The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
Petersburg
DESPERATE CRIMINAL
CAUGHT AFTER EysCax,r,

petersburg, Feb. 2s-:with the aid
or SHELTON key obtained from ONT.
side parties, Bud Wiley. a desnarsta
negro criminal who was convicted in
the Hopeweil corporation court sew.
eral days ago of highway robbery and
was awaiting TO be sent to the state
'penitentiary, about 1880 O'Clock vas-
lerdey evening escaped from the
Hopewell Jail through the front door
whey was captured. however. nv
deputy Hornsby as ne was walking
along the Norfolk e. Western rail.
foau, tracks near Dupont city ahout
three miles from HopeweIl, when
questioned by the officers as to the
party who aided him in securing the
KEY Wiley refused to talk but It Is
neheVed that the guilty person win
ne arrested within q short time
work TO Start on Norfolk IAne.
announcement was made TODAY by
local superintendent of the yirS1nis
Railway and Power com pany Ha,-velJ
that the actual construction work ON
the high power transmission line
from Petersburg to Norfolk will he
SIN in . short time. The line win
cost about three-quarters OF a mil
non dollars and is expected to be
completed by next October.
Besides assuring this city of two
sources or electrical power, Richmond
ana Norrolk, in case of>an emergency.
the line will furnish electric light
and power to thousands of persons in
the towns between this city and Nor
folk. The transmission may possibly
lead to the construction OF a trolley
line between this city and Norfolk.
is the opinion OF superintendent Har
veil,
BY Secretary of the local chamber
Of commerce w. NJ. Martin. the con
structlon of the transmission line is
considered one of the greatest in
dustrial developments in recent years
IN Eastern Virginia
1t had been known for some time
that the Virginia Railway and Pow
or company planned the construction
of the line, but on account OF the
government taking over such sup
plies needed in the construction the
plans were held up. Steps were talk
en- by the company for the govern
ment to release II sufficient quantity
of brass necessary TO build the line.
The governments approval was I'm
ally secured and plans for the work
were completed
Hecitaj ut \. W. G. A.
A recital viii be given at the au-
ditorium Of the local Y. NJ, c. a next
Saturday night for the benefit OF the
chaplains fund of the Three Hun
dred and Fourteenth field artillery,
Camp Lee, The recital will be under
the auspices OF Mrs F. w. Helm.
Jr., and II is expected to prove a
success This is the first effort ma de
as yet to start Chaplain's fund at
the camp.
Some of the best talent in this city
and Camp Lee will take part In the
recital
Thirty Day Sentence for Theft
Charged with the larceny of sew
eral large boxes of hair pins. the
property of the local branch of the
Woolworth Five and Ten Cent store,
while they were in his care, being
carried from the Southern Express
companys office TO the store, John
Scott, colored, was sentenced to thir-
~ days in the city jail by the police
justice this morning.
The theft occurred yesterday about
noon and Scott was arrested a short
time later by ope OF. the local police
officers while he was driving the COM
pany's team
Speed Violators Fined.
of this city were in police court this
morning. having been summoned by
the police officers in the police car
Yesterday afternoon. All of them
were fined $40.
Mrs. Rosa Lee Bristow.
The funeral of Mrs. Rosa. Lee Bris-
tow, wife Of ]. w. Bristow, OF $50
Halifax street, who died yesterday
afternoon at the home OF her par
ents, took place this afternoon at
2:30 clock from the Hawkins Me-
mortal church in Dinwiddte county. 4
the Rev. r. w. Moore, of the Second
Baptist church of this city cfflciat-
ing Interment was ade in the
church cemetery
Mrs. Bristow. who was twenty-five
years of age, died at the home OF her
parents at Era. Dinwiddfe county,
while visiting them.