The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-04
GRAND JURY AT TER
PISTOL CARRIERS
Tells Judge Witt in Special Re-
port That Habit Must Be
Broken Up by Law.
ROUGH ELEMENT AT FAULT
Court Will Urge Council to Pass
Law Which Will Fix Heavy
Penalty

! Alarmed at the habit of CARRYING
concealed weapons. prevailing among
the roughere element III The city. the
grand Jury OF the January term Of
trc Hastings Court yesterday referred
10 the matter In special report TO
Judge Witt and suggested that Com
monwealth's Attorney Minetrec Foiises
draw up Il complete ordinance covering
me subject for presentation to the City
Council, or that the matter. so serious.
~ regarded by the body. be made n
subject for legislative action.
Inc grand jury stated that il feels
ina, ,nat the habit Of carrying concealed
of the crime committed in the city. and
urges on the Police Department chat II
Is the earnest desire OF the citizens OF
i, ncnil mat no effort be spared to
The grand iury's second important
iugSestion is that there should be a
Nv ,as, recurring all weapons sold TO be
or Police 'e >H'ei
Major Werner was the chief witness
sailed enan before the grand jury in re-
and ne urgently requested that 1t for
m ,!n,,,5 report on the subject which
Gonni,, iorcefnily appeal TO the City
! the state Legislature. He referred 10
Inc Inc gravity OF tho situation and cited
instances of crime and murder which
"au resulted from the habit.
m Grand Jury's Report.
,o me report of the grand jury fol-
ings Court OF the City OF Rich
mond:
rhe grand jury. now assembled. has
been so impressed by information
which 1t has been enabled to elicit
from members OF the police force who
nave appeared before IT in regard to
inc haplt of concealed weapons being
aired by the rougher element in this
community, that this grand Jury Do
5ires to put itself on record and To give
expression TO Its most emphatic con.
Icmnation of this matter. which u
feels is the prime cause OF much OF tho
er. me c ,1,l1, It In our midst;
force that IL is the earnest desire Of
the citizens of Richmond that no effort
pc ne spared to enforce every available
their best efforts may BIO put forti,
TO this end. ~ ~
This grand jury wishes to request
| inc Commonwcalth's Attorney to frame
such ordinance as may occur to him
that may possibly tend TO ameliorato
ms condition alluded To, and have tho
| Tor It's consideration. and In this CON
ncction we suggest that there should
pc IA a law recurring all weapons sold
mel OF Police, and that pawnbrokers
! shail not be allowed to make loans
, ~ Weapons which may be used for
h. F Fonte, That. II the ends may not
me Commonwealth's Attorney be re-
Tor by legislative action
! CSlsned)
"J9hn ,,,i H. Frischkorn. foreman; John
y. GURUS. f B. Dunford. Fred W.
Scott, T. y. Williams Peter j. White.
lanes Phillips, lr,. b. NJ. Gwathmey,
1 iI,dn G. VI Farinnd. Ashton .starke."
mending IL for the special report and
dismissed the body. He said that he
WI "a; send he special report 70 Coun
ordinance be framed in accordance
Win the spirit OF the paper
Dentists Again Indicted.
me grand jury returned thirtv-th
ttluictments. rather ominous outlook
ior the new year except for the fact
mat mat al the crimes committed were
done In the twclvcmonth gone
Another indictment was brought
aga ipst Drs. G. Fl Greear and James
rat Speer. the dentists indicted and
| forgery. in which DIR. Greear is al
legged to, have taken the dental exami-
ssa aann IN IN, June. 1902, In the name OF
| same ground the only difference being
| that the date is left blank 50 that no
CONFUSION may arise as to the exact
Other Indictments returned were.
| A arch y Armstrong. robbery; James
,fNISntr, IobDefSi John Brown, car
breaking; William Bass and Leroy
smith housebreaking; Gus Britt, rob
| berry; Joseph Christian, housebreak-
Ing CD: Henry Coleman. alias Henry
J Tayior, housebreaking; Bennie Fields.
James Woodson and Thomas Allen
housebreaking (2): William Goode.
! grand larceny: w. j. Green, grand lar
ceny; Arthur Goode, cocaine selling:
i charles Heuss and Aurclius Jones car
breakinS; Edward Hankins. house
9reaking Warner Hamlett, robbery;
T. John Howell and r. J.. Nash. house
| breaking; Walter Henderson, cocaine
selling: Ernest Jenkins. grand lar
Geny; Thomas Johnson. alias william
smith; housebreaking: Joseph Lynch.
housebreakihg; Sim Minor and James
Key, robbery Mary Eliza Norris, CO.
caine selling; Junius Robinson, rob
! berry; Charles Smith. William Bass and
Leroy Smith, housebrea king; Bessie
smith, grand larccncy: Bunnie Tinsley,
murder. and F. r. Weisiger. alias
Charles Ransberry. housebreaking (D.
Representative McIsac Here.
Paul McRae, Representative from BuckIng-
! ham and Cumberland counties. arrived in
the city last night and was registered Al