The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-21
NEWS GATHERED
FROM SOUTHS|DE
William Allen Now il Jail in
Manchester-No Bail
Yet.
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RIOT is NARROVvL AVERTED
RIOT is NARROWLY AvERTED
Negroes Assault Crew on Peters
burg Electric Car-Mr.
Harding WEEDS.
Manchester Bureau Times Dispatch,
No. HOO Hull Street.

Manchester Bureau Times Dispatch,
No 1902 Hull Street.
William M. Allen. former superin-
Itendent Of Marry Cemetery and the
Manchester City Almshouse. who has
been wanted on the charge of em-
bezzllng funds of the city. for the past
three months. is now confined in the
Manchester Jail. having been brought
here yesterday morning from Phila-
delphia by Special Detective Charles j.
Hull. of Baltimore.
Allen has secured the services of
Ernest H. Wells as his attorney. and
he will make application for bail ow-
ing to the fact that Judge Clopton of
the Corporation Court, Is out of the
city the application will probably be
brought before Judge Samuel Witt In
Richmond to-day. Judge Watson. of
Chesterfield, Is in Dinwiddie, holding
court.
A reward Of 800 had been offered
by the city for Aliens capture and to
this the State Of Virginia added an
other 800. This liberal reward en-
listed the services OF Charles j. Hun,
n private detective OF Baltimore who
at once set out on Aliens trail. He
traced his man from one city of Penn
sylvana to another and at one time
located him in Harrisburg. Allen man
aged to escape this time. however,
and for a considerable period the de-
tective was batiled. BY continual cor
respondence with officers In the Key
stone state. he managed, In measure,
to keep up with his man. and, receiv-
ing advices from Philadelphia on sun
day that party answering the de-
scription of his man had been seen
he hurrietily left for that city. Mr..
Allen was located in hotel adjoin-
ing tho Baltimore and Ohio Hallway
station, and when accosted by the
officer made no resistance whatever,
but stated his willingness to leave
for Virginia without extradition pa
pers AS stated above he arrived In
Manchester this morning.
Mr.. Hull yesterday morning niea
nally and with the secretary to Cover
nor Swanson.
May 9th the grand jury OF Man MAJ n,
chester found five bills te, esain on
each bill. The charges were that he
embeazled funds belonging TO the CITY
and paid in by residents for lots IN
Maury cemetery In , hadi same 70 grand
Jury also found fifteen counts. charg-
| Ing Allen with misdemeanors. IN
FIVE felony charges covered a per nos
Maid by NJ. d. Mcnamara, s27; Mrs. A..
B. Walker, s4615; r. l.. Jennings ~;
j. = McNamara, SIS; c. W. sehadt'
The fifteen misdemeanors charge him
with stealing a total of s22s and Will,
the felony charges make totai -, o 4
ss75Gs After od the tbs widn pubcity
| given to the alleged shortages III the
accounts. receipts came into the city
Auditors office. and the amount was
! lt1f n
| Indictments have been found.
No names were mentioned In 1he
misdemeanor indictments, and only
yaroas ranged sams fro ,s s!atee sS
and cover a period from July !. 1905,
to o. April i. 1907. Many receipts since
reported date back much farther.
/ Allen arrived in Byrd Street station
at T:45 yesterday morning from Phiia :
/ delphia, and was met at the tram py
Policeman w. E. Waymack VINO came
4 with him direct to Manches ester stat'on-
| house where he was met by Chiet.of :
4 Police Lipscomb and City-Sergeant j,
~ Allen Talks.
i Mr.. Allen is we'll aware of the fact
1 that he will have 70 serve sentence
and yesterday ne made the following
statement to Times-Dispatch man:
II am, here and VII COZ, come s,s up 1 1oi
simply throw myself upon the mercy
of the court. 1 am sorry for what
have done and deeply grieved to think
that have afaen ths is
will do everything In my power e
reimburse those who Were affected by
my wrongdoing.
81 never intended to do wrong ant
many years ago I took this money
with the intention OF making IT good
but matters went from bad to worse
Allen IS in far better health thar
would be thought. and he is looking
quite natural and holding up unde
the strain w9nderfuly vel ~ ais SCI ,s'e hnr
, we'll he looked.
Yesterday morning he ate a goo
breakfast and seemed composed.
notwithstanding the fact that Alle'
,felonies.. he will have to be broush
He Is quartered in jail, and yester
day the members Of his family calle
! upon him.
/, Riot Avertcd.
riot was narrowly averted on TIL
Richmond and Petersburg. electric lin
, last night at o'clock. when the GREY
! Of the car were oyerpowered, by gam
: of negroes. Sergeant Wright arrive
8 Oh the scens just in time and prevente
! any further trouble.
e 1t seems that two negroes becaHl
ssrEasep IN q row and N1otorman A.
Neil, who was not running the car
but riding, attempted to separate then
He was jmm9ediateIsy assaulted l an an,
tor Fl. r. Bell came to his, assistance
The car was crowded with negroe,
r who We're returning from an excursto
to West Point.
The street car men We're almos
powerless, but the arrival of the polio
Motorman Neil received a sever
blow over the head, inflicted by
r switch stick. Bell was also badl
= bruised.
. j. H. Cogbill and Oscar Archer, bot
colored We're placed under, arrest. The
seemed to be rlngleaders In the Grove
Both of them We're bafled.. ,Cogbtll
father went his security. while Mr..
"a G. Snellings was bondsman for Archie
y MIR. Harding; Webs.
"a The announcement of the wedding. {
Ig Mr.. Harvey Harding, Of this ici t
Il comes as great surprise to n
!. friends. On Thursday, the 10th, M
se Harding married Miss Annie Ramss
A. at her home in Wilmington, N. ..
ss Mr.. Harding Is we'll known IN tn
b. city, and has many friends here r
M is employed In the office of the So,ltl
t. ern Railway in Manchester.