The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-10
NOTORIOUS NEGRO
ISARRES TED.HERE.
William Clayton, Wanted for
{. Shooting, in Richmond.
WORK OF OFFICER WRIGHT.
Deed Committed Last December-The
Bazaar:.a success-Mr. Rudd 4. D De-.
MES Bad Rumor- other* Items r
from Manchester.
WORK OF OFFICER WRIGHT.
Manchester Bureau, Richmond. Times.
No. 11O2 Hull Street.

Aided nv the memory Of officer ~. S.
Wright, the police Of Richmond last night
landed William Taylor, a. notorious ne
gro character who is. wanted for a as
sault and shooting at, with intent to XIII,
two other negroes of Richmond. on inc
cd + of s, last December The negro Was
found last, night. at the home OF ms II!
mother in Manchester Oflcer Wrlsnt
had seen a description Of the man wanted,
and when lie !. saN: Taylor he at once
thought he was the man. Not being con
fident of this, however, he 'phoneu 10
Richmond and Officer BEDFORD came. over
Immediately With Mr.. Wright the Rlcn-
mond officer went TO the mouse men men.
toned and arrested the negro ). Otn csi
BEDFORD knew him at once to pc ;the PEI 81.
son wanted. The patrol Wagon S rl -
him at II o'clock.
Tie two warrants charge the negro
with shooting at and ASA ultlng =. Nj
Carter and William Robinson, Two otiiei
negroes. The presence of a tichmolld- o.
ticer In Manchester attracted larse
crowd to the station. and when ME. heu-
| ford, who is the largest man on: the 1., ,i
mond force, appeared before them. lhey
| looked, as though they had seen a circus.
a. s=.i. RUMOR :DENIEI.: -
\ Mr.: w: B. Rudd, candidate Tor the
Board. of Aldermen from the, First. Waru'
wishes to= emphatically deny: the ru1nor'
/ which has been circulated by some f ems
| nv. to the effect that. he was opposed !,
! to the new free bridge being erected
| across James River. As a+matter OF lact,
Mr.. -Rudd has taken a very active part
| in securing the charter for the brldge,
having gone TWICE before the commlttee
| Of the House of Delegates and asked LOT
its passage Mr.. Rudd thinks the report
was started by some enemy OF his IN an
| attempt to defeat hi m. -.
| ~ \ T g.
| The bazaar at Leader Hall, conducted
| bv the Olympia Club and Select Council
! Daughters of Liberty, is proving a decloed
! success The entertainment last nigh,
! was very attractive. Miss Gertrude Al
| len sang two songs and completely cap,
| tured the audience. Her negro %dlllec'
was perfect. Mr. w. NJ. Allen gave one
! of the scleanest performances of the sea
| son.. His character acting was splendid
In a comic song. he took the lookers-or
/ nv force, as it were. Mr.. w. T., Hart
the Manchester comedian, had new
song about the election, and his hit a
the two candidates for the mayoraits
! was we'll received. Ice cream ana CAKE
| were served by the ladies after the per
formance. The bazaar will continue
through the week, with variance ever J
might.
! With only ten days remaining be1or
! the primary is here. and with it the mos
i Interesting and enthus astic campals'
: Manchester has had for years pas can
didates for tho various positions ar
; steadily working among their constitu
ents for the votes.
| Without a doubt, this campaign ma
been the hardest fought of any for IN
past five years. With one exception IN
general Offices are contested for by. ssev
eral men, Mr.. S.. r. Owen. COMMISSIONS
of the Revenue, is the fortunate maj
Mr.. II. A. Maurice who has held - tn
office of Mayor for the past ten years
opposed by Mr.. ). D. T.. Toney, deleg-et
from Manches ter in the Lcgisletnre-s ass
two candidates for Mavor harDn 55swo-ks
a ong easi.y not d Is g muc public spenE
ing, but getting in among their frie:. ID:
In fact, there has been Very little publ
S speaking this year. The Virginia Demo
cratic Club, has held several meetings
when all candidates were invited to con
. and advocate their Gains The v RI be:
i of feeling has p-evai ed in tn 5ses m !eting
TRI-CORNEREDsF FIGHT 81
In the race for Commonwealth's. Alto
ney there. are three cont slant Possi5l
the most spirited talks made at publ
meetings haze been in this fight. M
i Rives has, as he termed It, Thrown out
E few things in advocating his candidac.