Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-20
CITIZEN kABS MAN
WHO ROBBED HIN

r G II " o y ID. V a. Special
Broad Street thea,er crowds. who
may or may not have had their APP
petites for the meIodrarnatlc satiatod
inside the houses OF amusement. ves-
terday afternoon. were given "A free
thrill as they thrOngcd at the corner
OF Ninth Street about 5 o'clock and
witnessed the single-handed capture
OF a fleeing raffies BY a modest young
private citizen.
Ralph Carlton Coleman. alias
Charles Jackson. alias Henry Jones
alias Johns, was tho raffles and j
@. Temple, OF 22l4 jefferson Avenue.
was the amateur sicuth. The police
believe the capture solves a number
or boarding house robbcrics which
recently have been reported 20 them
\ bunch OF fifteen pass keys found
IN Colcmuns room this morning lead
the police Co believe that the man.
VINO u aboat twenty-five years old.
tolloWcd the profession OF r0bbing
boarding houses FOR living.
Temple, while walking in Broad
street Tuesday afternoon. saw Cole
man promenading with "a young wo-
man. lie notified Sergeant sherry.
whom DE met. but when Coleman saw
tncm coming toward him ne fled. He
dashed into Ninth Street with Tenn
pie close behind. and just as he
turned into an alley between Broad
and Marshall Streets Temple seized
him Ile held him until Screeant
sherry same running up and took
him irto custody.
Three weeks. ago Coleman. with the
many aliases, came 90 the homo of
Mrs Moody, with whom Temple
boards. ond sought lodging. Tie was
1ccon. 300 dated and was assigned tO
share che room Of Temple For "a
week Temple supplied him with the
ucCcEe Tics or life. as Coleman had
told hlm that he was without funds
and had no place where DE could OBJ
tain food on credit
AT ths end of the week. however
when Ic 'plc returned O. his room
be saW chat "a suit 81 clothes. "a suit
case. pair OF cuff buttons. scarf
pin and various articles OF linen were
missing. So was the stranger whom
ne had bcfriCnded.
when he informed the mistress of
the house ~ the disappearance of his
roommate and his Vaiuablcs a hur-
ried inrcstgatiou was made. and &,
was learned that Miss At. Moody was
minus sold lockct. chain and brooch
and that Benjamin Moody no Longer
was in possession OF suit ~ clothes
which hc had owned iu the morning
The police We're notified. "a dfscrin-
zion OF Coleman was furnished and
thc search began.
Coleman. who had ingratiatinc
manners. told Temple that hc was q
vaudeville actor and that no was ir
Richmond awaiting the arrival OF q
girl who was Go appear with him an
the opening performance az the new
Lyric Ihcatcr. in an act ga which
several thousand volts of electricity
would Dee poured into the girls bods
without harm TO her. a similar ac
has been touring the country FOR
couple az years az least. but Coleman
told Temple his act was entirely orig
inaL The young woman. his partner
now is playing az "a Norfolk thcatcr
ne said.
lie also said that ne was a gradu
ate ~ Yale University and that hi
home was in Manning. S. ID. III.
spoke like ca person OF education ant
had made good impression upon
those with whom he camc into con
tact ot the house.
Within short time the reports %
other boarding house rohhcrics cam
% tho police j.. a.. Waters. "a trav
cling technical expert for the Amer
can Heating and Ncntilaung Com
pany. with offices in the Numa
Euidln-. who has room at th
house oi Ut ISIS Belle Cheek. N1T Ens
Marshall street. reported thnt "a MAI
ansWerlug Cole mans description. hu
who had riNcn the name of Jones
mad disappeared with suit OF Def
clothes. ralncoat scarf pin. cuf