The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-02
WANT LARGER
POLICE FORCE
Citizens Will Make Strong Ap.
peal for the increase.
THE REcApTURED CONVICT.
Death Of Mrs. Mary A. TreviIlan-Mr. Abbo.
Candidate for the Board Of Alder.
men-News, Personal and Brief,
from Manchester.
Death Of Mrs. Mary A. TreviIlian-Mr. Abbo.
Candidate for the Board Of Alder.
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,
No LOO Hill Street--

Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,l
No 1102 Hull Street
If the Business Mems Association think
they have disposed Of the matter of in
creasing the police force, they have yet
to learn that the proposition to spend
all the money saved by the light CONTRACT
On streets and the school will be fought
by those who have. suffered from the re-
cent acts of the thieves. Whenever the
matter is brought up for discussion by
the Finance Committee, the resolution Of
fered by the Business Mems Association
against charging the police force, the
men who want more patrolmen will be
at the meeting with the strongest appeal
for the protection of their homes, and
the committee will have some facts which
will be hard to get around. Mr.. Charles
E, Friend has written a letter in favor
of more police, in which he says:
Here at Twentieth and Hull Streets, it
at night on account Of fights and noise
made by drunken rowdieS, curSing and
using of all kinds of vile language revolt
they know there is no danger from the
police. In fact q lady passing up Hull
Street is liable to hear the.!ilest language
ly being committed Only yesterday your
paper had two accounts of bold robberies
and I know Of another the same night
lady. Who has within Comparatively
short time been robbed three times who
has lost nearly all of her silver and other
police protection than four over-worSed
have eight or ten. The police we have
ties from them. How long ask are we
to suffer for lack of police protection?
1 ask through your paper.
SENT TO PRISON.
Officer Alex. Wright, of Manchester,
tho cauca Of 1andipC William John
son (colored) alias William Harris be-
hind the bars of the Virginia, State pen
itentiary yesterday. The negro was ar
rested by Chief-of-Police Lipscomb on
Friday, and at that time was charged
with being a. suspicious character. He
was locked up at the station-house, and
the fact had passed unnoticed until the
appearance of Mr.. Wright, who at once
recognized him as person whom he mad
arrested about five years ago, and after
taking a good look he went to the desk,
where he searched for a piece of paper.
Finding it, the officer went to the cell Of
the prisoner and found that he was
wanted at the penitentiary for escap-
ing from that place on the 18th of last
April. Johnson acknowledged having es-
capped. He was taken TO the prison yes
terday by Officer Wright, who received
a reward of fifty dollars, which had been
offered by the authorities for the appre-
hension Of the negro.
DEATH OF AN OLD LADY.
Mrs. Mary y. Trevillian, widow of Geo.
A. Trevillan. an estimable lady, OF
Swansboro, died yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at the residence of her son,
Mr. George M. Trevllian, after an i'll
ness of one week. Of pneumonia. De-
ceased came to Swansboro about fifteen
years ago, and was one of the best
known ladies in the city. She was in the
sixty-tifth year of her age She is sur
live III Swansboro. The children are
NIessrs. G. NJ, j. W., and J. E. Trevil-
liam.
The funeral will be from the Clopton-
Street Baptist Church Monday afternoon
at o'clock, and the interment will be
in Maury Cemetery.
CHIMNEY ON FIRE.
The Manchester Fire Department had
the first call for the past six weeks this
morning, and that proved to be false,
and turned in by some nervous person,
after being asked by two men not to
do it.
The message came at $40 o'clock, and
the fire was said to be at 1921 Perry
Street, and old Bob made a good run.
needless of the slippery weather. When
the men arrived on the scene a blue
smoke was seen coming from the CHM
ney and a few nervous persons stand
ing in the doors looking at the beautiful
run of old Bob
1t is needless to say that the men who
had been called from the department
were angry, for it is a natural assump-
ton that after being called from warm
room to chimney, which was burning
the SCOT from it, they would feel like
blessing the man who vas so nervous
as to call them out when nothing was
doing.
MR. ABBOTT OUT.
Mr.. j. 7. Abbott, the councilman from
the Third Ward. will be a candidate for
the Board of Aldermen from this ward.
Mr.. Abbott comes out at the request Of
many of his friends. and will make d
good man for the. upper branch. lie has
served his ward we'll in the Council. ana
now that the aldermen are to be in
stalled, he has been asked to run. MI.
Abbott is the second man to come out,
the other one being N1r. r. T.. Patram.
Mr.. Patram has been in the Council and
is very popular with his people.
These two mon will represent the Third
Ward well, and their friends are now t
D,orl, Mr. Abbott is proprietor of 4