The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
NO WARRANTS FOR
NEGRO SUSPECTS.
Three Men Were Arrested and
Given Hearing, but Re-
leased.

A IRWIN, VA. July 6.--The board OF
Of Goochland state that
three colored men--Robert Anderson.
Alex. Payne ana Jack CEawfo rd---Syho
work on the county roals, We're ar
rested last Wednesday,, charged with
helping the negro prisoners out pr
Jail. AS no evidence could be produced,
the three colored men We're released.
and at present the county officers have
no clue of the escaped prisoners.
No warrants. therefore, have been
Issued for the arrest of any one sus-S
pected of being connected with the
jail-delivery. I'll
When seen yesterday in reference
to the statement in the morning paper
that his letter to iJud ge. Grimsley call
ing attention to the recent g scape OF
Freeman and Johnson from the Gooch-
land JAIL and alleging that the Off \
GERS had not made dfligent efforts 70
,recapture the prisoners, Bent Barrel,
of this city. said 1T was a mixed state
nent of what he wrote, and tho report I
published IN an evening paper OF the n
same date and later reports, NIL of
which reports he had no connection
with In the least. He said:
II merely wrote q few facts and
made no allegations as to Goochland
officials, although I denounced the CON
rescue approaching to mob violence
and utter defiance Of constituted au-
thority within thirty miles of Rich-
nlond. My.spurpose niwritinE was to
show him the correctness OF my attt-s
tude in violent opposition had
lately made before him for bail for
the firefend. in this way:
when Goochland county offered
5000 reward for the arrest of the fire.
bug, and Willie Freeman was arrested
I on my part being interested and not
properly appearing in court employed
an attorney to aid the Commonwealth
but he had to be absent when the
case first came up and bail was asked
for. The judge having no knowledge
OF the particulars was as yet unde-.
cided, when felt called on to inter-
fere. and unwilllngly did so In open
court. Ball was refused. AT the next
term OF court. when tho hung jury
trial occurred, ball was not asked for
| 1t had then developed what the pris-i
oner was. My letter. to Justify my
action, went on to give a few facts.
! viz. the receipt OF the first news by
| friends wire from Maidens depot
at GAS p, NJ, of the escape tho night,
before. My 'phoning to the chief at
the State Farm to know II blood.
hounds could at that distant time be-
| invoked, or had been; his answer that
no call had been made for them. and
his 'phoning to the courthouse, three
miles away, for particulars. inform
Ing me for the first time of rescue
| When two days after this a card
came out in the evening newspaper
| from the sheriff contradicting the
report in the evening paper OF the
4 2Sth ult, OF the failure 10 call for TIL 10
hounds. Mt once sent this card. In u
letter to the judge. saying I was glad
to see the correction OF the report
i in the paper OF negligence, and my
| purpose to see the Governor to supplies
i ment the excellent action CT our board
of supervisors last Monday offering an
i additional reward OF 500 for the cap.
ture OF Willie Freeman and s1oO re-
! ward for Eugie johnson, and $50 re-
ward for arrest and conviction OF the
4 defiant rescuers. who should be caught
at most any cost to the State.