The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-12
FILES A BIG
MORTGAGE
Finances of the Hampton
Roads Co. Strengthened Out
CAPTURED AFTER 3 YEARS
CAPTURED AFTER 3 YEARS
A German Sailor Who Deserted His
Ship Because Of Bad Treatment Is
Released by the Local Courts.
Police Baseball Team.
(spe clal to The Times Dispatch.)

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, August Ii
trio Company to-day filed in the clerk s
office Of the Corporation Court a mort
gage in favor Of the Colonial Trust Com
pnny, OF Philadelphia, on It's real estate,
plant, lines, rolling stock, etc, for 500 900.
The mortgage was filed to cover bond
sions and improvements.
In esta blishing itself In the city and
section the Hampton Roads Company has
been at an enormous expense. and has
as yet been handicapped in various ways,
so that its business has been small. On
this account 1t was runOrcd some ti1ne
ago that the affairs OF the company were
In bad shape, and that 1t was having
trouble settling Is accounts with the Van
degrift Construction Company, which Is
constructing and temporarily operating
the line.
1t was announced several weeks ago
that In order to extend the limo to Old
Point and 10 make various improvements
and extensions, the company would have
to issue bonds, and to-day tho first step
was taken.
On account Of the troubled state OF af-
fairs, the Warren Brothers Bituminous
Macadan1 Company, which is paving half
OF West Avenue at the expense OF tho
company, stopped work several days ago.
Work was resumed to-day, and It Is sup
posed that all matters have been salts
factorly adjusted.
ARRESTED FOR OLD CRIME.
Ed. Stevens. negro, who has bccn
wanted here for three years on the charge
OF larceny. was recognized on the street
and arrested yesterday BY Sergeant Rey-
nolds. The man Is wanted for snatching
a pockct-book from Mrs. Harry Mallory.
and he does not deny the charge. He
made his escape Immediately after the Of
seen in this section until tho sergeant
recognized him standing In the street
yesterday.
Tho case Will be tried In the Police
Court tomorrow morning.
Edward Evcrlng, the sailor charged
with dcserting from the German steam
ship Pisa. was again RELEASE to-day by
Justice Sernmes, who held that he had
been badly treated aboard tho ship, and
had perfect right to desert. The repro.
sentatives of the ship made hard fight
to get possession OF the man. and II Is
believed that they want him on a more
serious charge than that OF descrtion.
When Everling was flrst arrested he was
released by Judge Barham on writ Of
naDeaS corpus OH lHe SIOuid tHdl the
upon which he was held was
not properly drawn. Immediately after
he was released he was rearrested, and
yesterday afternoon was g!:en hearing.
The German vice-consul claimed that the
local courts had no right to go into the
merits of the case; that the only point
which had to be decided was whether or
not Evcrllng deserted from the ship.
BRITISH STEAMER.
The British steamer Oriana, Captain
Anderson, bound from Durham. Natal
South Africa, for Montreal. Canada,
cleared to-day after undergoing repairs
and painting at the shipyard and loading
200 tons OF bunker coal here
The police force has organized base
ball team, which will cross bats with the
team recently organized by the stree; chr
and motormen. The game
will be pulled OFF within the next few
weeks.
This case OF Robert Page. alias Bob
Blue who shot and killed another negro,
named Steven Mason, In Rockets ycster-
day afternoon, was continued until Thurs
day In the Police Court this morning.
Page gave himself up last night. and
claims that he shot Mason in self-defenae.