The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-22
FEW HOLD-UPS
REPOR TED HERE
Fake Reports Give the Police Much
Annoyance.
CASE OF Mr.. ARCHIE IHoMA,
Story Told by Y,uag Man Found by II.
Detectives TO ratc Deen Ease.
The Record for
Year.

Inc ieFeTlSn interest IN Inc scout muir
der mystery has crea>ed comment as u
he Work OF The poiicc in covering the
TERRITORY assigned thsm. il conn, ct.on
with The numcl CTS reports OF III eve.y ana
assaults that are received at me various
police stations.
The ilaeo.y .lat Mr.. Scot was assaulted
calls TO mind the various liJlu-ups an. ID
sauits maj have come within the notice
OF the police in recent months.
Strange to say there have been 10 cases
OF great importance Tor q long time.
though from time to time reports ar
mace 10 The police, which, in most cases.
upon invest SAT. on have turnc,t out u "a
fakes. These reports cause the police
department. much trouble, and a great
amount of time is spent upon them b
the officers. that could, as agreed amon9
themselves. be put in more plcfitablE
otherwise.
FAKE HOLD-JPS.
Some time ago a man Nv nS in the West
End reported to Chief OIL Police Itowar,
that he had been held up and robbed out
near Lee Monument. He stated that a
sum OF money and wa.ch had been TAX
en- from hum by TWO men. whom he couia
not identify. Investigation showed that
the man had lost his money at the gam
ing table and mad even put up his wash
AID that he had put out the hold-up yarn
to avoid trouble with creditors. This is
only one of several cases cited by Major
Howard
I'VE had such a run on that sort of
hold ups, said Major Howard Yesterday.
that we got tired and threatened TO ex
pose every man that came TO us with such
reports. Something was printed in the pa
pers about ii, and the hold-ups came to
an end. Hold-ups are contagious. You
let a report come in and be made public,
ana they follow by every mail.
There are some genuine hoid-ups. how
ever, and there are very few that are not
successfully derTeted out by the depart
ment. When the size of our force is
realized, and the territory the patroImen
are compelled to cover is considered. their
record is wonderful
TWO REAL ONES
The detectives at headquarters are o
the opinion that there have been but
two real hold-ups for long time, bu
the reports from the books at the sta
ton houses ind cate that fair proportion
OF hol6-ups are recorded with the other
crimes
The books at the First Station show
that eight reports were made of people
who claimed they We're neld up since last
May. In some casls assaults were also
made and valuablss taken.
On May 10th, early in the morning,
ABOUT 3 o'clock, white nam named Ash
by Turner, of Manchester, reported to
the officers that he had been attacked
on Mayos Bridge by unknown parties.
anG was struck over the head. lie show
ed bruises, but no one could bc found
answ. ring the description he gave of his
assailantS.
c. f. NJ tchell. of Church Hin. reported
that, on July 9th, his pocket-boos, con-
tanning SIS. had been ta-.en from HIM on
Franklin Street, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Streets.
A white man named w. P. Ellison, re-
ported that, on July In, he was forced
under the viaduct of the Seaboard Air
l. me- between i5road and Marshall Streets,
by a colored man, and robbed of Sl2.60.
p c. Cook while on Broad Street, near
Belvins Alley, on July 5th was held up
by four negroes, who took $40 from him.
and on August 3lst, Daniel Horn. was
held up at Walnut Alley and relieved
of S. by a negro.
HELD UP AND KNOCKED DOWN.
The most serious case was that OF
Thomas Is. Young, OF FREDERICK Han.
who came to town on September lulh on
business ana pleasure anu got mixed up
with two White men at Nlneteenth ana
DOCK Streets, who helped hIn TO spend
his money. About II O'Clock that night
he was held up and upon mah!ng a pro-
test he was knocked down and his last
$4 taken from him.
On August 10Th. the Second District
books show that white man on his way
TO Manchester across The Free Brioge Was
helo up at 500 a. NJ. He resisted ana
ran back toward Richmond and told The
story of four negroes who had attempted
TO take his watch and money.
,an.y o,ncl report OF hold-up OF re-
cent date in the Second District was that
of a man named d. II. Coleman, stran-
,1l.,,, J.,
cd of $50 in cash and gold watch OF
Franklin Street. near Fifth. This report
was made on August 10, 1900.
The only report made at The Third Sta
ton This year was that of 4 weli-ltnown
young man who. on May 10, 1901. alleged
that he was held up by two negroes on
Park Avenue. near Laurel, ana relieved of
& watch and some money.
The two bona-fide cases reported at
headquarters. which resulted in arrests.
were that of Mr.. Archie Thomas. employ
I'd at the city stables, who Was held up
by a negro on Marshall Street, near
Twelfth, one night early in 1900 and re-
ieved of a watch and $l1. A goo6 de-
pcription of the negro was secured and
s- Was arrested shortly afterward by De-
:ectires Gibson and Wren. and sent to
he penitentiary for fifteen years; and
hat of the negro Forester. who was
stopped by another negro on North Fifth
Street. Forester did not lose anything,
and his assailant was given three years.
The number of felonious assaults COM
mitted last. Year. as shown from the re-
port OF Major Howard. was la; attcmnt-
I'd burglary, 81: murder, s. This year. up
20 the present time. the assaults number
i32; attempted burglary. l0': murder. 6.
This shows a relative increase ove- LOST
,'e9rs For 1891 the assaults were $50;
BURGLARY 10: murder. ).
When the fact that district like Tho
Third has hut nine men on DUTY ut nfehi
s known the wonder is that the hold
ups and assaults DO not number many