The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
YOUzHELD ON
FELONY CHARGE
RICHMOND. Va Sne,

RICHMOND, va Special
Kodak pictures found by the
mother of a young girl living i'm
the West End have led to the ar
rest OF Herman Anthony. OF 2If
North Nineteenth Street. on "A
grave charge. and TO the issuance
~ felony Warrants for two other
young men OF this city. one OF
Nii5in has recently figured i'm sew
't3l automobile eScapadcs.
TIE pictures are i'm the hands
o. the judge Of the Juvenile Court.
and are being held a. evidence
a%' IA e the men.
-tHi|Ony liaS been baiIed i'm
9-.1|'- ai.0 tAC other two war
o. At~ S.C II ere hands OF the DO
nee, e" matter now having
passed into their hands.
evidence Of the most startling
nature II said TO have been un-
covered by the officers AT work
upon the case. and inasmuch M
TWO OF the three girls concerned
III the affair give their ages as
OiilN fourteen years. Il i possible
titat the trial OF the prisoners
WEI terminate in severe sentences.
JOY RIDERS.
inc young men are charged
win carrying the girls into Hen
rico county i'm an automobile and
indulSing i'm orgies, the account
OF which have shocked even the
most hardened.
Testimony has been taken i'm
the Juvenile Court. That. how
ever, cannot he printed. The
'h'ce girls live i'm an excellent
part OF town, and uptO this time
nave borne good rcputGtiOns.
taken into the county the Officers
are now cndCayOring To ascertain
Ihcy understand that a number
OF excursions were made, and
thcN believe that the young men
also committed indiSnities uDOn
the girls in the city.
FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS.
IL appears that one of the
young men il an amateur photo
Sraphcr, and upon at least one
occasion he carried his kodak
along. He took a number of pic
lures, several OF which are of inn
proper su%gcStiVcneSs, and one Of
which is said to be indecent.
sets of the pictures were given
TO the girls. the officers have
been informed. and one of the
girls hid her pictures i'm her
trunk, where her mother found
them.
The mother was shocked and
mortified beyond belief. Question
ing her daughter. Size learned OF
the automobile rides and at once
sent the pictures TO tie juvenile
Court ana told the juvenile OIL
GERS what She knew OF Tie mat
ter.
FELONY WNRRENTS OUT.
NJ l. Il
by the court and the nature of
the excursions fully established
felony warrants were issued
Two of the girls, as brought
out above. give their age as four
teen years old. The third Girl
claims TO be two years their SEN
ior. just when the younger girls
were fourteen il and whether thc
JOY rides began when they were
only thirteen are questions upon
which the police arc now ut work.
The men involved nre Very
young. one of them il OUT of the
city, but the police do not look upon
hisn a. fugitive. They expect
htH 10 return in few days lie.
leit town before the pictures were
round. and consequently had no
knowledge OF the Impending cN-
pOsUMe.
IN cnSc il in some respects Iiks.
the notorious 'hOuSc-bout c.sSt.''
now pending i'm the Hastings Court.
In which several young men are.
charged with committing crimes
upon young girls ON a hOuse-bOat
anchored in the river, and for Nvhici !
theN have been formally indicted
FOR felony.
In That ceSe. however. the ac-
CuSed are charged with Turing and
cNticin- the girls aboard the bOat.
la this new case the evidence 80
trr brought out seems 20 indicate
that the girls accompanied the
young men Ina the automobile OF
their own accord.