The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-26
HIS PAROLE
WAS BROKEN
Sensational Story In Connec.
ton With Artilleryman.
a WOMAN IN THE CASE
Failed to Appear for Examination for
Promotion and Then Told a Tale
About lt-Son Of a Wealthy
Philadelphia Man.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA, May pa
sensational story has Just come to light
at fort Monroe. 1t involves the good
namo OF First Lieutenant David Me-
Coach. formerly OF the Fifth Regiment
Artillery.
McCoach was ordered before tho ex.
aiming board Mt Old Point Comfort for
examination for promotion to cap
fancy At the time appointed for his
examination he failed to show up. ON
Thursday he appeared before Colonel
Story, commandment OF tho fort, ana ex-
piained that q porter at the Chhmberlin
Hotel had allowed him to oversleep him.
self, and asked to DO excused on that
ground.
Il is said that Colonel story began .
u,,iet estigation, and learned that the
young officer WAS not In the hotel that
night at oil. but that no was seen N
Norfolk with n woman.
Colonel story Immediately. ordered the
arrest OF McClach and preGerred
charges OF conduct unbecoming an otii-
Ger and gentleman. The court-martla4
was set for to-day, and McCoach was
paroled. being allowed tho ireeaoIh OF
called to-day Lieutenant McCoach could
no, he found. and 1t was announced thar
he had broken his parole and disap-
pearcd.
Mccoach Is a married man, and Is the
son OF Philadelphia milhonaire. ~ ~
reported that his wife arrived on tho
scene W,riday and that he disappeared
before she reached the hotel.
McCoar,t was at ono time stationed NJ
Fort Monroe. He Is graduate OF tns
University Of pennsylvania, ana entereo
the United States service July WIN; upo.
He ts a bright young man. and uhdouDt~
eddy would have been promoted 20 =
5captaincy had he been on hand TO ta3a
the examination.
Tho Chamber Of Commerce was scheos
uled to hold special meeting this morn
Ing for the purpose or receiving COM
,nittee from the Central Labor Union
with a request that the body take some
action toward having the. carpenters'
.tr,ke settled. The meeting did not mate
Ioli,.. however, as there was no quorum
present.
The committee OF the labor union ex-
poets to settle the strike IN dnS or Two
now without tho aid OF the Chamber 30
n is probable that another meeting Will
not be called.
Tho alot machine question hhs been
practically settled in this city. Some
time ago, before the Legislature passed
the special oct shutting out the ma
chimes, c. Belnap. the owner OF num-
Der OF machines in the city. was con-
vfCted under inc OtSeiy ou1SuNo, ..'-~
heavily and given two months in jail.
motor, 10 set aside the verdict was made
and the argument heard. and Judge Bar
ham OF the Corporation Court. reserved
his decision.
NEW TRIAL GRANTED.
To-day the Judge rendered his decision
granting tho new trial. but no order was
entered in the case on account OF tha
absence OF Commonwenlth's Attorney
Robinson, who IS not in the city.
Tho granting OF q new trial practlcally
ends the case, as the lottery statute was
the only one under which conviction
could be gotten until the special act was
passed.
Belnap cannot. of course. be tried under
tho new net, as his offense was commit
tod before the act was passed.
FRENCH CRUISER.
The French cruiser Tagge arrived ny
Old Point to-day. and was saluted by
the United States ships anchored on the
point. ,y.,,,
large chapter of the Army and Navy
Union was organized on board the pat
tIeship Texas Saturday night Nearly
one hundred members were enrolled.
The policemen are very much dlstresseo
over their summer uniforms. The uni
forms were made by contract and every
man on the force except one was conn
PEELED TO send his clothes back Tor alte1s
ntiOnS. i'.sn