The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-30
HEhR|CO OFFICERS
ATTACKED BY MOB
POLICEMEN sEAY, SHOEMAKER
AND sHURN ARE BADLY BEAT
EN- AT BOHEMIAN PICNIC.
THREE ARE HELD
SEARCH FOR THREE LIBERATED
by GANG LEADS OFFICERS
TO RAID HExRICo
COUNTY CLUB.

In an effort to noerate three
prisoners, who had been placed I'M
der arrest on charges Of dssorderly
conduct. a mob of apparently twenty
Ave or thirty men attacked Henrico
County Policemen T. Wilson Seay.
yesterday afternoon at Beachwood
Park and severely beat them about
their heads and bodies.
The three men--J. Il. Childress.
Percy Liggan and +. J.. Tucker-be-
came disorderly at Bohemian pic
nsc, which was being held at Beach
wood, and II became necessary for
the officers to place them under ar
rest. Hardly had they done SO, how
ever. when the mob interviewed Be-
fore the policemen could reach for
their revolvers and hlackjacks TO re-
sent the attack, some members of the
gang grabbed them by the arms,
while the others made the assault
Lose Their Prisoners
After the gang had accomplished
its purpose II began TO disperse. and
by the time the officers could col
lect themselves they saw the three
had-been- prisoners and members OF
the mob scattered In every direction.
Finding that they were utterly help
less while the foreigners were around
the three policemen started 10 Rich
mond for aid.
They soon got in communication
with Deputy Sheriff Webb w. Sydnor,
who Immediately reached Major
Werner, chief OF Richmond police.
over the telephone and asked the ser
vices OF six of the city officers. Major
Werner told Deputy Sheriff Sydnor
that the city officers had no Jurisdic-
ton as far as that out into the county,
but declared that he would be glad
to send policemen as far as the city
limits. When the Henrico policemen,
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff sgd
nor reached Twenty-ninth and @
streets, en- route to the scene or the
assault. they were met by detail OF
city Officers under the charge OF Ser
geant thinner. The other Richmond
Policemen were F. A. Campadonico.
]. l.. Wyatt. w. p. Waters and /.
Bertucc!.
Raid Club For Escapes.
While waiting for Richmond
Rappahannock car the ofhcers re-
ceived word that two of the men who
had been freed by the mob were hid.
ing In the Henrico County club, To-
Gated about Ave yards outside of the
corporate limits. near lakewood ceme-
terry. They proceeded to the club
house and with the assistance of the
city policemen the building was com
pletely surrounded. The sound OF
poker chips could be heard as Well as
voices on the inside. but no one an
swered continued knocks at the front
door Of the club.
With the aid of a blackjack, Dep
uty Sheriff Sydnor gained an entrance
10 the house. and was just in time to
see a number of young men scatter
in every direction. Only one tried
to make his escape. he being cap
tured before he had gotten twenty
steps across the lot.
All Three Vccapturcd.
~. IN y suspected two of the men WANT.
cd--Tucker and Liggan--were found
In the house and rearrested by the
Henrico officers. All of the men
caught in the house--about ten in all
were also taken into custody. While
the prisoners were being brought to
patrol box Childress. the third man
who had been liberated. was arrest
ed on Twenty ninth street
The three young men, against whom
additional charges of assault and bat
terv and resisting arrest were lodged
were released on $500 bond for