The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-15

~ ifsari \ running lor about half * d fnilsti
n n traj,,.d A fntts 81 Hanover Station They
Il ,caciied TIM STA tien about 100 clock N
n Inc morning, end werlt Z to q spring 5tear5
there, where tliey WASHED Enr and s'1lado
themselves pfeAenta ble--f pr arrest.
Their Morning Bath.
& NM. j. nj .s Campbell, proprietor of a
Itorc at Turnover 81 tlor,, * went to the
sprit,g sunday morning about L o clock
for n bucket VI wal He say the boys vs.
Il there, Gilmore was 5baref ooted, and Mr..
gcanpbell thought TINT lie N hnd washed Y fl y
Ri Ills feet In the spring.
III He demonstrated With him. and both
isboys denied that they Had was he'd In tf1e
SSsprlng, |but said that they had taken a
" drink q I WATER Mr. Campbell, however,
A Was not satisfied. and left for his horne
without getting any &at He ret u Urn r.
later with I Mr.. Lawrence &C ot,s MS
clark, they found then Y = th ie ,oya
II we're on, tile hill near the spti &. = p ey
II Eot3theE buckets OF water and had u t 81
Y returned TO tho store when they met
u Nfessrs. j. u Mitchell, Jullnn NJ 6ran, Il
u Wan NcCseorge and G.5i t.. Powell, IN from
Mansohick, tho scene 81 the robbery. Mr..
Powell who wasS In The Grove wa ore RI
OF the men iwho had been held up and tied
by the two boy He had been elen l: ty
4 his btot h or, M j n II. Powell who IN ~
sfnlso been tied $by Mcneil, and who after
Z gone hours got one hand free and then
4 seyercd the bonds that held him and his
s9brother prisoners. II .{5 d, tit
Ntr. Campbell, upon learning what the
X ,n,en we're hooking for, informed them That ~
ssheShad Just loft two boys near the spring,
5Eand they answered the description GWEN e,
1.-THE men separated and surrounded the
III bows. & ri cliS ono look q double bnrrclod
sygun with him.A lls III .gs III q. !.
Men eli 8lnnd Fillmore were seen q, the
hill, and when they were ordered TO sllr =
;saarcrlder they did so They were sn,tn ,e
dateiy identified by Mr. \. Powell as \ Inc 70
boys who had held hin, zip. Ihe boys y
sS.Svare taken to Vi Hanover Courthouse ~
I'M the Njnil, and on the way were met e. ny
m Deputy Sheriff and Jailer John Wo @ ~
s.as,, Put d UP a Bluff
Nc ell was very stubborn and insisted
S-that if lid had been given any snow az
iSsalls he would have fought MS way ou,
II 81 lt. He told the sheriff that he llad
sSsbeen I'M tho business for three years.
VIM and that # he had never F yet peen
&as arrested, and that the jail at Hanover
& Courthouse was not large enough to hold
him. s5
M IIe was placed in a steel cage when
Il first taken 10 the lookup. but Ia ter was
placed In a large cell with Gilmore and ana
SFftiiere they Wilde confined until the the
M! st K ifg lillian utlorltlcs send for them,
..sa%y Mitch will likely be this morning
b Mr.. c. p Cnrdwel son; Of Judge
R.aH, Cardwell, is counsel for the young
men, and lie win cndeavor to have them
]. ..S.d in Hanover county for few days
y Nuuntllthe fever Of excitement dies out IN
& King w liam county. y.
After Mrs Gilmore and Mrs. Nc Nell had
a left their sons in the cell The 'Ilnles-
u. Dispatch reporter and artist through the
III courtesy OF Jaler NFoolfork, WA 4 per-
@s nlitted to speak to the boys, The great
BE- door Of the cell was swung bach and
a the boys wore ask ed into I ne Il corrldor
where they could sec more plainly, NC,
5Nciltts ABOUT five feet six inches Ugh, and
Il looks 10 be even more than seventeen years
~ Old, 81 He has n frank, open face and
Sswould8not be taken for q, person VINO
~ would commit suci8n4 daring holdnp. Ell
Il more has a dow forehead, small, s shirt
eyes and looks more Of a criminal than
II his companion. $} 5s E,
VI M cNeil Tells the Story.
Mcneil, without Ia trace Of res IN IN
{$ 1,is {yoice i or manner, gave this account
/. OF the hold-up. $s$ n g}e III
I'VE were going 10 I1ynchburg and
q STONED over here Saturday q { ternoo " g
M started out lii the eyening and looked Tor
NH stores along the roo " hen we came ~
the store at AIangohick, we were KIM
3&$ 81 tired a nd waited on the out de until
SS everybody had left, and there was only
~ ono man present. The other one was n n
IN the backyard, but u did not know 1t az
as the time. I'll
Gust as the man had closed the door
IsS#5 b tapped on, the blinds. and he asked
& Tho was there. I told him that I ted \
to buy something, and he opened the
door. Just as he did this j poked me
run in his face and told him to hold up
Il his hands. lie did 1T, and Bushrod was
e Wing him I'D. when iii came tho other
brother, i drew the other revolver and
s held him up Also Bushrod finished tying
+ his man, and tied the other one. Then
s5sj we went through the store, }s We only got
k54.lO. took one collar Isusllrod tried
on some shoes, but they didn't 1T and
we left them there. We came out the
a rear door and after running for some dis
lance walked into the station here, and
IL we're arrested by those men early In the
~ sAll'o tits. was.lsald by Mcneil Just.
rs though lie was relating some story
Mat he had heard. Emore stood by his
e side ana acauiesced hi everything no
said, occasionally giving some fresh IN
formation about how the robbery was
q committed and how the men We're tied up.
He, too, was indifferent.
Reading Yellow Books.
Continuing. Mcneil sald 5 $5. VI
''You see We had been reading n{lot
.s II these ittle books about hold-ups, and
ne thought we would try one of them
n sever thought that they would hold us
there like this, I thought if we did get
arrested we would get out In q little
Ehlle.'
The idea seemed to run through his
mind. when reminded Of #the fact that
his crime was punishable with death he
sobered up, and said that he would just
Is soon be hanged as 20 to the peniten-
}5t dary for a long time. III
Mcneil has been foreman Of the bag
Tflepartmeut Of the Eagle8Paper Company,
II Richmond, for some time. although
10 Is 30 young. and was n steady worker
He says that he has never been arrested
before. 4 5a 5af 6
Airs, Mcneil and Mrs, Emore returned
10 the city last night, but will go to
Hanover again to-day To SEQ their chill