The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-27
.WOMANSENTENCED
TO TERM IN JAIL
Convicted Of Aiding Nephew in
Attempt to Escape From
Prison.
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STUDENTS TURNED AWAY
Important Meeting OF Laymen to
BE Held Wednesday
Night.
STUDENTS TURNED AWAY
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
109 North Sycamore street

Sieteu OIL she charge of aiding and
abetting her nephew Junius A. VIII
manson, IN en- attempt 10 escape from
the city jail, and was sentenced to
six months Imprisonment and to nav
fine of SO and costs
Junius Williamson was a prisoner
IN the Jail, awaiting sentence to the
penitentiary for bigamy. Two haek-
saws were secretly conveyed to him.
with which he attempted 10 saw bis
way out of his steel cell. When de-
tected he stated that the saws had been
Drought to him by his aunt, Mrs.
iions, VINO had been permitted to visi.
him.
Mrs. Tibbs when subsequently, ar
rested made no denial of the charge
but rather candidly admitted II. bu,
said she had been influenced To corn.
init the act by supposed friend OF
| her nephew. This was one or the
points made by counsel for Mrs Tlbbs
to-day, and the great devotion of tho
woman to her nephew was fully shown
Another point made by the DEFENDANTS
counsel-Peck & Peck. of Richmond.
| and Robert Gillian, Jr, of Petersburg
was that the building from which
Williamson sought to escape is no,
jail. and nowhere In the cIty,s
records Is named or designated as such |
evidence was introduced bowever 10 !
prove that for half u century or moro
lhe JAIL has been known and used &c , |
prison. and 'the point was oyerruIed hy |
the court. ~
Students Turned Away.
me virginia Normal and Ind,1str,o,
institute, colored. opened It's fan ana
winter session last week with an an
.oiheht OF oS5 students, which numper
| spresehts IT'S capacity to the full. For
u am. "a
hundred applicants had to be refused
admittance. All branches of industrr
are taught IN full course TO young meo
ana women 1T this institution and n, .
useful work 1t is doing can hardly be
measured in Importance.
lmportant Lnymen's Meeting.
he members of all the churches i'm
the city Interested in the great Law
mems Missionary Movement will have
rally meeting in Washington Street
Methodist Church on "Wednesday night,
ana a very large attendance is ex-
pected All the ministers of the CITY
VIII be present. The meeting is held
| 10 hear an address by Willis r. Hotch
KISS, OF British South Africa. who has
| spent fourteen years in the heart O,
the Dark Continent and who will de-
| ptct the condition of affairs and the
need of the gospel there
| Personal News.
l MISS Mary Camp. daughter of Mr.
ana Mrs. William H. Camp, of this
| city, returned homo this evening after
! four months tour abroad during
| which she Visited many points of in
terest In England and on the Cont
nent. She Travelled in company with
party Of friends from Fredericks-
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. McGill left
OH Saturday on trip TO the Pacific
Coast and will be absent for soma
weeks
The Rev j. T. Bosnian. pastor OF
Market Street NJ. E. Church, who has
been in delicate health for several
weeks, has recovered and is again at /
his post of duty.
The Rev. Charles r. Stribling, late |
OF Waynesboro, Va, the new pastor
of Tabb Street Presbyterian Church in |
this city, has been prevented from I
entering on his duties as such by
illness at the home of his mother in
Martinsville, w. Va. He is now con-
valescing from spell of typhoid
fever
General News In Brief.
1T is understood that work on the
proposed new seven-story building OF
the Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic
ner of Sycamore and West Tabb
Streets. will not be commenced until
early In the new year.
General reports brought to this city
represent the tobacco and peanut crops
this year in this section as the best
known in years. Both crops will be
lar above the average, and the tobac-
co crop promises to be one of cxcep-
tionally fine quality.
The Bethany Baptist Association of
Virginia, which held it's thirteenth an
nual session In this city the past week,
with an attendance of nearly 800 dele
gates, adjourned to meet next year at
Emporia. The association contributed
about $1,000 for missions and educa-
ton.
An engineer of the Gamewell Electro
cal Company is here to make estimates
of cost of the installation of an cleo
trical fire and police patrol system.
The GameWell system, 1t is understood,
will be adopted. and the Councils will
furnish the money for It's establish
ment
Father O'Fnrreu's Jubilee.
The religious portion of the cele-
hration Of the silver jubilee of the
Rev. Father James T. O'Farrell, for
twenty-five years pastor OF ST JOS
eph CdtHollc Cnurcn, LOOK place yes
terday. High mass was celebrated,
the music was especially fine and the
screen was delivered by the Rev.
Father Coleman. Of South Richmond
AT the conclusion of the sermon,
Father Coleman referred to the jubi-
lee celebration, and briefly addressed
Father O'Farrell and the congregation
in terms of warm congratulations
Father O'Farrell spoke In appre-
citation of the honor conferred on him
by Catholics and non-Catholics. He
modestly declared he had but done
his duty during his pastorate In Pc
tersburg and deserved no praise for
It, He spoke of the kind consldera-
tlon he had always received from non
Catholics in the city, and he prayed
Gods blessing on all alike.
Baptist Sunday School Association.
The Baptist Sunday School Assocla-
ton met yesterday afternoon in the
First Baptist Church, and the exer-
cises were of a very Interesting char
acter, The address was delivered by
Rev, r. r. Chenault, of Washington
Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
n rnp0rts4 of tho ceynrnl sobools chou,