The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-17
ROUGH RIDERS
Gain FREEDOM. ! |. /. J [ ]
--S F5t 5iSi5Y III AL hi v3y1I1uNIIUUMM
Petersburg Jurors Do Not Think
the Evidence is
Strong.
8ELKs ELECT THEIR OFFICERS |I +
New2stcainer Arrivssto Take Up
Her Trips on james
River.

Especial to Tho i lines. DlspatchJ
81 piarISRsBttRC, VA, March 1G.--Fitz
4 Hicks is The second negro rough rider
to be acquitted OF the chnrge Of rob
bling and burning the ralroad depot at
bonneville In. Sussex county. Hicks was
acquitted this morning by8n8 p Petersburg
jury who returned to the city today.
Another Is now on trial. Willie Tucker,
the first rough rider" tried was acc.
quilted last Saturday
rho Petersburg jurors seem to attach
little Importance to the evidence for the
prosecution.
CRIMINAL CASES.
Tho March torn OF the Hustlngs Court
4 began to-day VITA the criminal docket IL
The grand Jury returned iniic 't to
against three negroes as follows: HI ) oe
Barnes. netit larceny: james Richard
son, houscbreaking !: & Anderson " atigl1an,
feonio,is assault. az
~ Barnes and Richardson were conv ted
and given six months In jail, and two
years in the penitcntia.y, s respectively.
The casc OF Anderson Vaughan, who -
Z charged with assaultins n coloredl girl,
was aetsfor trial on the 1lthsof April
Joe Smith, colored. charged with Ia r.
4 ccnyi from the person, was d!scha rged on
q nollc prpscaui. a lss if
Lieutenant oyernor55NY Tia rd 81 ca me; 70
q Petersburg last evening, and was a guest est
Of the Petersburg Lodge OF E,lks. a M
81 ,,lso 81 the Petersburg Club. Colonel VIII
lard was In tho city until to- days ana
y saw a large number of friends.
ELKs ELECT OFFICER
THO Petersburg = Lodge Of SI5lks last
u night elected officers for the ensuing
u term as follows !: Exalted Ruler, W.
Tresson; Esteemed !# Leading knight
VI Charles Z H. illin1nson;; Esteemed u Loyal:
" knight, C. e. Brown Esteemed 5Lecturlng
Knight Robert Gillian. Jr.; Secretary
w. a. Si Ct dsey; Treasurer, larry Z.
Bailey: Trustee. Meyer saal Z; Teller - -.
x w Branch. zen Y,
The Petersburg Banking and Trust
Company Will be changed into nat,9nal
bank ri n5nleeting Of the stock holders
y on March 2lst.
~ The now bank Will be- organized with
three hundred thousand dollars capita
md a surplus or thirty thousand. Much
OF tho capital stock has been subs ribed.S
sss JAMES RIVER STEAMER:
The steamer Aurora recently PUFF
chased by several p etcrsburgerss FOR the the
James River trade. has arrived IN ne /
sl1lu rDOr.G ana VIII soon uiAA ti't'
between this city and the James River
landings. Tho '.Aurorar4is ~ propeller
boat. which has been In North carolina
s waters. FEW "a, 1r
rho Petersburg Realty Corp alton,
which was recently granted very ex *
tcnsive charter. has purchased $A three
well known farms In Chesterfield county
Just across the river from Petersburg
& Oak Hill, Violet Bank and City Y lew
1T is understood that twenty i three 5
thousand dollars was the total for the
three PLACES, Y .5t 59 q
Miss Grace Darling Ycrby, Of n Fred Y
cricksburg, ISL and Mr.. Frank ~ Epes. DIV
J. Blackstone. were married yesterday a ll':,
I ternoon ut the rectory OF st. J ohn's Epis--..
copal Church. Miss Evelyn Epes, sist 81
Of the bridegroom. & was mai I OF honor
& and Mr.. Richard w. Manson was best
4 man, II {. ;f53 81 V. !. III I, ,.5s
Mr.. d. ID. Gill, City Auditor left this I
morning for Huntsville. Ala, to visit his
uncle. the Rev Dr.. J. . M. Bannister who
is an old @Petersburge " and was born on 4
the historic Battersea Farm on the west
4 crn outskirts OF this city pr. Bannistcrk
has lust celebrated his eighty-fifth birth
day. but5Is still lin active service as an
Episcopal minister: 5 & 5g
4s There is to be no formal observance of
st. Patrick's Day in this city.