Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-05-29
FROM THE EAST END.
Alleged TO Have Tried to
Hug a White Woman
HAPPENED ON AN ELEC-
TRIO CAR.
Blooming Lily Lodge Jubilant
ROYALTY ENTERTAIN
ED AND DINED.
Evidence of West End Hos
pitaHty.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS.


From our East End Correspondent
There was quite an excitement kick
ed up on Church Hill last Sunday
evening when the 6:45 car from Seven
Pines arrived at the car shed-29th and |
P SITS. A rumor was spread broad cast |
that a colored boy named Frank Fitz-
hugh had tried to hag white woman
on the car. A large crowd gathered to
see him, having been taken into custO-
dy by the conductor and subsequently, |
a warrant charging him with the above
named cff-nse Was issued against him
by Magistrate Nash Thomas. The
cate came up before Judge Wickham
Monday morning and resnlted in young
Fitzhugh having 20 pay 50 81 fine anu
required to give a bond OF 500 for II
months for his good behavior The
case attracted large number of peo-
pie
PLANET NAN CALLS.
The reporter called to see young
Fitzhugh, being very well acquainted
with HIM and asked his aide OF the
story. He complied with the request,
and said
Il rode down to Seven Pines Sund ay
afternoon on the O'Clock ear and
started to return on the 6:l5 O'Clock
car. When the car neBred the trestle,
which by the way, was a summer car
and / was seated on the outside, the
car commenced TO rock violently on
the trestle and got up TO change my
position ard while so doing the car
gave . lurch and l fell over on the
white woman. When I recovered my
balance saw that had torn her vail
She became angry, and the conductor
stepped up and snatched the cigarette
out of my mouth, threw it away, and
0rdertd me under arrest"
From the foregoing it IL evident
that there was no effort made by Fitz
| hugh to hug this woman and besides it
S absurd TO think that he would dare
attempt such q thing in ear, compar-
Atively filled with passengers. There
are scores of such incidents on the
electric cars every day, and in many
instances passengers suetains worse
iamage than what was done to this
white woman. Perhaps it was the
sensational report OF attempts at rape,
robbery, and general lawlessness that
has been published in the white rews-
papers that wrought her mind up to
such a state as to lead her TO believe
hat every colored man she sees has
come unlawful design, or perhaps like
some others who are anxious TO pose
before the world as q victim of Negro
awlessness
What a shame that the white news
papers of the south can serve no other
purpose than to become the mediums
| I. toh - ,nnff~ tho
md suppose crimes of colored men
committed upon the whites, while try
ing to minimize the crimes committed
On defenseless colored men women and
children by white brutes II white
man filled with whiskey had fallen OF
= eolored woman mott ing would havs
been done but as this was this mis-
. Ann" -.
Fitzhugh is an employee of the Vir-
xinia & North Carolina Wheel Factory
and resides at the corner of 3lst anC
, N SITS.
} PVTHIAEs JUBILANT.
The Sir Knight visitors who we're tn,
, guests of Blooming LILY Lodge. K. o
z. had an exp' rience last Tuesda.
night which viii not be forgotten yer,
soon by them or il is likely to be for
1 kOJtGN UI Tic uluC ChAtQlQ ubCc " III a
piled for admission in that body.
had been noised abroad for sometiDs
that there WAS a club Of young men &
, be initiated into the mysteries Of F
iC, & B and of course nearly ever,
lodge in the city was represented,
ROYALTY ENTERTAINED.
The usual routine of business wa
!. transacted afterwhich the lodge con
( ferr-d the rank of Page upon tn
folio wing: Foster l.. Lucas, Charles 4
8 Wilder, George Z. Booker, ". ii
FoU lkes, Edward Evans, John A
Jeter, Joseph A Robinson, Waite
!. L Sayles and David A. Jones. I
only those who have been initiated in
! TO the peculiar rites OF Pythianism an
those who were present can tell whs
:, q treat it was to have been present a
these ceremonies. 1t was the bea
thing W Q have seen this year. ShoT Il
Y after two o'clocs the process of &C Z
ferring the second rank was complete
/, and a recess was taken to show tn
: visiting brethren a sample of Pythia
beneVoienGe, az we'll as to refresh til
/, eandida tes, to enable them to complet
n the last stage of their journey At th
conclusion of this eXoelient repas
v work WAS again resumed after whic
the early hour of m saw ever
[, one q member OF the grand old ords
e Knights of Pythias.
Sir knight Warick A. Kyles, Oh&U
h eellor Commander of Planet LodR
Number %, rendered valuable suppol
l. to Chancellor Commander. Author
Fowlkes. in showing the golden patti
" way to Pythianism. Among oth'
vi,itors were: Sirs Thomas ". Mitcl
~ D4ewlA- GAD~<~.
Taylor, H Eugene Richardson. Junil
st A. Smith, Millus Jenes. Benjamin
p yton, J Henry Taylor, Clarence
Id Morse, Wellington T, Nelson, OF PIAl
T. ct Lodge Sirs RobeFs A. Jackson AT
Louis Crawford, of Myrtle Lodge. n
D. II: Sirs ". Van Jackson and Jot
Harper of Unity Lodge.
y GENEROUS SURPRISE.
Us There WAS q surprise parry ina
gurated last Thursday nigat, by son
a Of the officers. teachers and scholars
the Fourth Baptist Sunday school,
" behalf of Miss 'BeulRh Brooks, one
If the teachers in that school. who b
party was led by Snpt. Jeremii
g. smith, Misses Lala Willis. Paulii
r. Warwick, Mary Simms, Susie BlRkt
at Lucinda Hamm, Frances Kemp a.
p. many others, whose pemes we fail
to obtain. Miss Brooks expresses b
self as being very grateful TO tho
WIG so kindly remembered her.
PERSONALS
WANTRD-A wife, must be respt ct
BILE, clean, not particular shout cor
plexion, must know how to work, Ct
Ut stay out ss late as she please, We
GO what she can get and do Just what al
n Lies. just so she works and brings h
RS money home. For information as
RI my purity OF purpose. address "a ,"
n. care Of Young Mems Head -qnarte
Ill col North goth st. Photos exchang
IN and correspondence limited to 2wee
only.
~ Miss Jane Nelson arrived in the ci