The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-31
R. R. ALLEN IS GIVEN
PfM|TtATlARY TERM
Agent of Metropolitan Insurance Com.
pany Again Found Guilty of Grand
Larceny In Hastings Court.
WILL HEAR NEW MOTION
Allen, Allowed Bail In sum OF sf,5OO,
VIII Attempt TO Have Verdict Set
Aside on June fO-Ncgroes Arrested
For Murder of Chinsman.

Petersburg, Va. May 30.-For the
second time within a few weeks r. r.
Allen. former division superintendent
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company Of New York. has been
found guilty by jury in the Hastings
Court of grand larceny ana given
penitentiary sentence
The specific charge against Allen
was the larceny of $76.70. the prop
erty of Emma Vaughan, colored. bene-
fciary in policy upon the life of an
insured. The evidence in the case was
to the effect that when the person
insured died, Allen, by false pretense
and forgery of the name of Emma
Vaughan. secured possession of and
appropriated the money to his own
use. This and many othtg cases of a
similar nature were discovered some
weeks ago by Inspector Horton. of
the Metropolitan Company. Allen was
immediately dismissed from the ser
wees or the company, after having
been in the company's employ for
about six years, first as agent or coll
lector in Richmond. his home city.
and later as superintendent of the Pc
tersbure division. 1t appears that.
Notwithstanding the evidence which
the compan had in its possession as
10 the alleged crooked work OF Allen,
that prosecution would not have fol-
lowed had he not attempted to bring
suit against the Metropolitan COMPANY
on account of his dismissal from the
company's employ
He was first tried upon a warrant
charging him with the larceny of
sum amounting to nearly $500. the
property of Rosa Marab Bile colored,
beneficiary in a policy upon the life
of Anderson Davis. He was acquitted
OF this charge upon the testimony of
Forrest w. Tucker. a Petersburg no.
tary who acknowledge the mark of
Rosa Marable TO the receipt for the
money and who swore In court that
ITO the best OF his knowledge and
belief the money was paid to Rosa
Marable"
The second trial upon an indictment
charging the accused with the larceny
Iof $3.50, the property of Emma
Vaughan. resulted in his conviction,
with punishment at twelve months in
the penitentiary. Upon motion of
counsel. the verdict was set aside by
the court on the ground that one of
the trial Jurors, Mr.. David Gellman.
La Hebrew. was Improperly sworn.
Allen was released on bond Of
81 600. with George B. Carter as sure
ty. and the case was called for a re-
hearing at 10 o'clock last Thursday
morning, AT the second trial Allen
was represented by Robert Gillian.
Jr,. of this city. and Louis Wenden-
burg, Of Richmond. After a stubborn
legal fight. in which the accused was
given the benefit OF every doubt by
the court, his case was given the jury
late yesterday afternoon. The jury
was unable last night to reach a YER
dict. one or more of its members. II Is
said, holding out for ten years in the
penitentiary and three for not guilty
The jury was sent to their room again
about 10 O'Clock this morning, and
about an hour later they filed into the
courtroom with verdict Of guilty
fixing the punishment OF Allen at two
years in the penitentiary.
Robert Gillian. Jr.. in the absence
OF Mr.. Wendenburg, moved the court
10 set the verdict aside on the usual
grounds and the motion for a new
trial will be argued on Saturday, June
10 Allen was allowed bail in the
sum OF $500 In this case and $500
each on two other indictments. with
his brother, w. f. Allen. of Rich
mond. and George D. Harlow. of this
city, as surety, :
The case has attracted more wide
spread interest than any similar case
that has been before the court in re-
cent years.
The case of James Henley. indicted
for the murder of James Lewis. night
wa lehman at the Battersea Cotton
Mills. which had been set for trial to-
day. was continued to the June term
OF the court.
The case OF ]. T, Noel. charged with
the murder OF Mrs. l.ottie NJ. Robert
son. which had been set for trial at
this term. was postponed and set for
trial on June %.
Two Negroes Arrested.
Lewis Shelton and Robert Scott,
two negroes believed TO be the
murderer of Leong Tong. a Chinaman,
at the laundry of l.. Lee. in Second
Street, on last Tuesday, were ar
rested at an early hour this morning
at a lodging house opposite the
Bazaar Stables in East Bank Street.
kept by Max Morgan. Tong. who had
recently sold out his business at Hope
we'll and was en- route to his home in
New York. stopped over here to see
his friend. Lee, last Tuesday night. A
dispute arose between the negroes
and Lee in the latter's place and the
negroes left returning a few minutes
later armed with brick bats, with
which they assaulted Tong fracturing
his skull resulting in his death at the
Petersburg Hospital Friday afternoon.
With practically no clue to work upon
the police commenced a search for the
negroes, About midnight last night,
they were advised of the presence of
the two men in the Bank Street house.
Sergeants Titmus and Payne, Patrol
men Worrell, GALLON. Fuqua and Of
flcer Magee, of the Norfolk and West
ern Railway. proceeded to the house
and place under arrest Ave negro men
who were taken to Lees place with
the result that Shelton and Scott
were picked from the number by eye
, witnesses to the assault as the guilty
men. Shelton, upon being questioned.
stated that his brother committed the
deed and that he had left here for his
home in Lynchburg. This story the
police disbelieve and are satisfied that
they have the guilty men. both Of
whom formerly lived in Lynchburgs
Body OF Long Identified.
The body of the negro. which was
discovered half buried in the East Hill
sand pits late yesterday afternoon. in
badly decomposed condition, has
been Identified as the body of John
Henry Long. from Columbia, s. C.
Long, 1t Is said by three persons who
knew him, had been living in Peters
burg for about a year. The suppose
ton Is that while walking along the
edge OF the sand pit the unfortunate