The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-22
Police Still Searching for Two
Others.
TRIAL TAKES PLACE TO-DAY
Prisoners. Who Have Made Full Cons
fession, Will Be Sent to Hastings
Court Where Heavy Sentence
VIII Probably Be Given
Them-Crime Commits
ted Wednesday Night.

Incarcerated in the Third Police sta
iion are three negroes, Chris Young,
James Archer and William baskerville.
who will, If convicted Of the charge
which is hanging over their heads, prob
ably come to their end on gallows.
Detective Gibson and Patrolman Nc
Mahon having arrested them yesterday
afternoon for committing criminal as
sault upon the person Of Fannie Scott
last Wednesday. The three negroes
have all been identified by the woman
and Spencer Booker, who was with her
at the time the alleged outrage is said
to have happened. and all have confessed
their guilt.
After having been locked up for sew
eral hours the negroes were taken from
their cells one at a time, and put
through a most severe sweating process
by Detective Gibson, as result OF which
full confession was secured from each.
James Archer was the first one OF the
prisoners to be cross questioned by the
officer, and for long time he denied all
knowledge OF the crime. Finally, how
ever. after the detective had demon
ntrated to him beyond the least shadow
OF doubt that he had evidence enough
in his possession to convict the negro
broke down and gave full account OF
how the assault was committed.
In the face Of the confession Of Archer
the other two negroes held out for a
longe time, stating that Archer was SIM
ply trying to shield himself by implicat-
Ing them in the crime. But after a while
they gave in, and before he left the
Third Station for his home the detective
had secured in the presence of witnesses
Il full confession from all three of the
men, making their conviction a foregone
conclusion.
SEARCHING FOR OTHERS.
The officers are still engaged IN
searching for two other negroes, who,
Ii is stated, are equally as guilty as the
ones under arrest, and it is thought they
Will be captured within day or two, as
the officers are eXerting effort in this
direction.
In arresting the three negroes. who are
now safely anchored behind the bars Of
the Third Station, Detective Gibson and
Patrolman McMahon executed a very
clever piece Of work, neither of them
knowing at the time they took hold of
the case even as much as the name of
the woman who had been outraged. The
only Information in their possession was
the simple fact that a criminal assault
had been committed IN me vicinity OF
Hartshorne College.
A report reached the Third Police Sta
ton late Wednesday night to the effect
that negro woman and her escort had
been overpowered by a band of five
burly brutes in the vicinity of the above
named college. the man being badly
beaten and held upon the ground by one
of me negroes while the other four car
ried the woman just off the road and ac-
complshed their purposes
TRIAL THIS MORNING.
Immediately upon hearing the report,
which was turned into the statfon-by a
white man, several officers were dis
patched to the scene of the outrage.
Nothing was learned last night, not even
the name Of the woman or her escort.
however, when Detective Gibson was
assigned to the case this morning he was
not long in hitting upon correct clue,
and by noon he had the names Of every
one. with the exception of two, in his
possession, and before night three of the
negroes had been safely lodged in the
Third Police Station.
The cases against the negroes will
come up for trial in Police Court this
morning and they viii be held for trial
before higher court, and then II they
are convicted either death sentence Will
be handed down to them or they will be
cant up for life.