The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-01
MOTION TO QUASH
TO|BE MADE TO-DAY
Will BE Resisted by Defendants,
and Interesting Discussion
Expected to Follow.
PLANS FOR BIG BUILDING
Report to Battlefield Park .Asso-
citation .ADproyed-Oth
PLANS FOR BIG BUILDING
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North Sycamore Street.

An Interesting discussion is ex-
pected to follow the motion OF the
commemorative Attorney in the Hust-
ings Couri tomorrow morning, to
quash the indictments returned by the
nrst TWO grand juries against Charles
Hail Davis and Carter X Bishop The
motion Will be objected TO by the de-
PENDANTS. and counsel will be hard at
length. The Commonwealth Viii re-
tain the ten indictments returned this
week on which to go to trial.
Plnns for skyscrnper.
The board of officers OF the Benevol-
ent Mechanic Association. at meet.
ing last night, considered masters re-
latiVe TO the proposed new 3even-story
building, TO be erected at the corner
OF Sycamore and Tabb Streets on the
site OF the associations present build
ing Nothing was given out by the
members OF the board but IT is under
stooo. some definite announcement Will
De made within the next several DAYS
Some slight changes in the specified.
lions are to be made. The architect
OF the building is John * PEBBLES of
Norfolk, and the contractor Is J. "
Davis, of Newport News The esti-
mated cost of the structure is sl25.OOp
and the money has all been secured
the Equitable Co. OF New York. loan
Ing $4,000. and $4,000 being taken in
Petersburg.
The battlefield Park.
The Battlefield Park Association. at
meeting held last evening. unani.
mously approved the report OF the com.
mittee on the boundary lines OF the
proposed National Battlefield Park
inc substance of this report has here
tofore been published The park be-
gins at the Appomattox and takes the
Federal and Confederate lines south.
ward 10 and including Forts Sedg-
WICK and Malone. Within the lines are
some of the most famous and historic
forts and localities attaching to the
Siege Of Petersburg. The association
Instructed the committee on publicity
TO begin the work Of preparation of
the historical and descriptive namph.
let, TO be published and circulated
among the Grand Army posts of the
country 20 secure their aid in the es-
tabltshnnent of the park
Pythinn Election.
Naomi Lodge. No. 30. Knights of Ply
thias. a is meeting last night elect
ed officers for the ensuing term as
Saunders: Vice-Chancellor. j. V. Nor
ton; Master OF Work. w l. Wheary;
Inner Guard. s. 4. Jordan: Outer
Guard. G. B. Williams; Correspondent
w. z. Eanes. The master of Finance
Keeper OF records and seal ana master
OF eNcnequer were elected al the be-
ginning of the year for an annual
new one in the order. 1t is designed
TO give publicity to matters of inter.
est in connection with the order
Funeral of Mr. Robinett.
The funeral OF Herman y. Robinett
who died in Norfolk yesterday of in
juries received in an accident took
place from Old Blandford Church a,
ty-four years old. a former citizen OF
Ettrick. where his parents and broth
ers and sisters now live. and had been
for several years employed as cleo
trician by the Virginian Railway in
Norfolk. t. body was accompanied
from Norfolk by a large number of
friends and was met at the station
here by many friends. including Wood
men OF the World. of which order de-
ceased was member. Deceased
Is survived by his wife. a young
Petersburg woman, to whom he had
been married but few months.
Drowned; - Swift Creek.
William Henderson (colored). about
twenty seven years old. was drowned
in Swift Creek. in Chesterfield county.
yesterday afternoon, and his body was
this city. Henderson had chaperonad
several dogs to the creek to bathe.
1t Is supposed that while swimming
he was seized with cramp and sank,
Badly Injured in Runaway.
Joseph Jerebak. a Bohemian farmer
of Prince George county. was serious
~ injured in a runaway accident on
Halifax Street this afternoon. His
mules, hitched to wagon loaded with
fertilizer, BECAME frightened and ran
away. Mr.. Jerebak was thrown and
was run over by the wagon. He sus.
tanned fracture of ribs and internal
injuries. and was taken to the hos
pital.
Mysteriously Rocked.
Late last night John Clarke, resi-