The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-26
a PAIR OF FAKnRS
H"5 alice Rfddick OF Two Hundred
Nnd SHVGnty.EiYc DuilnEa

larry Davis, Il middle aged white
man. and his wife are prisoners at Ports
mouth police headquarters, charged with
n,anu iarcehy.f AS alleged. Thursday
nlsht they robbed Alice Rlddick, l. col
ored woman, who lives on Clifford street
VI s$21a In money -
iheS went to Alice Riddick'S house.
ASKED 10 be accommodated with LODGING,
ior ;ne night. promising her Sl6O /: She
woula accommodates them. She replied
h ,m1t s Sne; was on her way to the base
nall park, get his wifi. two bottles of
peer ana gave her Columbian half
9oilar. Alice did as requested a little
iatef the man asked her II he could
get meal for himsclG and wife any
where near. She told them Of q, place not
A4f OH. INC man went out and return:
gu gu aoout III o'clock and said to his wife
= nave had IL nice supper fixed up for
you The woman said: ooh, 1t is too
much trouble to get up Why did you
Hot 'pflhg nc some in your hands," lie
salo: On could not bring chicken
etc, In my hands
So the woman got up and went out,
Iney asked Alice to wait until they re-
turned and said they would he back In
an hour, at the same time giving her
$too Tor her trouble. and said: 1--WE
are going to supper"
IhSy never returned Alice ,yoitoI
until II O'Clock. II was then that she
suspected something. and going up-
stairs, found that her trunk had beer
broken open and S275 in bills stolen
Ihcrc was in the trunk SIT in silver. but
this was not taken Alice iu,mc,liuinlv
notified the Portsmouth police, who on
Thursday ut midnight ascertaincd tina I
the couple had taken a foot boat at the
ferry for Norfolk
The Norfolk police were notified and
yesterday morning Detectives Hcppel
and Snowdcn arrested Davis al the AIan.
sion house and hic .Sifn
house. on Main street. When searched
al police headquarters over Sill was
found on Davis person None was
found on his wife. The woman robbcG
and three other women were sent fol
and identified Davis and his wife us
the parties who secured the room a,
Alice RiddlckS house. The pair were
turned over to the authorities III this
city.
On reaching the station house. III this
city, the Davis woman tainted. Sh,
was drought too but in Il few moments
She went Off into Mysteries. Davis wa.
lodged in the county'jail. while his wifi,
was put In the city part. Her sobs ,nnG
screams could be heard for some dis.
lance.
The. only way the police can account
for the parties knowing that Alice Rid
dick had,the money is that about foul
months ago Il woman came to Alice
ttiddick's house to live about the. time
she got the money and the woman saw
her put 1t IN her bureau drawer. Tho
woman Il few days afterwards showed
Alice 1tiddick Il bunch of keys and said
they would unlock any drawer ant
showed her that they would. She thc1
said: Taltc that money out that
drawer, because If ii was lost you would
say | got it," So the Riddick woman
took ii out and put 1t In her trunk Thi.
woman said saw her when she did it
Soon afterwards the woman joined c
circus and Travelled with the people who
had just came back here Thursday, ant
knowing just where the money was
went to the house for that purpose Alic
Riddick says among the money she hat
were four Columbian half dollars an,
the one that the man gave her to bu.
beer with was one Of the four. Enough
money was recovered last night to swell
the amount to SITS, making 1t 500 short