The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-28
THREE HOLD-UPS
TERR|fy CITY
Two Victims OF Highwayman i'll
West End. One in Full
ton.
NEGRO ARRESTED IN CASE
Richard Johnson, Armed With
Gun. Believed to Have Com
mittei All Three

Two policemen arrested a big negro
man last night in Fulton who was
! identified by one Of his victims as the
| h;ghwayman who held him up at the
poirit of a pistol earlier In the night
and who corresponds TO the description
Furnished by two men who were held
I'D late Tuesday night on Broad street.
The Swapping negro. rough-speak'hs
and roughly -clad, who was arrested by
Sergeant Reuben Shumaker and Mount
"a Officer w. A loot. gave his name
as Richard Johnson. Although load
ed revolver was found in MS pocket
Johnson submitted quietly 70 arrest.
All last night members OF the foree
were keeping watch for the man who
committed TWO daring hold-ups about
midnight Tuesday. The first of these
occurred about IL o'clock on West
Broad street. Just above the Shenan-
doah Garage.
Accordirs 20 the victim. w. +. Ba-
ker. OF 8l2 North Meadow street. he
was walking quietly up Broad street
when he was very suddenly con-
fron,ed by a burl! negro. who thrust
a pistol under his nose and ordered
him to throw up his hands. When the
negro demande5 his money, Baker al
tempted to trick him by handing out
IS cents as all the cash he had on his
person
THAT amt ali you got" the negro
growled, ana keeping Baker covered
by the revolver, he went rapidly
through the white mans pockets. tax
ing So. which he found. in bills
IL
Beat it," he growled, and Baker lost
no time in leaving the spot. However.
he had taken the pains to make an
accurat. mental picture of the hlsh-
waynlan and was able TO furnish the
poliae with a splendid description.
About an hour later. NJ a. Korb. OF
72l West Clay Street. young man
about twenty-one years old. was held
I'm by negro who Tailed exactly
with the description given by Baker
OF his assailant. The second hold-up
occurred at the corner OF Gilner ana
CLAY Streets. Korb was fortunately
without cash on his person. althoush
before the negro could complete his
! search Of his victims pockets, the ap-
! proach OF a pedestrian caused him TO
! give Korb his gruhf Beat it,"
| Last night about 10 o'clock. a white
man. whose name the police have not
/ learned, reported to Officer loot and
Sergeant Shumaker of being held up
by a negro that corresponded to the
description Of the highwayman who
! operated On West Broad Street Tues
day night A short while afterward
! the two officers arrested Richard John
| son in a Fulton store. He was identi-
| fed by the white man as the negro
| who held him up. Johnson was lodged
! in the First Police Station on the
charge Of carrying concealed weap-
ons.
Both Baker and Korb will be asked
70 identify Johnson this morning as
their assai1ant and il is expected that
they will have no trouble in doing So
According 10 the description they fur
nished. the highwayman was about
six feet tall. very dark, with broad
shoulders. large mouth. thick lips.
coarse voice dark cap and dark. soft
shirt. Richard Johnson IS tall and
broad-sh ouldered and was dressed eS-
act!y as ,he above description runs