Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-13

At WORK OV /. / YEAR
Hr:xpEnsox. The oyERGoAT
THIEF, HAS ! nEaARtsABLE
RECORD.
ROBBED VERY MANY HOUSES.
!. the same Wan Who At
tempted to steal colonel 1nsram,.
strong Box-Llved in Aa1uence as
the Result of al. operations
ROBBED VERY MANY HOUSES.
ID enttf,ea AZ the same Wan Who At
strong Box-Lired IN = -
the Result of ais Operations

Recent DEVELOPMENTS have brought 70
light the startling fact that John Hen-
derson, the negro recently arrested ZOE
stealing overcoats from severai ifons
halls In town. who is now heia AZ .nS
.t,y Jail unoer indic snnent OF .tnS . ,.i.S,
Jury liz one OF the worst q oohsz ~ - -
mas operated in this city TOR many YEA a..s
The remarkable part about the man
case Is that he has been at Rork III
hiIhmond for over year ana is Ies ,.,..-
sibIa for the many small roboerf9s sc ..ss.
mitred here last T.nter, winch eausso
CONSERVATION among the citizens IN ce Ger
tain portions Of the city. ~.
Along with other hazardous acts IS thds
Of having attempted to rob the resi-
dence OF Colonel u. II. ingram, on Wsss
Grace street, about ten Gays ago. NJ
Ecircums lances OF that case were nucn
talked of at the time Mrs. Ingram Wos
curing the course OF which the man Nas
discovered on the path Of the house. ara
only succeeded in making his escape aver
enseqntsr TiEh S!Ed tpSrs srA hsEse
The negro claims 70 ce from North
Carolina, and gave his name to tue 2o-
lice as john Henderson. The man Wn 1ues
he implicated in his robberies ana 1sro Mso
whom the facts concerning the ourgair
have been learned, says that the negro $
name is Black Mcdonnell, and that NJ
came from Philadelphia. Slack Mecca
q short. thick-set negro named MACK
| rom Norfolk. and for whom the ponce
Of that city are locking, having 2 WaI-
rant against him for stea ling nve-gallon
Jug OF w1iskey. The two men operator
together both here and in Peter shurg.
and from accounts given must nave peen
most successful
From the Story told by Jim Diamond.
the negro whom Mcconnell claims to
be one Of his confrefes and at whose
house he lived. often hiding. away his
stolen goods there, Mccenneh ca, came fas -
and the frst Diamond saw Of him was
when he applied at his shanty near the
brick-yar7 in Manchester and asked to
him 80 cents for lodging Diamond seems
20 be a guiltless sort Of negro VINO
lives by himself and Mcdonnell evident.
ly picked his man when ne made III:
ward he made the Isolated hut his head
quarters coming and going at will, AID
| often being absent for days He save
Diamond money from time to time 20 ~
and declared that he never went ont
9TH the man. and upon learning that ne
was stealing turned him out and would
not let him come to his shanty again.
Last winter the man would come III
from time to time with clothing. and lls
always had a quantity OF money. Diamond
says that he always wore GOOD ciothes
and that each time he appeared he woulo
]
he would change his overcoat-
oGx,1.ED OF PURSUIT
On the night OF the attempt TO rot
the Ingram house Diamond says tina:
about s o'clock the negro Mack rusrGd
into his hut with bulgiEg eyes ana out
Of breath. He said he had had a close
shave, and had been sent there by Ms
Connell who would be in later. Not long
after Mcconnell appeared covered win
mud, streaming with peTspiration. and
exhausted from run As soon as he
could catch his breath. and in reply 70
4 question from diamond as to where ne
had been. said: II have had a 49, OF q
time wen. into hall OF house IN
Grace street ard had two coats N my
hand when a woman saw me and yelleai;
there we're people I'll around and had
TO run. a lady came at me with CAGE
and knocked her down and ran out tie
back way The negro in telling ms
story threw in many details. which made
The last known experience of the mas,
was s. trip t.. Petersburg. made q few
days after the night of the ingram tro,.-
HE and from which Mack and Me
Connell returned with an outfit of new
clothes and $40 ia money. Diamond sa.-S
that upon learning of this he drove tn
two men from his shanty, and has no:
seen them since.
The police have an overcoat found IN
the shanty and fur collar with mink
heads at the ends. The collar was made
pany. Chicago, and was probably stolen
| In this city.
Diamond is being held at the Secon
Police Staten and will be brought face
! TO face with Mcconnell this morning.
| The negro WAS here la st winter, hut Lee