Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-25
HOME OF S. R. BUXTON
RANSACKED BY NEGRO
Engraved initials on Silver Handles OF
stolen Umbrellas Tell story OF H'0'
berry TO Police When ousky ramp
Is Picked Up as vagrant-Fami'y IN
Europe.

,rnoosh no evidently is not the
,nnch sought "bareioOtcisare''e
smoking burglar" a one-eyeu hes'"'
,,ho gives the name of "Ulllie Gytoh,
and Who claims to hail from h'e"-
mopd. Va. pulled OFF rather oarlns
robbery in North End about o V'os~
last night and he operated IN MS p"tS
feet The house robbed was ,hut VI
samuel II. Buxton, $500 Huh.ihs.on
ovonpe There was no one III the
h,,iidino at the time, as Mr.. buNloh
and his family are touring Europe.
when Gy,on was picked up at hlgh-
tsanth street and the River roau ny
Detectiye Ward. of the {. x " Ioice'
al tO.45 O'Clock last night. ana loeh-
cd nm at the station house on Tue
.harge of being not OF good taine'
tbo nolIce did not know That the
pnx,on home had been robbed. How
ever. ten minutes after the negro wa
safely in the Jug. Sergeant pi'ub
crs had satisfied himself that 'ne ,wo
sIlyer-handled umbrellas ana ,he
clothing which the negro was carry
ing when arrested came from MT
pnxton's home and that the negro
had robbed the house.
Umbrellas Disclose Robbery.
Engraved on the handle OF one OF
,ho umbrellas were the initials, IS. t.
p- and ON the handle OF the otner
was the name. Elizabeth DimihocA'
a newspaper reporter who happehe"
20 he In the station at the time re-
membered that Mrs. Buxtons maiuen
name was Miss Elizabeth Dimmock
and the fact was established that
ono Of the umbrellas belonged 70
Mrs puxton and the other to MI.
Buxton, Nil.
In the meantime. Sergeant Brids-
ers had opened up the bundle oil cioth-
ing carried by tho negro and iouho
a nair of mems shoes, of tan Color
and the sergeant recognized them as
belonging to Mr.. Buxton. A SIX
dress belonging to Mrs Buxton. TWO
pairs of women's shoes. SILK petu'
coat. a woman's blue suit. hahu-
kerehief and a pair of women's STOCK
ings also were In the bundle.
sergeant Bridgers Immediately took
vton ont of the cell. carried him 10
the sergeant's office and questioned
him Cyton said that he came here
on a freight train yesterday morning
with John Johnson. another negro
and that the other negro gave him
the bundle and the two umbrellas
carly last night at Eighteenth street.
officers Begin investigation.
Believing that the negro lied, ser
geant Bridgers went to the Bnxton
home in the patrol wagon with Patrol
man Parrish, a reporter and DR.. J. w.
AvIer. surgeon to the police, who had
been n. the station house attending
n wounded man.
All efforts TO unlock any OF the
doors or open any of the windows oil
the house were unsuccessful. Dut
later Patrolman Parrish moved q
large empty box at the rear end OF
tbe building and found an open win
dow leading into the basement The
officer slipped through the window
being followed by Sergeant Bridgess
and the reporter.
The trio assembled the steps lead
ing into the kitchen and found the
door omen and thnu r-oceeded &c
search the house. The negro had f.
attacked the pantry anu stolen sever
al Jars Of preserves and drunk soma
whiskey out Of a bottle In the pan
try. The officers found indications o
the negro's searching through the bu
reaus on the second floor. but appar
emily he got but little OF value besides
the clothing. shoes and umbrellas.
Print Of Bare Foot
On returning 10 the kitchen tht