Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-24
REAL ESTATE sW|NDLERs
ARE BUSY IN HOPEWELL.
Chamber of Commerce Names Com.
mittcc to Prcbc Several Shady
Transactions.
FIRE DESTROYS nousEBoA1,
Gasoline Stove Starts blaze Which
Docs $4,000 Damagc-Stranycr
Ecscucd From Drowning I'm james
River by Soldiers.
Especial 10 The Timcs-Dispatch.1

lSpcclal 20 The Times DiSpatch.1
llDpEW ELL, VA. December 23-The
Iiopcwcl Chamber of Commerce.
through u committee is investigators
several alleged Illegal real estate deals
made by certain real estate agents who
have operated In ilopcwell since the
fire.
IL was authOritat!vciy reported here
'o-daN mat two local Italians were
sWihdied out of large sums OF money by
IKE real estate operators. who went
through the process az selling the Itai-
'"ns Il row OF the DUPONT bunk houses
i:"'s That do not exist are being sold
~ stid, by fake agents
incir work WAS made possible
'"' 'uSn 'lc widely advertised fact that
v'"i Oh inc property lines in Hone
wen wcr" lost sight OF when Tho ,ovr
MAS destroyed by fire II 10 ,h,,,,,h,
that the swiEdlcrs came I'm 10 tnk, All
vintage OF this situation, and h,vc !,
u Siid. sold lots. located in streets
ne aii"Sca fake sale OF the row Of
''ui on, punk houses took place today.
according TO q wcll-known loc,i 49,:
estate operator lie said ~,
Humans were not familiar with tho ~,
ROM property. and that they were one,
victims FOR the swindlcrs
FRI: DESTROYS no,T
i;NTAIIING S15,u0o Loss
iiopcw"H had it's second spcctacuI,-
re within two weeks when a ,,,YnIi,
A'oNe IN tn" kitchcn OF houscbou,
"hc.'"r'" IT the END OF liopcwcll Street
~ 'he NnpomattoX River eyplod.d
"hout $50 this morning. starting a ,iyc
I'ihl "oinr!ctcly destroyed the hon,
"ithin short time. Several men AMI
omen VII" roomcd on the boat were
]. fce" TO fc" Tor their lives, some Of
,he'h "tihS forced to jump overheard
~ order 10 escap" the flames The yos
""lwcen $4,000 and $4,000
The only article known TO have hcer
rom the fire was n coat ana
Ncst heiontlnS TO Attorney Garrow
oi 'he IA" him o! Garrow X Beli. Du-
poht Officers George Campb,u NJ
Frederick and II. H. Crcnshaw Also
Fo"'ned on the boat. They Jailed ia
say. anything Of their own, hut ono
81 INC officers carried Mr. Garrow'.
Clothes on the boat. In ne locker of
moncT '"P''
The boa, was run hy Della M,,,or
as II r"oming and boarding mouse she
lost, besides hey interest in Tho b,si
ness: about $1,000 worth II tcwelrv
In tho fire.
RESCUE sTRA NIGER FROM
DROWNING IN RIVER
As he was walking along the cd,.
OF the dock a; City Point last night.
the Richmond Norfolk boat would land,
an unidentified man slipped ana. losin.
ms balance, plunged into the Icv
waters OF the .1amcs River
detail Of Mecklcnburg Guard sta
toned at the wharf to intercept the
shipment OF whisky destined Tor Hope
well threw the man rope as he cHr,.
TO the surface after his frs, plunge
downward
He probably would have lost his lie
had il not been for the Waterman on
III" steamer. The vessel waa 900 o..
500 yards away. moving toward the
dock, win its searchlieht playing along
tn" wharf, as the man fell
Tho man behind the scarchlight cvl :
IDENTIFY sar the man fall overheard.
for he kept the light on the s-ruggiing
figure in tn" water. thus enabling the
soldiers on shore 10 where to throw
their rope.
The stranger had suitcase filled
with a change Of wearing apparel, ant.
intended TO catch the night boat for
Norfolk. Fortunately. he dropped the
suitcase on the wharf as he fell. and
as soon a. ne had been pulled from
the water he was taken into the ticket
office and placed beside a waiJ. fire.
He was allowed to change Ms suit
mere. and he stuffed the Wet clothes
in the suitcase and departed up the
railroad track, toward iopcwcu