Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-15
DARING R0BBERIES.
PETERSBURG CITIZENS VICTIMS Oh
SEVERAL BOLD BURGLARS.
A Hot Chase After One of the Sup
posed Offenders-An Important Ar
rest-Much stolen Property Re-
cOvered-Church News.

PETERSBURG, VA, February l4-(Spe-
cial)-During the past few days num-
Der of residences in this city nave been
broken into and robbed Of money. jewelry.
and other valuables. These robberies
have generally been committed in the
early hours of the night. and in several
instances while the families We're out.
The police and the victims were unable 10
place suspicion on any one.
On Thursday night the residence Of Mr..
Hatcher Seward was robbed. and on Fri
day night that Of Mr.. Samuel Edwards.
Last night the burglars broke into the
residence Of Mr.. W. \ Worth, at the
corner of jefferson and Marshall streets,
and stole s23 in money, shirts and cloth
ing. and other articles. And this was
the act that brought the robbers to light
As soon as Mr.. Worth returned home
and discovered his loss ne notified the
police. and shortly afterwards the police
were also notified by the proprietor OF
the Hotel Imperial that he had reason &c
suspect something wrong about one OF
his guests and advised an investigation.
Lieutenant Chandler and Omcer Beck al
once went to the hotel. where a white
stranger, who had registered as -. +.
HayoO, Washington, ID. c. was placed
in charge of officer Beck out on the side
walk while Lieutenant Chandler went up
TO his room to look after the mans bag
gage Lieutenant Chandler saw enough
to convince him that the man down
stairs was the robber he wanted. and he
hurried back to arrest and put him in
jail. This was between 10 and IL o'clock.
When Hayoo, looking through the win
dow saw Lieutenant Chandler hastily re-
turning. he took to flight, and ran rapidly
down Second street in the direction OF
the depot. He was pursued by the two
officers. Mr.. Beck firing several times at
the fugitive, and the latter as many times
firing at the officers in return. The man
was pursued to the lower wharves, where
he became lost in the dark. and the most
dligent search could not locate him. 1t
is thought he may have swan the river
to the Chesterfield side.
A STRANGER ARRESTED.
This morning another stranger, who
gives his name as Walter Wright, known
to have been a companion of "Hayoo.
was arrested by officer DOnahue as an
accomplice in the robberies. When taken
to jail some gold studs and a gold cuff
button which he was wearing were identi-
fed as having been lost by one OF the
victims Of the recent robberies
In the valise at the hotel were found
shirts. iewelry. and other articles belong
ing to all three of the gentlemen above
named.
"Hayoo' and wright" are believed to
be two notorious crooks who came 10
our city to do a good business. They
have been here since the first Of last
week, have been going about town soil
citing and locating houses. and It Is said
had made a list of residences OF quite a
number of prominent people which they
intended to visit at their leisure In their
valise were found burglars implements
and candles. kilograms have been sent
out for the arrest Of Hayoo, and 1t IS
hoped the precious pair Will land in the
penitenuary.
HAD THEM ON HIS LIST.
Among the articles found in the valise
Of Hayoo, the burglar, who escaped. was
a small blank book. which contained the
names of most of our prominent citizens. /
along with the number of their residences /
and description of them. 1t is evident |
from this they intended TO burglarize all J
Of the residences that they had men |
toned in their book.
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The regular meeting of the Baptist sun
day-SchoOl Association was held yester- |
day afternoon at the First Baptist church.
Interesting addresses were delivered by /
Mr. Walter Winfree and Rev DIR. Pitcher |
The following reports for the month show
the association to be in splendid condi- /
ton: