The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05
Y. N. |. CADETS WILL
PARADE IN PETERSBURG
For First Time Since the War They
VIII Visit Cockade City
Today.
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Former HopewelI Policeman Must
stand Trial for Attempted Assault
Eye-Witness OF Hacker Killing Tells
Ssory-Slayer at Large.
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE

Petersburg. Va. June 4.--For the
first time since the great struggle be-
tween the States in tse1-'s5 the corps
of cadets from the Virginia Military
Institute Will visit Petersburg to-
morrow. The cadets. after having
taken an important part in the reunion
parade at Richmond yesterday. will
reach Petersburg over the Seaboard
Air Line Railway about 9:45 o'clock
tomorrow morning. in command of
General Nichols, former Peters
burger
The boys from the West Point" of
Virginia. about $50 inn number, will
parade several streets in nthe main
business and residential district and
will later be taken on a visit to the
Crater and other adjacent battlefields.
An address will be delivered at the
Crater by a United States army Of
ficer. who will explain the battle and
the position OF the contending ar
mics buffet luncheon will be serv-
ed the visitors at / o'clock, T. NJ.
in the spacious dining hall of the
Young MenN Christian Association
Building. Arrangements for the Wis
1T were completed today by Secre-
tary william NJ. Martin. OF the
Chamber of Commerce. and Mr.. Will
liam L. thinner. Jr,. president of the
I local V. P. I. alumni association.
The cadets are expected to leave
here at o'clock p. NJ. on their re-
! turn TO Lexington.
/ Hold Policeman on Assault Charge.
| Former Policeman Lewis. of the Du
| Pont guards, Is being held in the
! Prince George County iail awaiting
! trial upon a charge of having at
| tempted to commit assault upon a
| Mrs. Summerford. wife OF a Hope
we'll resident. Mr.. and Mrs. Summer
ford have for the past several weeks
occupied a tent in the rear of Rail-
| road Avenue, pending the compile
ton of building in which Mr.. Sum
| merford will open a store. Accordins
| TO a statement made by Mrs. Sum-
merford, Lewis on Wednesday last
entered the tent, knocked her down
and choked her. but was prevented
from accomplishing his purpose by the
1 timely arrival OF Mr. Summerford
Lewis made his escape. but was
speedily captured In the outskirts al
the village by posse. His case will
probably be called at the next term
OF the Prince George Circuit Court.
Slayer's Brother Eyewitness.
The body OF Raymond r. Hacker.
the DUPONT guard who was shot and
instantly. killed by Joseph c. Tyler yes
tterday afternoon. was turned over to
IT,. T. Morriss & Sons. local under
takers, following an inquest conducted
by County Coroner J. H. Hargrave
yesterday afternoon
d. Fred Tyler, brother of the man
who did the shooting. was the only
leye-w witness He testified at the an
iouest yesterday afternoon that he and
his brother were testing a new 80
lcalibre Smith and wesson revolver.
which they purchased in Petersburg
last Saturday night. by shooting al
a target down near the rivers bank
when Officer Hacker suddenly came
down upon them and an argument
ensued. According to the witness
Hacker pulled his Colts automatic
pistol whereupon his brother fired
at him twice, the first shot infiictins
| a flesh wound In the left arm and
the second penetrating the guards
= heart. The wounded man turned and
ran about twenty-five feCt fallins
dead with his revolver clutched In
! his hand beneath his body Hacker
was formerly OF Philadelphia and
relatives are expected to come here
. for the body. The Tyiers are formei
residents of Georgia. but are said &c
have lived IN Roanoke recently
Joseph Tyler. the man who did ths
shooting. escaped and has not beer
captured.
slate ON Street Soon.
] J. Creath Slate. the local street rail-
way motorman. who was shot and
painfully wounded by William Roberts
while in Aharge Of his car on the Fern
dale Park line about 5:45 o'clock YES,
terday afternoon, waa out on tbs
! streets soon after being attended BY
his physician today. The preliminary
trial of Roberts who was arrested by
Conductor j. J. Duell Immediately
n after the shooting was continued In
! Police Court this morning until Tues
Il day. next.
NEGRO shooting Scrnpe.
Jarnes Copeland. cofored. was shoi
\ ana painfully wounded BY jane