Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-11
DREW HIS REVOLVER
John Meritz Attempts to
Shoot Sergeant Reynolds.
HELD ON SIX CHARGES.
Fac is implicated In the Robbery OF the Ship
r. j. Spencer. Two Other Arr. sta
Made and more Develop
ments Expected.

John Moritz owes his life to the
bravery OF Sergeant J. w. Reynplds.
Under simher circumstances most any
other officer would have sent bullet
through Moritz'S heart and he would
nave peen Justified in doing so. Instead
OF shooting the man Sergeant Reynoldss
oVerpoweted him, placed his nlppers on
MS wrist and forced hun to go TO the
CITY JAN. six charges We're slated
against the prisoner. as follows: Fee
lonious Shooting, disouderly conduct,
resisting arrest. carrying concealed
weapons and grand larceny.
While at the C. 6. o. depot yesterday
AFTERNOON Sergeant Reynolds attention
was attracted by the disorlerly conduct
OF two men, They were on the vacant
dot between TWEEN " third street and
Ghe raliioad. The men were Moritz and
oohn Scott, better known, as .tScotty"
Moritz had revolver in his hand and
Scotty' was trying to wrench it from
hHn. Sergeant Reynolds hurried to
Wu1ere the men Were. He walked up
20 M"rltz, drew his revolver and told
the man to consider himself under ar
Fest. Aoritz is a powerful man. weighs
aott1t 200 pounds and is desperate He
whipped out his revolver and ATTEMPTED
20 shoot the officer, but Sergeant Rey
nolds 'lanpcked his aim off and then go,
oeflnd A1oritz. putting his arms AROUND
.lle man shoulders and pinning his
arms halfway Detective ]. B. Heck
sa" the trouble and FASTENED to the Of
hcer's assistance. Mortz threw his re-
Voaver away and .'Scotty'' was I'm the
act OF picking Il up when he was or
oered not to touch il. Nlyritz resisted
violently. but he was overpow cred and
rested.
Shortly after Moritz was lodged in
prison it was learned that P,,ti Gilman
j. r. Gray had been searching for him
"tf cnarSe of feion.uuS shooting 1t
seems that some time during tie a ster-
moon Moritz. who is a ship runner and
works for Mr.. John Donnelly. shot AZ
a negro named Harry Wooi!n. mis-
occnrred on the Acre Mpritz tried
20 put dog on Woodin and the negro
threw brick Il the canine This en-
ragged Mor.tz and he fired two shots ot
Woodin. -
Later in the evening it developed that
Moritz and ''Sc.ptty'' we're mplic,stad
m the robbery for which Long John
Heyndds and Charles Evans were ar
rsssed Wednesday might This is a case
OF grand larceny and IL the Charge IS
proven Moritz and the others Implicated
Will get term in the penitentiary.
Mortz and "scotty' had been drsnking.
The fourteen cans Of paint and two
coils OF rope discovered WEDNESDAY
night by Detective Heck in 4 row boat
IN the possession Of Reynolds and
Twins We're stolen Off the British sail
ing Ship f. ]. Spicer Captain G. w
Cochran. whi.h is taking on a cargo of
canal coal. Captain Cochran appeared
at the police station yesterday morning
and identified his property. which he
values "a $50. The articles We're stolen
some time Wednesday night and Cap
tain Cochran is of the opinion that
there We're several men implicated in
THE robbery
tb,a "a
yesterday and succeeded IN working up
evidence against several persons Early
IN the afternoon Sergeant Reynolds ar
rested James Frazier. who was the
Waterman on the ship Wednesday
night. He was lodged in jail but was
afterwards released by Justice w. T.
Moss Other arrests will probably be
made today.
tMr. T. II. Gordon, of the Newport
News Supply Company stated yester-
day that Long John Reynolds was
not employed by his firm