The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
A MAT. RObBERI
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Owing to Youth nth and Ignorance t''.alft;t'5
/ Of Prisoner, Commissions
Entered Not Guilty Plea.
TO- ASK FOR i MORE 4 BONDS \ |l'|E
Will Enlarge 81 the Scheme 81
General Improve
r1eilt. 81 8ts.
10 ASK FOR MORE ! BONDS I ! u !
tspeclal 70 Tho y!me.. .pispa.ch.2,

PR }R2ssBlstt K 5no Rusast is
Sandy Stands, Jr., colored, aged sixteen
\ years, was arralgned before United States
n Commissioner Bartlett Roper, Jr, this
AFTERNOON on q warrant charBng him with
y robbing the mails on the star route Pc %
n tween Tru!tt, In \ DlnWldd lie couE ~, ana
" Stony Greek, In Sussex. On account 1, q <
tho youth and apparent ignorance Of the me
i prisoner, Commissioner Roper entered q q
& plea OF mot guilty for him,
PostofIice InspectorsJ J. y. II ohinson, VINO
worked UP tho case and swore out the
warrant OF arrest was unable !. to X DO
e present. Mr.. Mitchell, 81 postmaster at
n stony Greek, however gave very pointed
n Testimony, He was present when the IN
spcctor questioned the boy. There had
ii been complaint about tho loss Of several
81 valuable letters on thesroute fro m Iruitt,
and the boy, who had acted as substitute
Il carrier. confessed ogtaking these letters,
/, and told how he got them out OF tho
y, bag. He knew the registered letters from
their color. He had been know, at times
4 to n have considerable money In his pos.
n session, and on being asked where ne,
II got II, said at first that he had found ~,
u then that his father had given 1t to him.,
II mid finally that he had & otcn It out Of
h tho lettors he had taken from the mali
Is bags s He Messed to ia king from one.
4 five or such letters in July, one OF which
u had between one and two dollars in ~.
\ Ind another "a heap OF money! he did
- not 81 know how much. This letter, It
& appears. contained $50. sent by w. j..
N Crowder, OF II Trnitt, Ito tho cashier OF
4 tho Stony Creek Bank tor deposit. (
II was this money that led to the boys
Il arrest. Another letter taken contained a.
4 number 81 farmers notes. given ~ to- q
These notes 1.-THE boy could not use. and
The threw them into Sapp ony Creek,
which he crosaed@ on his rout e. he said
II he spent I'LL the money he go 7, and among
Il other things bought Il pistol. III g.ii VI
Commissioner Roper sent the case on
+ 10 the ctober term OF the United Sta les
District Court ant admitted the boy TO
n ball In the sum OF 800. wi tn his ather
As surety. a s s$Bts
Tho engn cement has been a nounced OF
Miss Leila Bower Ra 8 land to DR.. Lewis
$Duyal r lcler. both Of this city, the mar.
aTiage to take place September 9th Miss
8Hagla lis the d laughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
John d.. T3a gland, 4 and Dr.. Pitcher is a
prominent young dentist the son Of Rev.
gDr9J. n. Pitcher. 5s " Il fs5
I'm In view OF the scheme for the general
Improvement OF the streets In the Ecity.Elt
Is unders cd tina e. the Finance IN Com
mitteeS will shortly ask the Council to gatl-s
thorlze tho additional Issue OF 81, 900 In
city bonds. thin the next year or 20 II
| Is ntempla ted ito spend a large amount
IN paving the street roadways and stde-7
walks, and this without tho necessity
OF any Increase In the rate OF taxa ton, 4
E Captain c. g r. Bishop has recovered a.
very valuable old map o f$ the cit OF Pc
tcrsburg and B tho Appomat tox River,
which had been searched for a great
many years. It was found in n good
state OF preservation In an @ apartment
in Richmond; years ago occupied by en-
3gineers OF the United States government.
How the map was lost was never. known.
HIt WAS made by United S states engineers
hal, a century ago and cost q large sum
of money but j IS contained every house
IN petersburg at that time, and was thor
oughly, accurate in its locatio @ $streets;
Sand pla ces. "A. f al. VI
Everett Short colored, Is in tho jail
,fs surry county for tho murder OF Ohm
H olloway, also cplored. u a bout q month
,go. Holloway was shot down and killed
n hts tracks Without apparent provocn-s
lon. The murdered fled from the State,
1utsitlSis said he was so j. ontinually
haunted by his victim that he 3yolunt ar-.
ly came hack to the city and surrendered
himself, # believing that the penalty for
lis crime would be more welcome than
lis mental sufferlngs. This Is something
are In the history OF negro criminals.
Hon. #, r., I1assiter and DR.. E, j.. Me-
Hi. OF this city, were egistered yester-S
Eay at the Herald Office In Paris. $8sss
The Board of Health has issued strict
rders forbidding any child from enter.
ng theNpubllc schools at the mex 7 SEES
ion unless proper evidence is5 prescn ted
I'll successful vaccination. This Is done
y n sanitary measure to prevent any
utbreak ofESsmnllpOx In the city. 3ssS
Petersburg Company, Uniform Rank.
snights OF Pythlas, will hold o bazaat
tSFerndale Park every night next week.