The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-22
SERIOUS CHARGE;
AGAINST 4 NEGRO.
Alleged TO Have Abducted Young.
White Girl From
Sussex.

OuSSSxs
N officer from Jarratts, Sussex county,
is expected here this morning to take back
with him little white girl named Matte
y Smith, aged sixteen years, and COZ
{ ofed woman named Annie Allison, the
latter to answer the charge of abduc-
ztlon, and the former to testify against
Z her, as well as to answer herself the
charge Of running away from home.
The story is that the girl was brought
+ TO Richmond by the negro woman at the
instance OF her brother, Emmett Gillian,
who Is now III Jail IN Sussex on the 81
rlous charge OF criminal assault upon lEe
White girl
Ihcsilegro woman, with the girl, reacileu
the city last Thursday evening. me slts
was taken TO the home OF Virginia t1up-
bard, No. G22 North Harrison Street
where She was represented 70 DC ne
daughter of Annie Allison. The people
at that place would not take The "oili.'u
and her charge in, SO they Went 10 NO.
5l9 Graham Street, where relative or
the Allison woman lived. Here me Siil
was found Sunday AFTERNOON ny Oetec-
tlves To,nnnson, Gibson and Wren.
Thomas S. Smith, the girls tather, was
here yesterday. He is an humole pu.
honest farmer. His story is that on las
Thursday his daughter lett hol!le SUI
denly, and upon inquiry, he learned ina
she had, in company with the hesio
woman, taken the train fer NlchnoIa.
He also learned that 10 ticket lol .ile
girl had been purchased, Out tlliI lieA
fare had been paid by the woman after
they got on the train. He lntcrvie"eu
the conductor Of the train on his return
trip. anG the information that ne fiid
already gained was verified.
Then he came to Richmond. and en-
tered his complaint with the Chief or
Police, who put his men to work on the
case at once. A description Of the negro
woman was given. and Sunday morn
ing she was located at the Union Depot
by Detectives Gibson and Wren as she
was about to take a train for Jarratts.
She was confronted with the charge, but
denied all knowledge of any such thing
and declared she had not seen the gin.
She was ta.len to the Second Station.
Later in the day Detective G. BISON learn
ed where the girl was being detained and
she was rescued. Then the Allison wo-
man said that while she brought the girl
here. she knew nothing wrong in the case.
Further developments showed that the
negro man, Gillian, had taken the girls
clothing from her home and given it
to his sister. and that he told the girl
to meet his sister at the train and to
come with her to Richmond, and to do as
she babe her.
The case was called in the Police Court
yesterday and both the negro woman
and the girl were held for the Sussex Of
ficers In the meantime the negro man
had been arrested and locked UP on the
charge of criminally assauitirg the girl,
on information from the Richmond detec-
tivoS.
The little girl would not talk about the
case. except to say that tia negro wo
man brought her here at the instance of
the negro man in Sussex. and that she
had paid her fare from Jarratts.
In an interview with The Times reporter.
Annie Allison said she was innocent OF
any wrong. She said:
II never saw the girl before last Thurs
day and didn't know there was such
girl. Il was on the train and
was scomingsto visit my sister in Rich
mond when 1 saw the girl running up as
fast as she could. She got on the train
and came into the coach for colored peo-
pie.
IT asked her if she was a colored girl
and she said she was and that her name
was Lille Johnson. She said she was
running away from home and was COM
ing. too, and she said she would stay
with me that night She didn't give any
reason why she was running away and
l thought as /, too was coming to Rlch-
mond, I'd take care of her that night.
She paid her own fare and sat in the car
by my side until we got to Richmond.
My brother didn't tell me anything
about the girl, but she said he described
me to her, and that's how she happened
to know me. Tn telling the gospel
truth. I never saw the girl before and
never heard OF her until she got on the
car.
Il haven't seen my brother for some
time she said. "Tie lives about eight
miles from me- I just como to Richmond
to see my sister and was going back when
l was arrested
She said she didn't know how the child's
clothing got into her basket.
Mr.. Smith tried to induce his daughter
to return home with him. but she refused
TO so, and was detained at the city Jail
last night, where she was made con
Portable as possible. Her father returned
to Jarratts yesterday afternoon. and said
before going that he would swear out
warrants Immediately charging, the negro
woman with abduction. and have the
sheriff come here to-day to execute it.