The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-08
GA Gil FRANCIS ON
EVE OF ELOP INC
Sent Note to Young Lady, and
Messenger With Answer
Was Swallowed.
MUCH MONEY WAS RECOVERED
Large Portion OF Sum Lost by
Petit and Company Found
1, in Francis's Pockets.

Endeavoring to get word to the woman
with whom he was going to elope WIN
money and checks TO the amount Oh
s7sl.77, belonging to the firm Oh Pe'e'e
& CO.. w. L. Francis, assistant BOOK
keeper. was nabbcd by DETECTIVE -
atcN5ahon yesterday morning just as
- vas going to give the finishing touches
hts nhysiognomy previous to shaking
4 tSa dust of Richmond from his feet ana
~ da,,art,re with the fair one TO terra
1i1v6man is the tangled web that CD,
str,cts men in the sack race OF ms atie'
was some fair daughter OF Eve, h, ,N,
nn,x 20 Detective NfcMahon that placea
Trancis behind the bars ut me oeoo'.u
Station. That is, he might navy e'e ~.
,,s,,,, l,een caught by the detective put
u'' .,....s,sa IA his beloved expedited mat
y 80 considerable The tale OF the cap
800 .,a the erotic message runs tiiis
way: younr Cupid
4. ~. s1,ooe of a messenger boy, chiieo
AZ ,ha furniture store of Messrs. ree.'e
a,,a r-ompany. and said he had a note
III, Mrs. - She was not ~, ~.
rl:rfositv prompted one or INC cie'h no ~
look al the note, and he at olicS
: isl mi.
4 l,erner Francis Telling the 10y 70 W'ii''
hc Gxed up an empty sealed enVeiope
Il .,,,d cave II TO the messenger, VINO LOOK
5i,;s denarture. whistling in messenger BOY
fashion
Messenger Swallowed.
o., ia how did not so alone. The
c,erl, after calling up and informing De-
+ective Meditation of the fact that francs
Z was q be found somewhere near .Rueeer $
s11otel followed close in the wake OIL tlle
& vocal messenger of love, and of fate 10
the man in tic story, shado"lns MN
clear to the hotel. But Francis WASH
visible to either the boy or the t2srh
Meantime, Detective Mcmahon had pro-
ceeded thitherwards, and by the time the
couple arrived single file, had learned q
whole lot that was not wholeso!lie ioi
Francis, should he be still IN the city.
The officer Of the law was quizz!nS the
bartender at the time and Francis passed
through the restaurant. lie was told
that there wasa,l man awaiting to see him.
The hint of,'a Visitor was sufficient for
the man, and he lit out of the Bank
street entrance TO beat the band com
pletely ignoring and snubbing his friend,
Detective McAlahon.
The waiter. who unwittingly put the
man on his guard, came to the detective
at once and told him what bad hap
peneG Without waiting for an cxpln-
nation, the officer hurried out after
Francis, and came up with him at the
corner of Tenth and Bank Streets. He
afterwards confessed that he was go
ing to leave the city without his PAR
one He was taken back to his room
in the fote! and searched, and nearly
all OF the money was recovered.
1t was learned by the detective that
Francis had hired a buggy from II. =,
Hicks. which was TO report at the hotel
ut lO:45. Thence, no doubt, he intended
to drive to Third and Grace to meet his
fellow fair eloper, thence TO take train
away from town. The note sent TO Pet
tits reads al follows: Dear. meet me
ut Grace ana Third Streets at II o'clock.
DO not fail. tsgncd) j.
Was Very Nervous.
Suffering Intensely from nervousness.
induced by thinking oyer his wrong
doing and possibly black culture for
himself. Francis had TO be Attended by
n physician last night In his cell at the
Second Station. Or. Mason. a. the am
bulance corps. was called in and admin
filtered a sedat!vc, which soon put the
man into sound sleep.
3t Francis stated TO The detective when
he Was nabbed that X would not be
wise 10 place him in a cell, as he might
do himself harm. While he dla not at
tempt TO commit suicide last night, the
solitary confinement In his cell seems
to have made him contamplativc. Ncr-
VOLS attacks occurred until the authori
ties ~ the Second deemed ii wise tc
call tho ambulance.