The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-05
PEIERSDURGERS WANT
STATION TO REMAIN
Citizens OF Cockade City Opposed TO
the Granting of Requests Made
by Railway Company.
ALLEGED FoRGER is ARRESTED
Henry Walker, a Negro Boy, Is Placed
Under Arrest--James Wesley Moore
Is Dead, After Lingering Illness.
River Is Rising.

River Is Rising.
Petersburg. Va. March 4.-Consid-
cradle comment is being heard and
much discussion has been provoked
over the repeated requests of t $.
A. L. hallway company to be permit
TED TO discontinue the use of It's Mar
het-Street passenger station and the
matter Will probably come up again
at the meeting of the common council
Tuesday night
Only local trains now give service
at the Market-Street station, as has
peen the case for a number of years
past The Richmond to Norlina To-
cal. which handles a large amount of
traf1c from the several counties of
the southside. comes in to the Mar
ket-Street station morning and otter
noon, but all through trains stop at
the Dunlop-Street station only. The
reason advanced by the railway COM
pany for desiring to abandon the
downtown station is that a great
deai or time Is lost getting in and out
and that the handling OF freight from
this point could be greatly improved
through disseminating the passenger
service
Under the charter. use of the Mar
required and 1t is on this account
mat another appeal will be mace TO
the city council for permission TO
discontinue its useg
Alleged Forgcr Arrested.
Henry Walker. colored. probably
the youngest forger ever arrested
here, was taken into custody yasrer-
day by Detective ]. j. Heelan. The
young negro purchased nair of
SHOES several 10 y
merchant named Friedenberg, giving
IN payment check supposed to have
been drawn by Mrs Anna Graves.
The signature, 1t is stated, wac very
near perfect and the check was drawn
IN proper form. Walker is alleged TO
nave confessed to the charge
City Receives Check.
tneck mas been received ny the city
OF Petersburg from the Petersburg
James River corporation for $4,000,
the amount for which suit was brought
against the company recently to re-
cover the amount of a forfeited bona,
given by the corporation to Peters
burg for franchise rights to construct
and maintain an electric railway over
certain streets in the eastern section
OF the city, connecting with or as a
part OF an electric line between Pc
tersburg and Hopewell Suit was
brought by City Attorney Mason upon
instructions from the city council
Charged With Theft.
Detectives J. J. Heelan and W. w.
Jefferson arrested Happy" Carter
and Garland Foster. two negro bows,
Yesterday upon a warrant charging
them with breaking into a Boiling
brook store and stealing several pairs
OF shoes and other articles of mer-
chandise. The Carter boy told where
the stolen goods were and 1t Is be-
lieved that all of them were recover
ed
James Wesley Moore.
Following an Illness Of ten months
James Wesley Noore, aged forty-four
years. died at his home, sol Grove
avenue, shortly after 10 o'clock last
night. Mr.. Moore was formerly
resident Of Ettrick, and was we'll
known and highly regarded by a wide
circle Of friends Besides A widow, |
Mrs. Virginia l., Moore he is survived
by four sons and one daughter. James
f., Simon II, Horace s. ana Paul
c. Moore and Mrs. Madeline Hand
schuh, all OF this city The funeral
Will be conducted from the residence
at O'Clock Tuesday afternoon by
Rev. &. c. Owen, of the Grove Avenue
Baptist church. assisted by Rev Penn |
broke w Reed. Of St Johns. Inter- !
ment will be made in Blandford,
Miss Boisseau Buried.
Funeral services for Miss Ruth !
Boisseau were conducted from the
Second Presbyterian church Of which !
she was member. at $40 o'clock !
yesterday afternoon by the pastor |
Rev James A. Mcclure. The follow I
ing were pallbearers: George Clay
ton, Joseph T. Mann, Leroy l. Lamb, I
| Bernard Wharton John Stevens and |
Eugene Lewis Burial was In Bland |
ford |
Makes Interesting Talk.
Despite the disagreeable weather /
conditions today large assemblage |
heard Mmms w. Lee address the I
mems meeting at the Youngs Mems I
Christian association this afternoon. /
on life On the Mexican Border"
The Petersburg Grays Captain Ben
1amin Davis, commanding, attended |
the meeting
Had Twenty-four Pints.
John Holland, colored, was arrested |
by Patrolman Joshua Prichard last |
night for violating the prohibition
law. When taken into custody Hol- !
land was at Wythe and Sycamore |
streets ready to leave for Hepewell. !
He had twenty-four pints of liquor |
In his possession.
Little Girl Ill.
Mavis Virginia. the bright little |
daughter OF Special Officer Benjamin
Magee. of the Norfolk and Western I
railway is III with diphtheria at the !
home OF her parents in ChappelL /
street. Mavls IS four and a half years .
old and an especially bright child. |
Friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. Magee will |
hope for her early recovery.