The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-11
WATCH Is FOUND
SAFE IN vAUl1
MISSING TiNEPiECE, THAT srfRKEm3
HENBICO COUNTY. TURNS
Up. vi
aB ND az IN SESSION INsEsTf.
eating CASE WHEN DISCDy- 81
IHh ~ WtDEs--pRORE
STOPPED.

FORMER Deputy Sheriff Frank n.
TraElor ami Special Policeman e. W..
Fem hertun, of lteurico county. who
appeared before the grand jury yes-
lerday Ia explain the mysterious dis
appeafaHoc al watch and chain.
valued at gH|. viii b Was taken from
the person ~ W a. Snoebridge. wers
indicated and cleared of all respon-
siiaitty by the accidental discovery oe
the watch aud chain IN the steel SAT-
cry vault ol the faith.
Covered with nJid and wrapped in
solled ana ertunpiad paper, yellow
with age, the tinepeee chain and fob
were found under an humiliation
Of trash, waste paper and dust in ths
hett2m of the vault by Deputy Sher-
VI *. G., GarBetb superintendent OF
The Jail who was cleaning the vault.
Tray"r and Pembertou had just,
entered th~ Jail from the grand jury
room, where they had for hours en-
-+---r--+r-r-tt RI -FT7-Tv vUTUg TIgnF on the
disappe2raNee Of the values. wheu
Garnet handed the watch and chain
80 Trsy'ur saving There are the
things that have been causing all the
trouble
Iratior esstoiil-isetf
Traylar Was So astonlshed he could
NOT speak for several minutes, and
then BE- muttered: Well. I'll be darn
ed. The watch had been placed In
the vaull In the early part of Octo- 4
Der. and though several searches have
been made for II. Che timepieee could
not he found. 1T Is probable the
watch fell down among the trash
white one of the first searches was
being made
Shoebridse vas found in the Fair
Grounds intoxicated on the night OF
october by Deputy Sheriff 7'ravlor
and Special Policeman Pemherton.
shoehridge ~Bs not in a serious CON-.
dltleB and 1t vas decided TO leave
him ia tent over night
Saoe BRIDGES watch. chain and fob
aud seventy five cents IN silver We're
taken from hts pockets by Pember-
tom. who gave tho valuables to Tray
ioF When Shoebridga awoke In the
morning he thought he had been rob
bed and reported the supposed theft
20 CHIEF ~ Detectives Mcmahon. Busy
with their duties at the Fair Grounds.
FraEior and peiaberton forgot to no.
tify Shoehridge where he could re-
cover his Naluables
AbeHt six weeks ago Pemhsrton
saw Shoebridso on the street and
asked him Il BE- had recovered the
watch and chaiA shoehridga replied
heEa lively, tnd WAS told 10 ask for
them at the Office OF Sheriff Kemp
HFs1ebiidge applied 10 Depaty Sheriff
Webb H$dnor4 who searched tho vault
fer the vatnables in vain
Prefers Charges.
Shoehrldgc then preferred charges
against Tra9ior aud pembeston, who
were arraigned before a magistrate
Pemberton remembered giving the
watch aud chain 10 Traylor, but Tray.
l9r did not recall having seen the
ftt4 ftFt al al
his home the night Shoehridge was
found IN the Fair Grounds Traylor
aud Pf%pberton were dismissed by the
magistrate
Throngh Shoehridges efforts Tray
~ and mberton were summoned
before the grand jury Sheriff Kemp.
Policeman FILLER. Mrs Traytor and
her daughter We're also summoned az
witnesses, The grand Jury in its re-
ports failed TO find a prasentmant. but
stated thar police methods ar the
Fair Grounds has been lax and re-
comm ended that they be changed
This report was submitted about
ofofocl yesterday afternoon just
as Traylor and Peuiberton with sew
eral witnesses entered the jail they
were shown the watch found by Gar
nett The Vaiuables. were wrapped
Ia a paper and placed In yellow
envelope on the paper was written
in pencil Left BY Deputy Sheriff
Iraylor for Bill Shoehridge. watch,
chain and seventy five cents. octo-
.ber T., lat.e,.,'. ~..1s.,
Webb Sydnor examined the hand
writing and identified it as his own.
The presumption is that Trayior car
ried the valuahles IN his pocket freYn
October to 7 aud then gave them
70 sydnor to place IN the safe. Syd-
nor wrote the notes on the wrapping
ana locked the valuables In the safe
" Tautt, forgetting the action
shortly after and failing TO recall it
eight months later. when Shoebridga
made the claim for the watch.