The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06
FiveArrested for Attack Made
on German Sailors.
GOLD ;,',l COIN is STOLEN I''
Negro Arrested In Newport News on 4
Charge Of LarcenyAdmits that-if
Convicted ltWould Be His
Third Prison, Term.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA March 60
George Tinsley.t April Robinson, Ben
Powell, Lille Epps and Estelle Whiting,
tho flve negroes who wero arrested last
night by Dctoctiv-sergeant Reynolds and
Officer Parker on the charge Of beating
and robbing two sailors belonging to thu
German steamship Albano, will DO glvon
preliminary hearing In the Police Court
Tomorrow morning, and there Is no
doubt but that all Of them will so to 4
tho grand jury. Tho robbery occurred y
! In Klordike. settlement below tho piers
md outside OF the city limits, 80 the cass
viii DO sent to the County Court OF War. q
wick.
Reimund wachter one OF the seamcn,
was removed to the hospital this MORN
! Ing, and 1t Is feared that he will not be
alive to testify against his assailants.
|EHis skull Is fractured ana he Is bruised
MI over, rho other two men are Rudolph
| sohonhoff and Heindrlck MnTcs. They
| wcrc not badly hurt III Il "A .35s 81
| Tho sailors loft their ship Tuesday night
FOR n lark, and while IN the Beach sa-
Icon, one OF the Klondlke toir:ss. Wach-
| tor carelessly showed several pieces OF
sold money. This attracted tho attention
| OF lille l1pps and Estclle Whiting, two
OF the most notorious characters in this
section, and they lured the men to their
house, after arranging TO have the gang
| OF men fall upon them IN the dark. IN
an alley near tho house the sailors we're
attacked by the negro men. ~ nchIer h ~
| one OF the other two were beaten Into
insensibility and their pockets were cut
| onen md emptied. One hundred ana FORTY
| marks IN gold and several smalle coins
| we're taken from Wnchter, and the other
| man lost pipe and q knife. I,
When the seamcn were able 70 wal" Walk
they returned to their ship. and yester-s
| dn,, tho robbery was reported to the po-
i lice. Sergeant Reynolds and Oiicera P ~
| ar learned ut the saloon that the sailors
| loft tho place With tho women ana on
| that clue they worked up the case, flnaily
i landing Ave OF the gang. others arg De.
| licved to be Implicated In the AFFAIR anu
| Tue NOR, arc being searched for Most OF
tho gold money was found IN q George
/ Tinsley's pockets, but several pieces have
80 - ' HIS THIRD TERM,
| Charles Smith. alias John Brown. mo
I negro who was arrested In Hampton last
LII for thcilocal police on tho charge OF
i larceny, viii go to the penitentlary for
1 liza ihis time, II he Ii convicted. ana hc
verv probably Will be. Smith ndmlttedt
l to-day that he had served two terms IN
j The penitentiary, having been sent from
i hlcxandrla for two years for felonlous
800 - ana from Norfolk for four. years
I for larceny. He served about nine years
i tho Iasl time five years being added 70
4 his time because 1t was MS second Tip.
4 ,rhrteen ovcrcoats and three hats sto-
I Her BY tho man were recovered to.u ~, !,
4 HE admits that he did nearly az o. .i NY
4 hall thieving which mas CAUSED .no p tio,.
i fple Of The city so much trouble tA AZ y
smith was arrested last night ne mace mace
Ma escape from Officers Tignor ana cum Gun
Il ninrham of Hampton and Wen 70 -, y
Ihiaeksmith shop to have the han 1.al
i1icd from his wrists. The blacksm p no-
tilted the police and tn oord 1us syert down
and brought him to this city. Iie WIZ !, pc
tried Saturday morning IN tho Po!lce
AZ George A. schmclz has accepted
n,nns drawn by Captain T. y. MaIye l ~,
large brick building TO replace tn ny, W
"a Methodist Church at INC coina, "a pon,,c
! rho old church, which has stood on ine
: nnrnar for about fifteen years, is neihe
: tam down. Mr.. Schmez has given y =
3 ~, East-End Baptist Church, OF Eamp
t ton, and 1t will be moved 70 thi1t p i'Ae'
!. ' 1A, IA CHIEFS REPORT.
t ch,of OF Police Johnson has maze
renort to the Navy Department ~ les -, !.
tofthe treatment received py MS MS o,. 1aims
Mt tho hands of the crew OF t.,o I'D ~
last saturday. lie has also re rep INWARD
The shipyard authorities that ne f ha iishi
watchmen stood by y, q ana ana e sailors with,
n,,t nfferIng the officers X
ous 4 III Gilkerson Of the y ew 7, r $
Nays Light infantry, proke wy a n,m :, !,
q s nss sS5assHeas
!, afternoon, ,stnnce OF nifty yards, shooting
lvo o. rarnlntIon military target The rec
o. ~ -, uee to this time, it is said, has beer
A ss out Of 100. III