Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-25

the vacant buildings at 2olO-l2-14.
1918 East Broad Street. Banks re-
turned TO them during the night OF
April IL and started rire which
practically destroyed two OF them and
damaged the others considerable
loss OF more than $4,000. A lumber
yard is situated here ALSO and n ouan-
| titE OF lumber, together with several
pieces OF machinery, was destroyed
Again at 2Oll aud cola East Broad
Street Banks found ii necessary to MAX
TWO attempts before he was successful,
and II was here that he was seen leuy-
ing one of the houses.
LIST OF FIRES
CHARGED TO BANKS
| The list compiled By the Fire and
/ tohcc Departments last night shows
that BANKS was responsible for the fol-
| lowing alarms:
April Second and Byrd Streets.
false alarm; 101-1O9 North seventh
Street. owned By William b. Pizzini.
April ll--2olU to 20lS East Broad
street. owned by FL. w. Wanerstein.
April 1t-2Uls East Broad Street.
! owned by IL. w. wallerstein
April ls--20ll and 2Ol3 East Broad
street. owned by IL. W. Wallersteln:
house in rear of s-1l North Fourth
street. owned by j. Thompson Brown.
april "o--The three-story building
at 20 North Fourteenth Street. owned
by II. $. H,nzler
hWil 23-Small house At Fifteenth
ana Cary. owned by Lyme g. Harris:
slS East Leigh Street, owned bv Mrs
NJ: ID. Williams: house i'm the rear of
OK 4V2 West Main Street. owned by
James Brown; houses at lI-l3 North
Twelfth Street, resulting in fires n
those at 1909 and 1901 East Main
street. all OF which were owned by N
LON and the Planters National
SANK anu Two empty box cars on the
.hesapeake and Ohio Railway yards
"' sixteenth and Marshall Streets.
AS Two or more confagratious ro
suited from several Of the places Banks
ADMITS having set on fire. the poIic.
nave evidence which caused them IN
bring fifteen charges against tho
negro. 'he
NEGRO BELIEVED TO
NE MoNOMANIAC
h'"hS - thought TO be a mono
m"n'"c. re becomes excited and al
most incoherent in his spc.c,, wha
speaking OF the fires. hut anne,rs -
ne quite rational on other s,bioc,s
mat mis- memory is excellen, waS 49,
ninited by the fact that he was ah,e ~
"'rect Tie police Yesterday over: ina
routes he had followed as far hack ~
April Z. '"cN "s
day night by Major Werner nm, b."
hceman Warriner in an alley. h.,w.on
seventeenth and Eighteenth and Main
ana cary Streets. The officers had
s.eh MN prowlinE along Eirh:e.n,b
ctreet before he entered the a!,cv an,,
ao;ioNea nm. They saw Banks .ath
tiihe papers from the alley IN, T.;
me gloom Of the shadow cas-, hr ~
virginia Bonded Warehouse Rujidinr
lost sight OF him
reepinE further into the alley
.nouEh' Warriner suddenly flashed or
'eh'' IN IL corner close TO !, fence
ana hea: the side Of a vacant b,,ild;,.
back OF 1903 East Main stree, I,.,,'
vas disclosed pilinE the pape, on
niie OF lumber. Tho lumber milo Goa.
pciore the door OF the vacan, build;n,.
III which was stored a number OF njI
BOXES and oil barrels '''
PARoLED FROM
WASHINGTON TRAINING: st.,no,
ms was arrested ut once ana t,k
en- To the First station An incida,,,
"n,ch LED the officers to believc bi,,
Hu'i'H Oh starting the fires occurrnd
Mnth hanks without previous sur
S e 'olu Major Werner that he was
49,. 80 'ls atieF TO start any fires \
eoN oi matches was all thar III. noljc,
iound on him, cXcep; n card s;,tv;,,
Nv "'" pccn par01cd from n Wasj,inc
'oh training school on March AZ =,
was round that he had been emnlovcd
East Marshall Street RI. nd
n'itted yesterday that he had hoo,
seeming anywhere he found a convo.
nient bed 'o"'e-
"hoof Werner said last night ,hai .
pIacK cat dart"d between his feei iust
ne ana Warmer saw Banks
an" 'nat Ia" remarked TO the or:,nr
49, m[n ,hat they should have good luck
pctore me night was over. The rhi.r !
! ~ "ni'sed the man who arrested mo
nreouE two-day vacation some time
hso' AT that time LITTLE rcalizinp ,ha,
i would figure in the arrest Now ba !
p.Eleu as TO the proper method OF !
'ipoi i"hins the reward but said last
hiSht nc thought he would take his IN
"'ehaihS the meeting of notice chiefs
AT Roanoke in May
CHARGED MNru Anonn