The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06
PRISONER
ESCAPED.
Jumped from the Window Of
x N. & w. Train.
COAL VEIN FL.
Gait. W. Il. Baldwin, Of East Radford'
Prospecting for Coal In Pulaski DIS
n. covers the Largest Vein Found ''lr'
in the Southwest.
tsnec,n, 10 The Times. Dispatch)

SE5Ea ~ fSpecial to The Times. Dispatcn.l
EAST {RADFORD, VA, March e'--Ha az
ford's efficient city sergeant, VINO up -
u this week had the enviable official record ee'
y of never having been outwitteu ~ q
prisoner, Is now the butt Of GOOD halute :,
euying on tho part of his iriehus, a.. az
q the only break In his record, aW,licn
4 occurred in this way: About ten Gays gay
y nro burglar broke and entered NY
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke company
I store III aadford, and escaIe .' VII VII.
4 out leaving n trace OF clue. Inc pulB-
lhr, who says his maine Is james N.Y. Ny.
y ris, of Canada, went TO Cat!e..souls nn,n
and there got drunk and displayed soillc
iawelry. from which he forgot TO re-
n move the private cost mark was arrest
Z I'D and some Of the tags were SEM "
I Rndford, where they were lndehtlliea
md Sergeant Mcneil went to BRING lhe
II prisoner back. All went well us tar as
IL Glenly,1. "A a station on the New Rlver
Z branch Of the Norfolk and western,
y where the prisoner who, up 10 TINS tillie
+ Ind Deen quiet ind had agreed TO return
B ana stand his trial, asked pernlss,ien ~
x anter the toilet room on the train. 1t
was granted McNeal standing at tne
Y door. Although he was handcuf1ed, inc
prisoner raised the window and sprahg
rom Tho train, which was running at
q thn rate of forty miles all hour, since
Il which time no trace Of him mas peeh
= discovered. isi
5 some ma rites from Roanoke have pur-
s. chased the plant of the Radford Ice COM
4 pany, and will enlarge 1T, and IN con,
& nection Herewith will erect large ana
flrst-class cold storage.
t'rantain9 ". T. Baldwin Of East Rad
ford In Aprospectng yesterday for, coal
fn Pulaski county, discovered the largest
4 vein of coal ever known In the South
IL vest. The vein is fifteen feet VIDE,
and. as Captain Baldwin said to-day
3E..extends to China 1t is pure Nlr-
ginia emi-anthracte. .@
S393 CHARITY REWARDED
KS MIN. j. Lee, OF Newport News, VINO
\ has been here for the last ten Gays
training the children of Belle Heth Acad-
4 envy and of the Radford public schools,
~ Z Ia MAY "Charity Rewarded" a mod
Y tfica ton Of "Puss In Boots was greet
y ed By a large and representative audi
ence last night at Tylers Hail. The LII
Y iputinn wedding, waswell conceived anu
s admirably carried out by the little ladies
c and gentlemen OF four and five years
n OF vse, who in full evening dress and cos
J. i.fiime, upon the beautifully decorated
stage, produced n scene Of beauty ana
dignity that ELECTED the hearty applause
fss OF the audience. Il he MylIolooiSt'A i>it.
logue,'' the rag doll drill the hoop drill,
and the fairy play-Ptss in Boots-some
K $50 little girls and boys. as well as fif-
teen or twenty Of Radford's most lovely
young ladies taking part. were all we'll
y rendered. and evinced much talent and
training.
The friends of Hon. a. A. Phlegar, as
we'll as the public generally, were very
much surprised to hear that he had re-
4 signed the vice presidency of the Virginia
Iron Coal and Coke Company, the gem
erel offices Of which company had re-
Gently been established here. Judge
Thlegar was greatly beloved by all the
office force and there was gloomy de-
preston pervadng the large office build
ing this morning. lie went to Chris
tiansburg to-day. where he will resume
N the practice Of law. He refused to dis
cuss the cause of his resignation, and
4 said that he krraw nothing Of who would
take his places go.
1t is reported on the streets this morn
Ing and seems to be n we'll founded ru-
: NOR that Mr. Lewis Harvey, u wealthy
farmer of Pulaski county, purchased
from Colonel George w Miles, on yes
terday, the 900 foot steel bridge across
New River for $4,000.