The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-19
BROKE HARVESTED
FALSE PRETEN'|C.'.E|:.
Brings Action for Malicious
Prosecution Against
Accusers.
SIMMONS LOSES HIS JOB
Draft Of Sailors Sent, to San Do
mingo-Virginia Fast New
Steamer.
SIMMONS SIN u LOSES HIS JOB
-(speclal to The T1mea- Dianatch \

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
NORFOLK, VA, November 1S.--,J. r.
Lynch, lumber broker was arrested hero
to- day and will be taken to Pennsylvania
for trial in the United States Court on the
charge Of false pretenses. Tho arrest
was made at the instance OF John II. Muir
ray, a merchant OF Waverly. N. Y, and
J. T. Corbin, an attorney OF Athens. pa.
Immediately after his arrest Lynch
brought actions In the civil court against
Corbin and Murray for $4,000 each for
q petition in bankruptcy, and the action
OF false pretenses. he says, was brought
to prevent HIS discharge.
Charles Dashiell, the lad who disap-
peared from home here six weeks ago.
has sent q letter to his father, j. F. Da-
shell, saying that he Is on an oyster
boat In tho Potomac River and will leave
there for home next week All efforts to
find the boy had failed nnd his mother
was in great distress.
MEN TO sANTo DOMINGO.
The United States cruiser Tacoma.
which, with the cruisers Chattanooga and
Galveston, is to proceed from Hampton
Roads TO Santo Domingo waters, arrived
In Hampton Roads this morning from
New York, and joined the chattanooga
and Galveston. To-day a draft OF men
was sent from the navy yard to the cruis-
ers In the Roads, which will convey the
Monte Christi, San Domingo.
Nj g LOST HIS PLACE.
w. II. Simmons. tho postof1ice mailing
clerk. who was arrested yesterday upon
the charge Of Withholding from the mails
and isecreting small tin cases OF wine, was
released from custody by United States
Commissioner George e. Bowden to-day.
Though the United States District At
torney Is clothed with the authority to
carry the case before the Federal grand
jury, which meets here December 5th, the
action OF to-day will probably end court
proceedings. Simmons will, however. lose
his position In the post offlce, which paid
him 81 900 a year, and was practically q
life position, with chances Of promotion
to $1,000 per year and upward.
He has already been suspended. pending
final action by the department at Wash
ington, and the postoff1ce clerks under
the head substitute. having been brought
in as regular clerk X
A FAST STEAMER.
Visitors were invited to the new steam Z
boat Virginia, OF the Old Bay Line be-
tween here and Baltimore, to-day. She
Is a beautiful boat, with steel hull and
all OF the fittings and the conveniences
and comforts OF modern marine building,
She has staterooms for 400 passengers,
and they range from 81 for comfortable
room to the Presidents exquisitely fur
snished and upholstered room. which Is a
beauty, and where man can find all the
comforts OF home. E355s
The Virginia was built for the fastest
boat which leaves here, and while she has
not undergone any stated test. she has had
a trial which sustains the claim OF tho
builders that she has a speed Of nineteen
miles an hour. 3tS.ts #
4 POLICEMAN's BROTHER SUED.
To collect the forfeited bond OF c. T.
5Townley. for the former Norfolk pllice-
man, who skipped while under Indictment
Tor obtaining $500 under false pretenses
from Ruby Ford, Of Avon Street, Com
Attorney John G. Tilton has
Instituted suit in the Circuit Court Of AM
herst county. Va, against w. II. Townley,
brother OF the accused, who was on the
defendants bond for $1,000. The suit Is
to recover the amount OF the forfeited
bond on sthe brothers realty in Amherst.
The bondsman is a resident Of the State
of West Virginia, but has property In
Amherst. 5539