The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25
NEWS GATHERED
FROM SQUTHS|DE
Negroes Implicated in Street Car
Riot Are Sent to Grand
Jury.
GILL BROTHERS FINED 81.
q el-Day-Olde Baby Boy Found
tr in Street Car Shed-Goes
755 to Poorllousc.

Manchester Bureau. Times pispatch

Manchester Bureau. s-Dispatch,
800 No. 1902 Hull Street.
Three negroes, charged with being
implicated IN the row In which Motor
man Nell was Injured last Monday
night were before the Mayors Court
yesterday morning. j. Fl. Eogbill was
sent on to the grand jury. Oscar Archer
was fined $50 and costs, while Sam
Bibs was fined so and costs.
The evidence brought out the fact
that Archer and Bibs became involved
in a difficulty upon the car, and when
| 1t stopped at Seventh and cambridge
Streets, Motorinan Neil came up to the
car and asked what was the troubie.
No sooner had he done this than he
was set upon and almost beaten TO
leathss 1T developed. however. that
neither Ribs noraArcher were actually
in this part ofathe trouble; but their
row was the cause OF this attack upon
Nell.
Il. II. Wells. representing the COM
pany, asked that the men--Archer and
Blbs-both be punished severely.
lie also impressed upon the court
| the necessity of preserving order llpon
the cars in interest Of the protection
of. the women and children who ride
on them. He showed how the action
| OF Archer and Bibs had almost caus-
ed q riot. Commonwealth's Attorney
1 Page also asked that they be pun
ished and that Cogbill be sent on to
the grand jury. since he was the only
one that participated III the assault
upon Neil. He was identified positive
Ilys by Motorman Fuqua and Conductor
Bell, who We're in charge of the car
1 when the trouble occurred. Bell tes-
titled that Cogbill had blood over his
shirt when arrested.
He was bailed In the sum of 500 Tor
| his appearance before. the September
term of the Corporation Court Tile
others paid their fines.
Gill Brothers Fined 81.
Gill Brothers appeared in the Police
Court yesterday morning. charged with
the violation of the city ordinance COW
ering the erection of buildings In the
| city. They had commenced the erection
of wood and engine shed, after having
been denied the permit for the same
| by the Fire COMMITTEES and Board OF
.Aldermen. They pleaded guilty to the
charge, and were fined 81. They in
formed the court that they would dis
continue the work.
Finds Pretty Baby Boy.
Conductor Sawyer. Of the Petersburg
Electric Line yesterday morning dis
covered ten-day-old boy In the wait
1 ing. shed at Stop No. II on the line,
i His attention was called to 1t by a
young man who lives near the station
| The little fellow was wrapped In a
i dark skirt, and was dressed neatly and
4 tastefully. Some Infants wearing an
i parel was pinned on the skirt.
The little one was taken to l3ellwood
/ where III Q 4. was turned over ito Dis
i patcher Gillian, The Superintendent Of
/ the Poor OF Chesterfield will be noti-
4 fed. 'Jndging from the apparel#on the
child he comes from Wlell-to-do
A mother.
4 Watts nnd farrell. i
HAD At not been for the alertneSs
i OF Officers FARRELL and Watts, or the
Il county, Henry Harris, the negro
4 charged with attempt at assault, woulG
\ lever have been captured In Alexan-
\ dria on Thursday morning.
\ These officers went to Acca tbs
u night before and notified the trail
i crew that made the capture and they
! were on the lookout, as We're all ms
n other crews, who were notified by the
dispatcher at the instance OF The OIL
GERS.
Church Services To-day.
I, At Asbury Methodist llpiscopa
J, Church this morning the pastor, icy
. j. G. CRANBERRY, Jr,. viii have for RI
subject "I.ightaand parknsss , at M ".
i'hn1es'S viii be- tion
AT fsainbridge street Baptist Ehnrcl
. to -day5both services VIII be conducted
! by Rer. ], H., IIolley, Of q ugustaa., Ga
III the Y morning his subject vii %
q +Christ All and In al l''fI IN the#eVe
!. ming Slleswill preach on s'Glorying II
Z / he.7C tcngS A tina evening. service g