1t is well the cell in when ne
is confined has no window, for he would
certainly jump out
The offence on charge Of which Graham
was wanted was committed about
month ago. and as he lives up HUI street
at the railroad the police were oIteh
after him, but each time he would san
ont of a two-story window and elude
them. Chief of-Police Lipscomb and ON
Ger Smith heard that he was at home
Yesterday afternoon, and determined 10
make a raid again. one officer was sta-
toned at the front door and another at
the back exit, but following his ola
trick Graham climbed down the window
way He succeeded in getting TO the
ground. and was in the act OF putting all
tbe space between the officers and him.
self. Sounds of tramping feet behind
him. however, caused him to turn ms
head and the sight which he beheld mace
him conclude that IL might be more
healthy to stop. Two yawnlng 5o-callpre
puns were blowing their breath on the
hack of his neck. The officers then look
him in charge and brought him down 10
the station-house.
NOT A PEACH, BUT PERSlMMON.
Mr.. c. w. Eaton, of Swansboro', re-
ceived yesterday several specimens OF
nersimmons from his brother, Mr. Otis
Eaton. of Macon. Ga. There were three
''possum plums." as the country people
cali them, in the lot, and they are such
as would make a 'possum grin as iar
back as the beginning of the CHRISTIAN
era. The largest weighed ounces, but
was crushed on the way, the second,
which is preserved perfectly, weighs Z
ounces. and measures about s inches
around. 1t is fully as large as winesap
apple at it's usual growth. The thlrd
weighed ounces. A number of persons
have seen it. and pronounce it the largest
they ever beheld. If a Virginia 'possum
were TO get up a tree which grew such
fruit as this. or a Virginia hound under
il, they would believe they had at last
found the tabled lotus tree, and would
live out the remainder of time in TINS
country in feasting and dreaming.
AFRAID OF THE CHILLING TIDE.
Yesterday morning, between 2 and 3
o'clock, a man came into the station
house and urged the police to help him
find Thorp Curtis, who, he said, had
strayed away from his home. The man
continued that Curtis had often made
L. frpp ln
Petersburg bridge as a means of ending
his life, if he ever got a chance. He
said the deranged man had been gone
some time now, and he wanted the police
officers to go with him to hunt among
the crags and in the dark waters for
him. 1t was raining fearfully,' and be-
fore the officers had gotten ready to go
on their peculiar errand q messenger
came and said that Curtis had returned.
He told them when they questioned him
at the house as TO where he had been
that he did go to the river to drown
himself. but when he had gone out on
the bridge and looked down upon the
rushing stream, the torrent appeared so
cruel and cold that he could not get
courage to take the leap. He Is from
Mecklenburg county, but has been in
Manchester some months.
CONSTABLE TOOK CHARGE.
The city's water-works and shops were
in the hands Of the city's High Constable
Mr. George w. Brooks, from Tuesday
evening at O'Clock until yesterday morn
ING at 8 o'clock During this time no
business was done, or could be done, in
the office and in the shop. OF late, the
Water Commissioners, with the consent
of the Council. decided to move the office
of the Superintendent of the Water-Works
from the Leader building TO the
rooms arranged for the purpose IN
the old market structure, fronting on
Hull street, at Ninth. The work on the
new quarters has been completed, and the
undertaking of moving the office furni-
ture began, but was stopped at O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. by the High Consta
| bile who had a distress warrant against
| the Water Commissioners, sworn out by
Mr.. A. j. Bradley, from whom the Office
| in the Leader building was rented. Mr.
| Bradley alleges that the Water Com
rnissioners leased this office, and that the
lease does not expire until June next
| On the other hand, the commissioners
claim that they did not lease the rooms
for any specified time, and 1t is under
stood. will endeavor to maintain what
| they conceive TO be their rights in the
courts.
Yesterday morning Judge Clopton, City
Attorney, gave forthcoming bond &c
the Constable, and his hold on the once
furniture was withdrawn.
BURNED TO DEATH.
A child, about years old, Of -
Wells, a colored man living on west