The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-20
|BURGLAR KILLED
ROBBINS 4 GAR
Unidentified Thief Shot to Death
When Caught in Act by
Watcher.
HOLDS INQUES t
Housebreaker Sent to Penitentary
for Five Ycsrs-Dr. Drewry
10 be Honored.
HOLDS INQUEST

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.l
PETERSBURG, VA, September 90
AN unknown negro was shot and
killed at the Norfolk and Western
railway station IN petersburg Monday
night having been discovered in an
attempt to enter the commissary car
In the depot yard
Sunday night robbery occurred
and MIR c. f. Shell. WHO runs the
pumps, had been detailed to watch out
Tor the thief. He was seated in the
cab of locomotive when he saw two
negroes approach the car, striking the
door. He fired three shots at them.
One negro ran under Pocahontas
bridge and made his escape. The
other negro ran in the direction of the
Sfratford hotel.
Mr. r, {. Elliott, commissary clerk
In charge OF the car. ana who works
for the Southern Express Company at
night. and Mr.. Austin Jones. also an
empioye of the Express Company, saw
the negro and pursued him. They
fred as they ran. AT the tower on the
railroad g shot took effect i'll the
negro's back and he fell dead.
Coroner Leigh, Chief Ragland and
others inspected the body but failed
to Identity him. He had on new
clothes. an undershirt and two over
shirts--a small sum of money in his
pocket, and q few minor articles. Mr.,
Elliott identified the clothes as haN-
Ing been stolen from the commissary
showing the negro had broken in the
car Sunday night The coroner sum
moned Messrs. Shell, Elliott and
\ Jones TO attend the inquest Tuesday
afternoon at Wilkersons undertaking
xx-f4A hras hi
into d car on the Sea board Air Line
Railway Monday night, four youns
white men living in the West End wer,
arrested during the night. Some o.
them are known well in police circles
having been before court severa
times.
The September term of the hust
ings court convened Monday morning
and the grand jury reported present
ments against Mac Pegram, JOSEPH
Craddock. William Buchanan ant
Isaac Cooper, all colored. for felony
Housebreaker Guilty.
william Buchanan, colored. wa
found guilty of househreaking AM
Was given 1--WE years In the peniten
tiary with work on the roads.
Isaac Cooper. colored was convict
ed of assault and battery and givel
sixty days in jail.
r. s. Schenck, Jr.. and Joe Bun
nell, the former charged with larceny
and the latter with attempted lar
ceny. pleaded guilty and were give
a fine OF s25 each.
The case of Mrs, Ann Tibbs, charg
cd with aiding and abetting Juniu
A. Williamson 10 escape from jat
WAS continued until next Monday. Mr.
Tibbs 10 out on bail.
A marble slab Is to be placed In tn
hall of the building which Is bein
erected for the epiieptic colony a
Lynchburg in honor of DIR. william F
Drewry, superintendent OF the Contra
State Hospital at Petersburg, who
president of the American Society 10
the Study Of Epilepsy and the Care o
Epiieptics and father of the move
ment to establish a colony for cpl
ieptics In Virginia. The building i
course Of erection will be named tn
Drewry~ Gillian building in honor {
Dr. Drewry and Mr. Robert Gillian
OF Petersburg, Il member OF the boar
of directors of the State hospitals
The residence of Mr.. Irwin A. Primo
Of Stony Creek, was destroyed by III
Saturday night. with its contents, dul
ing the absence of Mr.. and Mr.
Prince. The house was owned by Nj
Herbert Owen, OF Fredericksburg, v
The Bethany Baptist Association I
Virginia, colered. will convene Wee
nesday in the Giifield Baptist churc
III Petersburg. There are one hundre
and twenty-five churches in this ass
citation. The body will be in sessto
for three days, and fully two hundre
delegates Will attend.
DR.. G. b. Howard, pastor of IL
church. IL perfectly plans for the Ell
tsrtainment of the delegates. He hi
lust returned from the National Bal
fist Convention recently held in Ne
Orleans.