Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-14
PETERSBURG MEN WANT
GOVERNOR To TAKE CHARGE
would Break Up Lawlessness I'm and
About POwder-Piant
Town.
HIGHWAYMEN INFEsT ROADS
Delegation of Business Men Lays
Situation Before Attorney General
Enthusiastically Men Have Sc
cured About $1,000 in One Week.

Poilard-Iiold-Up Men Have Sc
cured About $1,000 in One Week.
When Governor Stuart returns to the
Capitol Wednesday. he is expected to
take some definite action to break up
lawlessness. especially open violence, in
ana about iopewell. He will have be-
foro him protests made to Attorney
General Pollard yesterday by delcga-
ton of representative citizens of Pc
tcrSburE regarding tho numerous hold
ups on roads near tho powder plant
town and Il direct request that the state
authorities take the situation in charge
The Petersburg delegation, who were
accompanied by men from City Point
and Hopewell. came to Richmond. to see
me Governor and the Acknowledgement.
The executive was out OF the city, so
they laid their complaints before Mr..
Pollard. with the request that he take
the matter up with tho Governor ~
soon rs practicable. The Petersburg
Chamhcr Of Commerce will make fur
Their representations To the Governor at
meeting tonight
What action Will be taken by tho
Governor Will he determined by the OK
ccutive himself The Attorney General
declined to indicate the probable course
which might be determined upon
NoADS INFESTED WITH
BANDS OF highway
ON the return of the Governor We'd
nesdav morning. the matter will he laid
before him for action" said the Attor-
ney-General last night "'rhc do,cr,
ton said that tho roads between Peters
burg and liopewcll had become infested
with bands Of highwavmcn WHO wcrc
making travel on those routes exceed
inTly dangerous, both TO life and prop
g. TT -,
on the local authorities Of Prince
George County. indicated hv tho dele
cation. They felt that the present po-
lice facilities arc not sufficient to safe
guard tho highways. and that tho
county authorities had gone as far as
they could toward breaking up this
form of lawlcssness.
Information supplied to tho Attorney
General by the complainants was to tho
effect that hiChwaymcn had secured
about $1,000 in cash In the dozen or
more holdups on the Hopcwcll roads
during the last week II was further
stated that rohberics. in which smaller
sums were secured by tho strong arm
mon. arc so common that tho victims
frequently do not make complaint to
the police
PErERSBtRG CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. TO ACT
y meeting OF tho Petersburg Cham
Der OF commerce VIII y" hcld tonight
Ia take action on the situation II is
planned 10 adopt resolutions, calling on
the Governor 10 act. The suggestion
will probably be made that mounted
police force be employed 10 patrol the
roads between Hopewcll and Peters
burg.
Following a tcn-day recess. the Cir
cult Court OF Prince George County
Will convene this morning at Prince
George Courthouse The grand jury
VIII resume its investigation Of law
lcssnoss at iIopcwell and Il large mum
bcr OF new witnesses have bcen sum
moncd to appear
The trial OF former Police Licutcn-
ant John Porter on AN indictment.
charging him with giving n brihc OF
S95 10 O. NJ. Reeves, supervisor OF the
pu Pont police force, will also begin
today.
FORMER TRIAL. RESULTED
IN JAIL TERM FOR JUROR LUCAS
Porter was placed on trial last month
and the case was near an end, when
Judge West was Informed that one OF
the jurors had been "tampcrcd with"