The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-06
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tnallfWhitc Child III Hcnrico
County Most Cruelty
Murdered.
.fHE LAND.GRABB Der SUITS
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Ono Who Was i'll the Business
he LAND.GRABBER SUITS
Ono Who Was iii the Business
Years Ago Wants His Land
10 be Grabbed.

The body Of murdered white infant
was found yesterday morning IN Cedar
stmct, on Chelsea Hill. Around It's neck
was twisted and knotted SO tightly as
to caugo tho face to swell and tho tongue
to protr,,de q rope, which had evidently
atranglcd and choked the small beins.
Absolutely no clue exists that might
possibly lead to a detection OF the per-
r.trators Of the dastnrdly crime. There
was nothing about the little BODY TO
Identify It, It was lying In the street,
enclosed only in q gunny-sack. INC REM
rico authorities have taken the case up,
however, and arc working VIGOROUSLY
over It. * coroner's jury met yesterday
afternoon mt tho courthouse, nut was ad-
iourncd over until to-day. whan there
NAV be some further developments. An
Investigation rs thorough us the battling
circumstances will permit Will be made
BY tho coroner.
Following SO closely upon tho MURDER
L: tho negro infant, who was found dead
In a well short while ago. and FOR
whose murder two negro women were
indicted on Monday, this fresh case OF
jn!unticde llas caused considerable OF u
stir In the county. Commemorative At
torney Wendenburg said Yesterday that
It was his experience as lawyer of long
practice that q crime in q Fcommunity is
almost invariably followed within rea-
scnabL, time--six or twelve months--by
another of a character almost Identical.
When asked for a possible cause for so
remarkable a fact, he declared that II
Z must be due To suggestion. The murder
ci an infant BY strangulntion Tor IN
stance, suggests to somebody who Is per
haps at that time contemplating q sim
liar crime. tho best method of accom-
yIshing It. Air Wcndenburg said he
had hardly ever known It 10 fail. a das-5
t!rdly crime sets the pace for others
and the H.enrico infanticdes are but
new indication OF the truth OF this OBJ
servation.
The board OF supervisors met yesterday
Z and spent the day paying bills and trane-
acting other routine business.
The members of the board expected to
hear something from ex-Trtasurer Brauer
who has now wound up his affairs and
closed his office at the courthouse. but
he did not appear. a special meeting
viii be called shortly. at which time Mi.
Brauer will give final rendering OF
his accounts. The examinations OF the
books OF the outgoing treasurer, which
was delayed on account of other business
the special accountant, will now proceed
I 1t is expected that the examination will
be completed very shortly.
A proposition for the or,ning OF a road
from Broad Street to the Three Chop
viii also he considered at the special
meeting Of the board.
A striking instance Of tho disgust of a
land .grabber for his own trade has como
to light. Some years ago a well known
gentleman advanced a small capita! and
united with several others in buying up
delinquent property. He went into the
deal In the suppositIon that the company
was TO take UP only such abandoned
laIds as had been left by Northerners
who had come here and then gone Off
But after awhile he found that this
vas not the case He was t.=sieged by
widows, old men and others who said
he had secured their property. and VINO
begged for mercy. The gentleman was
amazed, and told them all that h, had
no desire TO take advantage of them. He
got out of the business at once, and lost
money by 1t. A few days ago several
pieces Of. land standing IN the name Of
this gentleman were discovered 10 be
delinquent and in imminent danger. the
treasurer OF the county happ.sned to be
his friend and he was notified. The
property was some that he had grab
bed" when he was in tho business. The
cx.laud-grabocr instructed Mr. Todd to
let the land alone. and let, somebody else
grab, It, lie didn't want the spells Of
his venture of several years back and
was willing and glad to get rid of II,
The Circuit Court Of Henrico will hold
another session today. The courthouse
was rather quiet yesterday, owing to the
holiday. The cases of Sidney Hubbard,
Walter Crump, Brice Latlmer ana
Thomas Latimer charged with stealing
trasses. will be tried to-day.