The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
RETURNS MONEY.
CHARGE DROPPED
Charlotte Citizen Issues Warrant
Alleging Larceny OF
SAYS.
OF COLUMBUS MEET
New Steel Bridge Over Apo
nattox River Will Be Thrown
Open in January.
Times-Dtspatch Bureau,
o Bollingbrook Street,
(Phone 1880,
lpetersnurg va

Petersburg, Va, December IA.
On warrant Issued in Charlotte,
y. G.. +. V. Vann. citizen Of that
state, was arrested in this city last
nis'at charged with the larceny of
S2f5, the property of Il W. Williams.
The claimant, who had the warrant In
his possession. had followed on the
trail of the accused man, and last
night Identified him at the Union Sta
ton as he was about to take the south
bound train, and had him arrested.
Vann was. found to nave S20l in mis-
possession, which Williams claimed be-
longed u him. 1t Is alleged that the
money was taken last Sunday. The
matter was settled this afternoon by
Vann paying to Williams the full
amount Of the loss, and the charge OF
larceny was dropped. Eann was re-
leased from custody. and soon after
left town.
Election of Officers.
Petersburg Council. Knights of o.
lumbus. last night elected officers for
the next year. as follows: Grand
Knight H H. HEM; Deputy Grand
Knight, Thomas ]. O'Farreil; Snancel-
.or. w. j. Fishor; Recorder. J. ~ Rea-
Jan; Financial Secretary. Joel T.
drown: Treasurer. E. J. Collins. Jr.;
Advocate, W. J. Kilmartin; Warden.
Nhalen: inside Guard. R F, KiImartin;
Outside Guard. John Dalton: Organist,
Thomas A Collins: Trustee (three
fears). F. A. Dalton.
Following the business meeting, the
members of tho council enjoyed
pleasant smoker.
To Open January 1.
The new steel bridge over the Apo
nattoH River, between Matoaca and
rerndale Park, It is stated. will be
thrown open to tho public by January
l. The bridge Is handsome, substan-
tial structure. and was built BY rne
Matoaca Bridge Company at cost OF
about $500. Bonds were issued for
It's construction. and tolls Will be
charged to pay interest and retire the
oonds. The rates of toll have been
fixed by the directors, and w. II. Holt
and Joseph Moore have been appointed
bridge keepers.
Funeral of sIrs. Cook.
The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Cook
were brought to this city, her former
home. from Norfolk this morning, ana
the funeral services were conducted
at the grave by the Rev. E. W. Moore.
By special request OF rae deceased,
whose husband was a prominent Ma
son, her pall-bearers were all members
of that order. Two of those serving
were schoolmates with her sixty-one
years ago In the old Anderson Semi
nary in this city, OF which John D.
Kelley, father of Bishop Kelley, wa.
the teacher.
The funeral of r. O. Egerton, whose
sudden death occurred yesterday morn
ing, Will take place from st. Johns
Episcopal Church. of which he was
the senior warden, tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 o'clock
Banquet to Employees.
The Virginia Trunk and Bag Com
pany, of which K. l. Plummer. Jr.,
is the president, last night gave
banquet 10 the statesmen of the COM
pany at the Stratford Hotel. and the
occasion was a very delightful affair.
A number of the statesmen covering
distant territory were unable to be
present, but many others were. as
were also Il number of the local en-
ployes. Among those who sat Mt the
banquet table were E. T. Plummer.
manager of sales; w. C. Kevan, sales
man in the Southwest; f. R. Holly,
manager OF the Atlanta office and
IA lesman for Alabama and mississippi:
S. W. Holden. of South Georgia and
Florida; Randolph Madison. North
Georgia and South Carolina: r. a. Bob
bitt, Louisiana and Arkansas: C. Al.
Cooper. North CAROLINA: W. NJ. Rogers.