The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-27
YOUNG MEN ARE HELD
On ROBBERY CHARGES
wfffam Cornett. George Ooruett and
~. T.. Riddle Alleged 10 Have
stolen Money.
HAMILTON is SHOT BY NEGRO.
Pescrsburgcr Receives Bullet In Leg
While Walking Along Strcvt NcRr"
Arrested ON Charge of Firing the
Weapon.

george Cornett and J, f. Riddle were
arrested at an early houi inns nv ~.
Ing by SerEeants Tltn1us ana ay''o
and patrol Driver Wright. ana are
-sinr held on suspicion OF ie'ohy W
complaint # + W. HoFwood. VINO
cbarres the three with having robbed
him on the A. Q. "a hrlt line IN tRe
yes. Ind about midnight last night
A telephone call was received al
nclice hes luuzrtors ABOUT 3."N C'"l
.hts m 9rr3uE from HoG"o"a' FeqNeN'-
fas ,fraf an afNrer hc sent 60 The scene
80 alleged ,ohhe-v- Sergg7ni8
rri+r,,4a and Payro with Patrol Driver
Iv-9sh, answered the ~atE According
N HoSyeood s. statement. %" aat Eohe
ont - the belt line in company VIZ
The three men about HfAmEh.. ~"
~ then had been drinking, that ne
~ ~e4fo+ ss1eep and when n awoke
Ne r1tsse4 RS pocKethork conf2'nA-
hatwsen 2s8 and sao We accused
rho men ~ having taken u from nun.
-.bereupon ne was struck Hy one OK
4aA S~pr4ctts HeEw"od says that ~"
+breo -,7en knew he had me money
The Officers went TO a house on i<ohlF
greet ard arrested All three OF 'heiil'
u-her. trev were searched 81 the po-
no eaten r~p o. them had 81 and
,nothor So and later So was Iou''i
aided M In a hall IN IN" pare"
No one having been IN The patrol o'bef
4HHN II 9EWDGf EIll tAfF t''' VIZ
T7,fs morning the officers Went aga"
- the scene Of the alleged robbery
found another S. riu on the sround
ans a1So found Hogwoo8s pocketoooEt
-~ith hts name ON the inside of II near,
by The porketbook was empty NJ
4hrea men will be examined NJ ~.
rfaarr4,yt,e- session Of -thG -I,4llEe s-23t q
White Man Is shot.
Samuel = Hamilton. n resident ot
shot the .tt
ahnut 1870 o'clock last night 81 SEca-
,rora street and College Alley. ana
John Price. colored was arrested
charged with Inc shooting. WhI''
CITIZEN passing near the scene 81 Wv
shooting. heard two pistol shots,
csnse,v followed ny Eve others. ana
rnrrvInc in the direction from "hlCh
fhe shots came he found Mr.. Hamh-
tnn living on the ground WIKI group
xf people gathered about MIN. r..
According to the statement 81 j, T.
pawe, a Dupont employe ana a
.riend OF Hamilton, who was win
him at the s.me OF the shoobhs' nv
two were walking along the stTeet
when one negro shot at another ana
fhn huVet struck Mr.. Hamilton An
Investigation showed blood STAINS on
the ground lending toward frl'e .
house The stains were io,toNtu 80
4ba reRro's doar-Eteps and Price was
fo,ua IN the house alone with }hfiNE =
spvo cal,bre revolved enptled and
smelling Of newly-Duvned powder
Negro shoots Another.
negro named Ice was shot in
the left ankle by Dan staten ah"taVf
regre In Hennessey' g saloon, on BOT
ungbrook Street, about O'Clock last
night According 70 witnesses, staten
,rellaa INTO the saloon and commerC-
"a shooting down into the floor with
- revolver. Lee stated that he not
Know staten and had never had any
trouble with him. Neither OF th7
men were drinking, and Lee Wa
treated by Or, Hoy and taken 10 ms
Man Painfully Burned.
r{fl Atfr5end coIored was taken
10 the r~eotsnafg Bospital saH4t 2 so
o'clock last night painfully hurnea
about his hand and forearinS, the ac-
fjdent having occurred WHOM IL sWal'
FRAN, holse was DESTROYED by fire IN
rocahor.as AIfreud was WnaAi" ia
give a clear statement as TO how h'
+rr7- -r-r- trr--tt551--e
OF the opinion that he accidentally
TELL into the FIRE while IN an ft"Nl-
Gated condition. The flesh on both
arms was badly scorched and All th'
SKIN peeled off nearly TO the nf&r" :
elbow. The FIRE occurred ~ ] p H7%-
ali street iu q. one-sterS frame NAHa-
ing. owned hv r. Bass and occupied
hv Isaac Williams colored, The darn
axe amounted 81 at701t $i"o-
Wound Proves Entail
louis chapman. alias FontA.' VIII
was shot Uy F-ari'y Coleman. ne
gro well known in police circles. ~
willis Gillam's tarro0m on C.g
street. about 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning. died at tho Petersburg Hos
pital last night Chapman claimed
winston Salon, \ c.. as his howa
org ,ly r
from Norfolk Coleman made ms IS
cape Immediately after fhc shooting
and has not been apprehended
Fayors Construction of "Y'
Post G. Travellers Protective Asso
cation. held It's annual meeting "a
the Eiks' hons last evening, Will
more than thirty members Ia attend
ancs. The post In addition to tht
transaction Of routine business
adopted resolutions favorlng th'
granting Of the request Of the p. 81 a
Electric Railway for permission Il
construct q y" at Sycamore &nt
wythe Streets.
s)fhaers Tor the year were elected
as follows: President, W. Lee Ra
nily. vice president, K. ". GIN see
starry ana treasurer, Il. ". Priteh
s.nd. sr.
Delegates wers appointed to M
a-ate convention. 20 be held I'm New
M.s4rs II klusey. r. W. Gill s. r
Gill X N Collins. ) p. Young Z. g
aon tson c. L. Young. w H. Turner
~ ~ Wells, j.. +. Tnweatt, w, O
eos kir ,on Daniel Rahi]y, J. z Good
rich, w T. Baugh. r n EImore
). n. Short, r. NJ, Netheriand ". r
stpne, l. u. Robertson ". V. Hen
r. - r'fnth 81, and II. l. Smith, Jr
The delegates were empowered II
name aiternates
~+ Deiegatss were appointed 70 III,
national convention, as follows:
81 MeSsrs. w. l. Rahtiy AID " r
Baugh: alternate, j. F. Goodrich
The post decided to take an activ,
part IN the booster day ceiebraucf
at Hopeweh on April ! 3.
IS Another Victim of Measles.
Thelma Psnnier, aged FIVE years
ekughter OF Mr.. aad aIrs. r y. Pan
vss-r. or 7s4 Watson street. died a
1f10 o'clock yesterday morning. fol
Aswsng an Illness or soEae DAYS, from
xpnaa,es This was the second chil'
tssat Mr. ANA Mrs, Pannie had lost y