The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-23
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Negro Supposed to be Despe-
ratcly Wounded Makes
His Escape
A CAPTAINS N CLOSE CALL
A CAPTAINS Cal /. n CLOSE Y: Isl CALL i
Falls Between His Steamer ard
the Dock and Has a Mar
row Escape.

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81 E1WrPORTI NEWS VA August . % -
With a load OF buckshot IN his back,
Junius Brown d notorious negro, who
4 has served a term in the penitentiary, and
{ who was captured yesterday morning
shortly after he had broken into the
foundry or Sayre Brothers. escaped from
the police station last night and is be-
lieved to have made his way TO Rich
mond.
The robbery was committed Just at
daylight yesterday. Brown entered
= the foundry. collected q large box OF
& brackets and other valuable brass stuff,
and was quietly leaving the place when
8 the Waterman espied him. The negro
Il dropped the box and took; TO his heels,
quickly leaving hia pnrsuer behind. he
4 Waterman, az n last resort. let go & a
Il barrel OF his shotgun. but Il he mel ro con-
b tinued to run. 50 Z 3s
&. The foundry is located at T twenty fourth
Street and the railway, and the fugl-
ivesreached Twenty-elghth5 Street safely
1gAt4'rWentyteighth Street Detective Payne,
+ OF the Chesapeake and Ohio force, and a
negro workman coined In tho pursuit. and
succeeded IN overhauling the thief.
DUG HIS WAY. OF
Brown was lodged In the station house,
where he remained until come time last
night About 10 80 D clock Sergeant era &
Y ford remarked to the station Keeper that
there was ~ pref ty lick doom inside and
that It would be well to put him in one 4
the rear cells. The officers went back
to carry out this ggestion, but IT was
too late. The prlsone had slipped be- a
tween tho bars and y the brick wall !.
sf,tY a mn ri n 1iscn
several bricks and departed. Every ef-s
fort was made to locate the man last
night, but he was not to be found, and
the officers concluded that he had cotton
out aon a fretgh I train which left i q bout 4
AZ CLOSE CALL: 85
s Captain Cox, OF the steamer Ocean;
1 View, plying between Old 5 Point and
Ocean View, had d narrow escape from
drowning vest erday as the steamer was
making a. landing at the Old Point wharf.
4 The ca plain slipped from the gang plank.
and went down between the boat and
dock. The suction was SO great T. that he
& disappeared beneath the water. and the
mortified crowd on he dock gave him up
for lost. Ono OF the wharfmen seized I Ia
pole and dropped It to the drowning ma IL
who caught II Just In time TO save him
self. Captain Cox chung 70 the pole until.
1 al rope could BIO lowered 4, .s$
.Si ~ SHIP TURN NED Z BAG *. 355SSs
Tho Mallory line steamship tconctlo.
Ewhichisleft here Saturday. a tier undergo
ing a general oyerhauling at the ship
yard. put back yesterday In order 70 allow VI
Mr.. Charles Mallory, one OF the officials:
$of the line, to inspect the local plant
B Mr.. Mallory came down from y eys York rs
yesterday 10 return on the concho. Yhcn en-
%he boarded the vessel II he was So much
q pleased with her appea rance. and. In;
stead OF allowing her to proceed to. g. ~
York according to schedule, he ordered
y the captain to steam back to this port III
order thdt he might have a look e the
ward at which the work was lone. He
stated tina this was the first time I hi,
i ono OF the vessels OF his line had y ever
been 8oyerhauled and turned over wlthln
$c,ont q II ] lime. The steamer anchored off
Stbc plant for an hour. and then turned go
to Old Point, from here she sailed for
New York. & l 55z s5t5