The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-21
WOMANSENTENCED
TO Term IN JAIL
Mrs. Tibbs Convicted Of Attempt
ing to Aid Williamson
to Escape.
SERIOUS CUTTING AFFAIR
Class of Nineteen Candidates
Confirmed by Bishop
Van de Vyver.
SERIOUS CUTTING AFFA
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North Sycamore Street,

100 North Sycamore Street,
Petersburg, Va, June 20.
Evidence In the case of Mrs Annie
Tibbs, of Richmond, charged with con-
veying hack saws into the city jail
with the intent to aid her nephew. Ju-
| MUS A. Williamson, now under SEN
| tence to the penitentiary for bigamy,
and against whom indictments for
wife murder and forgery are pending.
was heard in the Police Court this
! morning. commemorative Attorney
r. Fl Mann was present in the interest
of the state. and Robert Gillian. Jr..
appeared for the defendant,
1t was understood that as Williamson
had been convicted of a felony, the de-
PENDANTS act II proved was felony
The Commonwealth put only two wit
N F. Bick and Chief of Police Rag.
land, by whom 1t proved the visits of
Mrs. Tibbs to the jail. the finding of
the saws, the attempt of Williamson
to escape by saving through his steel
cell. and the admission of Mrs. Tibbs
that she conveyed the saws to her
nephew. who. it seems. first implicated
| het
Mrs, Tibbs was the only witness for
herself. and she went unwillingly on
the stand. She told of the visit of a
stranger to her home in Richmond
following Willian-on's trial for muir
| der, how he sought a confidential in
terview with her and accepted her hos
| pitality how he represented himself as
familiar with the Petersburg jail and
its surroundings; how he told her it
| was the easiest thing in the world to
escape from this jail If outside assist
ance was rendered, for instance. how
saw was given him. This man. said
| Mrs. Tibbs declared that he had a rick
| aunt at Brandon who owned steam
yacht, and he could bring this yacht
L Il n n yns II to Vt IT,.
| could escape and get aboard the yes
| sci he could be swiftly taken away to
point he would not be heard from
| again.
This story Mrs. Tibbs believed.
Though the man did not offer to carry
tho saws to the jail or ask her TO do
SO, yet the impression made on her
mind was that she was the person 10
get the saws to Williamson, and she
! acted on 1t.
The defendants counsel tried TO es-
taollsh the fact that this man had been
secretly sent to Mrs Tibbs by the
Chief of Police to inveisie her into
doing what she did. that il was a con-
spiracy on the part of the Common
wealth 10 get her into trouble, and If
f tsi 'h Be-, woman was vas entitled to acauit-
enphatically denied and disproved
Inc commemorative attorney asked
aor nat sentence OF six months in Jail
and a fine not exceeding $500 Counsel
for the defendant asked for lenfencv
because of the woman mother love for
her unfortunate nephew The Police
Justice took the case under advisement
until this afternoon. when he rendered
ms decision, sentencing Mrs Tibhs 70
SIX months in jail and imposing a fine
81 sz5o An appeal was taken TO the
| Hastings Court
Serious Cutting Amir.
IN dlfficulty which occurred on sun
day between Thomas Phillips and
George Blankenship, Jr. both Of Of this this
CITY, fhlll1ps received a severe cut in
the left side. the knife blade. it is said,
penetrating to the cavity The trouble
occurred in Dinwiddie. just outside the
eity. and Is said to have been caused
bg some difficulty Philips had with a
brother Of Blankenship. Phillips is at
MS home on Hinton Street, under the
care OF physician. 40 official COM
paint mas been made of the affair and
no arrest has been made.
large Confirmation Class
pIshop an de Vyver, of the Dioces e
OF richmond. preached in St Joseph $
Gathoiic Church. in this city, yester-
nineteen children fifteen of whom we're
boys, The bishop remained as the
guest OF Father O'Farrell until this
morning, when he returned home
Mrs. Mary f. Male, widow of Robert
nale, dled at her home on Halifax Street
TINS morning at the advanced age of
e nsnt.a GU years. She was much re-
r.
Vlyed by number of relatives
Charles L. Traylor. well-known
Souhg citizen. died this morning al
h hrief 9q 3i1mos on Commerce Street, after
was "a, member 4: of Appomattox Lodge
OF dd-Fellows and is survived by
several brothers and sisters
Personal ana Otherwise.
MISS Dorothy Brooke Peasants is
! visiting Oxford N C.. as the rnest y, .
mouse party given by her cousin, Miss
Ethel Adams
The. members of A. p. Hill camn
confederate Veterans. who contemnla 7.
taking the trip to Springfield Mass
I Miil meet Tomorrow night to hear fina
details of the trip 1t Is expected th i,
Yesterda a 1 Was c mhemPens will MIL go
street Methodist Episcopal Church an,
r rhaniiy Day at the West End Baptis
Shurch. AT each church the exercise
We're of a highly interesting ana at
tractive character.
me BOARD OF directors of the Peters
purs savings and Insurance Compan,
mas declared quarterly dividend O
: ~ per cent. on It's capital stock
night between s and o'clock to roi
: the residence OF e. w. Butcher, oil
Z Marshall Street. While the members
of the family We're out walking or sit
ting on the front porch, bursia4
gained entrance through rear win
dow and ransacked two rooms upstairs
4 He was evidently frightened away. a
he carried off nothing of value, ~
left the prints of dirty hands and FIN
gers on the window sill and walls tn
police We're quickly on the spot, bu
the burglar had escaped.
J ], II, Berriman, division officer !,
Maryland and Virginia. Is In the city
I He held praise service SUNDAY after n J,
at night in the First Baptist Church.
| The Common Council will meet thi
week to close up all accounts for tn
fiscal year, including this month, an
on July the city will open fresh page
for the new year.
The Petersburg Grays went int
camp out at the Riverside Club, in Din
widdie, on Saturday, and broke u
J Sunday afternoon,
: The monthly meeting of the Meth
odist Sunday School Association Q
, Petersburg and vicinity was held Sun
. day afternoon in the church in Mato
e AGA. The association comprises eigh
Sunday schools, whose aggregate av
erage register during the past mont
} was 2l17i average attendance, 1855
per cent. of attendance, rs, and contri