Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02
tt. UPHOLD THE Law
STATE SPENT s23,o5s.21 LAST
YEAR FOR MILITIA.
LAST
YEAR FOR MILITIA. {
NORFOLK CAR STRIKE COSTLY
Large Amounts Expended to Pro-
tcct Negro Criminal. In Lynch
burg and wcrtmorcland County
Ashland Riot Not Cheap.

The State of Virginia spent SO. O53.2l TO
aid the civil authorities of the State
in maintaining order during the fiscal
year ended September 80. 1902, When the
services of the SEVENTEEN and the Sew
enty-f1rst regiments were called into re-
QUESTION in various parts of the State
to suppress disorder or prevent antici-
pated trouble
for maintaining the military at Norfolk
during the strike of the street-car en-
ployees. For this purpose the State spent
siS.0S9.l9. The next largest item was for
military protection for the negro Higgin-
Dotnam, who was lodged in the Lynch
burg Jail for criminal assault and who
was subsequently hanged in that city
for his diaboical crime To protect the
Eaiscreant the State was subjected to an
expense of S2,920Sl for military purposes
seven companies of the Seventieth resi-
ment being assigned to duty~En that city
to guard the Jail.
The little excitementtin Ashland during
August, when a negro was killed by IN
| known parties growing out OF q conflict
between the races. cost the State $3.50
Mayor Scott. OF Ashland wired for troops
to support the civil authorities. and d
mixed company from the Seventeen Reg
iment hurriedly left this city for the scene
OF the trouble.
The alarm of fire at the penitcntiarv
last year when the troops were called
out to guard the convicts. entailed an ex
pense upon the State of s512.oS. Compa MES
OF the SEVENTEEN Regiment the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues. and Battery A. OF
the Howitzers proceeded to the State
prison out there was need for their
services, as the local authorities nan
died the situation.
THE WESTMORELAND TROUBLE.
Six hundred and seventy-three dollars
and ninety-two cents vas spent by the
State to protect the negro who was tried
III Westmoreland vounty for criminal as
sault. for which offence he was hanged.
The trouble in Loudoun county. when
a party Of lyncaers strung up negro
cost the State the rather modest sum OF
1912 Company G, Of the seventieth
Regiment being sent to the scene of the
disturbance. The other items Of expense
are for military services in the counties
OF Tazewen and Southampton and amount
| to less than a hundred dollars.
The pay-rolls OF the Seventy-firSt Reg
imcnt, their stores and quarters. cost ST.
373.Gl during the stay of the regiment in
Norfolk while the street-car mems strike
was in progress. The medicine bill for the
men was s7o43 and the hospital expense
was S4o.5U. The cost of transporting the
about one half OF which was paid to the
Southern railway.
The cost of transporting the troops OF
the Seventeen Regiment to aid the civil
authorities Of Lyrchburg at the time OF
the Higgnbotham affair was 1922. OF
which amount the Norfolk and Western
received $3172: the Chesa peake and Ohio,
$14i.S0. and the Southern railway. 1871 40.
The large transportation account in this
instance was due to the fact that the
troops were brought from considerable dis
lance. Companies from Stanton, Char
lottesvlIe, Roanoke. and Pulaski were
ordered 20 Lyncnhurg.
Company l.. Seventeen Regiment, Cap
tain NJ. B. Rowe. commanding, was sent
TO the scene of the Westmoreland trou-
BILE, and its services cost the State $i62.6
exclusive of transportation. Company H.,
| Captain Frank Baptiste. commanding,
did duty at Ashland under an expense
of sGJ2.41, apart from transportation,
which in this instance was very small.
PAID TO COMPANIES.
The Roanoke Blues and the Roanoke
Light Infantry received s4o413 for their
services at Lynchburg: Company F..
S42630 Company NJ, s2S531; Staunton
Rifles, sl92.57; Hose Tyler Rifles. s206.9t;
Company D. S2ot.7o. The payroll Of the
Seventieth Regiment for services at the
penitcntiary last year amounted to-
1865 81: the payroll Of Company A, of the
Blues, 1882.
In addition to the expenses Of pay-rolls.
transportation, stores, and quarters. there
were many minor expenses incurred
every time the troops were summoned
into service, bringing the aggregate up
to the amount named in the beginning.