The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-05
ARREST KIDD And
TAYLOR IN PITTSBURG
RIG MON D. vA-special-

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Leo Kidd and Charles Taylor, young
men of Richmond. who are wanted
here on charges of having committed
grave crimes against little girls of this
city, will be brought here today.
Deputy Sheriff w. w. Sydnor Of
Henrico, who was detailed to bring
them back, Will arrive with the pris-
OnerS tonight 1t is not known wheth,-
er they will be granted bail.
In the case of Arthur HERMAN An
thOny commemorative Attorney SUIT
ton requested the Bail commissioner
10 make the amount : large one, sug-
costing that it be not less than S1O.-
600, and STATING mat he thought that
the evidence that had been collected
against tire prisoner by the State fully
justified il. Anthony was bailed by
Com missioner Gardner in the sum of
900 over the protest of Mr.. SUIT
ton. 1t is understood that the case
against Kidd and Taylor is graver
than that against Anthony. The two
were caught in Pittsburg, Pa, yester-
day.
The arrest of the young men by the
Pittsburg police was made at the re-
quest of the Henrico county authori-
ties, and they are now being held
pending the arrival of Deputy w. W.
Sydnor from the county, who is now
on his way there. Kidd and Taylor
are charged with having committed
criminal assaults on young girls I'M
der fourteen years Of age-a crime
which, If proved, is punishable under
the statute with a penalty of death
in the electric chair.
When arrested Kidd was living I'M
der the alias of Albert l. Lloyd. He
was captured at the corner of Fourth
Avenue and Smithfield Street. Taylor
was caught in an East End lodging
house.
The arrest of the young men is the
outcome of the finding of certain i'm
proper kodak pictures in which the
young men and the girls figure, and
which Will be used as prima facie
evidence in court. The pictures were
found several weeks ago by the mother
of one of the young girls, who took
them Immediately TO the police, with
the result that warrants were sworn
out against several young men.
Kidd and Taylor were not at first
regarded as fugitiVes, although both
left the city about the time of the
swearing out of the warrants. Eff
forts to locate them, however, proved
fruitless and a general alarm was sent
out by the police.
Arthur Herman Anthony, twenty
two years of age, of PA North Nine
teenth Street, against whom one of
the warrants was sworn out, was ar
rested imm ediately and put under
heav~ bond for his appearance. The
case was transferred to Henrico c0un-
ty when it was found that the al
legged crimes had been committed out
side of the jurisdiction of the city.
Yesterday Anthony, after a prelimi-
nary hearing, in which damaging tes-
timony was given against him by sew
eral young girls, was sent on to the
grand jury by Magistrate Smith, of
HenricO county.
thorough investigation of the case
involving the three young men will
be made by the Henrico county grand
jury. The Henrico county police are
actively at work on the case, and it is
expected that their efforts may re-
suit in the swearing out of several
additional warrants
Anthony was yesterday bailed in the
sum of $4,000 for his appearance be-
fore the grand jury. There are two
warrants against him charging him
with offenses against two of the young
girls. On one of these he was re-
the other $500.
1t is alleged that Kidd and the other
young men took the girls out in Kidd s
automobile to a spot near Lakeside
Park, and there committed the alleged
crimes. 1t was there also that the
kodak pictures are said to have been
taken. 1t is said that several trips
were made out into the county by the
party thereafter, and it is alleged that
additional crimes were committed.
Attorney L. O. Wendenburg has
been retained by the defense. The
evidence collected against the young
men is said by the police to be most
damaging.