Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
RESISTED ARREST AND
REACHED FOR WEAPON

In the meantime. Ross became OBJ
streperous. objected TO tho officer at
tentions. and offered resistance against
search. He threw his hand behind him.
and as he did krengcl placed his re-
volvcr against the prisoners body and
ordered him to desist under penalty OF
being shot The two uniformed men
came in at the time. and the situation
was saved. The barber shaving
Rrczzle finished his work, and Brezzle
got up and walked into the arms OF
the uniformed officers.
The barber shop was throngcd with
negroes. and checker game was In
full progress. But the negroes. used to
the sudden appearance OF officers CON
tinued their game as II nothing had
happened.
Ross and Brezzlc were taken to the
First Police Station. Both men said
that they had been born IN Scotland,
and Brezzlc added that he had bu;
lately come from work at the Du Pont
Powder Company works ut city Point
BrczZlc has but ono eye lie is of
medium height, has brown. curly hair
and is stockilS- built. He wears a gray
flannel shirt. dark trousers and coat
| black shoes. Ross is nearly six
Get tall. has "a thick. heavy face. Il pug
nose and black hair. He wears dark
clothes and black shoes
TAITOOED HANDCLASp on
R0SS'S LEFT WRIST
Eht the most significant thing about
Ross Is that on his left wrist is tat
tooed a handc!asp. lie corresponds in
description to one Of two crack smcn
who some time ago killed q police SEP
i,,T 7 ,,f
mon has II tattoo like that Oh Rosss
left wrist. and the police arc strongly
inclined TO think that Ross is one of
the men wanted in the kentucky city.
Major Werner took an especial In
tcrcst In the arrest. for though he has
not been called on TO assist in the
search for the train robbers he has
issued instructions to the whole Police
Department TO be on the lookout for
all suspicious characters. Ross and
BrcZZie were charged with being sus-
picious characters. suspected OF burg
lary and safe blowing. When their
case is called in Police Court this morn
ing Sergeant krcnEcl will ask fo, Il
continuance. so that he may have time
in which to learn something more about
them.
The two suspects arrested in Alex
andria claim Pennsylvania as their
home. They say that they slept in
Alexandria the previous night ana
wero able to give q fairly satisfactory
account of their movements. But 1t
was decided TO hold them until rail-
road detectives could examine them
MESSENGER'S ACCOUNT
ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE
IT was stated In tho offices of the
Southern Express Company here yes
tcrday afternoon that the story told by
\. Y. Chambiiss, in charge, and NJ NJ
Williams. express messengers on the
Atlantic Coast Line Company's car run
ming over the Richmond. Fredcricks-
burg and Potomac Railroads. tracks,
which was robbed, was quite plausible
and. at the same time, it was
admitted that it was peculiar that
neither OF the men made an at
tempt to notify other tranmen of the
robbery before they arrived in Rich
mond at 1910 o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
enough" said General Agent w A. Me-
hogan, "and seems 10 me quite as
plausible that they were too frightened
TO make an outcry or give an alarm be-
foro they reached the Byrd Street Sta
ton"
Mr.. Michigan said that he himself
had tried the method said TO have been
used by the two robbers, and he found
that strong man would be able to
stand on the step beneath tho side door,
and. by holding on TO guard rail run
ming up tho side Of the cur from the