The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-19

$1,000 Il, RAISED ron
c0v|neT0h HOME

Especial to the Ricihnaond- virginlan)
Petersburg, Dec. 1s.--At noon to-
day Petersburg had reached its quota
of $4,000 for the Home Tor Homeless
Boys at Covington. Va. and a cottage
at that homo will be endowed Eff
fortS TO increase the amount will be
made until tonight,
| The campaign to raise the money
Ior THIS cause w00 conducted by the
local Rotary Club and II proved q big
success. As soon as the needed
amount was raised. W. s. Lyon
Chairman Of the local committee. sent
telegram to the Rev. Floyd Rogers
head Of the Home at Cuvington.
One prominent lady donated a 81 :
, 600 Liberty Rond to the cause and
several citizens made donations of
! $500 each.
! The search OF the local police so far
tor the two unknown. weil-dreseed
young men who Last night called at
the home Of j. r. Pitchford, 1852
Commerce street. and after ra;nin-
admittance to the house by represent
ing themselves as detectives. attempt
ed to rob and assault Mrs Pitchford.
has proven fruitneR. However, one
man was arrested and taken before
Mrs. Pitchford but she was positive he
was not ono OF the men wanted
| According to the woman's story.
| the two Men called at her home last
night and after inQuiring il her hus.
| band or anyone else was in. told her
they were detectives and were bent on
searching the house for whiskey
which they said her husband had
stored in the house
j When she demonstrated with the
men, they drew pistols on her and at
tempted TO assault her Another lady.
a neighhor. in the house at the time.
help.
The men. failing in their plans and
seeing that help was coming, ran from
the house and made their escape
Tne local police early this morning
raided the home Of Aikel An1pev, a
| coiored citizen living at e22 Harding
! street and found forty-elsht quarts
Of whiskev. Ampey was arrested anc
| along with Bernard Allen. the negro
VINO confessed to taking the whiskey
to the house, was held for the grand
bury by Justice Clements in Police
Court this morning.
Ampey claims tb~s he knew moth
ing Of the wl1iskey being in his house
and Allen claims that the whiskey
was taken to the other Negroes house
without his knowledge. and had been
lett there only short time before 1t
was seized bv the police.
Allen confessed that he went ia
Dewitt. va, and secured the whiskev
rom the south bound seaboara
train
Charles r Brown and Miss Susie
n. Webb We're married this n1ornin;
at 81. Joseph's rectory by the Rev,
Father Haier
The young couple was attended bv
Frank Brown. brother Of the groom
and Mrs. Frank Allen, sister Of the
bride Immediately after the eere-
mony the couple left for an extended
Northern bridal tour ~
The groom IS the son Of Joel r.
Brown, and the bride a daughter of
Mrs. Cora Webb. of this city
The funeral OF Harvey r. wynne.
took place Yesterday morning from,
the High Street II. f. Church. the
Rev. r. T. Waterfield. pastor of the
church. officiating. The following
gentlemen acted as pall-bearers:
Messrs j. Frank McKenney. v. II.
Beachey. Mark Holt. Chas. Lanier.
Morris Evans ana Nelson +. Pollard.
IHleTHeHI was made III BfandfurN
lCemetery, and impressive Masonic
ceremonies conducted by the; Pow
hatan starke Infigs, No. f2,4, OF which
The deceased was member. were
held
]. p. CoMeld. father of Mrs. J.,
Fletcher Smith. OF this city. died at
his home in Portsmouth Va. yester-
day. The funeral will be held in this
city tomorrow at RIandford cemetery
on the arrival OF the Cannon BAH
train from Norfolk The Rev. !. =
VIM. pastor Of the WASHINGTON
street NJ f. Church. will ofIiciate.
The funeral of Charlie Edwin
challender took place yesterday after
noon from the residence Of his father
on Mckenzie street. The Rev. NJ
Raine., Of the Third PRESBYTERIAN
church. officiated. ana The following
acted Is pall-bearers: Emmett WIKI
erson. Edwin jefferson. !. C. Wells.
Lester HUMPHREYS Horace Wells, GUY
Tucker. Waverlv Turner. John Mar
J tin. and B. A. Kern.
Steals Pure and Money.
\ Paul Moon. cciored. fifty-flv years
old. was arrested lan night and car
ried to the first police station on the