Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-29

which had passed between the parties
interested. and a great deal of the
evidence Will be found in them, II Is
claimed.
Detective Smith learned that Ward
Basoy was sending messages out of
thf CITY Jail by messenger boys, and
later discovered that the notes were
directed to Pompey Flournoy. and asked
him to send the prisoner small lot
OF the drug. The boy who took a note
to Flournoy Sunday afternoon was al
lowed to go to Flournoys house. 1921
Brown Street, and there got the drug
he returned to the City Jail with
note from Flournoy and a packet of
the drug. Detective Smith met him In
the Jail office and took charge Of the
note and packet. He then arrested
Flournoy.
INNATE OF JAIL WRITES
ORDER on CUNNISGHAM
Yesterday note from an inmate Of
the jail was dispatched to Cunning
ham. asking the druggist to send him
a dollars worth of heroin.
This note read:
DIR. Cunningham:
rome as / am at home sick and don't
IKE TO come out myself 80 please send
me the medicine by the messenger
don't like to send the boy but 1t can't
ne heiped so please send the medicine
And oblidge.
~. r. JONES.
"l42o w. Taylor Street"
This note was taken In charge BIZ
the detective. and the boy was sent
back to the prisoner to tell him that
he had lost the first note A second
one. nearly An exact duplicate OF the
hrst, was then written. and this note
was sent to Cunningham by the detec
10 al
ceived the drug asked for from the
druggist. and to have returned to the
Jail. where II was taken from him by
the detective.
UNSIGNED NOTE SENT
TO WARD BAGBY
Detective Smith has also secured a
note TO Ward Bagby and one thought
10 have been written by Pompey
Flournoy from Newport News. This
note. In part. reads:
Dear Friend Ward:
You know I Will stick by Won and
] will send you the Jund as soon as
l can get some of it The old man
where | generally get it amt got a
grain in the house. but I will send
you some as soon as ] get some If
you Will stick by me. am afraid
to use messenger boys as they will
open their mouths wide as barrel as
soon as they are caught. AS soon as
l get some l Will send IL by Fleming"
This note, held by Detective Smith,
others OF like nature, but these, too
bear no signature.
Another note alleged to have been
sent Cunningham from the jail was
refused yesterday. after the arrest OF
Pompey Flournoy. according to Detec-
tive Smith. 1t Is said that the drug
gist became alarmed at the arrest OF
IL yNh taI a.
requests for drugs sent to him must
be accompanied by a prescriptions
SOLD LUMPKIN DRUG
"FOR HUMANITY's SAKE"
For humanity's sake. l broke my
set custom and sent Lumpkin n small
last week." said Roland II. Childrey to
a reporter for The Times Dispatch last
night; Continuing, the druggist said
'tion to him from DR.. j. W. Williams
several months ago; and that, since that
time he had brought number of du-
presented. they were filled, according
to the druggist. but in number Of
when o the ark he Mas a ie
for lack OF prescriptions.
On this particular occasion I saw
that the man was in need OF the drug"
since learned was his brother, came
to me, later and asked that note
him, as he brought no prescription. On
Saturday n messenger boy brought an
other order, and this was Likewise re-
fused, as WAS another, which was de-
livered to me on Sunday.
GAVE LUMPKIN TWELVE
GRAINS FOR 80 CENTS
"The only one order filled by me for
lMmpkin when prescription did not
accompany the order was the one OF 1
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