The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-18
|UPONT POLICEMAN
| DRAWS LIGHT SENTENCE
hNrles sses!cr. On Trial For Wound
ing X. L. Hadson. Pleads Shoot
Ing Was AcS.ideutai-t,iycn
Thirty Days.
|HGRo TRIES TO RUN BLOCKADE
bfllcts F1y Thick and Fast, One TAX
F Ing Eject In Mans Wrist and
Another smsshes Several Quarts Of
/ Wh,s9ey.

pe.e+sbarg. Va, Dec. 1.-THE first
ksc sa,.ef when the Hastings Court,
|1Srs Ffusen presiding. convened in
$cond day's session this morning.
as that of the commonwealth
kAins. Arthur Seahorn. coiored. IN
ctea a. the last term for murder ~
aggie Puiliana. colorea. hat post
bncment was necessary On account az
c Illness OF the prisoners father
Willie Moran. coirret, 81 iic'c3 for
IL iarsneY a. 81 and g vutcN Of The
sal value ~ s7So fsom the person
Emmett Harris, coiored, VAS found
hilsy o; petit iarc&ry 80 4 rs ateneed
six rnoatas o. tie sas5,
Charles Sesler member af The
Mront police fierce, indicted for
loEioaslv sfcoany asa wonadtng II.
Hudson. when arralgAed pleaded
lot guilty Among the witnesses
no testified for,the defendant was his
kfe who carried an infant IN her
|ms Sesler pleaded thar the shoot
Ii was accidental. He was found
hilty of assault and battery and
rtencea II thirty days ON the r'tads
(th a fire Of So
The case ~ George Crawford, cpl-
red. indicted for the larceny Of $50
om the person of Ed BROWN. col
led, resulted in verdict III mot
biity."
Luther I.snsford. eolored. indicted
+ forgery. was discharged when Com
onwealth's ATTORNEY thinner entered
nolle prosegui
Tried 10 Run Blockade.
Considarable excitement was created
the vicinity Of the AppomatsnN sta
bn shortly before the departure nf
e a:s0 Hnpeweii train last evening
a yafies OF shots fired MT a negra
no was attempting 10 run the block
1e hy carrying wtiskey from PEERS
hrg to Hopewell Detective Maysield,
the Baldwin Fsits agency. in
archin1 one of the forward coaches
the train discovered suitcase fili-
with whiskey securely fastened to
Il rods he-aafh the coach ans a
kgro standing by Watching ii. When
IL detective flashed his light on Ike
bitrase the negro made bold at
mpt TO recover his whiskey. know
* that IT would be coniiscat.d. lie
Srceedei In cutting the cords and
(ttinc possession of the suitcase, nus
he made a dash for liberty militia
en, Dupont officers and Bald Sin-
Hts detectives fired apon him with
|e result that one bullet passed
rough his wrist and several others
rough his suitcase, smashing several
Sarta of his precious iuid
Il he would he "hlind pig dropped
Se suitcase and continued to run,
/ another detective who was stand :
y OF at some distance felled him
Nth d blackjack. and he was sub
guentiy locked up In the Petersburg
CitS's. Funds Increa>ed.
The Petersburg Police Court during
lis week has broken all records in
|e history of the city in the number
cases tried and the amount of fines
Infected. There have been an avera &c
about l25 cases upon the docket
ch day. and as the result s422 have
Zen deposited in the city's treasury.
hich does not include state fines.
VIII Present Entertainment.
A party of young Petersburg people,
aperonea ana directed by Mr.. For
st W. Tucker. left here this aftar-
on for MELVILLE from whence they
II 60 TO the Spainvile High Sch ,oi
present a musical entertainment
night for the benefit OF the school.
/. Tucker was fortunate In taking
tn him the very best Of Petershnrs' 8
ung talent in the persons IF Misses
rginia Meade Wake, Louise Talbot.
ary e. Baxter. Gladys Ramey and
D Misses Bowman. These young
dies will have Miss Lena Overly and
kss GLADYS Barrow of Blackstone, to
MIST In carrying out one of the most
tnue programs that could he pre-
he'd for such an occasion.
Following the program a big oyster
pper was served for the same bene-
The Program.
t-Piano solo. Miss Virginia Meade
alike.
- Reading. Miss Louise Talbot.
Vocal solo. Miss Mary r. Baxter.
g. Reading, Miss Gladys Ramey.
S-Piano and violin selection.
IaseS Bowman.
1Reading. Miss Louise Talbot
7-vocal solo. Miss Lena OVERLY.
1Piano and violin selection, Misses
kwmAn.
Reading, Miss Gladys Ramey.
lt-Piano Solo, Miss Virginia
I'D Wake,
T. Numerous reading. Miss
~ 11nrrow.
q saac Miss Mary n BAx-