The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times Dispatch.
1920 Hull street,
Phone Madison IFS.

lpZO Hun street,
Phone Madison lis.
After four days of quiet and care
full inquiry. Patrolman Waymack, the
I Third District officer detailed by Cap
tain Wright TO discover the source of
all the brass fixtures found on George
Livesey and John Clark last Saturday.
yesterday succeeded in deducing that
the brass was stolen from the factory
of the Manchester rug and Drugget
Company. whose plant at the corner
| of Sixth and Stockton Streets has been
! closed down for some months past.
I AS soon as the fixtures were identi-
| fed a $ those which are missing from
| this company's factory. a warrant was
issued charging the two young white
men with entering the house by force
and stealing the brass. The warrant
| was served on the two in the City Jail
| whore they were remanded by Justice
Maurice for ten days in default or fur
| nishing the $500 bail required of them
/ When the two youths were arraigned
/ in the Police Court. Part .. Monday
morning, Patrolman Waymack asked
that the case be continued in order
| that he might have a chance to follow
up his invest cations. L!vesey and
Clark will have a hearing before JUS
tice Maurice on the morning of July
l3.
a tour OF inspection by Patrolman
Wavmnck and Manager Smith. of the
Manchester Rug and Drugget Com
pany. disclosed yesterday that damage
! amounting TO $500 or more had been
| done in the plant In addition to
| breaking OFF and carrying away all the
crease cups, journals, water cocks
| spigots and electric wiring around the
| factory. the intruders had removed
the spgot from large barrel of en-
~ ~ al h.
valued at $40, to pour out all over the
floor.
The despoilers, whoever they were,
forced an entrance through the screen
and wooden doors on the Sixth Street
side, and after cleaning up all the
movable brass fixtures In the factory.
left the forced door looking as usual.
The discovery OF the stolen fixtures
was only made after Patrolman Way
mack began his Investigations II the
two boys are convicted of housebreak-
ing, they will have TO serve long terms
; in the penitcntiary.
The two youths were arrested Sat
urday morning by the merest chance.
Patrolman Waymack noticed them
Juggling three sacks filled with some
heavy material. and remembering the
complaints of stolen brass and on a
venture made them show him what
| the bags contained. Yesterday Man
ager Smith could identify the contents
of only one of the three bags. which
leads the police to believe that other
shops were forced and robbed by the
youths. In one OF the bags was found
a brass plate hearing the name OF the
Manchester Furniture Company.
plant that went out of business some
time ago
Hydrophobia Fcnred.
Alarming symptoms from dog bite
sustained Saturday by J. f. Bass. OF
1906 Bainbridge Street, have led the
attending physicians to declare Mr.,
Bass in danger of hydrophobia. and to
order him rushed 10 the Pasteur In
stitute in Washington 10 undergo
course of treatment The physicians
believe that unless Mr.. Bass takes ad-
vantage OF this treatment his death
may result
Mr.. Bass was bitten Saturday while
shearing dog sen; him by a South
Richmonder and al first paid little
attention TO the wound Soon after
however. 1t began 20 swell and become
iniiamed. and physician was called
In to administer treatment. Hydro
pho5ia was not at FIRST feared. but de-
velopments yesterday pointed to pos
sible rabies. and Mr. Bass will he hur-
ricd TO Washington
According TO the owner of the dog
he has never exhibited vicious or
dangerous disposition, and the news
that he had bitten Mr. Bass came as
surprise. The dog itself is now under
close surveillance for signs of rabies,
and 1t is probable that II Will be killed
on the first indication of the fatal
disease.
Mr.. Bass is blacksmith and horse
! shearer by trade
Husband Is Missing
Becoming alarmed over the mysteri-
Gus disappearance Of her husband.
Mrs 5. l. Mimms, OF Fifteenth and
Perry Streets. yesterday communicated
with the police OF the Third District
and asked help In locating the miss
ing man.
From her statements it is not be-
heved chat Mimnls has met with foul
play. but that he has Quit the CITY OF
his own accord. Mrs. Mimms ad-
mitted yesterday that there had been
some small disagreement between her
self and her husband hut she was not
expecting il TO lead to such conse-
qucnces
He was last seen in South Richmond
Saturday afternoon when he drew his
pay from the Southern Railway shops
Although no one saw him take the
train, II is thought that he has gone
from the city His wife saw him for
the last time Saturday morning, when
he went TO work, and at that time he
gave no Indication Of any purpose to
leave her. He is about forty-hv years
old.
Condemnation Proceedings
Notice of condemnation proceedings
to widen West Seventh Street from the
south end of the Free Bridge for sew
eral blocks east was fled yesterday in
the clerks office OF the Hastings Court.
Part II. 1t was requested in the notice
that the condemnation committee be
appointed by Judge Wells on July ~
which VIII be after the opening OF the
REGULAR July term % the court
| There is no more important or cry
I ing need In the new ward, according Ia
/ citizens. .han the opening ana widen
/ ing of the lower end OF seventh street.
as the extreme narrowness of the
street at thts point has been the cause
F., OF innumcvable accidents. Although The