The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22
NEGRO GUILTY Of
CAPITAL 0FfEhSE
Richard Quarles, Assailant Of
Miss Rouse, Sentenced to
Die on December 6.
INNOCENT MAN RELEASED
Opportune Capture of Quarles
Exhoncrated Eddie Cash, Who
Was First Held.


Richard r. Quarles. coIored. who
was arrested in Henrico County last
June for holding up Miss Maggie Rob-
inson and her little brother on the
Broad Street Road, was yesterday
found guilty in Hanover County OF
criminal assault upon Miss Myrtle
Rouse near Ashland last spring and
sentenced to die in the electric chair
on December 6. Judge Chichester
gave the defense sixty days in which
to enter an appeal. The prisoner was
brought to the city last night and
lodged in Henrico Jail. the prison at
Hanover Courthouse being regarded az
insecure for man under sentence OF
death.
But for a remarkable train Of cir
cumstances Quarlee would have es.
capped punishment for his crime. Not
until months after the Hanover Coun-
~ assault was he finally tndentineo
and convicted. After an angry mob
had spent twenty-four hours search
ing the neighborhood for Miss Rouse
assailant with bloodhoundA. Eddie
Cash. a negro who lived in the neign-
borhood, was arrested on the charge
and taken before Miss Rouse. He was
partially Unidentified as her assailant
ana was connected with the crime be-
sides by circumstantial evidences. On
the strength Of the partiai indentin.
cation ana nominating evidence. he
was indicted and held for the grand
jury.
II would have gone hard with Cash
had not fate interfered and orouSht
to light the real culprit. Early last
June Quarles was arrested oy the
Henrico County police charged with
,,1H akRte
Robinson late one Saturday night
when she and her little brother were
on their way home on the Broad street
Road after a visit to q neighbor. The
negro grappled with the girl, but was
frightened away by her screams. he
was arrested early the next morning
and taken before the girl and net
brother. Miss Robinson was In TOO
highly excited q state OF mind TO IN
IDENTIFY him and the negro was lodged
in the county jail to await ner re-
covery.
The circumstances Of the assault
aroused the suspicious OF the Hanover
County authorities. who were Still on
the lookout for 2 man VINO taiieo
more nearly with the description fuf-
nfshed by Miss Rouse then Eddie
Cash. then under arrest. A week lat
er both rOun& WCHcu
ouarles as their assailant and he wa1
held for the grand juries Of the TWO
counties on separate charges. Casn
in the meantime was released.
HlA In Henx3eo jail.
Pending the hearing In Hanover
county. which was scheduled to come
of earlier than the one In Henrico'
ouarles was held in the county JAIL
where he has been since June 8. Hie
case. growing out Of the assault upon
Miss Robinson. was to have come VI
before tho grand Jury Of the Henr1ce
County Circuit Court. which meets
next month, but the extreme penaltS
imposed upon him yesterday In Han-
owe, will probably make unnecessary
his srraignment upon the ia1ee'
charge.
~onvmsed was an unusually ruca!
one Miss Rouse, who taught school
in Hanover County. was ON ner wag
home about q mile from Ashland,
when the assault was committed FOE
.ererzI days after the attack ne.
condition was regarded a or1ucai.
n was while in this condition tnAI
Eddie Cash, the suspect, was taHen
h.fors her and partially Undermined