The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-02

CHECK FLASHER
IN PETERSBURG.
Was Caught Red Handed BY
the Chief OF
Police.
DR. PRICES OPERATIONS.
Expresses Satisfaction at the
Progress Made By IN
sane Patients.
Especial to The rlmes.Dispatch)


PETERSBURG, VA. June III. G..
Reede, chcck-nnsher with fraudulent
checks galore, was caught red-handed
this evening by Chief OF Police Ragland
at saals's clothing store, where he had
Just passed 1926 check. Reede, who is
q shaver. black-haired fellow %
years old and about six feet two In
height. has been here since Monday. evil
IDENTIFY preparing to work the town on
an extensive scale, beginning by deposit
ing at the Virginia National Bank a
check for G423 in the Kanawha Banking
and Trust Company, Charleston, w. Va.
payable to himself and signed Ruffner
Brothers by j. H. Rufrner. The Virginia
National wired the Charleston bank and
learned the check was false.
Eight checks. nearly all payable to A..
4 r. winsor, which is believed to be
Reedes alias, were found in his valise.
Three are on the Union Deposit Bank,
Stcubenvile o., one for IS, signed stcu-
bensville Furniture Company by II. v.
Neville: another, so, same firm, and an
other for *a2.s5, signed by 3. P. Foster.
OF the others. two are on the City
National Bank OF Peducah, KY. signed
Paducah Furniture Company, for 500 and
$50: two on First National Bank, Hinton,
w. Va, and one on City National Bank,
Dayton. o. The local bank is out only
about S15. tho sum found on Reede. The
man submitted quietly6to arrest and
had little to He gave Evansville,
Ind, ashhis home.
OPERATIONS ON INSANE.
Dr.. Joseph Price, of Philadelphia. who
has been here for two days lecturng
and operating at the Central State Hos
Eptnl, returned home tonight.
DR.. Price has performed operations In
general surgery on dozen insane pa
tients at the hospital with the object Of
removing the physical cause OF mental
disease. This is his second visit during
the last two weeks, and he expresses
great satisfaction with the progress OF
the patients.
p DR.. Price delivered an able and inter-.
esting address to the Petersburg Medi-
cal Faculty at the Central State Hos
pital this afternoon.
SPLENDID SHOWING.
One hundred and ten thousand dollars
increase in deposits is the May record OF
sPetersburg's new bank. the Virginia Ma
tiona}, which began business May LIST with
deposits amounting to one hundred and
fifty thousand.
Rev. DR.. w. G. Starr delivered an elo-
quent and interesting address tonight
to the a. P. Hill Camp Confederate Vet
erans. on THE Soldier as Saw Him
in the East
DR.. Starr Is chaplain OF the camp and
has recently returned from Mediter-
ranean tour large number OF vet
Grams and invited guests were present
at the meeting.
POLICE RECORD.
Chief OF Police R. F. Ragland's report
for the month Of May shows the big
total OF three hundred and twenty-five
arrests.
Captain Ragland and his officers have
handled number of unusually interest
ing cases recently, among which the safe
robbery In w. E. Browns drug store is
one OF the most unique in Petersburg s
police records.
( The Mayor this morning continued un-
It'll Saturday the case OF the negro,
Charles Bland, OF several aliases who 10
accused Of entering W. L. Settles room
carly yesterday morning and stealing his
trousers containing his watch and money.
Bland was arrested Immediately after
his return from Richmond. where he Is
believed to have spent about twenty dol
lars Of the stolen money. Tho case was
continued to await the arrival of Mr..
Settle. who is a Norfolk and Western
Railroad engineer.
The commencement entertainments OF
the Robertson Pianoforte School began
this afternoon, with beautiful concert
at the Young Mems Christian Assocla-
ton Hall.