The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-06
LARGE REAL ESTATE
TRANSFER RECORDED
Watson Realty Company Buys East
Bank Street Property For
Sal, 900.
NEGRo's BODY is FOUND
Recovered at Spot Where Chester
field Cfairvoyant Had Indicated 1t
Would BE Found-DanyiIle Minis
ter Called

largest real estate transfers that have
been recorded in the clerks office of
this city for many months was re-
corded today and involved a portion
of the property purchased by the
Petersburg Terminal Company. In
corporated, on East Bank Street in
the fall OF 1912.
The property transferred is a four
story brick warehouse or factory OF
about so, goo feet floor space, occu-
pied by the Virginia branch Of the
Barnhart Mercantile Company. of ST.
Louis. The lot on which the building
stands lies alongside the A. c. L.
Railway, and has frontage of fifty
nine feet on East Bank Street. run
ming back IT, feet The building
was commenced in June and COM
pleted In October of last year.
The Watson Realty Company were
the purchasers at s41. 900. The Pc
tersburg Terminal Company, since
acquiring this property In 1919 in
addition to the Barnhart Building.
has erected six other four-story bricI
buildings along East Rank Street
which are now occupied by commits
sion houses The whole property
consists of a frontage of 400 feet
along East Bank Street, with suf-
vcient quantity of it undeveioped to
lake care all demands Of the city
for factory sites II has approx
mately 2 900 feet OF railway track
already laid
Negroes Body Found
The body of Algie Malone, colored
resident OF Pocahontas. who dis
appeared from his home on the night
If February 81. was discovered short
" before noon today by Battle p.
Fittz the eight -vear-o son OF Mr..
-, pi1rap
uea~ pocahon Bridge.
The colored population of Poca-
hontas and Petersburg became much
excited on yesterday when il became
known that a Young white woman. a
rlairvoyant Of Chesterfield County,
who had been visited by friends OF
the missing man. had stated TO Ma
rone's friends that he had been muir
dered by three men and his body
bound with wire 10 which a weight
was fastened and thrown into the
river at certain point The young
woman bad never been to Pocahon-
tae hut described to Nalone's friends
certain room In n two-story house
standing near the river I'm which she
stated he was murdered Friends
~ the negro were preparing to drag
: tho river in the exact spot where the
( holy was discovered this morning
J The litfIe fifty nDN WAX SAAHbttS
on the river bank throwing stones
aud pieces Of wood into the water
and WATCHING his dog swim after ar
ticles on the watar WHOM the hodv
/ suddenly appeared on the surface
He Immediately reported his discov-
cry to people sta nding nearby ana
the body was finally secured with
rope Coroner Leigh was notified and
viewed the body in the water. later
turning II nv~~ 10 u colored under
taker An examination showed
confused wound over the right eye,
/ hut there was nothing to indicate
! that the body had been weighted
down An inquest will be held. hut
the time has not yet been fixed.
/ Extend Can to Danville Minister.
At meeting OF the congregation
( following the regular morning SER
vice of the Third PRESBYTERIAN Church
yesterday morning. Il was voted
unanimously to extend a call tn the
pastorate Of tho church to Rev.
Michaux Raine Of Danviie.
The pulpit of the church was re-
Gently made vacant BY the resigna
ton of the pastor, Rev ], Woodrow
Hassell who. with his wife, who was
/ formerly Miss Archibald McIlwaine
Friend left here to take up work In
1 the foreign fields Of Japan.
| Mr. Ralne Is well known in DIM
widdie and Amelia Counties. having
married a daughter of the late Or.
/ Alien. Of Hebron He is about thir-
ty~five years If age and a graduate
Of Hamnden-Sidney
Circuit Court In Session.
| In the Circuit Court OF Petersburg.
Judge Southall presiding. the demur-
! rer of the present officers OF the Har-
I rison Street Baptist Church (colored)
to the new case OF the thirty persons
claiming TO have joined the church
( between l90S-'I4. was argued by
counsel for the respective factions to-
day. Messrs. r. r. Davis and Paul
/ Petit, of the city, represent the Tartte
faction, and James +. Minor. of the
law firm of Smith IL Gordon. Rich
! rnond, represents the church officials.
! EdWards-Lee.
4 Miss Mamie Edwards, the attractive
young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j..
/ Walter Edwards, and Mr.. Fred T..
| Lee. a well-known young Petersburg
| er. were united in marriage at 3
monv was performed by Rev. +. w.