The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-16
HARRIS CASE WILL
COME UP MONDAY
He Is Held Here on aWrit Of Habeas
Corpus.
GOVERNOR 7 YLER is SICK.
His Secretary is Also 1ndisposcd-vir-
.Einia Reports Wanted in
Washinston-Capi-
toi Notes.
GOVERNOR TYLER is SICK.

I,fs1ltenant-of Police D. D. Ingram, OF
Wheeling, ". Va, was yesterday given
rendition warrant by Gov. Tyler for ].
NJ Harris, upon a. requsltion from Gov
ernor Atkinson. 1t will be remembered
that Harris is now confined in the city
iaii here and is wanted in several places
for alleged crimes, among them bling
wheeling, whore he is charged with ilav-
ing secured money under false pretenses.
Officer Ingram, in company with Detec
tive GIbs3n proceeded at once to the city
Jail and served the papers on Deputy c.
N. Johnston, but found he could not
get his prisoner, as Mr. H NJ. Smith,
of counsel for Harris, had secured from
the Hastings Court a writ of habeaus
corpus, which is made returnable bzfore
that tribunal Tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock.
1t was a close shave for Harris, how
ever for he had already been turned over
to officer Ingram, and was on his way
down the inside steps of the Jail when Mr..
Smith reached that institution. The lat
ter ran up the steps and asked to see Har-
ris a moment, IN order to tell him good
by. The two went into the Jail otiice and
then Mr. Smith served the habeas cor
pus papers upon the deputy.
Detective GIBSON objected to the pro.
ceeding, and said that the man had been
surrendered to the West Virginia officer,
and was no longer under the charge OF the
deputy.
+1,a y1rico nr
had not been taken outside the Jail he
was still in the custody of the deputy.
Deputy Johnston said he would rest In
the matter until he conferred with Judge
Witt AS result Of the conference, Har-
ris was held until tomorrow morning.
Officer Ingram recognized Harris when
he saw him at the jail yesterday and
said there was no doubt that he is the
man wanted. The Portrait sent out by
the Wheeling officers is a good one OF
the man held here
Mr.. Smith, counsel for Harris, recelV-
ed a telegram from relatives OF the man
and will make an effort to hold him fur-
Their when the case comes UP tomorrow
The charge upon which Harris is want
cd in Wheeling is the enbezzlement of
a sum of money from ]. 3. Mckee. a
cigar manufacturer of that place
Governor Tyler was confined to his room
with q severe cold yesterday, and trans
acted the business demanding immediate
attention at the mansion.
He was much better last night, and
hopes to be at his office tomorrow.
Mr. Roland T. Falkner, chief of the doc
ument division of the Congressional Ii
brary at Washington, was caller on Sec
retary Lawless yesterday.
He desires to collect and secure for the
Congressional Library n complete set or
Virginia public documents.
The following .notarics have been COM
missioned: Littleton Fitzgerald and j. c.
Joplin. Richmond; Edward G.. Elan,
Hampton; II. c. Love, Lunenburg.
The following charters have been lodg-
ed with the Secretary Of the Common
wealth to be recorded: Firemen's Protec-
tive Brotherhood and the Westover Com
pany, Norfolk; Hampton Roads Brick Co,
Portsmouth; Page Valley Telephone Co,
Luray; Norton Coal Company, Wise {.
H. Va.
Among the callers at the Library yester-
day were Senator Phil V. Cogbill, of
Chesterfield; Messrs. J. w. Bronaugh, Jr.,
Treasurer of Manchester; and Thomas q.
Wynne, Treasurer of James City county
and the city of Williamsburg.
Judge John G.. Dew, Second Auditor OF
the State. has gone to his home, in King
and Queen county. to spend Sunday with
his family.
Captain J. H. O'Bannon, Superintend-
ent Public Printing, is having some old
bills taken out of his office and making
a general cleaning up, preparatory to the
meeting of the extra session OF the Leg
iSlature.