The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-28

is ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Albert Wright Struck BY Street Str
Car in Rcllmond-Stairs
Got Eight Years. ..#

Manchester Bureau, Times Dispatch,
NJ No. 111o '.E1JIl1 Street &

* No. liz Il Hull Street e ]ttN
s9ss Ernest Farmer, d young white man. was
arrested yesterday evening asa suspicious
Z character, BY Policeman Waymack Hc
had i'll his possession a quantity Of brass
i SCRAPS which it Is believed We're stolen
from one Of the large foundrles, either
ins Manchester or Richmond. The case
will be heard and investigated by the
mayor this morning. Farmer is we'll
known to the police.
Stairs Gets Eight Years.
w Il. Stairs, alias Wright, was given
eight years in the penitentary on two
counts Of breaking and entering. He
pleaded not guilty in each case, but the
evidence was sufficient to convict. He
I was given aght years in the case Of
breaking INTO sthe Walden store, and three
for breaking into q tool house at Forest
4 Hin Park. After he serves this time he
will be heard on several cases In West
Virginia.
Il The other criminal cases In the Corpora
ton Court we're postponed until to-mor-
row These cases are those OF Cole, Dob 4
bins and Marshall, charged with abduc-
Is
ton.
May Have Curfew Bell.
It Is likely that n step may be taken
y in Council at an early day looking to tho
passage OF the Curfew law IN Manchester
Th, mayor and the police are doing all
they can to keep the small and half-grown
boys off the streets. but they arc hay
ing their hands full, and It Is the I'M
preston that with a curfew law behind
them. they may be able to do more for
lie youth Of the city, Mayor Maurice
had before him yesterday Il crowd of
boys who called themselves "Thc Lucky
& Eleven" The boys were arrested on
complaint Of a real estate agent that they
were disorderly in n house on upper Hull
Street. Investigation showed that the
boys had a social club, with most of the
accessories. But II was decided they We're
E 4dsorderly, and a fine Of 81 each was
assessed against them and the club was
ordered to tlisband.
VA The Mayor thinks that boys should be
at home at night, and that all such clubs
should be broken up. Three Manchester
boys were arrested In Petersburg Oh Sat
4 urday as suspicious characters. Two Of
them were brought home yesterday, and
the third was fined for carrying Il con-
cealed pistol.
Albert Wright Hurt.
Albert Wright, employed at Samuelss
shoe store, In Richmond, WAS struck By n
ear 1T Ryland and Broad Streets last night
shortly after 8 O'clock and painfully cut
,,lippt the face The ambulance, with
,.r- Mercer IN charge, attended him, and
ne was taken 10 the Virginia Hospital,
III VAS found that his cuts were not OF a
s serious nature. He was made as com
Portable as possible and passed quiet
night lie IL Il well known shoemaker,
Mayors Court Notes,
Mayor Maurice yesterday fined white
woman sl,5o on the charge Of heing
drunk and unable 10 fake care OF herself,
H. and the fine Was paid by her husband.
She was found lying IN the street
Joe Galloway and Lynwood Hastings
/, ,syere each fnad So for engaging IN a
AZ fight against The dignity and peace OF
the Commonwealth,
Jack Shcpperson failed TO show up on
Z. the charge Of drunkenness, and an at
/. tach,nent went out for hin,
Personals and Briefs.
y Three fires have attracted The atien-
ton OF the department. in the past tY,