The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-05
Big Increase in Enrolment at
Opening of Second Half
Session OF School.
NEGRO CAR R0BBER SENT ON
Escaped Convict From North
Carolina Caught-Other
Petersburg News.
Times Dispatch Bureau.
. Boiling brook street,
Telephone i4S5)


Telephone 1850
petersburg. Va. February 4.
A., ,be opening yesterday Of the sec
3 o.5 half session of the public schoois'
lie enrolment Of pupils was largely
increased There We're so pupiis en-
lied al the high school, including "a
,~o,,ored 10 the seventh grade. with
- onenirc Of the new session the
.,-,f,r system was inauguratec IN the
,feh school. as one Of greater adNant-
az. TO the pupils. in giving the pes
Individual preparation for the Work
-. student may have to DO in after
life
Car RObber sent On.
smart Burnett negro car ioppe'.
vss taken before Justice Natklns' OF
DinUiddie County. to-day. and was
sent on 20 the March term OF 'ie III
car. Court for trial
tie will be held in the Petersburg
,sr urtI his trial ON Monday night
~ last week. an Atlantic Coast Line
- on the tracks in Dinwiddie. was
h~ota- into and u large lot of shoes
stolen Things We're found 10 he
broken up IN the car. and generaiiN
aisa~rar ced There were evidently
several iu the gang Of robbers. nut
r,,.-r.tt Was the only one caught and
fEf urNOL against At4lAi - N@N'-'-
Escaped Convict Caught
~-a~les Green. negro. recently ar
~esred in this city by Chief Raeland.
fn- an oTense committed in Dinwiddie'
-u-ned out 10 be an escaped penlten-
7is~v convict from North Carolina
chief Ragland has been advised that
Green vas convicted At Tarboro in
March q last year. and sentenced TO
The pcniientiary for term OF hNe
Years lie escaped from the road force
or me esd Of December. and came TO
Virginia IN passing through Din
.vildie Ne stopped at a house near
Fe~ndale Park. while no one was at
home but the wife of the proprietor.
and demanded entrance under threats.
Tie woman was much frightened, but
keu- the negro out. and finally made
INN leave He came to Petersburg,
where he was arrested. and was sub
sequeutly sent on for trial Probably
an attempt will be made TO have him
returned TO North Carolina to serve out
his term there.
Very Sudden Death.
Lucius Sparks. a negro laborer, en-
pioyed by the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way, died very suddenly yesterday in
his shanty car in the western part of
the city His death was so sudden
that the coroner was notified and view
ed the body. Death was attributed TO
actual causes. but what cause was not
known. and the body was turned over
to an undertaken.
Died of His Injuries
Sim Cain. colored. of GreenesVllle
County. who was brought TO the city
last Thursday suffering from serious
gunshot wounds. died in the hospital
yesterday Of his injuries While out
hunting rabbits near Emporia with
companion. ne was accidentally shot
with his own gun. which was dis
charged while he was attempting 70
rest il against a log. The load of shot
passed through his arm and into his
side An operation at the hospital
failed 10 save him
Another Candidate Withdraws.
T. II. Wells, a former member OF the
Council. who has for some time been
before the people as a candidate for
the Office of high constable. this after
noon announced his withdrawal from
the field in favor of J T. Tentch, who
to-day announced his candidacy for the
Office. as against John A. Mallory, the
incumbent
Well known in Petersburg.
William Crump Blick. aged nineteen
wears who committed suicide last
night at his fathers home in Wash