The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
HIehNAy ROBBERY CASE
RESULTS N M|SIR|Al
Jury, After Thirty Minutes. Hopeless.
ly Divided In Case OF
Ramsey.
GET ALIlEGED WHITE sI.AvEKs
Series Of Tsaids Made NJ Hopewell.
More Arrests In Pay Roll Swindle.
More Than 400 DRINKS Arrested In
Month.

Petersburg. Va, Dec. THE jury
in the Charles L. Ramsay case. after
celebrating about thirty minutes, APP
peared In court and announced that
they were hopclessly divided. -Four
'standing for acquittal and eight for
conviction. The court discharges the
jury and declared the case a nlistrial.
Robert Gillian. Sr., and II. B. Gil
liam were attorneys for the defense.
The Hastings Court Judge Mullen
presiding, was engaged throughout
today's session in hearing the case Of
Charles l.. Ramsey, Indicted for high
way robbery. The alleged offense oc-
Saturday. October last. the victim
being II. l.. Goodwin. a Halifax Street
merchant, who resides on Adams
Street. while he was OF his way from
his store to his home.
Following the examination OF sew
eral witnesses the Commonwealth
rested it's case about o'clock this
afternoon and the defense was begun.
Detective John J. Heeian. OF the To-
'cal police force. testified. to having
made the arrest. and City Engineer
Robert Budd testified as to lights and
distractions on Wythe Street in the
rneighborhood Of where the robbery
occurred.
The jury is composed Of Charles
F. Borst. James r. Ellis. Samuel W.
Price. David A. Roberts, Lnwood A.
Andrews, Fred A. d. Alton, Villa RI,
ID,.en Ia VI
Goodrich, william, F.. Talbot. Whit
worth Wilson and Richard S. Kidd.
Raiders Charge White slavery.
Oftscers Shuey Macdonald and
Pennington, of the Hopewef police
force. made a wholesale raid of dis
orderly houses AT Hepeweii last even.
ing and placed under arrest FIVE
Foreigners, who gave their ma mes as
MaFre. Neder. Moreno. Rose Joe
Coclarino. Nick Weaks and Patsy
Corbi. The officers also arrested Lii
Ian Delackso and Eva Secasa as ma
terlal Witnesses to be used By the
Commonwealth in the prosecution Of
the Ave foreigners upon the charge
OF violating the AaHHpriai,e slave q
The Dn|aekso woman. I'm state
nent which she made to the police
charged that she was induced by
Coclarino to come from, her home in
Baltimore to Hopewell. she h~4ns told
that much better wages were paid
women at Hopewell than In the Mary
land metropolis. where she was en-
ployed in cigarette factory. but that
after she had been at HopeweIf about
three weeks che was Informed by
Coclarino that unless she did as he
said she would have to starve. In
statement which she has made Chief
Gotten since her arrest. the woma n
charges that Ceciarino has been lIv-
ing off the proceeds of her life.
1t IS stated here that more than
two score persons were arrested in
connection with the case, either upon
Ia direct charge or as witnesses to be
used by the Commonwealth.
Arrests in Payroll Swindlc
A member of the DUPONT police
force, according to apparently anthem
tic Information, admitted today that
eight arrests have been made in con-
nection with the payroll swindie,
which was recently discovered by Of
ficers of the DUPONT company.
W. P. Murphy. one Of the frs, two
men arrested in connection with the
case, is stu in the Dupont Jail unable
to furnish the required $4,000 bond.
Plumb, former clerk In the paymas-
ters office. furnished bond aud was
released this morning.
/ II Is also rumored here that $50, 900
of the stolen money has been found
secreted in a trunk in Richmond and
another rumor IL being circulated to
the effect that woman living in
Petersburg IL beiievss to have in her
possession 51.000. which Ia supposed
to have been her husbands share OF
being held by the Dupont company,
1t If stated were formerly foremen in
the plant.
HopewrH Bank Capital 800, 900.
The First National Bank OF Hope
we'll, which was recently chartered
and which will have capital stock
OF 100000. will be under course OF
construction within the next few cay..
according to information received
here. 0fficefs of the bank we're at
Hopewe!l today selecting site fos
the building. 1t Is also relia bly, stated
that Oliver !. Sands. president of the
American National Bank. OF Rich
mond. viii be president of the First
National Bank Of Hopewell.
sS5 Arrested In November
The report OF Chief Of Police Rag
land for the month OF Novenabe
shows y total OF 1Ss arrests. classified
assault. 30: DRINKS. 4ss; felony. a.;
fugttives from justice. 1: larceny.
4s; misdemeanor. e.: peace warrant,
Q: trespass. 3. vagrancy, IL: viola
ton of city ordinances. al. The city's
share Of fines collected during the
month amounted to $t.Is8.50.
Employment Agent Fined.
r. r. Walters. who has recently
maintained an office in the Mechanics
Building and advertised Al Walters
& Co. and who was arrested last
evening charged with conducting an
employment agency without a license.
was fined 500 in the Police Court
this morning. His attorney. r. Is.
Wilcox. noted an appeal and another
charge Of violating a city ordinance
was continued.
Negro F1a.cd S15O.
A negro who was arrested by the
local police last night and who gave
the name OF John De Baptist. was
fined $3.50 in Police Court this morn
ing upon three separate charges OF
carrying a pistol. raaor and a pair
OF brass kruchs. $50 being assessed
In each case.
Music Club Recital.
The Wednesday Music Club held the
third meeting OF its eighteenth session
at the home of Mrs. Howard II. Wright
in Franklin Street this weak A mis-
cellaneous program was rendered con-
sisting Of the following numbers:
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