The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-04
~street-sweeper Shot by
Negro After Break
ing Into Store.
WOUNDED.
He CREPT AWAY
Later Asked Police for Help, and
investigation Resulted in His
Identification by Colored
Man as Man Who Was
Hiding Behind Counter
When Shot.

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by q peculiar and fatefuI arrange
ment OF circumstance and by good
poiice work. James Higgins. an en-.
ploye Of the Street Cleaning Depart.
nent' VINO sought the help of Bicycle
olncers Tillcr and Reid on account Of;
a bullet wound through his leg. was
tater arrested last night On a charge
OIL having broken into and attempting
70 rob the store Of Mrs. Annie Dollard.
on the hermitage Road. Just across the
city limits. -
Jesse Graves. c%olored, who was sent
to Mrs. Dollard's store on a. telephone
alarm, and who did the shooting, iden.
titled Higgins as the man he wounded
when the latter is alleged to have
sprung through a indow when sur
prised behind the counter in the store.
Higgins was seated In the Second Sta
tlon at the time. ana Graves was
ordered by the two officers to make d
close scrutiny OF the man under sus-
, picion.
Certain II Was Higgins.
That's the man." he said. IT threw.
one at him as he jumped through the,
window. and 1 backed away behind the
store in case he threw one back at
me-"
Higgins, who is a man Of family,
lives at 1911 Beverly Street. He ac-
costed Officers Tfller and Reid on LON
hardy Street. between Grace Street and
Allen Avenue, saying that he had been
shot. He first passed them q few feet,
and then returned. and as the words
fell from his lips, he clutchcdB at Reds
shoulder for support. Blood was
squirting from the wound.
I've been shot,, boys" he said.
Take me to DR.. Hillsman.' He was
taken to the Offices OF DR.. HilsmanN
Park Avenue and Lomhardy street. and
there the wound was examined and;
dressed. "Whoeyer shot you" said DR.
Hillsman. fired at close range" This
bullet had passed through the left leg
just above the knee.
Got News over Telephone.
All that Higgins would tell the OFF,
GERS at first was that he had been shot
while walking along the street. They
sought further information. fearing
some crime had been attempted. Hig-
gins insisted that he didn't know who
shot him. and that he didn't remember
where 1t happened. He said that he
didn't reulize that he had been wound
ed until he felt blood tricliling down
his leg and became weak from the
pain. Finally they got from him that
he had been to the store OF j.. II. PLACE
man. on West Leigh Street. and got
half a pint OF whiskey. and also that
he had bees: into Rosenegk's brewery
They telephoned to P~lageman's store,
asking II any one there had heard OF
Il man being shot. Mr.. Plageman an
swered that he thought q burglar had
been shot as he escaped from Airs.
Dollard's store. 5
DR.. Hillsman finished dressing the
wound, and Higgins was taken to the
Second Station, to be held until the
officers could procure further evidence
which might justify an arrest. They
learned that Higgins had gone into
1 tho Oh ny,o n ri an y - - 4, -. ~ - J--5 - n -.Lf-tl
match, remarking to a clerk that he
to the ONCE Of Or. Hilsman. me
ms he appeared to have been drinking.
Then 1t was learned that Mrs. Dol
lard's store had been broken into. and
fired upon and was probably shot.
Jesse Gr Hrs rs Sent By Pingeman
told his story. A man passing by Mrs.
Dollard's store noticed that a side
W was MYns Tns sm ms "a. and nhan that q man
Plageman's and the latter sent the
negro Graves.
take this pistol and go out and see
what tie trouble Isl Graves went to
the store and called to two white men
In Rosenegk's brewery to accompany
him. AS they reached the side OF the
store all three men noticed that the
window was broken, and saw a man
ooNl ~ DSlliuH H4 lie n COuntaTl
with a heavily loaded bag on his
shoulders. Creeping close to the win
dow, Graves drew his revolver ana
yelled at the burglar. The latter made
n dive for the window and went
tnrouSh, carrying the sash with him
Graves fred as the, burglar struck the
knees.
lie was within five feet OF the man
when he shot. and believing that ha
had hit his mark ami that the burglar
m,ght return the fire, graves, jumped
erawlins on his hands ana knees for
had been dropped behind the counter
1t was found afterwards to be fllea
with cans OF sardines packs OF tobacco
cigarettes and groceries
His Wife Notified.
higgins, who was Identified by
nave walked the whole distance from
the store 10 the point on Lombardy
street where lie approached the twa
oiilcers. But he never made any adj
missions, and always insisted that ne
did not know where he was shot OF
who shot him f
Detective Sergeant Wiley. who was
informed of the shooting. went 10 HiR-
siis'S home, and asked Mrs. Higgins
what she knew OF tho case. h had
not been Informed OF the occurrences
ana did not know where her hus-
She was informed later that nor hus.
band had been arrested.
1T was In front or Mrs, Dot!ard'a store
that Policeman Krouse WAS shot By
an unknown negro tWo years ago, ThsS
store had been robbed and then fred
cation. He wax shot from his hbraS5
md The negro eScnncd EF IIe has -, nxyar s