The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
VIRGINIA PAGES
IN WASHINGTON
Fall Into Hands of Detectives OF
National Capital.
TAKEN FOR RUNAWAY BOYS.
When City Detectives Called on Then Gin
Richardson and Er'1lt Faison Thought
They Nero Up Against
Confidence Game.
1snaelol nItnnlch 10 Thc u.iincr.1

WASHINGTON, y. c., February To-
TWO pages Of tho Constitutional Convc1i-
ton arrived in Washington Friday night
FOR a short visit and, quite unexpected
dropped into the hands of tho Washing
ton detectives, but dropped out again
very quickly.
The two young gentlemen in question:
were Emmett b. Itaison, of Portsmouth
and DIN NJ. Richardson, OF Marion, and
while calling upon Representatives May
nard and Rllea at the Capitol Saturday
morning, young Jtaison told his story as
follows:
eve got in about o'clock last night,
and after having supper at tho railway
station went over to the National Hotel,
where we registered and got a room.
Just as we were beginning TO undress a
card came NJ, bearing the name OF Aif.
Stratton. We had never heard OF slI.
Stratton, but thought perhaps nc was
newspaper man, come for the purpose
CT interviewing us on tho possible Ell
fec;s OF tho Crumpacker force bill upon
the virginia Constitutional Convention,
the chances Of opposition to Mr.. Maynard
in the Second District or the possibility
OF Judge Ehea being showed under by
some member OF the Blair family in the
Ninth, so we told the bell boy 10 show the
visitor up. We had just time to put on
our coats, which we had renewed. pre-
paratory 10 retiring, when in came two OF
the biggest men / ever saw.
WERE DETECTIVES.
eve asked them to have seats, ana
ono OF them sat down on the edge OF
u, L, .atO a
over in front of tho door. MI Pratt
opened III, the conversation by telling us
.lley were members of the Washington
detective force. We said we were :si'd
10 meet them and asked if we could 10
ANYTHING for them. Then Jhcy began
to ask us all sorts Of questions: who we
were: where we came from; had We been
10 school at Eimiri,. New York. We be-
gan 10 think they We're flimflammeIS,
and became watciful. Either one OF them
was big enough to have put both OF us
under one arm and taken all the furni-
turo ont OF tho room with the otheI
hand, so we thought we'd be perfectly
polite. Finally they told lis that they
were looking for two boys who had rill,
away from lGmira. ono OF whom was
named Faison, ana that they had seen
rs get off tlie train aud come 10 the no
tel and had followed us thinking we
were the boys they wero after we
told them they had stacked up against
The wrong game, but we lad no hard
feelings about il, and were glad to meet
them.
I'VE HAD seen them standing in the
she0, when Tho train came i'll and had no.
iced that they eyed us Pretty closely,
but we slipped away from them and
thought 10 more about ii until they came
into our rooms.
WANTED SOME SLEEP.
After they went away the clerk sent
n bell boy up 10 find out if we were all
right. and If he could do anything for us.
we sent. word That we would like TO so
TO sleep and would be obliged if he would
ston ali callers ut tho Office until we hao
had breakfast IN The morning. No, we
were not frightened, but when our callers
talked so sweet we thought we had run
into a confidence game CT some sort -.
The two Young gentlemen are specially
engaged in setting the lay OF
tho land around the House of Representa-
lives, where they hope to LAND as paSes
when they graduate from service III Ken
,nnld.