The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-05
Another Method Of E y, d
SundaySLaWs In Norfolk.
.. r LEWIS SENTENCED +: I +: +;
Sent to the sPsnitentiary for Three hir
a. Y ear. for Abductlng Myrtle Joynre'rr..
Samuel ". Dibrell Is Charged
Bf With mbezzletnent. d

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N NORFOLK, VA, May 4.--Desplte the
u fact that but ..one simple drunk,"''as the
sergeant 81 police said, was reg tere ~,
v at the police headquarters yestcrdalS,
y therh was a new scheme for the social
Il CLUB evil, which may prove worse for the the
4 general welfare Of the people that was inc
\ half-clossd Sunday saloon. Both depend
ION evasions of q law which IS dlttlcult
S331f mot Impossible OF enforcement. The
4 new scheme was that OF an gent who Of
L fered a card Of Initiation for, SO to q
social club He accd MS a solicitor for
& az Sunday saloon. That Is new; IT was
never done before. Tho saloon keepers
have always urged the defense that they
& never invited or solicited n mar to drink.
d They simply Kept the LIQUORS, which II @
\ man i comes into their places and PAID
h for he could have. They offered no IN
Educements for him to como Into their
Il places and did not invite him % drink
ever, whs1, he cn,rle. But by this new
scheme a man 4 is solicited to Join a So
L cial club for which he Is to pay an Init i
y zion fee Of $40 and then enj Joy the. privl-
\ 1ere or eyad ing the intent Of the Sunday
Law for 5twenty-fourS hours I, Y,
c! SsP. Lewis was sentenced IN the Corr
y poration Court this morning TO three
z years in the pcnitentiary for the Lapdnc.
\ ton OF Myrtle Joyner. Judge 1Ia an s,
\ asked him lie he had anything to say why
S the sentence Of tho court be not passed
$uponi n him. and r he made q !, rambling amp
n xpeech OF twenty minutes restatlng many
a ti,inysE 4ha+ he has said several times pc
II fore a He said that ho had not bonght
3 the tickets for the trip the glr,l 1 '9o,
< WITH him to Washington; that ne as IS
4 q, name for the girl and himself ~ oiue!f
d to argue with her privately that sue W.
h : wny against his persuaslons allu v ~ pc
i co,,se she loved him and she was badly
4 treat ted At home. He said the NEWSPAPERS
ana lthe court had treated MN iun1aHly
&and that he Is not a degenerate or : * q
{ f,r,,teSd He. admitted that he had been
married and that he was q son son seven On
wears old and a father whom ne nag sl l1o1
seen for seven years. /, Il y.
Judge Hanckel said that there was no no
Z SON WHY the sentence of the jury
should not be passed and he passed.
4 While T q wis looked away. aabscntly. ana ~
Nan began TO talk to his attorney. - Lewis
AZ that be his name, is a good aloo MI
man. thirty years Of age with a, E s,tea Z
nov OF words, "A many of which (. lali ~
connect with logical tatement ma o 'ee
~ reasoning. But he has supreme ll c S'Hi
R fldence in them and IN hln1se n /, ~, & -
Mrs. r. H. Jones' head OF the 4 Wfs = =.
u TIL. In Norfolk, md the prime mover
4 nn,ong tho ladies in. the Temperance cru
4 kade had miraculous escape from
yesterday. Mrs. ones IN aAs -
@ RON an electric car on Olney E5 ltond,
Client. was struck by q car passing IN me
opposite direction and but for the pres
rnce Of mind of the motormansin charge
h ~ he car she would have been crush
cd under its wheels. As IT was. the lady
was Knocked down and the fender OF tho
II car passed over her body but the motor
Z nnn stopped his car.
Samuel r. Dibrel formerly OF the
4 Norfolk and Western Railway here. IS TO
q be brought back from Nashville, Tenn on
the charge OF embczzement The charge
Is preferred by j.. G. Hammersl ey. OF the
mo railway company. and 1t Is to the
effect that he lost S5s5 by the misrepre-
Fl sensations OF the defendant The trans
E, actions include the borrowing and invest.
Il mcnt OF money. Detective Snowden VIII.
8 leave here tonight with rcuulsitlon on
the Governor Of Tennessee for Dlbrell,i
Il who Is detained there awaiting the re-
uuisition. He will be tried here on the
charge OF embezzlement.
IS Rev DR.. Gordon Moore Of Richmond,
the superintendent Of the State Antt-Sa-
loon League preached at the Cumber-
land Street Methodist Church last night
sHto a large audience. Tie did not mention
the saloon or the saloon business at all
but he preached against them lust the
same. His subject was the social rela-
%tIons as established by Christianity. The
sermon was argumentntive and effective,
z Dr. Moore Is active and earnest IN the
n cause for which he Is working.