The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-08
RICH VISIONS
IN PETERSBURG
Pat Crow and the offered Reward
The Cause.
REPORTED TO Be CAPTURED.
The New Fire Station Turned Over TO
the Department = knights Of
Pythias Had Grand Enter
tainmcnt Last Night.
REPORTED TO Be CAPTURED.
fsnerial pis,g,ch 10 Tho Tiucs.)

1nss1,8RsBrRG. VA, Jan. Pat
Grove, the kidnapi eT. VS. not guest
III The city jail yesterday.
Chief a. Police Tlasland received a let
ter rom 4 friend in -Aiai,it;na containing
A message for Sergeant j. i. Eh5a..s.
ard by tie message the .7eI'ge2nt Was
Informed that Pat Grove and an asso-
cja1e would visit ilfIn yesterday at the
CITY :a3I Tals is ;hc foundaioi-
INC story in circulation last night WAS
-ipef ihe man for whom SIop,'4e reward is
offered Was safely lodged in Petersburg.
1'hAt Detective Baldwin and an assist
ant. p5dl captain i2asland. lad found
Grove on the Norfolk and Eastern Rail
road ana brought MIN 10 Petersburg i'm
Stead OF CARRYING him To Richmond and
trusting him in AN unsafe Jail and that
Detective Baldwin. whose list Of dead for
Tossing him now numbers eight. pulled
TIE false mustalilc from the liidRa2p": s
lin and The face then left no doubt that
the man WIS Grove.
BRIGHT VISIONS.
TIC friends OF the officers began 10 re-
solcc that they would soon receive so
.1lany thousand dollars for their clever
work. and some suggested that Captain
IsSgland would probably retire and leave
die office Of chief III police vacant. Many
called at the jail hoping TO get a glimpse
Of The famous criminal. The iruc story
waS told TO tElcrn, and they are low en-
Scagcring TO correctly inform their
friends. The newspaper correspondents
were tho most disappointed lot of all.
They had begun 10 dream Of the many
thrilling columns they should send over
the wires Tonight. TIE dream has
passed. The excitement is now over. and
business goes on without any Interrupt
ton.
NEW FIRE STATION
TIE new fire station on South Street
WIS formally Turned over 10 the depart
7nerm to- day.
The rev house will hc known as Hose
Company no. ;. Fire Station No. 10. II
is brick structure. and the most mod
cil. OF The three stations i'll Petersburg.
The building of his station gives long
needed profession 10 property in the YES
tern part Of The city.
MERRY KNIGHTS.
Eureka Lodge. knights of Pst,lias. held
high reyel tonight. After Installing Off
GERS a love feast was held. followed by
q supper set for hundred and fifty per
ss,as. Distinguished members of the Or
der were present. Grand Chancellor Z.
i. Cunningham. Of Newport News; Cen
eral u. j. Turner. of Norfolk: Brigadier
General Uniform Rank and Walter a.
Edwards. Of Norfolk. Grand Keeper Of
Records and Seals. were met at the zta-
ton Tonight and accompanied to the hall
by 4 brass band.
The evening was one OF rare pleasure
Tor all present
SUIT FOR $4,000.
". Il. McIHenney. counsel for James C.
Kent, on Saturday instituted suit in the
Circuit Court OF this city against a. c.
Roper for 10000 The suit is the out
come Of the personal difficulty which oc
CURED on November Goth between these
gentlemen. MIR. Kent received injuries at
the time which were considered serious,
and owing 10 his condition the case didn't
come before the Mayor for investigation
until Friday, December eth. At this
the grounds Of seif-defense.
The suit is now brought by NJ Kent
on the grounds that the injuries which
he received at that time may be Derma-
nent. The suit viii come up for trial at
the next term OF the Circuit Court, which
meets in this city in March
Mrs. John Hudson, through her counsel.
Hon ". 3. NcIlwaine, has brought suit
in The Hastings Court against c. c. Chap
Jell. an engineer of the Atlantic Coast
Line. for defamation Of character. She
claims damages To the amour. of $500.
William Beasley, messenger hoy Of the
Postal Telegraph Company. was pain
fully injured this morning by running in
to a street-car. He was riding Il BIZ
cycle, and in turning out of the way OF
q pedestrian his bicycle struck the car
fender Ills head struck the car with
great force He was taken in Morri-
sons drug store Tor treatment ,and later
was sent home