The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-03
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FIND CRIMINAL | [ \ |. \ Al.
Suspicion Has Fallen en- on. on.
a aNegro in in Amherst I'm t'l
County.
/ ARREST EXPECTED
AT#tANY MOMENT
No Chance for the Suspected One
to Escape, But the Evidence s1Aans'
So Far Does Not War VI r. 5'55
rant His lis, Arrest. Arrest.
Business is i538
Suspended.

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fspectal to rho Times Dispatch.)
A,iHERsT. VA October FL hurricane
Branch arrived here at 6:So to-lsg Mt 1f' rom
4 SUFFOLK with his two hounds, y, we I az anu = !
Tramp. They were taken at once 5lf 70 u sne 2.
"a place at which the assault Was as COM com
n 1nltted on Mrs. Brown last night. Ilge
n was nut on the trial. Within nineteen
a minutes JIG hit the trail TO tn: house ot y
= negro, Three times he was brought
X back aud started over the trail and nd each i''
time. with unerring instinct nc went ,lta 70
the same house The third tine he was
ei,,m tho torn clothes which the victim
had worn on the night Of tho assault,
and again he ran from them to the place
where the assault was made srd from
there to the salne house An orrest !. 5li is
momcntarly expected.
Suspect Cannot Escape.
"a There Is no danger OF the eseare OF the
& F,,,no ct The eyes OF stern, Silent men
I are constantly on hin. The uthorltl@es @
i arc only waiting. hoping to gel more
s& evidence Then the strong arm IS OF gthe ,ts
law will reach out and take MIN IN ina ~ I
Is, II he is not taken In before. saI, f1ahctly
g what the large crowd OF silent ms tli.e ~
\ line the street opposite the place OF Worh WORK
lG az the suspect means Is not kIo VII.
some fear violence, others say that there
Is iio clange the men themselves, most 81
81 ef them people away from K he V1llage,i
.a,,,.G nothing. The authorities are on l !
the8 va tch .8 7 he man Will be ARRESTED 1 az
y the most opportune. lrnp. saifsi, ,s
THAT he ,yil then be y ken ato \.
81 burg goes Wit ttout nny ng .s Exacsl en-
"a thcS1arrest It will be made, how, and how
4 haS viii be taken to sLyrchburg. is not
II known III the authorities have thelr'
plans, they are not talking about them,
5iI8$ Business Suspended.
Little or2no business was done in AM
terst to-day Search after search was
made for some clue, yetSnothlng tangible
!. enough to work on was discovered.
When the bloodhounds arrived, tile hope
z was felt that they would find the man,
The crime had been committed twenty
-four hours. There was no piece of gar
ment or anything OF the kind from which
the dogs could take the scent. However.
no one had been allowed to 80 on tho
place at which the assault was commit
ted to-day. Quickly Mrs. Brown, who
had somewhat recovered from the shock
q of the assault was put IN a buggy ana
/, by her direction the buggy was driven
e to the place OF the crime. Branch, with
Tlge, followed Ono or two incn went
with him, but the crowd Of over a hun
cred men who had congregateds to meet
x the detective were not allowed TO come
within the lot. saddlcd horses stood
ready for the use OF Mr.. Branch and
the posse, the dogs were placed on the
trail with the above result. The horses
were not necessary, as the cabin to which
the dog went Is Very near the lot. Il,
Result Not Announced.
After about an hour with the dog, Mr..
Branch came back and announced to the
3 waiting crowd that the hunt had been
Z suspended for the night lie did not
tell the result to those who were waiting,
However, 1t soon spread, rs such things
will spread, and now there are but few
who do not know VINO the suspected
man. Is. " 8
The evidence against the manais light
as yet. He was seen going in the di-l
: rcction Of tho place where the assault
was made about that time. Ho was re (
ported TO have been late to supper. Mrs
Brown says that she cannot identify the
man Aside from these facts and the
scentlng nose of the dog Tlge. there Is
little cvdoncc unless IT Is that the man
lives close to the place. The authorities
hesitate somewhat In arrestlng on such
slender evidence. n
Mrs Browns condition Is somewhat
: improved to-day, though she is still suf-
ferlng very much from the bruises
& which she received. She Is still unable
to tell anything about 1t. She says that
something was thrown over her head.
and then she became unconscious. When
she recovered, she was lying IN some
weeds. From this position she dragged
herself through wire fence and was
walking in the direction Of home calling
5 for help, when her husband found her AZ
IT is said that the COW had been found
tied In the same place once before, In
dicating that the same thing had been
planned before. But on that occasion her
husband had gone with her to milking.
Trailed Higginbotham,
Her father Mr., John Cannpdy, Of this
county, and several of her brothers are
here With her. Tige, Jr,,s the blooahound
4, Used by Branch, is the son of Tlge. sr.'
who trailed the negro IIigBinbothanl,
who committed the assault In Lynohburs
several years ago. During the spring OF
this month, he trailed a criminal in West
Virginia through the mountains after the
trail was nearly three days old, Two
weeks ago, he trailed o, negro IN Nortll
Carolina up n tree. and the negro was
shot as he attempted to escape.
N The other dog, Tramp, is not a. blood
bloodhound, but is called by Mr.. Branch
a. southern negro dog, the kind that they
used In tho South in the days before the
var, to track negroes in the swnmps
Mi Branch uses himFto follow the blood,
hound as he goes so fast when he strikes
X a hot trail that no horses can keep ur
with him. Tramp was not released to-
night. Tige, Sr, was poisoned In West
Virginia some time ago.
Mr., Branchs son, about fourteen years
of ago, accompanied him on the trip
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