The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-27
News Of South Richmond

implicated In the confessions OF Turner ana
Farmer were arrested early Yesterday morn
ms by Officer Waypla ok. Farmer Law. the
actual robbery Turner and Caudie but
these men assert tina, Farmer did The steal
ing.
The car that vas robbed Wednesday
aen d Co., o. Wake Forest. y c.. and had
beer sen, from the Hamilton & Brown shoa
e otni,a =. Louis Only last sunday night
ninsty pints OF iquor were stolen from 4
v ,.h on the Ar!antic Coast Line siding by
WI, mha " IS believed 10 be the same gang now
az VIC custody Or tho police. 81
After Federal Oncnders
Tho local rost-o.rtcc inspectors and IN,
chesterfield cons,abuiary4 are engaged In
thc attc'npt 10 discover The identity OF the
vary 20 broke down gsven United STATES aIns Il
noMcs on the Midlothian Turnpike on ruI., i
delivery route No. 2.
The case 10 extremely difficult as there
seems TO be Absolutely clue upon which
me ne authorities may work. bu; in ear.4 the
from $40 to $1,000 mo With from fro orr. ore 4: 4.
three years in the peniten,iary.
This is no, the hrai time such an oftense
mas pecn reported in Chesterfield, for not
one night After working two months over
Inc case II was discovered by the post office
! inspectors on the Job that the vandalism
i'had been committed b. party OF young.
pcope on their way home from an entcr.
,a!nncnt in South Richmond Other cases
have recently come To the attention az the
authorities. and the post office department
has determined TO exert every effort Ia ca en-
me offenders this time and make an ex-
ample OF them that Will prevent repetition
OF the ohersc. In this case some OF the
! bo%es mad been broken down. some pos, s
were along Inc same route 1t is the natural
| supposl'ion that one party did the entire
damage.
Street Car on Fire
Intense excitement MAS caused ~,
morning about breakfast time when the .
.. c!oek double header electric car from.
Petersburg caught tire In front OF Uiirnaii' S
store on Hull Street between Twelfth and
| thirteenth Streets.
panic by the sigh, OF flames leaping UP the
side of tho car TO the height OF the roof
and cracking almost in their faces. Many
pedestrians on their way to work rushed
| TO the scene, and buckcts OF water we're
, hastily brought from ncishhoring stores TO
| be thrown on the blaze Water seemed 10
| have little effect. and after making des.
perate attempts to sabdue the blaze The
| mot orlnan ran his car rapidly to the barns
| where the workers in the shed eventually
| conquered The flames.
The passengers were quickly unloaded and
| no one was injured. although many OK
! Fer:enced severe fright.
| The flames. which though, to have
a similar nature. caused considerable dam
age age NO, 10 me ga car before they could be ex,n-
su.shed. another car Was put on the re-
tirn run TO Petersburg.
| Refund io Pattersons.
'md &c Welis So Of the Hus,inss Court, Part
terson Company. the purchasers of the
Spring Hill p:optriy from John r. Mclean
| ly sold TO the Atlantic Coast Line amount
| ing to SS?e. which was the exact sun, pa id
by the company for the four iols in 1867.
me argument in the case, which was
styled L. P..cox. receiver, VS.. John r. Me-
Lean and wife was heard "Wednesday after.
vi yesterday mornns: The court also en-
tered the decree distributing the $4,000 paid
for he lots among the owners, principal
The claims for commission due from the
sale, entered by the real estate firms of
| referred to commissioner appointed by the
SANDER Suit Postponed.
! The SANDER suit OF Profit, VS. Annie Or
j peman scheduled to be heard In the Hust-
ngs Court. Part .. yesterday morning was
| 8 account OF the fact that Hiram NJ
! Smith. counsel for the prosecution. was de-
amounting to 5000. promises TO have I'M
! usual interest for the Southsde. and Largo
/ crowd is expected to be hand to hear
| the testimony.
| Mule Found at Last
AS George Washington Jefferson jackson.
! colored. was meanderng down the turnpike
in the director Of Petersburg yesterday with
the bride of a. mule. Maud siung over
his arm, his thoughts would Wayward stray.
until finally Maud" got tired OF following
him and turned around and started back
|
story would be short. but the mule happened
TO be the property OF Is. NJ Reinhart or
| Petersburg who had just purchased it from
| a South Richmond owner. and had engaged
! George to deliver tho animal in Petcrsburg
| Night came, but the mule did not AIR.
Reinhart called the Chesterfield con-
s,abulary In the effort 10 locate his stray
property
The county eaenths set quickly 10 work.
and soon the home coming of tho mule was
reported to them by the original owner.
Maud" had frisked merrily down the pike
and SO on home. The earth seems 10 have
swallowed George: at least tho police cannot
get their hands on him to demand AN ac-
count OF him.
| Rushing Warehouse Work.
The work on the fourteen new warehouses
! OF tho American Tobacco Company. opposite
! Oak Grove. has prog ressed 30 rapidly that
+; five Of them are entirely finished and ready
| for the leaf. Several caroadS OF tobacco
have already been stored in the completed
sheds, and more Will be added as the build
nss IN the process OF erection are COM
pletcd.
Laborers arc at work laying sewers that
are to drain the twenty-five acrea of.Waro-