The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-18
HELD IN PETERSBURG
ON ROBBERY CHARGES
Cockade City Infested by "Leftoycrs'
From HopewelFs
Hangers On.
MRS, NETTIE KING DIES
|. hamaross, White Man From
Grecnyille, S. c.. Under Arrest.
Charged With Breach Of Trust.
Former Employees Complainants.

Petersburg, Va, Sept. 1T.-The local
police have under arrest several per-
sons who are suspected OF having
committed robbery.
W. D. Barker. a white stranger ar
rested by Officer Mayton several nights
ago while attempting TO have check
cashed made payable for service. to
a DUPONT employe in the sum of
1910, Is awaiting n hearing on the
charge of having in his possession un-
lawfully and attempting to pass the
check. Barker claims to have found
/ his having made any effort to locate
the owner The check bore the number
of the DUPONT workman and an effort
| Is being made to locate him.
| David Mitters, colored. charged with
tho theft of $s5 from the person Of
j. r. Quarles while Mr.. Quarles was
passing along the Street. is being held
for trial. Soon after Mr. Quarles re-
members being jolted when Mitters
walked up against him on the street
tanned four ten-dollar and nine Ave-
dollar notes from his pocket. The
pocketbook was later found In a lot
near the scene OF the robbery.
Walter Coles. colored, is being held
for trial on the charge of stealing s63
from trunk In the home OF William
| Lundie, colored.
| Charged with breach of Trust.
/ J. Kamaross white stranger. re-
Gently employed by A. Allen and Com
! pany, of Greenville. s. c., is under
arrest here, charged with breach OF
trust. Chief Rasland on yesterday re-
ceived a letter from the sheriff OF
Greenville. enclosing a warrant for
the arrest of Kamaross, who 1t is al
legged at different times has appropriat-
/ ed to him self various sums amounting
to In the aggregate about $1,000 be-
Y longing to Allen & Company. by whom
he was employed. An officer from
South Carolina Is now en- route to Pc
tersburg for the prisoner.
Adjudged Insane.
| p o q. Smallwood, negro arrest
ed in Washington, D. ca some days ago
on a warrant charging him with lar
ceny here. and who was sentenced to
six months in the city Jail. In Police
Court Wednesday morning was ad-
Judged insane by commission on yes
tcrday. and was committed to the
Central State Hospital. where he was at
one time employed as cook
Mira. Nettie King.
Mrs. Nettie King, widow of the late
G. 7, King. died about $50 o'clock
last evening at the residence OF her
daughter. Mrs Efle Alternately, at 1135
West Washington Street. following an
illness of nearly four years duration
Mrs. King was sixty-two years OF
age. and had resided In Petersburg
only short time. having moved here
from Chesterfield County. Besides her
daughter. with whom she lived. she IL
of Chesterfield. The funeral was con-
Quoted from the Memorial NJ. 4, Church
at 3;30 o'clock this afternoon. The
pastor. Rev william B. Jett. officiated
and the following gentlemen were pail
bearers; Messrs l.. n. Shelley l., A
WILSON, J. NJ. Jefferson and Charles
Il Knowles Interment was made in
the family burying ground In Chester
field.
Mra. sarah BrOckweII Haywood.
Mrs. Sarah Brockwell Haywood, aged
thirty nine years died at her home
724 Bollingbrook Street at 1880 o'clock
this morning. following an Illness OF
several months. Mrs. Haywood is sur
vived by two brothers and two sis
ters Messrs. Herbert and John Brock
well. Mrs. Maggie Lewis and Mrs,
Margaret Balm,
The funeral will be conducted from
the residence at 800 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. Rev. Charles r. Stribling,
j of the Tahb- Street Presbyterian Church,
will officiate and interment will be
made in Blandford
Personal and Brief Notes.
Mr.. Charles D. Kanter popular
young Petersburg business man. has
been notified by DIR. L. T. Goldberg,
OF Norfolk. president OF the Zionist
Association of Virginia. OF his appoint
ment as chairman OF the bylaws and
constitution committee of the ASSOC
/ citation. together with H. .Sollod.. OF
Petersburg. and Sam Sharove. OF Rich
mond.
William. the young son OF Rev. W. T.
A. Haynes. who accidentally shot him.
self In the hand with load Of bird
shot while visiting here on Labor Day.
has left the hospital, where the hand
was amputated and returned to Is
/ home In Portsmouth.
| Sunday night DIR. L. Karp and Mrs.
Karp, of Richmond. will speak in the
new orthodox synagogue In North Mar
ket Street. DIR, Karp will speak on the
Jewisht Congress in America, and Mrs
Karp will speak on THE Fruitful Re-
suits OF the Recent Zlonists' Convcn-
ttns, HnlA In nn.&