The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23
CAPTURE NEGRO,
HIDING IN WOOD
rErERsnyRa oFrICERs LoeArE
The fxS WHO SHOT DETEc-
TIVE BAILEY.
HAS A LONG RECORD
WAS AissfaP WHEN FOUND ASD
AT FIRST REFUSED TO SUR
j /, RENDER, BUT FINALLY
THREW UP HANDS.
virginian Bureau, e.s
Mechanics Bldg. Room-:sfs

FEIERSBURG, VA, Feb. "a
Upon information that a negro had
been seen in the woods near E,ttrick.
answering the description of the man
who shot; and painfully wounded De-
tectiye Bailey Thursday night at
Dunlop Esation, Chief of Police Rag
land summoned an automobile and
detailed Detectives Heelan and, Eanes
to search the woods. In passing,
through Ettrick the Petersburg detec-
tives took up Officer Cousins. Of
that piacst Iaa short tima. the negro
was discovered In the bushes. The
officers surrounded him and. at the
points ofsxhsfr .revoivers, commanded
him to surrender. The negro held
up one hand. AND with the other
clutched a revolver he carried In a
belt The officers threatened to shoot
and he finally. heid ZIP both hands and
was placed under arrest and dis
armed. The pistol which the negro
carried was q Smith & wesson Az
caiiber The officers subsequently
discovered two suIteases filed with
stolen goods. The prisoner was
name as JAMES Hart and says he liz
FROM North Carolina. lie is appar-
emily about forty years OF age.
Hart admitted having robbed the
commissary of the Emporia Manu-
featuring company at Emporia, Va,
on the night of February 18TH. The
tools used in saving through the
cofp ltssaxy. floor were stolen from the
camp manufacturing company. The
goods stolen from the Emporia Man
ufacturing rcoInpany's commissary.
consisting ,@of thirteen gold watches,
two silver watches. two suits OF
clothes. etc. Weres found in the suit
casesf wTnich Hart carried. The pris-
oner conressss 70 breaking In the EN-
pofta manufacturing cornpanyts place
and TO shooting Detective Bailey, but
denies brfasAng IN the car at Dunlop.
re aAalHss that he shot Detective
Bailey, thinking he was hobo trying
to hoff him up. Hart Will be turned
over, TO The Chesterfield authorities
70 le traeese first eoa the charge of
sheoEag.s heseetipe.HaAey.. Fhis liz re-
gaFdsd >asythe most important axrest
msa esesn eF& fsxsfRam Of fmes asssfs Hafe'
Is essn ito rs = desperate crimi-
mas -ssRe fetefseurs officers came
near shooting him when he first re-
fused soa hahs Np his hands,
fsoys +tsts' to- ,sasiss
nersares ia 9gn and fhomas Naokss
TWO ftegrp.peysf were escfr sentfhced
70 VIZ m9ntns Imprisonment ssnF tIfss'
tnis moFaanzt for firing pistol In the
SUI 81, set - es44.4.s4s 44ss.~
H. -. hchberH.
AE>A Ass~ EA1RlnFaM spfiA sos Peters
nHfg esuest f-ulxens died this morn
ing al 3ls.oSleek mt his residence,
~. Wese WASHINGTON street, aged
sienty-tnEee years Ar. Eiehbsrs had
oe3h resident OF Petersburg for
many seaFz and at one time was en-
xnassor = we mercantile business.
deceased VIA highly esteemed by all
WIG ,aEnew. nims Surviving. him are
Tvs wioow ana the Following chill
sTen. ME- ~. Morse. OF Norfolk;
aaT =. "a, EfGhbeTg. OF Chicago. Mrs.
4 hvoihson. OF Inicago: Dr. j. h.
rsshssts. OF cincinnati: Dr. Il.
Eng nDsrg, or Denver: Mrs. l. Stein,
"a AhisaGo dfa L. Powell. OF Sc.
isonisss SHE'S Hafhsmsn. and Mr.. e,
hienDefg' noth or this city,
MRS Annie White.
Mrs. Annie Mcfarland TriplesEI
WINE. widpw Fof j. Apdrew White
alen syesferaay~s aItsrnoon ~ the resi-
rence W sher son nrlaw.- John H.
lowness -asIeI 2, nfief allnesss De-
eeasedfis surrisAu py one son and twu
dseghtsrs--Mrss John. Il. Townes, and
MrS NJ M aiefs ssof this CITY, and
ar. Rebert White OF. New York. The
IuneFsis Will ~ coHducted from the
res.aeness.lS I south sycamore street,
sunday asfesncon nc = o'clock. No
nowers. 5nserments private.
OoaaosS-ffyda. ~
Mr.. w 81 nedman, travelling
salesman. and Miss Edna f. LYDIA. OF
Wasningtons n z, were married In
this city yesterday afternoen by Rev
W: H. Atwill. OF igh-Street N. e.
church The new Memorial NJ. E.
church WAS the scene of the wedding. |
DIT George Z. Booker. Rev. ". II.
Atwin and Mr.. James III. Gray were
Iookihg snrough the new church. |
nhicH iS~sHoI aAtS ComPleIedi WhHn
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