The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-09
MEMBER OG GANG
Of f0RetRS CAUGHT
Hts Two Pals Escape, Due tn Over
anxiety on Part OF
Victim.
DASHED MUCH BAD PAPER
Captured Man Had More Than sS,ooo
Worth Of Forged Dupont Checks
on Him When Taken--Iiad PLANT
MI 10 Turn Out the Paper.

Petersburg. Va. Oct S,--The watch
fulness OF the local police Of the past
month or more for three OF the most
noted forgers in the country was re-
wnrded iate this evening through the
arres, of one OF the three by CHIEF
Ragiand Detectives Eanes and Heel
an. whle the other two have escaped
temporariiv The man under arrest
In about thIrty-nye years Of age, ana
gives the name of Harry Hale, hat he
Is believed 70 he Harry Brown, 81
LEROY. Maine.
wher arrested. he had in his
possession forged Dupont checks
amounting TO $5.Sl2,s6. and had sue
ceeced N having cashed others rang
ing from amounts af $40 TO s4s- total
ling several hundred dollars by the fol-
loving local merchants. Applefeld
Brothers. A Martchen. the Balti-
more Tailoring Company, he Globe
s1epartHef9t t.utt,. t83tt-5,ef fSFeihers'
ana ", a Brccawel
TT s,,,t5ec .ae8te3 and recovered
three xE1;cases containing suits OF
csrtneg oys-co9ts. fangs vests ana
nursleress ,.'tsr aFtt,tes n nerchan-
disc ~. 9rapeTty ~ Aarsi merchants
A coat purchased fror' HofFheimer :
4r Richmond wbs also recovered. Ah
the fcrEr- : nAras5 .errailr tnci#eed
pro.ect0graEh check writer No:
sss54a sold H. q W. Todd n Co OF
Koch~s;er. y. II has been Gef1n'teiy
cashed here late this evening, and to-
night am a7lrtirg 10 about 5000.
Carried Check Number.
Ore Of tho three forgers carried
punnnt yxork check No, sS4os cor
responding with the number written
in The face of all The forged checks
and readily presented this when 1t
was demanded
To Mr. Murtchen. belongs the
credit Of tipping off the police and the.
ee~spe of two OF the fcrRers is due &c
the over arxfoUsness NJ Robert Hack
er. to capture them Mr. Rlacker at
tempted to grappie with and hold one
Of me two near the STAFFORD Hotel.
thereby giving notice that the police
were after them.
Hop~~~iI Road Matter.
The Finance Committee OF the tity
Council had a meeting behind closed
4 doors this afternoon, and discussed
d resolution offered by Councilman
Patterson at the recent meeting Of
the Council to appropriate 100000 TO
aid in the construction Of the Peters
burg HopewelI Road, but at the con-
ciusion OF the meeting, would not give
out any Information relative to what
decision was reached II il generally
believed that the committee voted to
Secornmen nd that the appropriation be
made This action of the committee
was almost made necessary by an offer
which the Dupont Company made
through Superintendent W. +. Allen.
this afternoon. to Chairman c. r. Las
sitter. Of the Business Mems Commit
tee. to appropriate SIS. 900 towards the
characterization of the road
Fire Engine Breaks Down.
While answering an alarm turned
in from Sycamore and Franklin
Streets early this evening. one OF thu
rear wheels on the fire engine uset
at the Halifax Street Station suddeni,
gave way near the corner of Syca.
more and Halifax Streets, causing thu
engine to topple over. sligttsy scald
ing one ri the firernen, and creating 6
great deal OF excitement Fortunately
the Are TO which the engine was going
did not amount to anything.
Petersburg. Va, Oct. s.-~There Il
nnhounded discussion among Peters
burg business men and citizens gen
orally today over the question Of
building a permanent highway be
tween Petersburg and Hopeweli, anc
the probable action of the City Coun
Gil with reference to the proposed
bond issue in the s1iin Of 10000 te
ha expended for that purpose,
Hon. Charles T. fAssiter shortly be
fore o'clock this afternoon received
a teiegra from Superintendent w. +
Allen, of the Dupont interests at Hope
we'll which reads follows;
IF free road from Petersburg q
City Point, as outlined by committed
OF twenty-five, Of which you are chair
man, can be built. the Dupont Com
pany will contribute s2a. goo"
This offer on the part of the Du
pont Company = looked upon be
ing deciding factor in the City Coun
ellis actions. The Dupont Compan,
will not be benefited in the least b,
the building of the road, but on thu
other hand tt will enable labor EN-
pioyed by the concern TO get In ant
out from Hopewell more easily ane
thereby cause the Dupont Compa n,
some Inconvenience In view OF thu
fact. which has evidently been con
sidered by the company. II appear
that Petersburg is being pushed aloni
whether tho CITY Council desires tina
1t should be or not