The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25

lie posittve ne would have heard from
his son before this time had ne com.
rnittad anv such crime as that OF
which he is suspected.
Arrested in San Francisco?
From the fact that man tdentl-
fed AS Brokaw has been arrested III
san francisco for the rittshurs po.
lice. the family also draws reneI
n uere Young Ellis notification or the
arrast would have been received by
them yesterday.
The news from Louisville YESTERDAY
aaap,s ia have established the faet
that voUng Ellis was in that CITY
about the time that the robbery or a
man named Raft, conducted IN
manner similar to the Pittsburg'
phi,adelphia and indianapolis roo-
bertes. occurred. That ioseph t,ii9
left Louisville for Indianapolis aiSo
appears to have been estabilsheo.
The information from, Louisville
camo from John r Rogers, news
nauer reporter, with whom Sounk
rItls spent two or three days. Eiiis
,oId rogers Of his family in Rich-
mond and mentioned one OF his SIS
tcrs Frances. whom he called ran
Mo The youth told the newspaper.
man his Richmond address and askea
that he wire his father for money
for him. This Rogers did, to receive
the reply from Jacob FH1s that ha
would spend no more money on ms
son.
Thought Boy Crook.
Mr. rogers said the hoy appeared
"a he "broke" and that he had the
hoy stav with him in his home while
in Louisville. He also sought aid Tor
the boy in applying 20 the Jewish
charities OF that city, which refused
to assist, the secretary of the oody
expressing the belief the boy was a
crook Mr.. Rogers statement offsets
this the reporter declaring that while
the boy had a key to his home and
access 10 everything in the mouse ne
disturbed or took nothing
One thing the father regret+--a
thing that Jacob Ellis believes would
have shielded his son from a cloud
nf suspicion--is that be refused 70
send the money asked for for his
son by Rogers
While the Richmond police have
not BEEN officially asked TO arrest
Young EIlis, should he appear IN
Richmond, 1t was stated last night
that he will be arrested on suspicion,
and will be held until the mystery
surrounding the identity of the hotel
robber and murderer is cleared up
The Ellis fanny 1ts pcrH III iei,H
mond but few mrlths Jacob Ellis
himself. did not come here until Au-
gust. He was accompanied by his
son, who remained in Richmond but
| two DAYS, leaving for New York to
i accept a position as a clothing saies.
man. The boy was not in the habit
of writing often and the family here
had heard nothing from him, except
| through the married sister In New
York, who wrote the boy was doing
well.
In Richmond Short Time.
! Mrs Ellis and one OF the daughters
came to Richmond from Los Angeles
last spring and opened the East Main
street business Another daughter
came to Richmond in July and the
| father and son. after closing the bust
ness in Los Angeles, came about six
weeks ago.
Mr.. Ellis was born In Russia. He
and his wife came to America about
twenty years ago. They lived for a
time in New Jersey and later In vir-
giria, the elder Ellis having been en-
gagged In business In Portsmouth. Be-
cause IT his wife's poor health he
went to Denver. later returned to Vir-
ginia, and then went to Los Angeles
| where they had been for several years
before coming to Richmond.
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