The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
kept OUT OF. PEN
BY PAYING $500
John Dunn, a Thief, skips, After
Lawyer Pollock Went on
His Bond.
LEFT FIVE 500 BILLS
Police Would Have Opposed
Plea for Bail Had They Known
Of Application.

1ohn Dunn, professional pickpocket,
who stands charged with stealing $50
from ]. "A. Parsley, steward Of the
business Mems Club, answered nor
came not when his name was called
in Police Court yesterday morning.
Police Officer Dugan stepped forward
with the explanatory information that
Mr.. Dunn had departed for the North
on the 1901 train from Byrd Street
Station on Wednesday, within an hour
AFTER he had been bailcd before Judge
watt. of the Hastings Court In the
sum of $500. with Councilman Gil
nert *. Pollock. his attorney. as
surety.
AS Bailir Larry Gibbons shrilly
called for John Dunn to appear, At
torney Pollock gazed vacantly at tho
cetllng. Gibbons called again. Three
times he called, and the echoes of his
cries died unanswered in the corri-
doris of the City Hail. The spectators
laughed. No one expected John Dunn
10 return to face possible term of
Ten years In the petitentiary, ell for
the paltry sum of $500 M
Issue an attachment for John Dunn
and declare the bond forfeited,'' said
Justice Crutchtield. That ended Dunn.s
career In Richmond He has gone to
other fields and pastures new.
Polloct Hands Over DaiI
Immediately after Police Court. as
II he were prepared for the outcome
OIL the case, Councilman Pollock hied
himself to the Hastings Court, and
there deposited In the hands Of Clerk
walter Christian five 500 bills, the
amount of the forfeited ball bond. But
Inc lawyer lost not cent AS
matter OF fact, he gained BY the trans
action, for he had eXacted n fee before
he took up his fugitive clients case.
Dunn not only paid the lawyer his
zee. but gave him $500 with which to
pay the forfeited bail bond when he
should fail to appear
Though 1t is usual in the Hastings
Court for lawyers to act as surety
tor their clients, 1t Is not customary
In the other courts of the city. No
information that Dunn had applied
for bail was impaired to the Police
Department by any of the officers O:
the Hastings Court. Therefore. there
was no objection. although Dunn was
n stranger In the city, and there was
full evidence OF his guilt. He was
caught after long chase, by Police
man Sweet. who found him hiding be-
hind n grandfather clock in a com
mission house on Cary Street And
Dunn further incriminated himself by
stating. after his arrest, that he hailed
iioH LSnchDurG. whose Chief of Po-
lice, he said. had been sent to iail
He had confused Lynchburg with Dan
| WILLIE. -, : -
Hnd Cnse Continued.
When Dunn was called before the
bar In the Police Court on Monday. Mr.
Pollock asked for and secured a con.
tinuance until yesterday. Had there
been no Postponement Dunn would not
| have escaped. nm
When Mr. Pollock applied to Judge
| witt for bail. COMMUNICATING Attor-
/ ney Folkes offered no objection. the
court acting when the State agreed
Ihere would have been objection on
the part of the police IL they had been
advised that Dunn was seeking bail
| The prisoner was warned by his law
yer in the presence OF court officers
that he must be In court on Friday.
Councilman Pollock did not discuss
the case. He simply paid over the
$500 which Dunn had left with him,
and, SO far as he was concerned, that
ended the case. He had saved Dunn
from the penitentiary. The penalty
for larceny from the person is not less
than one year nor more than ten
| years in the penitentiary.