The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-24

10 mo correct theory this would
have 70 be fired by means or a percuss-
rton cap snd fuse, no evidences VI 49, ~.
ware found. Tho theory oil tHe .,7
az tho company last night was .,lat eo
n,dnes were exploded under the cti !.
geu9ss IA NJ, hayo oxerted such force
nas manifest. 1t IS, therefore. con-
ciuaoa from this fact. ana ire iu .i.e,
fart that the car track AT Tue pui,i.
where tho explosion occurred was p,aen-
ened. that torpedoes were useu' $3.50 ~,
tivos viii bo nut to work on the case ana
A. orir,inaIs discovered and punished,
II possible AZ Main
street car. No. .. in charge of Motorman
wallace appears to have been even
GREATER than that in East Emo. Inns ca
had lust left the Reservoir on It's easl-
ward trip and had just turned into straw
berry Street, which runs north"alu ~
ward Main. when soon after the urn W
the left after leaving the amphl,nea a.,
the terrific conclusion occurred. 1,o a,,d
the roof and connecting the rool anu
IL. ~ ,he omen car are stained glass
transoms on all four sides of the ceiiiiis
Glasses Are Shattered.
Sixteen of these glasses we're shaItereu
and the debris and broken Eiasa w,
"a the floor and seats of the car. inc
trans in the floor of the car appeared
N have been forced open, by the concus-
.Ion The names of the passengers on mo
oar cou1d not be learned, nor even ue-
hnltely how many there were. Az lhat
hour. however, before the visitors 10 the
Reservoir Park had begun to return, traVel
eastward is always light. One report was
that there was but ono man on the car. Inc
fare register indicated three ticket iares'
The car was turned back ana taken ~
,stse. Al Int ".
IN charge of the car, escaped injury. Inc
name of the conductor couia lioI NC "S'N'
tanned last night.
Soon after these reports came, one from
Rarton Heights that Lakeside car NO.
12O had been fired on at the north cnd OIL
the First Street viaduct the ball narrow
~ missing Motorman Mettersmith. Inc
ball was fired from tho darkness anu Is
believed to have been fired from riile.
II struck a glass and smashed that anu
then buried itself in the wood. From the
place where the bullet struck 1t was ap-
parently aimed at the motorman's head,
and we'll aimed, for 1t struck on line
with his head and dangerously near.
There was no clue to the identity OF the
smbushcd assassin.
While car No 2O7 of the Clay Street
line was running northward along I"cn.
ty-ninth Street a few minutes after ~
O o'clock some one threw rock INTO the
car from the darkness and struck young
woman, a passenger on the car: on the
ankle, in1icting painful bruise. me
stone Is believed to have been thrown by
a boy. Near the same point, and about
the same hour Motorman Lewis, III charge
of a Clay Street car, was the target oil
stone-thrower, but was not struck by the
heavy missile, which was as large as
mans double fists combined.
At the office of the company at the
Reservoir last night reports were received
that several stones were thrown at cars,
but no damage done
Preconcerted Effort
The concurrence of these cases of VIC
lence at the same time in all parts Of
the city gave rise to the belief that
preconcerted effort was being made by
parties unknown to intimdatc persons
who ride on the cars and thereby dctract
from the revenues OF the company. and
thus promote the cause of the strikers.
It is said that similar outbreaks of vio-
lence marked the closing days of the Nor
folk car strike. Officials of the comapny
are not at all alarmed by these attacks.
and do not anticipate q repetition OF
them. The police will make a thorough
investigation of the crimes and spare no
ettor, 10 land the criIninals-drag them
into the glare Of daylight and the igno-