The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-27
ANNEXATION IS
WHAT THEY v i
@Henrico Citizens Make Their Po-
sition Understood on This
@ Matter.
RUNNING THE TRAMPs OUT y
County Policemen Have Recently
Been Unusually
Vigilant.
RUNNING THE TRAMPs OUT 'lJ

Intensely interested are the citizens OF
that section OF IIenrico county lying two
miles east OF the city limits and between
Chimborazo and Oakwood. over the mat
Ter OF annexation to Richmond. Since
the meeting on Monday night, when an
able address was delivered by Mr.. Charles
u Meredith, OF the city, the citizens OF the
Annexation and Improvement League
have been diligently az work with peti-
tions, and they will go TO the court with
solid backing of both voters and prop
erty owners. Two petitions, or rather
one petition setting forth both the prop
4ertys owners. who perhaps reside IN other
parts Of the county or mayhaps IN Rlch-
mond, and the qualified voters, is pre-
sented TO the citizens 81
Thus far it is said that only two resi-
dents OF the territory affected have de-
4 clned to sign the petition. one OF those
who refused did so, he said, upon busl-
ness grounds; he was q friend OF both
sides and did not desire to make enc
4 Mics rhe other one who refused to
sign the petition did not vouchsafe any
reason for his determination, But there
ave over five hundred who want the ter
f. ritory annexed. 49,
Members of the league wish it dis
tlnctly understood that, as league,
they are not attempting nor nave they
attempted to drive any OF the county
officers into supporting the movement
4 They have made no threats, as league,
as to what the members Will do at the
next election.
Individuality, several of those In tho
a territory named. and who are deeply In
tcrested in the proposition to annex to
Richmond, have expressed the opinion
and naturally so, that those who were
against them now could hardly expect
their patronage In the futures This Is
the extent Of any threats that have been
made.
Three Brothers in Pen.
Special officer w. G. Johnson, OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, returned
from Fairfax Courthouse yesterday,
where he has been for some days as a
witness against a band Of box car thieves
who were unprecedented by the officer and
Detective A. +. Kennedy, OF the Rich
mond Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road.
officer johnson brought the prisoners,
NIL of whom ySvere' convicted and sent
enccd to six years each In the peniten-
tiary to the city and turned them over
TO the State institution. one or those
convicted is Gus Robinson. white man.
who has two brothers now In the penl-
Tertiary Harry, one brother, Is serving
time for housebrcaking and Tom Robin
son. another brother. robbed a postoffice
Both were sent up since May of this
year.
The other prisoners brought to the PEN
itentinry are H. l.. Marshall, alias
"'Frisco SLIM" said 10 have once been
n mariner of the notorious Topeka Joe;
James Hart, alias &c. and Q. Red; Mike
Ryan. alias Sudden Mike; Leo browns
and his brother. Ed. browns.
Can't Get to City.
So diigcnt have been the special Of
ficers of tho railroads around Richmonc
that few tramps have escaped ana en-
tered Richmond. AS soon as a man II
caught trespassing on the property O
tho railroad companies he Is brought e
Henrico county jail and given hearing
There are few indeed VINO escape sent
n,,o fiDp costs generally NO