The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-16

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thing Is perfectly quiet. and % evil
dence at all&of any violence to the \
prisoners and tho law will have Its n
course III H Is W. K Y NJ Il III a
N 8 Violence Feared
AZ This report was received from Hanover
Courthouse: J ISL ~ Il X
I7g5 HANOVER, VA. A August 15,--The N
h II boys taken X up here on Sunday for
holding Up Messrs. Powell & Brother
at lN1angohick, were taken to ag Man e e
gohck this morning at 10 o clock by n
Mr. \ . lake, CONSTABLE for King
34 William county. They waived ex--t
ii animation before Andrew 4 Nelson,
y magistrate, who sent them on to the "
K \. grand jury After delivering the8#
8ss;Eboys to the officers message was
received from Governor Swanson. ss
directing that the boys be sent Ito III
Richmond They were Immediately
q after the trial sent to the King VIII
$t3s liam jail,tln effort being made to Sc 5
4 4 cure ball. "a large crowd was as
d sembled at Mangohick to Il hear the 4
trial and see the boys, 1--we rythlng a
was perfectly quiet and orderly & q5ti III
Would Bring Them Here.
a # order Of Governor Swanson to
Magistrate j. & S. sWingfield, OF 4 Hanover
H Courthouse. instructing that the boys
3 BE- sent to Richmond and held here for
the time being, \ did not reach Hanover
until four hours fter tho boys were
taken to- King William county III At \ 10
v g clock In the morning q constable from
4 the III after county, E In $$ company with
Mr. g. e. Ut Powell. one Of ef$S5sS the
men held Il UP ss ia "A his n store. left
q Hanover Courthouse With the two boys.
and the telegram from the Governor.
which reached the n Ma istrate g bout 2
o'clock was received only a little while
before the train from Richmond arrived
there withEfriends OF the boys. NJ 38j
3 Yesterday { morning. Mr. c. p. Cardwell.
fearing HARM would result IL the boys
we're taken to King William 81 county.
wrote this communication to the Chief
Executive: M 3g$ sE4
Dear Sir, As counsel Il for Bushrod
81 Gilmore and Bernard Nc N6ill, who are 81
~. now held In the county Jail OF Han
Il, over. charged with committing 1igh-s&
way robbery in the county OF King II
ss 5s w lillian, and having heard that there
Is a reasonable apprehension Of vio-.s3
lence being done these boys It taken
55$s to- King William at this time. and
A. In order. to exercise due care and dill
gence, l hereby request you q to have
these prisoners remain in the Hanover
Jail or brought to the city OF Rich-8
mond for SAT ekeeping. ny " q l9js
ID Very respectfully,
G. IL, CALDWELL
Governor Acts Promptly.
Governor Swanson Immediately tele-lS
graphed Magistrate Wlngfeld as follows:
Have Bushrod Gilmore and Bernard
McNeill now held In county Jail OF &
Hanover. under 70 ur authority, de-8#
llvered at once to the sjailer sof the 8
city OF Richmond, to await further
orders from me- Wire me reply. ~. y FL
!. 4 XIII C.ta Al. SWANSON. 2siS
rs, s Governor OF Virginia.
This telegram was sent about twelve
tion until $3.50 clock. IN Hours before It's
receipt the boys had been Il sent to
the! county in which they committed the
crime, 4 ISL l5s 58
Attorney Carrtwell left yes terday after
noon for Hanover Cour thouse, believing
that he would accompany the boys back
to Richmond. AS 500 as he left the i
train he learned that the King William
authorities had gotten hold OF the young
sters and taken them to the jail In that
county. } IS Is u 5s
II Ind positive statement from Mag
lstrate Wingfeld. whose order held the
boys In Hanover as suspicious characters.
that he would not consent to their res \
n7oyal to King " lillian count before
three o'clock, y said Mr. Cardwell, after
he reached the city. again yesterday af-
ternoon, N s5 III 81 "a y & IS
u heard also that the boys would be
tried before negro mag strate In the
afternoon There was absol utely no way
forErne TO help them further than have
already done, but do think that the
people should at least give white boys a
better treatment than this" said Mr.
Cardwell, 1.-THE feeling, AZ ! oan deter-j
mine It. 10 bitter against both boys, and
the King William people would hang
them II they could, q !. never saw
such hatred for prisoners on any charge.
one would think fppm the remarks heard
that these boys had murdered half Of
the people Of tho county, said Mr., Card
well yesterday afternoon. '{ u s2
Mrs, sMoNeill was with her son the most
OF yesterday. and when he was taken 70
King William county she went TO the
home Of her father, Mr., John Long, In
Caroline county, not far from Hanover
Courthouse, S9ss I'll +. .i II 81 s8 .
Mrs, Gilmore will visit her son while
he ID In jail at King William county
Both mothers are almost distracted by
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