The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-02
AIR Was FILLED
WITH. FLYING FORMS
Sixty Negroes l apsd from Sec
ond st-ry to Avoid Arrest.
ELEVEN e. ARE UNDER ARREST
Police of the First District Raided
Dance Hall at Buchanan ard Bald.
w,n Streets. bu. MIST of the
Inmates Made Escape.

In wild and successful effort to evade
arrest and SUBSEQUENT ue.e.l.ioi at t.,s
First Ec-.ces :, taliol., tu.is Slaty neStosS
jumped N..n the s..o.u .lour WINDOWS Oh
a bai.uln. at The ,or..er Of Buchanan
and Bd.uMla S,iee.s skortl, alter s
o CLOCK last n!SuI ,,nen Pit oi.u Il .l,r~Wt
anu tl.enrs attempted TO arrest the
lunch Tor cOll0Uctils, themselves In a
olSUrder.y manner aud IN II way CT. GU
+ laLeu to annoy The res.de.!ts of the vivin-s
:ty- he taIu rssuted in t,ie arrest OF
SIX women and ne men. all OF whom
gave bal. the ponce station
Among those taken 10 tie station by
the police vas John w. Price, co.crsd.
ami he is cna, geu with Conducting a us
orderly Dance dive. He stouty dei.es
his gut. ana states tat he VII De ape
to prove his Innocence b-fore J.st1>e
john Wien arlais ned IN Pl.lce Co.rt %
morrow inornng. The police say that
Pnce has always borne soSd repela
ton and has olssl assisted thcm In t:elr
work he seems to be victim of CIR
#cumstances. having Reimbursed manaoe- .
nlent of the nall severa. " -skS ago.
DROPPED TO FREEDOM.
Excitement reisneu suprs Ine last ney't
when the ewo officers swooped Gown upon
the dance hal. FN q .e~ nj .utes the
forms OF both women and men Guild be
seen dropping through the air for dis
tauce Of twenty feet from the second
story of the brick structure in wLich The
dance was BEING conducted, ana II Is es-
tima.ted that sixty OF the seventy odu
denizens of the p ace eAected n IT es=
cape by this means. And not che sus
tanned injury so Serious as to detlin them
about the premises tr a second ai.er
they struck the ground
1t was a matter OF practical impossible
ity TOR the two officers TO corral more
tlan the eleven untoTtLnl;e WHO W. Q
carried to the sta ton, as thu bun ding IN
which tie alleged nuisance was being
maintained offered only siXt en- m ans OF
escape Via the window route, AID 1t was
not thought for minute that any OF tue
dusky damsels or burly blacks would re-
sort to such a desperate Glance IN order
&c: avoid arrest. O,heAiS. a large squad
of lenEwouEd have been detailed TO MAKE
ti.eraitl 81 Captain Shinberser.
The raid was made st the instance OF
q negro man who conducts business In
the immediate cinity OF the dance hall.
HI. reported TO the police lat Tor wee.s
fhe#p!ace had beSn conducted IN such
manner as to make 1t obnoxious to
lasse number of neighbors and 1t was
decided 10 pinch the joint last night.
WILD SCRAMBLED.
Captain Shinberger detailed Patroluen
Hughes ana Brown to make the RAJ
thinking that inasnucl a. the place was
located on a second floor two men
would suffice for the Ia boz. one blocking
the front door and the other the rear
He never considered the wi ciows. which
to all appea rance we're too high from the
ground for escape by such means.
q But he reckoned wrong and when the
officers Blocked the doors and demanded
the surrender of all the inmates there was
q wild scramble every one making an
effort to reach the windows first One
after another. men and women, jumped
through the openings and upon striking
the ground made OF in all directions.
Only a few remained. and these were
taken to the First Station in the po,ice
patrol wa on. which had been called for
the specific purpose
The six women who were arrested toc1<
tf7 situation in different ways. SOME
weeping bitterly at the idea Of hei-s
Jailed. while others appeared hilarious
with delight.