The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-25
Bureau, Times. Dispatch,

Company was to build the ~ lew III ter
plant and to give the city a guarantee
bond OF five years on the plant. 1t was
determined after this con tract was made
secure d. q "a All & Of A the Il surety companies
wanted to- guarantee for one year and md
to annually renew the bond. ~ n;
n Represented Of the company came
to the city and asked that the ord nance
be SO amended as to- allow them to- ans
1,unlly renew the bond. which would vtr-83
tually mean the game to- the cit There
was opposition, and a. special NEE ting OF.
the Assembly was called for last night
Tho financial standing Of Their be #
Company was shown, and this convinced
the nenlbers OF tho Council that there
would be no harm In allowing the COM
pany & to renew tho bond each year: for
ve&years sj55i5S
gMr. Ton ey was opposed 4 to the AApropo:-sf
sition, however, and moved Ito have the
matter postpone for O little while. 4 Ills
motion was defeated, and an the final final
vote, Messrs. y Toney and Il Bra dley, were
the only ones to vote In the n cgatlve.
It was taoitly unde stood that the Board 5'oi.'d
Of Aldermen would meet n to -night-
Z. Waived Examinat ton. 1
.$.5 Mr. r. ID. Criddle, former trustee Of
Liberty, Council, Junior Order AJ United
American Mechanics, OF Swanabo 4! and Nd
past state councillor Of the IF ord erssi IN
Virginia, who Is charg ed with embezzling
funds from the council in SWansboro.
waived examination in the Mag stra1,te'Is a
Court yesterday morning and was sent
ito the grand jury in Che terri eld county.
He furnished ball 4 In the sum Of s., COO
With M essrs. w. I. N evby, 2. a. Bowen
ana w. w. Crutchfeld as surety.
Attorney H.. NJ. Smith. ] r.' appeared
FOR Mr., Criddle, who was brought before
X Squire Cownn, Of & Oak Grove Squire
Cheat ham was detained on business ana
could not listen to the case. No evidence
was adduced. and the large crowd that
had scongregated to listen to the testimony
was disappointed Mr.. Criddle went I'M
Bmedately to his home In swansboro after
he had given ball. ~ .i35.. Il !.
}f5s Mr.. G. G. Tuqua, one of the trustees OF
the council when asked last night fo q;
a statement regarding the case against
Mr.. Criddle, was reluctant to say any
thing at this time, but when s1! pressed sec
with questions consented to give the fol-
lowing statement Vi b. GS gS
s3Sj "" Some weeks ago a commit tee was APP
pointed by the council to investigate the
affairs Of the trustees. This committee
reported, II and It was found that Mr..
Criddle had collected on otes ana 70 had 3 az
not turned in the money. q second COM
&mittee was appointed to make g settle
ment with Mr.. Cr!ddle, and u this y CONS ON.
mlttee tried In every way TO effect some e
agreeable settlement. It vas IN vain,
and as final recourse the warrant was g
issued. Mr.. Criddle. who lis q per so ma
friend OF mine, has no one TO blame but
himself for the predicament 7 he Is IN
al this time. "a W. 8}s
White w oman D ismissed.
VI A white woman who gave her name
as 4 Dora Lowry, Of Richmond. was IN In
Police Court yesterday morning on the
charge OF being disorderly, She was i'
found wandering around on the street
at an early, hour yesterday morning and
was taken In charge by the police. a T
first she SAID that she lived in Manches-!
ter, and want ed to go into several homes
while she was being taken to the static
house, VA 55s is8 sQ 7i$is
Elected to School Board.
lEDr. u. T.. Fucker. has been elected a
member OF tho City School Board to sue
coed Mr.. "A. D. ShotWell, who res gned
some weeks ago on account g 81 press
I OF business. DR.. Rucker5 has been q mems
Der OF the board for number OF years,
ann has bcen q very active worker Z or
the schools of the city. N 81
Personals and Briefs.
.8 Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Taylor.lof Beach,
Chesterfield county, have returned ed e
their home, after bridal trip TO H the
North. i} 4.
Jack Vaughan, the young white mar
who was charged with assaulting Con-
duetor C.. G.. Lewis, OF the Hull Street
limo, was discharged in Police Court yes
5tarday morning. there being no evidence
that he had been disordcrly on the car
Mr.. w. y. Talbot, Of SWansboro, ief
yesterday for churchland, Var, to ylsi'
the Rev. A. G. Bergman, former pastor
OF West End Methodist Church,
Mrs. w. -. Prospect left yesterday
for Prospect to visit her mother.
Mrs. Charles L. Page retu rned yester:
day from crozet where she has beer
spending several weeks. IN