The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-13
DAMAGE In
THE COUNTY
Loss Will Amount to Five or
Six Thousand Dollars.
-
MANY BRIDGES GONE
All the Clothing on Man Identified as
Stolen, and He Had to Be Stripped.
New License Tax-Notes
and Gossip
MANY BRIDGES GONE

Careful estimates OF the situation FIX
the damage by the high water of Thurs.
day and the day preceding to Henrico
county roads. bridges and other property,
at 5000. and probably more. In certain
sections the downpour OF rain was some.
were quickly transformed into roaring
torrents, which tossed brid ges aside as
X they were visits Of straw.
you can Just say that Henrico coun-
ty is all washed to pieces" said the chair.
man OF the board Of supervisors. Mr.. II.
c. Hechler, yesterday. ITO repair the
damage properly 1t will take at least
5000" Continuing his statement Mr..
Hechlcr said that In many sections the
roads themselves had been badly injured.
Several culverts have been washed away,
including one on the Boulevard. another
on Brook road. and still another on
Wilkerson road. Many bridges have been
demolished. Bottoms bridge was swept
away and two others back of lakewood.
and one on the Chesapeake and Ohio road
are gone. The same is the case with many
others.
Mr.. C. w. Childrey, Commissioner OF
revenue for the Upper District, while
travelling over the county has had OPP
portunity to observe much OF the damage
that has resulted from the rains. He re.
ports that great damage has been done
In the way of washed out roads, destroy.
ed bridges. and culverts washed away.
The bridge on the Hermitage road is
down. Crops have suffered considerably
from the overflow OF creeks.
While there was pretty lively down
pour in lower HenrIco, also 1t seems thai
the greatest force OF the storm was felt
above. In this section the rainfall amount.
ed to veritabL deluge.
T,,,rtpr tho prnorauu }ria hASora
Squire Lewis yesterday morning. 1t look
ed for q time as II the jail office had
been suddenly turned into a department
store, pawnshop. or something OF the
sort Boots, overalls, shoes socks, rub
Der coats. hats and many other things
bestrewed the floor to the extent that not
fraction of<the said floor was visible to
the eye.
The cause OF this sorry spectacle was
one James Andrew Hoane, a negro man,
charged with stealing all the articles
aforesaid. There were five separate war
rants against the fellow. charging him
with five repetitions of the same offense-
breaking into the cars OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio in Fulton and stealing the
clothes OF the railway employees. When
. the man was arrested every article OF
clothing he had on his person was denti-
fed by somebody from whom he had
stolen 1t, and piece after piece was pull
ed OF until he had no more on. He was
then rugged out in the jail habiliments.
Other OF the p!lfered goods. sufficient to
start a small store with. was gotten from
pawnshops and from the mans house.
Tho officers declare that they still
< haven't gotten 1t all.
The charge against Roane was a felony,
and the case was sent on to the grand
Jury.
Under the new law persons owning
wagons for hire will have to pay license
tax This will include furniture haulers
and all others. The tax. which amounts
to SEQ. will have to be paid by the LIST
OF July. Persons owning such wagons
are urged to make early application to
thu commissioners OF the revenue for II.
censc.
IN the County Court yesterday, Jasper
Mason was tried on the charge OF shoot
ing Benjamin F. Green, cad was found
guilty. He was sentenced to Eve years
In the penitentlary.
John Burkley has been arrested, charged
with stealing a lot OF iron from the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. cinnorah
Christian. was tried yesterday before
Squire Lewis and was given fifteen days
in jail for stealing 50 cents worth of iron
from the same railway