The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-20
PETERSBURG man
HURT IN RUNAWAY
WALTER SWITZERLAND DRAGGED
CITY BLOCK BY FRIGHTENED
ANIMAL.
FORGERY CASE CLEW
MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE PASSED
CHECK IN C0CkADE CITY Is
KNOWN TO POLICE OF
.LYNCHHrRG.
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special 70 TheIRichmonG Nirglnian.p
PETERsRt' Rs, VA. sept -
tH1gtng 70 the se'uS af-E He had
,rra,.s,- -.
dlcgeed cts t.o.- ..,,r H.. 1r.et,
pavement Matter S.I.ht-ttnd es-
ca ped With bar few slight ,raf,-.-
and laeerated knee That H. was
net more SERIOUSLY hort - regarded
AZ retuarEsAle. Nj Sau,heriand VAS
ANON, L. drive III after having en-
tered hs buggy ON Sycamore street
last below Tabh. when his horse be-
xame frightened and ran, turning
xUddcu4y arrHr0 IN ~veamora street
and rushing eT INTO Vest TtBa The
Sasr: t8rr uset In getting into faDN
street tH#e4I Mn ~outnrtGtud iI.n
he t1axs with hfs hands ..nt4uglea
IN tor Trirs Unable 20 either len
=. th~ 4fges or kern. To h51 ts4t.. a..
aas dragged tu.s. prtut near ttt- most
ra.s. = distance A. about Il bloch
H,ror, The. animal was strrpt T. some
~ tt flre ne vas thrown aRa,ast
-Ha IS rsets af The buggy. and again
T. - I'll thl r,tr=af a. Il s.crned
q times as though ne wouid be
shr.. vs.. unoer tue wheels Wnen nis
tae~. Was siopued Mr. Snuther}ind
paw, fls picked himself NJ nud
wrH, Ms horse was held rp.enterpd
the nagge and drove 20 his home.
where medical attention was given
him
f'"'" "'""" "a '-'''' h'''' ~
Fojiee chief Seav ri l}nohhurg,
has iUiurmed htef Of Police X. J..
EagluBd. Of this cts. that the man
III IL
presented at the virginia National
Bank tn this oity last Wodnesda>, to-
which VAS forged the name of X
Randolph Jones. superintendent Of
the Petersburg public schools. lived
IN lynehburg for about ten ddNs,
and that he vas known in TINT &tty
hY the natue o. Med{ord. lie posed
ss au ADS ertislng solicitor while Ia
lNnchburE other than that little
Is know n Of HIM there. Since Med
ford left Lynchburg last week, pre-
sarnably fer this city. where he work =
81 his game "a letter has heen re-
ssi1ed at Nedfcrd'S Lynch burg ad-
Gress a boarding house on Court
street. bearing return card indicat-
ing Il Is from ma rlottesNilae min
lister This causes the police 70 be
Iieye that Medford contemplated
working the same game N 1har~
aOtieSbItis
Mann T1les Brief.
CommonweaIh's Attorney Mann
this afternoon in the Hastings Court
fled his brief in reply TO the pleN
OF autre fois acquit entered b. attor-
news for Charles Hall Davis in the
Appomattox Bank cases at the law
term OF the court, and which plea
WAS taken under Amusement b$ judge
Mullen. who is expected to render
which begins tomorrow The de-
tense will probably file a brief in
support of its plea tomorrow, and
thu decision Of Judge Mullen ma
he given before the end OF the week
Tho counsel for the defense contends
IN it's plea that tho dismissal OF the
cases against Mr. Davis al the Ma
term Of court under the statute oil
Limitations prevents the prosecution
Of the long indictment against Mi
Davis on the ground that the pres
ert Indictment involves the same
charges as the one dismissed. and
trnseouertlv thew are entitled to &C
otittzl Mr.. Mann. in the brief filed
tc-dav. covering twenty nine type
written pages contends that the
nending indictment charges thirty
a.. distinct acts, whereas the indict'
,,cr, on which Davis was acquitted
sr
Added to the several misdemeano
erd felony charges 10 he tried at IN
Septen1her term Of the court, which
begins tomorrow. Is the ease
Lsrark Tucker, " no saturday wa
brought 10 Petersburg from Lambert
Point on charge Of desertion OF HI
setfe and family last spring. Amonj
me cases on the docket are one O
murder against Isaiah Cooper. col
ored. one OF attempted criminal as
@ailt hy b. Hosier. OF Hampton
upon Mrs. Frances r Gibson, o
tehestt rtfeid county AMI three 70
forRerv
Gratifying reports We're read ant
All the present officers were ~
elected at the fourth annual meet
Ing Of the CiNfc League held yester
dgy afternoon st the Adams stree
private school The report OF Mrs
T r. Maciln treasurer showed
balance Of Sf4 9 IN the league treas
urv. that during the last year 81 ha'
been collected as dues and that tn
expenditures had amounted 10 81 %
The report Of Mrs q c. Wright. sec
retarv. was a summary OF the wori
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