The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-11
SEVEN NEGROES
HELD AS SUSPECTS
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HELD AS SUSPECTS
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taken TO the camp. and 1T vas denied
/ there that he had been there the night
I uefore Both men were taken TO tho
/ Ucnr.co County Jail.
Henry Cooper. the first man ar
. rested, seemed unconcerned over his
! plight and readily told all ABOUT his
! movements on Saturday. These VIII
| be checked up. and the county Officers
| arc about ready TO give him HIS lib
! crty Harris, however, has a fresh cut
! on one cheek, nlId there WAS blood on
! his clothing. He Will be held until
Miss Chenault can see HIM
| OFFICER r Wilson Seny WAS among
| the first 10 arrive ut the scene Of the
| crime, and lie wag actively engaged
yesterday in running down clues. ~"
! located Paul Martin. sixteen years old.
who passed Miss Chcnault within a
:ew minutes after she LET the car at
f! stop %, and he noticed a negro fol-
| lowing about fifty feet behind her.
! Yount, Martin caught the next incoin-
| ing car, and knew nothing OF the
; crime until yesterday morning. He
/ IS confident that he coud recognize the
| man who followed Miss Cncnault.
! MOTOItMAN TELLS OF
| NEGRO WHO CAUGHT CAR
! Practically every statement Of Miss
! chcaault IN regard to the crime has
! been found to correspond TO facts dis
| covered by the police Her story OF
the man leaving he! just after the las,
! Incoming car whistled at the switch
! ~ TLrifed By the statement OF Charles
/ Scars, conductor on the car, that q
| negro answering 10 the description Of
! tho nssailant had become passenger
ut stop % TN" man. he informed
! Officer Scay, was Suspicious looking.
| and vas a stranger 10 him. He is
| familiar with the larger part OF tho
! construction force. but is confident that
| his passenger was not one OF the gang.
| Every section OF the county was
/ scoured by countT and city police and
armed citizens yesterday. ana from
/ several other sections OF the state
/ Chesapeake and Ohio hallway, reports
! OF suspicious negroes were received.
/ Chesapeake and Ohio detectivcs were
sem to Investigate each
! There IS . strong BELIEF among tho
/ county authorities that the negro shot
! IS Detective krengel Sc not the man
! Waited. Otficer Scay knows ThoInp-
son, and saw him az late as $40
/ o'clock on Saturday afternoon a, the
! Fulton Brick Works. several miles
/ from the scene OF the crime. Thc,rnan
| had Just drawn his weeks wages TO
! have reached stop %, in time TO meet
| the car on which Miss Chenault left
/ fo- home, he would have had TO leave
! Twenty ninth and + Streets at 7:O5
O'Clock When Officer Seay entered the
hcsp,tai yesterday to look at the
wounded man. he said:
Boss, you know they ought not to
have shot me. because you know / am
/ not guilty"
The fact tina, none OF the three men
! arrested here Were armed is another
/ 'iaw in the chain Of circumstances
AGAINST them: Tho negro who attacked
! MISS Chenauit, according TO her story.
was armed with revolver.
/ MISS CJIENAULT GIVES
DETAILS OF CRIME
me harro"ing details OF the crime.
/ as none has in many years, we're sun
! Piled yesterday afternoon by Miss Che
/ nauIt 70 p.tcctiEc Sergeant Wiley and
! bctectlte . i. smith who interviewed
49, fgar Of death A. the hands, of the
o oinGK Aio o,r, kSp, her from making. an
! she was with the negro. a woman and
v 90, III ,i a.@rch or lost horse. came
BENG hclc prisoner. but she made no
TO bear on, her story OF the nendish
attack. sh. barred her mock and throat
I disclosing numerous black and blue
marks and many scratches inflicted by
! me Negroes finger nails.
! Miss chenault told the detectives ;hat
| she !eit Richmond at :35 o'clock and
I arrived a, stop % little before S
:
/ her home. She had covered more than
/ half the distance when she was sud
denly grabbed from behind and a black
hand upon her mouth prevented her
/ from screaming.
!I you make any noise ! VIII KIN
YOU was tho threat that he made
| she said. displaying Il nevolver. She
( nodded her head in assent. lie then
dragged the helpless woman distance
Of Of al. about iif,y ieet, climbing through a
/ through. lie made his way 10 the small
! clump OF shrubbery. That was about
/ o'clock. and he did not leave her
/ until shortly after II o'clock He told
her that he would whistle after he had
reached the roadway. and she could
whistle. but did hear him as ne ran
awey. Then she managed 10 drag her
! self home ana give the alarm
SAYS SIZE DIn NOT Know
Row TO USE PISTOL
Miss CneT,aui;, ww Who is EMPLOYED as
/ operates = transfer business said that
while she was held captive the negro
talked frequently. He said that he
New York. and spoke frequently OF
Pittsburgh. Pa He smoked many sig
attacked her she offered him her purse.
opened j, and TOOK all the change it
Miss .Chenault said that she could iden-
thy him under, any c!rcuIns tances.
Didn't you have the chance during
pistol and shoot him. Wiley asked
| her. she replied that she was too
terrified 10 even think. and added that
| even had she obtained possession Of
the weapon she would not have known
/ how TO have used IL.
Miss Chenault said that she did not
/. believe that she would be able TO leave
/ her home until Tomorrow. so II was
J decided TO walt until then 10 permit
f. her TO view the men under arrest.
Negroes In Fatai ARRAY.
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