The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-31
PACKAGE OF money
/ IS LOST OFF train R
One White Man and Three
Negroes Held in Connec-
ton With Case,
ABOUT 5000 FOUND ON THEM
State Treasurer Lacy Fayors
Segregation of Taxation Sources
for State and Counties.
ABOUT $500 FOUND ON THEM
Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch3l


Raleigh. N. c.. May Charge
with making way with. IL not actually
| stealing. an express package contain
ing $1,000. one white man and three
negroes are held here. and search is
being made for the $1,000 still missing.
About $500 of the money was found
on the persons of the four men arrest
ed. The package was lost OFF Seaboard
train No. 20 yesterday. while ell route
from the United States Treasury at
Washington to the Merchants Bank of
Louisburg. The men being held claim
they found it about ten miles north of
Raleigh by the side of the railroad
track. and that they divided 1T up but
that there was only the 5000 recovered
in the package The prisoners are
John ii. Fitzpatrick, Wilmington, Del,
white; Raymond Johnson, Clayton:
John Mosby. Richmond, and John
Kitchen. of South Carolina, negroes.
The three negroes were arrested here
early this morning when about to
board a train for Richmond, after they
had displayed large sums of money.
SThe white man had already taken a
train for Wilmington, Del. and was
, captured at Norlina. The package of
money seems to have been In some way
lost out of the express car The ex-
press messenger missed 1t soon after
he left Raleigh. and wired back for the
express and police authorities to make
search.
Hon. B. r. Lacy, State Treasurer,
having been asked for his views as to
constitutional amendments that should
| be considered in connection with the
deliberations OF the Legislative commits
sion on proposed amendments to report
to the special session OF tho LegisIa-
ture. has written Chairman e. j. JUS
ice that he favors n segregation af
property so that the State will have
a frc
sources for State finances and the
counties and the cities derive their tax
revenues from property and poll tax
alton on these sources would scarcely
yield as much as the present running
expenses of the State government re-
quire. He hopes. however that some
equitable scale of taxation on this seq
regation basis will be worked out Mr..
Lacy was invited to attend the recent
meeting of the special committee in
Greensboro. but was unable to do SO
on account OF conflicting engagement
to take part in the formal induction
into office of DR.. w: j. Martin as presi-
dent of Davidson College.
In connection with the meeting of
the trustees of the Meredith College,
held during commencement IL deveI-
oped that fine progress is being made
in the collection of the 100000 pledges
to the endowment and building fund
that will enable the college 10 receive
an additional $4,000 from the General
Education Board OF the fund that is
sure to be realized within a year
.sloo.oOO is TO go to permanent endow-
ment, and $4,000 to the erection of
an additional building that will in
crease both the dormitory and the
classroom facilities of this wonderfully
successful college, which now has an
enrolment of 400 students
The State Fair management is to
har III. L.
new and thoroughly modern stock and
cattle stalls and barns. to be, located
on the new section Of the grounds being
reclaimed from the North Carolina ex-
rperiment station.
There was very large audience
last night at the First Presbyterian
Church to hear Rev. B. r. Lacy. Jr..
just graduated as full tiedged Pres
byterian minister from the Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond with
highest honors. He received the HoRe
scholarship for postgraduate course
by reason of attaining the highest
honors for the Seminary course. Mr..
Lacy charmed his hearers last night,
and there is general rejoicing that he
rs to be heard frequently here during
the summer, by reason OF the fact that
he is to devote himself to missionary
work among the Wake County
churches during the summer
SSoO,OoO bonds for the purchase of the
water works. the deal for the water
plant to be finally closed June g. Four
bids have been received /the highest
amounting TO premium of about $500
on the issue.
II is thought that this is not suffi-
GENTLY high for these bonds to be sold,
and 1t is possible that the offer of a
local bank to loan the city the $4,000
TOT year or such matter until bet
ter bids can be realized may be ac.
cepted.
Governor Craig has granted a sixty
days reprieve for Lon Wells, Swain
County. who is under sentence to the
State prison for the larceny of some
clothing, the reprieve being on tho
ground that there is doubt of the guilt
or the prisoner, whose friends insist
that 1t was Weiss wife who really
stole the clothing. She has disap-
peared. according to representations