The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
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Perpetrators of.At ] D (: Us
Crime About to be
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OLD MAN KILLED
AND CREMATE
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Governor Swanson 1nstructs the
/ Sheriff Of Prince Edward to SEE
cure Suspected Murderer.
Arrested at Emporia
and Placed in
Jail There.
Especial to rhe Times.D lapa toh,

a. EMPOR1A, VA, July 21.--sherif iis.5W.
I Leo, OF Greenosville county, turned over
70 Sheriff r. Dickinson, Of Prince Edward
county, Willie Jnoksotl, alias Massle Fiji,
D. negro, to-day, upon instructions from
Governor swanson through Common.
wealth Attorney william N. Powell. ia
who murdered the q aged e Engllshman.i
John Grubbs. q merchant and postmaster
Z at Tuggles, Va, on the eth OF last month.
8i The negro suspect carried back to
Prince Edward county TALES IN y many
respects with the printed description Of
the murderer, sent broa dcaAt directly
after the brutal deed was committed Y
Jackson, or Hill, was arrested In Em z
ria on the 1911, as a vagrant by the tow
authorities. and committed to jail, where 'll.
\ he was to serve q sentence. $i VI 81 III
: Troubled Dreams.
5s Fo was placed In a cell with another
negro BY the nameS of Frank Freeman.
The latter hearing Jack son time and again
&murrrurj In his sleep Give me my part
OF the money Give 1t me related this
strange talk TO ono OF the jail officials,
who afterwards, In the presence OF q res
Ssponsikde bystander. attempted to draw
out from Jackson the meaning OF such
Language. All attempts were futile.
g33 "A day or two afterwards, however,
Jackson, 80 Freeman, his negro cell oc-
cupant. declares, stated that he had kill
ed a man, robbed q posto fl CO and burned
the house In Virginia, and said he was
from zanesyille, /, Ohio. ssj$ Sii4 ~ "a
8 Freeman conveyed this Information to
the sheriff, who In turn. notified the au-
thorities OF Prince 4 Edward. !
Jackson and another negro was seen
III Farmyille on the fourth of last month
going In the direction OF Tug giles, where
the crime was committed, was the stat
$ment from Sheriff Dickenson this after
q noon y Isl 3 II i&3 J,
81 He thinks he most likely has one 5of the
fmurderers, willis the other one, known
AZ Railroad BILL will be u custody.
within q short time, SS5 y: lss ~ !t,-
Destroyed Postoffice.
81 The United states authorities are VERY
anxious that the guilty parties 5te brought
TO Justice, as the $Snt't'e postofice outfit
lat Tuggles was destroyed during the
fire which y followed rhe killing of the
aged postmaster and merchant. Sheriff
Dickinson states the negroes used In the
OF bnrrel OF kerosene in
!saturating the building, so that the deed
might be- comple tel y yored uE, sl,yi the
flames |. ss @ ]3lgIIi
THE charred remains ~ Mr.. flr,lbbs were
found among the dalris& the day after
the atrocious de- ed was 90 unit ted. II lis
not known how mucn !. money D or other
5valuables were secured from the store
OF Mr.. Grubbs. 3$5l
There was a reward of one hundred anu
fifty dollars offered for the 8pcrpetr
OF the deed. & ~
Sheriff Dickcnson. stated to-day that
feeling ran high whsn the crime 3ecsHes
known, & and no amount VI persuasion
could have averted n q lynohng,Ssshqp
the guilty mon have been cauH Tho.
negroes were STRANGERS around Farms
vile. but many people near Tugges will
be able. to Identify jackson i he To the
right man. 3&sa53 l}l "a u |I$s s}&s a
81 The negro. Freeman. vii! also be car
tried to Farmvlle, as he might serve the
ends OF Justice there IN tho case Sheriff
Dickinson. together with Freeman and
jackson, left this afternoon Tor Prsnce5
Edward county, accompanied by Ser
geant Samuel Robinson, o. Emporla, "a
Is Most likely trouble may DO expected
when the negroes arrive. ~ 535ls