The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-01
POLICE CHIEF
ABUSES DEPARTMENT
Henderson Again in Hands Of Law
Charged With Use OF Unbecom-
Ing Language.
HIGHWAYMEN AT WORK
Man With Cork Leg Charged With
RobbiHg Southern Express Com
psany of $l,OOO-North Carolinian
Suffers Injuries.

Petersburg. Va, Nov. GOV. ID.
Henderson. former chief of police of
Hopewell, is again in trouble. The
former officer was arrested Sunday
night by Officer l.. X. Evans, of the
Hopewell force, and upon arriving at
police headquarters he Is said to have
become very abusive against the pres
ent police force, Officer Evans in par
ticular Every vile name in the Eng
fish language il said to have been
used by the former chief in his abuse
of Officer Evans and after he had ex-
hausted himself he announced to the
crowd which had assem- bled that he
would be the chief of police OF the
Hopeweil force again by February
/ next, and then he would fire all
the present officers. The former Of
ficer asserted that he had the right
men behind him to land for him the
Office of police chief. Henderson re-
Gently served a fifteen-day sentence
in the Petersburg Jail after being
convicted In the Prince George Cir
cult Court on a charge of selling
liquor. He was bailed in the sum of
$50 to appear In Justice Lawrence
Perry's court TO answer the above
charge.
Victim of Highwaymen.
Edward Watson. colored, an em-
pioye Of the DUPONT Company. was
.ae victim about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. of five highwaymen, whom
he met on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad. short distance from Gray 4
Crossing, in Prince George County.
Watson described three of the men
as being very dark and the other two
as mulattoes. After robbing their
victim of s14. all the money which
he possessed. the five men proceeded
on their way 10 Petersburg and have
thus far eldded arrest.
ork-Lcggcd Man Arrested.
A white man wearing a cork leg
and giving his name as j. C. Thomp-
son, was arrested on the road between
Petersburg and Hopeweil this after
noon after he had succeeded. 1t is
alleged. in stealing from the office OF
the Southern Express Company. at
Hopeweli, the sum OF $1,000. a de-
scription of Thompson was -teiephoned
TO the local police, but Hopewell Of
ticers are said to have overtaken and
arrested him before he reached here
Badly Hurt in Fall.
A white employe OF the DUPONT
Company named w =. Hipp, OF Char
iotte, \. c., was brought To the Peters
burg Hospital this afternoon with a
broken nose, one leg and both arms
HTohSH as the result Oh Il Iati from Il
building under way OF construction
Thu afternoon.
Methodists Name Officers
AT the regular monthly meeting of
the board of stewards of the Ettrick
Methodist Episcopal Church, held last
evening, officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President, +.
VI. Moore vice president. $. S. Nu-
gent; secretary, J. b. Anderson: assist
ant secretary. j. A. Moore; financial
secretary. E. c. Franklin; treasurer.
George n. James: public announcer,
G.. f. Marks, church chorister E. NJ,
Moore.
The retiring pastor. Rev. c. c.
Jones who has greatly endeared him.
self to the congregation during his
pastorate, preached his farewell SER
mon Sunday night to a large and
deeply interested congregation.
Dogs Head Shows Rabies.
Detective Al~ridge, of the local po-
lice force. whose young son WAS badly
bitten by dog at the home Of his
father in Halifax street last Wednes-
day has been advised by the Bureau
of Animal Industry at Washington.
where the head of the animal was
sent for examination. that there were
unmistakable signs OF rabies
The youth, who was badly bitten.
was sent to Richmond immediat ely
for Pasteur treatment where he Is
doing well and assurance has been
given his anxious parents that no
danger may be apprehended
Funeral of James j. Robinson.
The funeral of the late James j.
Robinson was conducted from the
Washington Street Methodist Church
at IL o'clock this morning. The
tor. Rev. DIR, Wilkinson, officiated,
and the following were pallbearers,
bearers:
Honora ry-Dr. w. P. Hoy and Mr..
George Badger.
Active-Me ". A. Brockwell,
f. A. Balm, W. T, Meacham, j. A.
Nichols, Wilmer Sims and Walter
Payne. Interment was made in
Blandford.
Brief Notes.
Margaret. the five-year- old daugh-
ter of Councilman and Mrs. w. 1.