The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-14
NORFOLK SOLDIERS
NOW At HOPfWfLL
Relief sent to Suffolk and Emporla
Troops Yesterday, They Having
Been on Duty Ten Days.
Men Who Escaped From Prince
George JAN Not Found Yet--Negro
Boy Now i'm Custody--Greeks Of
fer a Reward for Negro.

Petersburg, Va, Jan. IA new
detachment OF the Virginia militia.
numbering siXty-five men, forming
provisional company from Companies
a, 3, ID and f, of the Fourth Vlr- !
ginia Infantry, of Norfolk, under !
command of Captain w. W King. Of
Company E: First Lieutenant f. II. |
Bonlurant of Company B. and Sec /
ond Lieutenant j. NJ. Balm. of Com
pany A, arrived at Hopewel ,oday
TO relieve the Suffolk and Emporia
troops. which had been on duty for
about ten days.
The soldiers came to Petersburg
and We're transferred to the City
Point branch OF the Norfolk ano
Western in quick order. They were
! in fine shape when they left here, but
they We're warned to discard their
dress shoes and be prepared for the
! Hopewell Way upon their arrival
in the wizard city
Would Quicken Justice.
Among the numerous bills which
! viii he introduced during the sessions
! OF the General Assembly, which con-
Vened yesterday, will be one which is
! being prepared by Hon Robert w
Price, representative of the lower
house from this city, TO repeal sec
/ ton 1905 of the Code in regard 10
! the third conviction for petit larceny
! In police or magistrates courts. TN
/ der the provisions of section 3a65
( persons upon being convicted for the
third offense Of petit larceny must
he sentenced TO five years in the pen
! ftentiary, which in the opinion of
Representative Price. is too severe
The bill. which Mr. Prce will in
troduCe. will not prevent a peniten--
4 tiary sentence, but instead of this sec
ton of the code being compulsory
/ the character Of the accused and the
term of punishment will be left to
the discretion of the court and jury.
Fail TO Catch Fuxitiycs.
According to the latest informal
ton obtainable, the posse in search
OF the fugitives who esca ped from
the Prince George County Jail shortly
after noon yesterday, had not n,.en
able to trace the four men who are
at large further than Poe, on the
Norfolk and Western Railway,
! short distance below this city. The
jail delivery was one of the holdest
I that has occurred in this section in
( recent years, Altogether FIVE men
escaped, but one of the five. A negro
/ boy sixteen years of age, was recap
tured by l. X. Driver. a special Of
ticer.
( Bloodhounds were obtained from
the State Farm az early after the de-
livery was discovered as possible and
| the trail Of The fugitives WAS fol-
| lowed tn Poe where they are be-
lieVed TO have boarded Il Norfolk
and Western train. Among the num-
Der were Harris Stokely and another
negro named Smith, both charged
with murder
Offer Reward For Negro.
Residents If the Greek colony at
! Hopewell have determined to offer
a reward OF $500 for the capture of
the unidentified negro who early
! Tuesday morning shot to death Au-
gustine Lisandres. a Greek restau-
rant proprietor az he was opening his
place of business TO prepare break
fast. Immediately after the shooting
the negro headed toward Petersburg
and has not been seen since.
Power Company mt Work.
! electricians are at work today on
, Wythe street stretching wires to the
/ corporate limits of the city. which
( will be used by the Virginia Railway
and Power Company IN Supplying
current to operate the ears of the
Petersburg and Appomattox Railway
! Company, which will soor link Peters
burg with Hopeweif The Vaughan
! Construction Company, contractors for
| the construction of the road is rapid
~ pushing The work to completion.
/ Wires have been stretched from
! Hopewell to within a short distance
! OF the eastern corporate limits of
( Petersburg 10y contractors from Dur
1 ham, y c.. and cars are expected to
I he n operation over the road on or
before February 10
Court Conveils.s ThursdaA.--
The January term Of the Hastings
Court. Judge Mullen presiding. will
| convene next Thursday at the usual
/ hour and viii probably be in session
! for more than a week The criminal
docket Is an unusually large one and
! up to the present time includes forty
| felony cases two of which are for
murder and five for highway robbery
I There are also thirty-one INSIDE
meanor cases on the docket.
Two NuptiaIs Listed.
Rev l.. Hit. of the Memorial
! Methodist Episcopal Church. at his
residence In West Washington Street
performed the ceremonies yesterday
within united in marriage two couples:
Al ii A. NJ Miss Dora Bonnie Allen, |
4 of South Carolina, and Mr.. John Nc |
Kinley Green. of Alabama were mar |
kried.
/ In the afternoon Miss Juanita
Gwynn. of North Carolina, and Mr.. !
| walter G. Hough of South Carolina,