The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-18
DESPERATE NEGRO
|. HELD BY OFFICERS
PETERSBURG AND SUFFOLK
CHIEFS OF POLICE ARREST
NEGRO PRISONER.
CROWDS ATTEND FAIR
RICHARD &c. BYRD ADDRESSES
MEETING THAT FORMS WILL
son AND MARSHALL
DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
Firginian Bureau,

) Nirglnian Bureau,
I Law Building, Phone 1887.
/ PETERSBURG. VA, Oct. 17.--Gus
Neal, desperate negro criminal, was
arrested htle this afternoon by Chief
of Police Ragland. assisted by Chief
Brinkley, of Suffolk, and Directive
Wright. Neal Is wanted In Dinwiijie
/ county for house breaking WnIle
waiting trial on this charge, ha broke
out OF Jail last March. liberating sew
! ersl other prisoners. He is also want
tee In other parts of the country for
alleged crimes.
! Chief RaglaEd received information,
/ that Neal was IN the city last night.
| lie located him this Afternoon TAX
Ing no chane -, the chief drew his
pistol and told Neal that he wanted
I him, The negro over-awed submits i.
and was taken to jail
Petersburg Day at Fair.
To-day was Petersburg Day at The
fair. and great crowd was present.
Business was practically suspended In
| the city. The crowd was swelled by
| thousands of PEOPLE from the country,
At least $4,000 people were present to-
! day
I Visit RS tt III. far are mneh pleased
with the .ne exhibits OF II lescr =
toms The exhibits are the Tres: ever
:
tensions, and fireworks display at
night always attract large crowds.
| The fair Is a great success
| The 2;15 trot yesterday was won by
| Alfonso tDrake1. Time, !. Is Ia. The
q 20 pace was won BY Geronimo
4 Glass. Time, 2:ie Ia The 6 fur
! longs running race was won by Taxa
, hira. with Bay Ciin. second Time.
1:17. The one mile running race was
won by Hedge Rose. Time. la.
Form, Wilson Club.
Democrats of this city met in A. p.
Hii camp hall tonight and formed a
Wilson and Marshall campaign eiuh
I A large crowd of enthusiastic voters
was present Hon Richard Evriyn
Byrd addressed the meeting He gave
an account of Democratic organtzat !pN
work in this State and predicted =
preHt victory for the Democratic ticket
! in November MIR. Byrd was frequent
Is interrupted by applause. The meet
/ ing was "a decided success.
Goes TO Costa Ries,
Thomas II, Bond, OF this city, will
leave for New York tomorrow even
ing Saturday he will sail for Costa
RIGA. He goes there i'm the interest
~ the British American Tobacro corr :
pany by whom he il employed He
expects to establish u manufacturing
plant I'm Costa Rica for the extension
If the coinpa ny's business in that
country.
The first frost OF the season was no.
ticed this morning. II was not Kill
ing frost" and did not cause much
damage.
Benjamin EaDcs.
The funeral OF the late Benja min
EaneS was held this afternoon ~ 3
o'clock In Blandford Methodist
church. and Was largely attended. Rev
II. c. Gregory officiated. assisted by
Rev. Lloyd c. Moore. The follow
ing gentlemen acted as palibearers:
Messrs. G. Il. Cabaniss, r s. Dixon
p. NJ. Steward. L. r. Hudglns, w. r.
Dueu and w. f. Holloway.
The body OF Mrs. Alfred Reinach
reached this city from New York this
morning at . o'clock
Institute Il Filled.
The executive committee Of the Viz
ginia Normal and Industrial institute
met Hast night at the institute The
committee approved the improvements
recently made at the institute and
The institute il filled to It's capacity
with students Many were turned
away for want of accommodations
The Petersburg Bowling association
last night selected four teams for the
season. as follows:
Cockades---Jones, Enniss. Barks-
dale. Johnson and Fields.
olympics--B Burgess. Andrews. Scott,
Minatree. Burgess and Talmage.
Bearcats-Walke. Southall. HART
son. Barksda|e. Fritz and Lewis
Athietics--Lanier. Whitman. Irvine.
Conner, Norton and Bragg.
A schedule will soon be arranged.
Prizes viii he given at the end or
the season as follows: First team.
sac; second team, $40. third team.
$40.
Mrs. Cassie Rostrop. Of Richmond,
is ting relatives here.
Professor Carlo Mora left today TO
visit his brother. DIR Paulo Mora. in
Washington, II. G.
Miss Lucille Poindexter. of South
Boston. Is VISITING the Misses Friend
on Halifax street.
Mrs. John Burke, NJ Norfolk, is
visiting Mrs. J. y. Coleman on Syca-
more street
DIR. Anderson, of Farmviie, was here
today
George Martin, who has been sick
for several days, Is able to he out
Mrs. Clarence Bryan was operated
upon last night for appendc itis at
the Petersburg hospital. Her condi-
ton is favorable.
J. p. Hall. of Prince George county,
was here today on business.
Alexander Livesay, of Lower Bran