The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-26
.POARCH SENT !: N
GRAND JURY |. ! / J Y !.
Denies Earnestly That H[y He Had FL l,+[
Any Connection With
sSs3s8$ tie Fires. ssS
WAS FORM Y. "A FIREMAN 1 {: \ ] \ n !
The Export Plug Busit,ess5o fstts'
q G. Williams Co. Already
Transferred to Petersburg.

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\ ssPETERsBURG. VA. Aug. 25.-Willie.
Poarchs the young white man arrested
yesterday on the charge Of being the
incendiary who burned the stable on.
South Market Street, belonging to Judge
William Hodges Mann several nights ago
and who is suspected OF causing sew
5eral other recent fires. was tried this
morning in the Mayors Court md sent
on to the September term OF tho YItst \
}ings Court. Poarch was at one time
employed by the fire department, and
was at the fire which destroyed Judge
Mann stable, but vigorously d enies tho
charge against him, claiming that at
the time the fire bells rang he was at
his home on Rome n Street, In Fifth
Ward, nearlysa mile from the scene Of
tho fire. ii n S5i III i5
Members Of the fire department tess
titled that Poarch was at Il the fire n on
3Shuck Alley on the night OF Tuesday,
August ! 9Th, and that he was also pres
Sent at 4 thess burning Of Judge Mann g
stable on ednesday night. August 1 til.
and rendered some assistance at both
fires IT Is 5 q. M IA Il;
CONFLICT OF TESTIMONY. "
sS$ Several witnesses for the defense, In
Guiding Poarch's mother and sister, testi-
fled thatIat the time the bells rang for!
the IA Mann fire the defendan Il wa 8 q t
home playing cards. which Poarcll IL re a
asserted in his own behalf, claiming that
he was an unusually pid runner, a nd
to meet tho hose cart. Other witnesses
testified that they saw Poarch In the,
vicinity OF the fires shortly before the
alarm sounded, one negro woman who
lives on Shuck Hey, d eclaring that he
came to the door Of her. house and
asked for matches Just before the fire
started !. a. A ii Is II FL ii
&S5 The evidence was almost entirely cir
Scun1stantial and after examining the wit
!nesses, Mr.. r. II. Mann. attorney for
the Commonwealth tn. and Mr. r. B. I'LL *
cox, Jr., counsel for the defense, sub y
United the case without argument.
Poarch was committed to jail and has
mot BEEN bailed Y. 81 81 n n ~
EXPORT PLUG.
u.s. The export plug tobacco business OF
the IT, C. Williams Tobacco Company of
Richmond will hereafter be carried on IN
the Dunlop factory of the Br Amer,
lean Tobacco C ompany in this city.
This great factory Is now maxi ne the
Eexport plug tobacco that has heretofore
been made by Dunlop and the Camerons
OF this city,, P. Fl. Mayo & Brother and
the #. G. Williams Company. 81 Rich h
Snlond .zt It Z Is said to have a daily pro :
Sduction II of I between thirty and forty
Thousand pounds OF plug tobacco:
Officer u. M. MEG ee Il his 4 morning ar r
rested a young negro Us named Wesley
ALLEN and a. colored boy employed e by
Ndessrs. Tltmus &; McEwen at their ia "a Il. !.
oring establishment on the charge Of
Sattempting to steal a. diamond ring from
tile finger Of Mrs. S. B. Lubman. W nc 2
resides on the floor above the ]. tailoring
establishment in the building occupied 1f l' 9
by Lovenstein Bro theirs. between I,om:-
bard Street and Courthouse Avenu e.
Mrs. Lubman was awakened early TINS Z
hand. and on opening her eyes sa " q
5colored boy In the room; the boy at 7
once ran off. ii a :, 81
Rev, Max Dubor. IA Dbl h Of the ortiz o.
3dox aHe brew Briss Onrlm congregatlo lon,
died early this morning at the :. Home Ions
for the Sick He was a native o Of =
SsIa, and came to II tersburg az. feW
months ago from 3roolly n, ~ where here
This family reside. 53