The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
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Postal Clerk Donnat1 Caught8it15
Act Of Robbing Registered
Letter. a1
STRIKE OF L !! {: y {.
They Claitt, Not to Have Been.
n Paid for Two Hours Time.
Suit Over Il Check.
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i r. Donnan. thirty gears Of age, son Of
former United State, Consul Donnan It
Belfast, ireland, IL In the Norfolk jail
charged with having robbed the Fort
Monroe postorfcc, wlerc lie was EN-.
f. ployel MS money order and Registered
4 letter clerk Tic robbery had been go
4 Ing on for two vars, but there was no
proof against Donnnil&. until Ohlteu
Btntes postofIlcc inspectors Frank r..
Z sheron. Of washington y. C., and John
IS w. 13nlIn. of Norfolk went to1thc Office
last evening. ard, watching Donnan, saw
s him take IS out OF d registered letter
a and putt In his pocket. Other sistered
Il mail was found IN the pockets OF Don.
man, butthls was Unopened. The accused
Z acknowledged that he had been caught
+ nnd made n full confession to the inspec..
n tora. who brought him to Norfolk and
nlaced him in jail pending 81 preliminary
ycxnminatIon this morning. Donnan had
IS othing TO gayfnnd was without coutl--
a AL rho case was sent on 20 the W.
weber Jcdepal grand jury ana DONNA.
was rccommittcd to jail IN .it OF
500. The prisoner said he had ,,Nn ?, .Wne,r
10 70 even could he get bono. l1oii'i,.,.
X came from Petersburg. u. ,o ~, 80
ago TO Nhc Fort Monroe postofiice anu f1
had boer we'll thought OF there. ~
father Is dead. The prisoner IS married,
Il h,,tTbia yire Is III New York lde mas
"a children ,rhc amount OF Domains
=. naturalization Is not known. II. {y5gl
STRIKE or sTlONGsHOREAillEsN:
or The 90 lonEshorenen employed ,py
K tho Merchants and Miners Stcatnshtp
8 comnany lCn struck tonight, claiming
d thnt't hcy we're maid short two hours t tlis
& week. The stvcdore say that the men =
c,nim Ia ,inwarrantcdt The amount IN
Z aisn,It o ls but 20 cents per worker. = me
MGR, receiving Is cents an hour. torty
of the men refused 10 join the !, strikers
and nre loading the steamer tCha mum ~ y
& She was scheduled to sail to-n,sht ior
\ T,rov,f3cnce but will be delayed pro nbly
q 10 hnnrs should the trouble be unadjnst-
q, thcrc Will be delay IN the boston
& baltimore. Providence. Norfolk and New
mort News snilinEs OF the line.
v \ FOUND NO SICKNESS,
i Or. orfleet, the State quarantine OH Z
cor boarded the santn DOMINGO gunpoatt
ond found Captain Orltori ana the t"en- .
ssty-Hvc men In the crew Tree ! rom - s'eH-
53ness she will remain at anchor on the
2clty taking supplies. She Is large steam
y yachi formerly owned in this country
T, ~ 4 private citizen and converted INTO
: n warship by placing rapid frer az
neF NAME An 3 ERASED FROM CHECK.
d. p Blount, formerly in business Win =.
g@hn real estate dealer. G: W. Tcbault.
mare. has brought suit In the Court. OF
y law and EChancery against Icphui { LOT
/. n 800. He alleges TINT he sent u she g,
from wheeling. Va, drawn by C.t5N;
Anderson on n bank there. and endorsed
10 be delivered to Judge W. < f'oItiork
here but that 51ebault, instead OF CeilV-
airing IT, 10 Judge Portlock, erased me
endorsement, put his own name in the
Snlaca thereof and collected the amount
= 81 it.# 81 600, and retained it'll hat was IN
1901. and 1t Is claimed that the deiehu am
has promised 10 return the money 10 w. i
nlointlff but has not done so. hence Inc
i s,,it which has created sensation here.
ms Mr.. Tcbault has been concerned IN
some large land deals. :, :, :,
PERMISSION FOR BRIDGE.
Major S. fIeth TyiN, president or the
Norfolk vladuct Corporation, returned
1 from washington to-day with the state
mcnt that the War Department had
(, greed to Issue permit for the can't
II evre bridge between Norfolk and Berk-
Law over the eastern brnnchsof the ELIZA
beth river. The bridge is to be l'a iect
above mean low water, and Is therefore
not to obstruct navigation. It VIII 20
4 1'9 oIo + feet long. and Will cost sa5Oooo.
There will be a span Of GOO feet. 81 The OPP
position OF the marine men to the struc-
tt,,re has been overcome by making me
sran wider and the height OF the can't
lcyre structure higher SO as not - h1el :
{ fore with the masts OF passing schooners.
BOX SENT HON
William f., Butler, the runaway boy
from Petersburg, was sent home last
night at the expense Of tho city. lie
4 came here on coal train. and when
picked up by the police, he said he had
n been starving. The police sergeant gave
( him n breakfast and detained him, ex-
Meeting to hear from his mother. lie
wept when the sergeant referred to the
& anxiety OF his mother and sisters, He
was glad to return home,
", III. Clarke, an old white man who
was committed to the Norfolk county
almshouse last week after being picked
5bup in the street in Huntcrsville sick, died
B Yesterday, and his body was buried at
& the expense of the county. Nothing Is
known OF tho man. he apparently had no
relatives or friends. i3 ~ ii g.t
The Norfolk Naval y, NJ @. a. Will
have its third annual celebration to-
morrow night at the Second Presbyterian
church, when six hundred United States
z sailors and marines from the receiving
ships on this station, will be present,
A special sermon will DO preached by
REV. Or. J. Ernest Thacker, whose sub
Z dect viii be 1.-THE Making of n Life"
rho main body of the church will be re-
4 served for the sailors and marines
90 il4Is ..f iT &