The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-12
WARM CONE
IN Pc TERSBUR|IG.;.
Is Under Way for the Grand Camp
Visiting Veterans.
STOLE A cADDY OF TOBACCO
Car Probably Robbed on the Norfolk and
Western Railway-store Broken Open
and Robbed-Buck Luisey Cuts
His Wife Seriously
STOLE A CADDY OF TOBACCO
Special Dispatch to The Times.

PETERSBURG. Oct. u.-Nllmerous let
ters are received daily from Individuals
and organizations which contemplate
being in Petersburg to attend the meet
ing of the Grand Camp Of Confederate
Veterans. Everything possible is being
done TO assure the success of the meet
ing The Young mon who are to ride
in the tournament to be given during the
reunion are we'll uisler way with their
nracticiug. There will be at least two
balls and probably three during the meet
ing of the camp. One will be given to
the SPONSORS by the local camp of the
Sons Of Confederate Veterans. It is OK
pectecl that about seven thousand visitors
will be in this city on Thursday, the 2ith,
the day OF the parade. Private homes
will be open for the entertainment Of
those visitors who cannot be accommo-
dated by the hotels and boarding houses.
CAR ROBBED.
jackson DeHart. a negro, was. arrested
to-day for having in his possession a
caddy of tobacco manufactured by the
Continental Tobacco Company. DeHart
tried to sell the tobacco to Mr.. c. Il.
Ashby, of Chesterfield, but Mr. Ashby,
instead of purchasing the tobacco,
brought the negro to Petersburg and
handed him over to the police. beHart
SAYS he found the tobacco along tho rail-
road. II is believed that a car of the
Norfolk and Western Railway has been
robbed. and the case was continued to-
day in order that an investigation might
be made.
The store of Stratton & Bragg, on Syca-
more Street, was broken into and robbed
OF several pistols last night. y part OF
the stolen prcperty5 was recovered to-day
from men who had forcib'y taken it from
the thief. who was q, strange negro. He
has left the city and a. description has
been furnished to the police in the State
with request that he be arrested.
COMMITTEES MURDER.
The wife OF Agustlis Cotton the negro
arrested in Petersburg Wednesday,
charged with committing murder in
North Carolina several years ago. SAYS
that her husband murdered a man in
that State, and has communicated that
Information to the chief of the police
The woman lives in Richmond.
Mir. Charles Leonard has purchased
from Mr. W. IL Harrison the store-house
on Bank Street, st present occupied by
Mr. Harrison. Mr.. Leonard will remodel
the building and extend it back several
hundred feet
Mr.. f. II. PlUmmer proprietor of an
jnstallmens house on Halifax Street. suf-
fered considerable loss this morning by
the falling Of shelves in his store.
The funeral Of the late Samuel ". Pet
erson took place this morning from High
Street Church. The body was taken to
Richmond on the train leaving this city
at half-past one O'Clock and was buried
in Hollywood Cemetery. Delegations
from Blandford Lodge of Masons and the
Petersburg Lodge Of Elks accompanied
the body.
M W. II. Harrison was taken quite
sick yesterday and is confined at his
home on WASHINGTON Street
The History Committee Of the Grand
Camp of Confederate Veterans of Vtr-
GINA will meet during the session OF
the veterans in Petersburg.
CUT HIS WIFE.
Buck Lufsey, who cut his wife about
the fact and neck yesterday because she
refused tc live with him, has been sent
on to the Hastings Court for trial. The
woman is badly cut and says Lufsey de-
clared his intention to kill her.
Mrs Irwin King, daughter OF DR.. j.
NJ. Peasants, has been visiting her IA
Their in this city She left this morning
for Houston, Texas, where her husband,
who is a cotton dealer, has recently To-
Gated.
Mrs w. L. Watkins and Nessrs. Thos.
c. and John d. Watkins, who were ia
ken suddenly i'll yesterday, are much bet
ter to-day The sudden illness is sup
posed to have been caused by. eating
canned soup.