The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-11
Police Scour City and County
for Assailant of Miss Fannie
L. Chcnault.
SHE TELLS POLICE OF CRIME
Detective Krengel Fires Three
Times at Negro Who Wounds
Him With Rock.

WltulN EoO yard5 OF ner nch!
Seven Pines. on Saturday might. !
dragged her to clump Of shrubbery
and held hcr prisoner for three hours, |
wer: arrested yesterday. One, of them.
captured by Detective ScrReants
krenRei and Atkinson, was not taken
In custody until he had been shot three
times by krengei, and In resisting ar
rest he badly injured the officer by
assaulting him with rock. Two of
the others were caught In Hcnrico
rested in "Bloodneld." a resort of New
port News. Not until they have been
seen by Miss Chcnault VIII II he pos
sible TO determine if her nssailant has
been caught.
The police arc confident that If the
man shot by kregcl is not guilty OF
III" county crime. he Is wanted for
some offense, or he would not have
put up such q stout fight 10 escape.
Jfc gave his name as Samuel Thomp-
ron, but at the Second Police Station
the following aliases were added:
James WInston. James Percival and
Sam Winston.
RATTLE WITH Si:t:Vu
IN RINETtNiiIW CEMETERY
krcngel and Atkinson yesterday
about noon received Information that
negro who Tailed with the dcscrip-
tion Of the fugitive had been sccn In
the West End. and was making in
uuiiics conccrnin.. the whereabouts OF
cd cut In AN automobile and found
Thompson walking through Rivervicw
Cemetery. He observed their approach
and At once started 10 run. krcngel
drew his revolver and fred once. strilS-
ing the negro In the arm He did not
stop his retreat. but ran tho faster.
1\renEel and Atkinson ran in the op-
rositc direction and headed him of In
W:nder street. Seeing that hL was
cOrncrcd, Thompson picked M rocks
int Iter
hcers. although Krcnvel had thrown
open his coat ana displayed his baGge
of authority. When he continued To
throw stones. Krougel shot Il second
'iine, wounding him In the leg As re
ala so, Thompson cast q heavy stone
which hit Krcrgel on the left knee,
IL he did so the detective fired Il
ih'rd shot and the negro fell with Il
wound In his abdomen.
DR.. R. ]. Styers. City Hospital am
tuiance surgeon. rendered emergency
treatment 20 the wounded man aud
removed him 10 the hospital. Last
;iight his condition war described as
precarious
THOMPSON SEEMS To
ANSWER Description
Thompson is tall. OF ginger bread
color. wore new suit OF oveg;.lls and
Il Lack slouch hat He gave his age
as twentyfour Miss Chcnault said
that the negro who attacked her was
nnd black slouch hat. and was
twenty-five years OF age according to
statement he made while he held her
She also added tia; her a.sa Han: had
perfect white teeth Thoinpson's
teeth. with the exception of one gold
ono In front. are perfect. The other
men under arrest tally IN a general
way with the description given bv
Miss Chcnault. She has rapidly re-.
covered from the shock Of her ordeal.
but viii not bc able to look at any OF
tho prisoners untii tomorrow, j, was
tald
The story given BY Thompson con
Cernins his movements since early
saturday afternoon were given little
credence By the police. lie said that
he WAS employed in a brickyard be-
low Fulton. and 1hat he camo to Rich
,nond on Saturday evening. arriving
here about 6:3J o'clock. He said that
he went to "a house in Seventeenth
Street and paid Matte Smith. coloreo
90 cents for a nights lodging. Matte
Smith was for years notorious in po-
lica circles, but has been dead for
more than month. He said that he
spent the night ut her home, and early
yesterday morning was strollinr
through the city when he became lost
in the streets OF the West End.
J'OlK SUSPECTS ARE HELD
IN NEWPORT NEWS
arrest in Newport News was received
in II long distance telephone message
by Chief of Police Werner from Chief
OF Police Madison. of that place 1t il
not believed that any of them arc
guilty Of the crime, but they Will bo
held until the fact Of their innocence
is thoroughly established.
If Thompson is not Identified as tic
assailant of Miss Chcnault, and lives,
he will have to face the charge OF
feloniously assaulting Sergeant kren-
gel, warrant charging him with that
offcnse having been sworn out against
him. After Thompson had been sent
to the hospital where he is under
guard, Krenge1 discovered that his leg
had been badly injured. 1t was con-
sidcrably swollen. and last night he
was unable to leave his home, 8 South
Morris Street The detective said that
he aid not expect that he would be
able to report for duty to-day.
County officers were on tho case
within an hour after the alarm was
given by Mr.. ChenauIt shortly before
2 o'clock yesterday morning. Armed
citizens aided i'm the searcA .,ut 20
clue to the perpetrator of the crime
was discovered for many hours.
COUNTY OFFICERS
aiAWE TWO ATHEISTS
The first arrest was made at 3
o'clock. when Officers Tiller and Piper
ran across n negro answering to the
description OF Miss Chenaults assail-
ant sleeping In a sawmill about three
miles east OF Richmond. While they
, were plying him with questions, an
other negro was seen walking along
the Richmond and Rappahannock
River Railroad going away from the
city. Tie was halted and placed un-
der arrest.
Tiller questioned both suspects, and
the answers from the second negro
who gavo his name as Phil Harris
were go contradictory that 1t was
thought advisable to investigate
further. He claimed TO be employed
ms n construction hand in one OF the
railroad camps. and that he had slept
there on Saturday night. He was
(Contlnmed on Third Pagc.)