The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-13

brick pavement resulted In his INJURY.
He Was removed 10 the Petersburg
Hospital and efven treatment BY Dr.
L.. s. Early The exact extessf Of his
injuries will not be known for sew
sra1. days. Mr.. OvsrGtreet was for
merly of. BlneheId. w. Va. and has
only been In Petersburg a short time.
Mr.. James. who has q young wife.
widowed mother and grandfather uv-
ing in Petersburg, has resided here
all his life and il well known. His
assault upon Agent Overstreet, 1t Is
said. was justified.
Mr. James was allowed bail at a
late. hour This afternoon by Judge
Mullen, of the Hastings Court. in the
sum OF $500. Joseph J.. Rosenberg
became his bondsman.
BODY Of white stranger Found.
The body OF white stranger was.
taken to- the undertaking parlors of
/ r. Morriss & Son this morning from
the City, Aims House and is being
held for identity. The stranger, who
gave the name or John Byrd, appeared
at the plant Of the Virginia Lumber.
and Box Company in the western part.
of the city early last night ans telling
he Waterman that he was sick, re-
niiea.ed to be permitted to VAIN hdG'
self in the. boiler room Of tho plant.
'ifkl tt IfuttiOn toUNHuSu to SsON WI sc
until at an early hour this morning
his removal to the Aims House was
authorized, but before reaching the In
stitution he died.
Il Coroner Leigh viewed the body and
decided that death had resulted from
natural causes. He later turned 1t
over to the undertakers.
The stranger IS OF neat appearance.
apparently about fifty years of age.
inches tall; weighed about 1856 pounds.
had light sandy hair, heavy sandy
mustache and very prominent nose.
He was fairly well-dressed and is
thought probably to be resident Of
Washington, D. C. or Column ia, S. C.
Nothing was found upon his person by
which he could be identified piece
of paper was found In one of his peck
cts upon which the name of J.. A..
eBlackman was written.
Ask Reauisstion for Partners.
commemorative Attorney S. w.
thinner, accompanied by n Representa-
tive OF the National Bank of Peters
burg, went to Richmond today and
made application TO Governor stuart
for requfsition for the return of
George Shuman and Harry Cohen. who
are under arrest in Washington to
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chants at HopeweIl. but were burned
out during the fire of December 2.
They had an account with the Ma
tionaI Bank of Petersburg, which they
ovcrdrew more than $1,000 They are
charged in the warrant with grand
larceny and will be prosecuted Ii the
Governor issues the requisition ~and
they are brought back here. Gov
ernor stuart took the matter under
advisement and will notify MIR. Zim-
rper after his decision.
War Relief Work Makes Fine Progress.
The Petersburg branch of the Nir~
ginia War Relief Association Is max
ing excellent progress in the matter
ot raising funds. Mrs Robert Bndd
chairman, reports that s4os.92 Was re-
ceived In contributions on Block
Day" The chlidren's aid has reported
81. The Home Sewing Department. has
reported that the Cohen Pants Manu-
featuring Company offered to cut out
free of charge seven hunarei gar
ments and various other sinilas offers
have been received
Negro Murderer Arrested.
Frank smith. eolored, indicted for
the murder. Of, q negro, whose name
could not be learned. at Hopewell IN
December, and who escaped from the
Prince George TAIL is under arrest in
Atlanta. Ga. He will be sent for by
Deputy Sheriff George J. Rousseau, OF
Prince George. rs soon as the necfs-
sary reauisitfon papers can be OBJ
tanned.
Weed End Recital.
The usual weekend recital of the