The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-01
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-DkSpatch,
Ti1yn Hull Street

Phone Madison LIS.
On a technical charge OF being fugI-
". L. Blunt twenty-one years old. OF South
Richmond. was placed under arrest yester-
day morning by onicor Phillips. Blunt Is
suspected o. being the third OF gang o.
boys alleged TO have extorted small sums
Of money from Mira. a. Sknner,tloL,OJk
Grove Raymond yaber and Dlsk.st Cox
were placed under arrest Wednesday AFTER
noon b. OFFICER Traylor, and locked up in
the Richmond City jail on the charge OF
forgery and attempting 10 obtain money
under false prGtenses.
Blunt was carried before Squire j. T.
Willard, who ordered him TO be turned over
to the Chesterfield authorities. This was
donc. and Blunt IVES lodged in jail to await
a hearing before Magistrate L. w. Cheat
ham. OF Oak Grove. Tomorrow morning.
In the capture OF these boys the Chester
field officers think they have made i'm
portan, haul. which will break up the wave
of crime which has ,errorized househoIdera
In the county for many months. Ii is said
other eharses Of a serious nature Will re-
sui; from these arrests, but their nature
was not divulgei by the officers.
Went Away 10 Wed.
DULY letting few friends into his secret.
Richie II. Bacon, one OF the most popular
away 10 Norwich. Conn, where at noon
Wednesday Miss Louise Pitcher, OF that city,
became his wife, While the marriage comes
as surprise it wa. not unexpected. o. the
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Bacon Immediately following
the ceremony left for Providence. r. l..
where they spent Thanksgiving IA the guests
OF relatives. After an extended tour OF
Northern points OF intercs, the young couple
VIII make their home In South Richmond.
On the job just tho snme.
Mounting the bench and assuming a stern
and judicial air, squire j. 7. willard, who
was sitting in the absence OF Justice II. a.
Maurice In Police Court, Part p yesterday,
siSnhcd his readiness to dispense brand
OF Justice with the celebrity with which be
does soda at his emporium on Hull street.
bu; was given decided jar whza he, wa.
shown q docket as clean as the day the
paper came out OF the mill. With n Sign
OF disappointment he got down and wendell
his way TO work in silence.
Cannot. Hit Rock,
Two months OF hard work in water up to
the iaeorers waists. has failed to show bed
rock on which the foundation OF No. pier
OF the new Mayo's Bridge liz to be placed.
with pumps working day and night to keep
the water down, the men have shoveied
and bored into the bed of the river for a
depth OF fifteen feet bur are nearer the
on the hrst three piers went on with n
speed which was gratifying to all concerned.
but the result OF work OF the last twJ
months Is not seen by the laymen.
Workmen continue 20 pick up small relics,
which find ready PURCHASERS among the Wis
itors. Among the COINS found in the last
tury a considerable number OF mimic
balls and canister have also hccn found
Although the high water and the delay In
the work has caused many to lose lnteres,
In the box OF coins said TO have both DROP
ped in the river near the second pier many
q n eager eye Is cast In that direction md
ali anxious to see the water pumped out
OF the Golfer dam. which has boen built for
more than month.
buildings Ordered Raced.
Contendins that they are unsafe and con-
stitu,c menace TO the public safety, the
following buildings on the southeidc have
been ordered RACED By Building Inspector
~. J. Dafron frame stable. 1900 Hull
street; y. Il. Dahron. brick and frame store.
isla Hull street: James River Furniture ana
Mattress company. brick factory, 800 Hull
Street; J. H. ElnckweIl, brick ana frame
store. 1870 Hull Street ]. y. Dart: brick
Della Wiley, frame store ana dwelling snii
ljul street: Rev. Il. II Graham, frame storn
and dwelling. 2So' Hull Street; Uiiman
BROTHERS, frame stable, northeast corner
sixth and Decatur streets Augustine Royal
Il Company frame sheds, 2l3 Hull Street
The following buildings are now being re-.
moved by order rf tho B,rldina Inspector:
10: w. Rcams. brick Kitchen 700 Hui Stre.it
sharleS BYRD. frninc kitchen, liOs Decatur
Funeral services over the body OF Goory,
~ Gary who died In his home III Porter
stree. carly Wednesday morning. win be
conducted this afternoon AT 2 O'clock In M
Meade Memorial Church. the Rev. T. Errrs,
Warren officiating. 'H
Honorary pnli-oearcrs vii! he JUDGES Fra
est H. Wells. $. B. witt aud r., Car,cr sco;,
Colonel b. q. james. Charles F. Taylor /,
H. T.! Patterson. j.. w. pronau;h and IL q
~ 'i , Net,Ve-,1. al. Graves. \. L. Adam
s 80. l., W. fs2diey,,L S. Jones. w. H.
and r. II. Minor. 80 -
Committees from the different secret or
ders Of which Mr.. Gary was n ncn,hsr vii,
attend he funeral. The burial Will be in
Funeral Of Miss wlnfree.
The funeral OF Miss Berta 'Winfroe wh,.
died early yesterday morning n 'hsr' VINO VINO
near Drewr"'s Blur, will be held, from No
home this afternoon at > O'clock The Suria,
VIII DO in tho family buryinp -proun5 s'3'>'
Miss Winfree. who had houn in bad health