The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-29
Men in Penitentiary Charged
With Murder and Other
Crimes.
HEALTH REPORT FOR MONTH
Paintings in St. Joseph's Catholic
Church Will Be Unveiled
Sunday.
Tfmes-Dispatch Bureau,
8 Bollingbrook Street,
(TelephOne 14Shl



Petersburg, Va. November 2s.
inc more that Is heard Of the four
young hiShwaymen who wore sent TO
the penitentiary from this city last
week. the blacker their records appear.
detective James J. Merkley, of Read
ihs, "a the nome Of most of the men,
arrived In the city this morning to
get all the Information no could about
their work in Virginia. and later LETT
Tor Richmond to Interview them In
the penitentiary. He personally knows
some OF tho men, and is familiar with
the records of all of them, ABOUT which
he tells an interesting story. There
were, no says, originally seven men in
tho gang. Between the list and 10th
or November they operated extensive
~ In Berks county, holding up and
robbinB hotel proprietors and guests,
and securing some $500 or $500 In
money, watches and other valunb les
These robberies were of almost daily
occurrence. and caused widespread
alarm and Excitement They always
operated thr or four together. and
resistance was out of the question.
And then occurred the murder OF Cor
don Kaufman. a. unprovoked a crime
as was ever committed in Reading, by
the four men now in the penttentiary.
The gang wns forced by this act to
leave Reading They went to Phil
two parties-four and three, rcspec-
lively. The latter party has not been
heard from. but they are supposed
TO be In Charleston or Savannah, to
which points the four were making
their way when arrested at Weldon on
request Of the Petersburg authorities.
For the Kaufman murder there Is
reward of $1,000 for the arrest of tho
perpetrators. What Will be done with
this money since the murderers are
in the Virginia Penitentiary for an
other crime, is not known. and Il is
also unknown what they have done
with all the money they stole. a
very small sum was found on them
when arrested. Watches stolen in
Berks county. Baltimore. Richmond
and Petersburg were recovered from
them.
No effort will be made to have the
prisoners surrendered to the jurisdic-
tion of Pennsylvania for trial for the
crime of murder.
Mortunry and birth Report.
The report of the Health Department
for the month ending November 26
shows a total of forty-nin deaths In
the city-nineteen among tho white
population and thirty among the col
ored. OF the decedents. twelve were
under five years old and four were
over eighty years. Thirteen deaths
were certified by the coroner. nine
bodies were shipped away. and sixteen
We're brought from other points to the
city for burial There was one death
from suicide, one case of homicide
four deaths of tuberculosis, and one
OF typhoid fever. The rate OF mortality
was much lower in compa rison with
previous months. though the mortality
among the colored race continues high.
The number of births reported dur
Ing the month was orty-five-whites,
twenty-six; colored, nineteen.
Paintings to De Unveiled.
Three beautiful large-size paintings.
presented to the Rev. Father 7. j.
O'Farren by the congregation of st.
Josephs Catholic Church in comment
Grafton OF the completion last year OF
charge of the church. will be unveiled
at the vesper service next Sunday at
ternoon.
These paintings are the work OF an
eminent artist OF Rome, and they are
now being hung by Mr.. Cartagena, OF
Washington. The principal one OF the
three represents The Resurrection.
The presentation will be made by
James II. Bailey. chairman of the com
mittee appointed to secure the paint
ings. and Father O'Farren is expected
TO make q short address OF thanks.
The principal address of the occasion
Will be delivered by the Rev. Father
Tierney, of LynchburS. lifelong
friend of Father o'Farrell.
Death of W. #. Sufer.
W. F. Nufer, vice-president OF the
Virginia Lumber and Box Company. of
Petersburg, and we'll known in the
city. died on Sunday at his home. at