The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-10
South Richmond Bureau,
The Times-Dispatch,
1920 Hull Street.

Phone Madison l75.
Setting their traps with the greatest
Skill and covering their approach with
the cunning OF North American In
dams. Captain Alec Wright and Patrol
men Waymack and Manning yester-
day morning corolled a batch OF eleven
colored crap shooters In broad daylight
on the upper end of cambridge Street.
The raid was one OF hescieverest ex-
amples of police work seen in the
SouthsIde for many a day. the round :
UP being accomplished under the most
difficult conditions.
This particular spot. on account Of
the fact that it is in the centre OF an
open lot and gives the shooters a
has been for long time the Monte
Carlo OF South Richmond. and in spite
OF many Intellectual attempts by the
police TO capture the gamesters. the
fun has fourished. When a friendly
tip pur Captain Wright wise to the
fact that a game was in progress
yesterday. ne took the only two avail
able patrolmen and the three mapped
out plan OF attack.
Taking advantage OF the shelter
OF ne!Ghboring houses and only NOV
ing nearer when the attention of the
| bone rollers was concentrated on the
fall OF the dice. the captain and his
two officers closed in on the crowd
from different quarters. and when the
captain finally stepped into view and
ordered the eleven men to give them
selves UP. they found themselves look
ing into the mouths of three shining
REVIEWERS in whatever direction they
turned. The sight OF SO much iron
eowed the negroes. and the whole gang
was carried TO the station house with
a huge crowd following.
They Will all appear this morning
before Justice Maurice in the Police
Court. Part 2.
A Real Rough House.
With the assistance of liberal
supply of red eye" Moses Jeffers on
managed to work himself into state
OF acute hostility to the world in gem
ernl and mis- own family In particular.
and proceeded 10 kick UP a rough
house Saturday night in the wee small
hours that ended in his arrest and an
ignomnius fall into the hands of the
law. Aside from breaking up q con-
siderable amount OF furniture, Moses
did no damage. 1t was only when he
began to threaten to wipe out the
relatives telephoned for the police.
Moses will grace the Police Court,
Part .. this morning
Other worthless to appear before
the bench OF Justice Maurice this
, morning are Lott!e Taylor the femi-
nine Jack johnson of South Richmond.
charged with assaulting and abusing
, Lulu McCreary.
George Roane (colored>. charged
with cursing and threatening to shoot
r. E. Dalton.
Chunk" Carter (colored). charged
with assaulting Wash Moseby.
Boys Brigade Meeting.
For the purpose OF reorganizins the
South Richmond Corps of the Boys
Brigade and putting that body on a
more businesslike basis. a business
meeting of the brigade was held yes
terday afternoon ct 4 o'clock in the
| Stockton Street Baptist Church. In
addition to the members of the bri-
gade a number OF Southside ministers
were present as well many friends
and sympathiZers.
The result of the meeting was the
formulation of such rules and regu-
lations that will henceforth force the
young soldiers either to take a seri-
Gus view OF the brigade work or to
drop out OF the ranks. The officers
and men who have been in charge of
| the drilling spoke of the tendency
often manifested by some of the boys