Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-29
REAL ESTATE AGENT IS
HELD ON FRAUD CHARGE
Ashby ID. Ramsay Given Preliminary
Hearing in Police Court and
Remanded to Jail.
WARRANTS ISSUED
Contemplate Fraud" Is Way Com
monwealth's Attorney Page De-
scribes Ramsay's Deals With Two
Widows.

Tho case against Ashby y. Ramsay.
president OF tho Ramsay Realty Com
pany, Inc, who was arrested some
time ago by Detective Sergeant Wilt
shire and Detective Bryant on Il
charge OF defrauding Mrs. Laura b.
Bussard out of more than $4,000 In II
real estate transaction. was certified
to the Hastings Court for trial yes
terday by Justice Crutchfleld after a
preliminary hearing in the Police
Court. which lasted nearly four hours
Ramsay was remanded to Jail to await
his trial during the October term Of
Hastings Court.
Evidence brought out during his
hearing by Mrs. Mary d. Rickeft, a
personal friend Of Mrs Bussard, cauaed
Justice Crutchfield 10 issue two bench
warrants in addition to those already
standing against Ramsay. These war
rants charge him with stealing n ne
gotiable note. signed by Mrs. Rickert
and payable to Ramsay within TWEEN
ty-four months, for s637.50, and with
the larceny of n check for 81 900 made
payable to him or Leon Basiie and
signed also by Mrs. Rickert. The war
rants were executed on Ramsay as he
sat in the Police Court.
CONTEMPLATE FRAUD" SAYS
COMMOSWEALTf'S ATTORNEY
Tho evidence was sufficient to cause
Acting Commonwealths Attorney
was tho most contemplate fraud lie
had ever come across; for, by the
transaction in which Ramsay is al
legged to have stolen the money from
the women. he is said to have com
pleteiy stripped Mrs. Bussard of all
Of her property. She Is left destitute
SO penniless was she that when her
suspicious were aroused and she de-
cided to como to Richmond from her
former home in Cumberland. Nd. she
make tho trip. She has had to borrow
additional money on which to live
since she arrived here.
Attorneys yesterday were able to
give her but small encouragement as
TO her chances of recovering any Of
the property. Her attorney Lawrence
z. Pool, has attached all of the prop
erty known to belong to Ramsay. but
it is said that this is far insufficient
TO covar the amount paid him by her
Mrs. Rtckert Is also said to have been
hard hit by her transactions with
Ramsay.
ORUTCHFIELD HOLDS
NOTE AND CHECK
Justice Crutchleld yesterday took
charge of the note and check, upon
which the new warrants against Ram
say we're issued, and they, with other
papers introduced In court yesterday
were ordered turned over to tho prop
err authorities to be neld until the
Hastings Court trial The note and
check were found on Ramsay at the
time OF his arrest by the detectives.
and they arc regarded as very strong
evidence for the Comm
The evidence brought out during
the hearing yesterday was essential
~ that published by this paper the
morning after Ramsay was arrested
Mrs Bussard informed tho court that
she had met Ramsay in Cumberland
and that IL was In that place she no
gotfated with him for the purchase
OF the lots In Colonial Place. In or
der to consummate the deal. she in
formed the court, she sold house In
West Virginia for s1.100 another in
Cumberland for $4,000 and paid Ram
say $4,000 In cash In addition.
SOLD LOTS AS HIS OWN,
WITHOUT CLEAR TITLE
For this sum he was to sell her
five lots on Monument Avenue. In