The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-04
Robert Barker Taken in Gus
tody on Serious Charge,
THE CITY JAIL CROWDED
The Commission Appointed to Investl.
gate Reports That 1t is Well Kept.
Contract Let for the Eagle
Shoe Factory
tspeclnl to Tho Time. -pl.pateh.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Feb. al,
bert Barker. young white man em.
zployed at the ship-yard was arresteh
thls morning on O warrant charging him
with perayal under promise OF maria 10
no was locked UP, and after examining
,itq thc case. Justice Brown fixed the
pal bond at $500 Barker was unablo To
give W., THIS amount and was sent to 1af1.
me warrant In this casc was sworn orr
" william Mccormick. another sh.r-yard
es, a, who claims that his daughter
the prisoner. 60 "
,o oet vera weeks ago Barker and the girl
lelts mere together. leaving word Tint tsa,,
We're going to Washington to no rnar,.sS ~
soon after this tho girls father rec,.l,sd
q 1stter from her at Richmond. statino
.hat sne mad married Barker and that
,ney Were living In Richmond. severois
letters were received and tho yirl bepar
TO say ahe wished she wera at hons
again Her father wrote asking what
was the matter, and since that time 1os
heard nothing from her.
several days ago Mccormick heard tb,,
barker had returned to the city. and 10.
Gay no met him. When lie asked I3arke,
apout MS daughter the young man de.
clared that he had mover married a,.sr md
that she was in Charlottesvils when no
heard from her last
An effort Will DO made to locate thu
girl. and II she is not found Immediately
the charge OF making away with her will
be brought against Barker
THE CITY JAIL.
inc commissioners appointed by Judge
Barham to Investigate the conditions al
the city jail made It's report In court. -ht
report stated that the jail was adn,irapl,
kept but criticised the crowded condition
of the place.
Contractor ]. W, Davis was to-day
awarded the contract for the erection O
the new Eagle shoe factory building. /,
be completed by June LIST. His bid wa.
sl2.ss9. and there were seven higher tina,
his. a.
DIX negroes were overcome and had Il
be taken to the hospital last night while
handling nitro-glycerine being unloaded
from the steamship st. Enoch.
OLD CARROLL HOUSE,
The work OF tearing down tho old Car
roll house was begun at Fort Monroe to!
day, and IN few days the structure.
Which was erected In 1919 and which was
tue first house ever built on the govern
ment reservation at Old Point, Will be-
thing OF the past. Tho Carroll house
rather small frame building. which wal
erected for the use OF the officers who
were stationed at Old Point to superintent
tho construction OF Fort Monroe. It was
occupied by jefferson Davis. President OF
the Confederate States. after he was re-
moved from the cell In the fort by tho
orrers OF the War Department. Tho house
Is being torn down to make room for the
new mess-hall for tho fort which is to
be put up.
Julia Davis. a Inulatto woman, Is being
held In the Hampton Jail on the charge OF
felonously cutting Charles Shackeford.
Also colored. The trouble occurred in
Queen Street. Immediately after ger
man given by the negroes at Armory Hall
broke up early. this morning. The wound
ed negro is badly slashed about the head.
and one OF his eyes Is gone. The woman
Is said to have used razor.