The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-23
Petersburg
NE0RE6S IN JAIL FOR
KILLING DRAFTED MAN

Especial to The Richmond virgtnian.)
Petersburg. Va, Nov 12--Ellza
B&uEh, negresa with q police record.
- being held In the local Jail charged
with the murder of William Clements,
= eoiored drafted soldier from West
Virginia
The shooting occurred about $
O'Clock laat night at the woman q
home ON Low street CIemsnts was
shot through the back with on old
typs .4i-caiiher Springfield army rifle.
and was rushed to the Petersburg hos
pital shortly afterward, where he died
Of his wounds about ; o'clock this
rnornfng. The bullet entered his back
passed over the right kidney and on
tirely through the body
The Baugh woman claims that
Clements forcihly entered her home
and. upon hts refusal TO leave after
being ordered away. she secured the
rife and shot him The woman
claims TO be the wife OF Horace Har
Fison.
Clements. In dying statement
taken by Justice Of the Peace Herzog,
ssid that he had been eaticed into the
house by the woman and drank cider
with her When asked II knife
found Ia the Baugh womans home
s~as h4R4 he rspliad- that -f.sss@--eti
nothing bat a psnknife. and further
stAted that he had $40 in his pocket
Both the penkn1fe and the amount Of
money claimed by the soldier were
found In his clothing.
A coroner's Jury enpaneled hy
Coroner Crockford tonight. after hear
ing the evidence in the cast. held tle
Baugh woman responsible for Clam
snts' death
Ofhcers Make Big Raid.
A carefully planned raid upon nu-
n1erous alleged immoral houses in va .
rfous sections Of the city by the local
police last night. headed by Detec-
tsvss Heelan and Guinan and aided nv
the military police, resulted In the
arrest OF more than Atty negro women.
The women were hailed before Police
Justice Clements this morning. who
assersed fines OF 10 against more than
half OF them and heavier fires agains.
several others, while a few OF them
were discharged. The police patrol
was kept busy for more than two
hours gathering up the women caught
in the raid and many Of the women
had to be lodged in the city Jail for
The night
Another Raid In Hopewei
Chief OF Police Bernard J Miles,
according to reports reaching here to-
raid At Hopewei! last night placing
under arrest fourteen women and six
1nsn. Among the places raided were
the Paris hntel and the Railroad Ave
nue. hotel Several Of the white wo-
men captured IN the raid had been
arrested befors upon the same charge
and today conviction was secured in
each case. The women were given
pentences ranging from fifteen TO sixty
days In jail. with hnes Of $40 and 32o
CHIEF Miles expresses determination to
clean up the Wizard City
Innocent Man In jail
Eddie Jones, coIcred yesterday sur
rendered himself at the local police
etAtion and cyufeHseu 70 feloniouslV
etaobtnx another negro with whom he
boarded on Pegram street last June
A. tae time Of thu stabbins Albert
Clements. coiored. was arrested. tried
Ana convicted, and sentenced IL ally
months In Jail. Al his trial Clements
protested his innocence, stating that
Lddts Jones was the guilty party
When Jones guilty conscience led him
- police head quarters Yesterday
Nnare he confessed TO the crime GOV
aEaor Stuart was Immediately asked