The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
YOUNG MAN TOO I'LL
FOR PR|S0NMENT
E. E. Reid, Guilty Of Selling
Stolen Property, in Critical
Condition.
ALL CONVERTS TO BE IN LINE
Remarkable Procession Will
Form on Sycamore Street This
Afternoon.
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PETERSBURG, VA. May 1s.-A
Unique and interesting case was tried
in the Hastings Court this afternoon,
when e. e. Reid, young man employ
ed by the Southern Weighing and In
gspection Bureau. and arrested in Har-
lrisonburg, Va, few days ago at the
request of Chief of Police Ragland.
of this city. pleaded guilty to the
charge of stealing two bales of cot
ton from the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company's freight depot in this
city. and was fined 800 and costs. No
witnesses We're introduced, and Com
tmonwealth's Attorney r. H. Mann.
stated to the jury that he would accept
verdict of petit larceny because OF
the physical condition of the pris-
oner. A letter from DR.. ]. G. Rennie
was read. stating that Imprisonment
would probably result in the death OF
the accused man. Reid's arrest was
brought about by the recent confess
clerk in the Atlantic Coast Line
freight depot here. who was arrested
last Saturday on charge OF stealing
freight. and told Captain Ragland that
he and Reid had stolen two bales Of
cotton, and had sold them for $40 to
the Petersburg merchant to whom they
were consigned. The cotton had nlys-
teriously disappeared, and the con-
signee had put in q claim for 1t. Reid
was accompanied by his wife in court
to-day, and was represented by At
torney Charles a. Hammer, Of HarrIs-
onburg.
Invite President Emerson.
The board OF governors Of the Pc
tersburg Chamber OF Commerce APP
pointed committee to-day to invite
Mr.. r. NJ Emerson. president of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany, to deliver an address before
the Chamber OF Commerce and the
business men of this city.
Sycamore Street will witness re-
markably interesting scene to morrow
afternoon after the o'clock evan
gelistic services conducted by Rev.
George G. Gates. All the men and wo-
men. numbering more than sixteen
hundred who have professed conversion
during the big union revival. which
has been In progress since Sunday,
April 2lst. will form In line, and will
receive greetings and words of good
cheer from their Christian friends, who
Will pass down the long column. Mr.,
Gates has asked that Sunday be made
a special day OF prayer for tho con-
verts. All OF whom who have not yet
joined churches are expected to GER
tainly do so tomorrow morning.
The Petersburg Medical Faculty held
It's monthly meeting last evening at
A. p. Hill Camp Hall. and heard an In
tercsting teatise read by Dr. w. c.
Powell. After the meeting the faculty
was entertained by DR.. Powell at O
supper at the Westover.
Home Mission Delegates.
The Methodist churches of Peters,
burg have elected the following dele
gates to the seventeenth annueI SEES
sion of the Home Mission Society, to
convene in Danville May alsr: Mrs.
Richard BagDy, from High Street
Methodist Church; Mrs Shelton
Chieyes. Washington Street Church;
Mrs. Carrie Heath. Market Street
Church; Mrs. Albert Mayo. district sec
rotary.
Mrs. T. B. Hawks, OF Ettrick, died
early this morning at her residence on
Second Street. after along illness Mrs,
Hawks was only twenty.one years of
age. She Is survived by her husband
and ono child and her father.
Mr.. James Grinnan, an old and well.
known citizen, died last evening at
| his residence on Harrison Street from
the effects of several strokes of paraly-
sis. Mr.. Grinnan Is survived by his
Wife, one son and one daughter.
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