The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-30
H|GHWAYMEN ADMIT
COMMITTING CRIME
k'eur Young White Men and Negro
Confess TO Holding Up and" Rob
bling Auto Passengers

| Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Petersburg. Aug 29.-After hav-
ing denied that they knew any thing
about the robbery, four young white
nsen and a negro youth, arrested last
night as suspects, today broke down
| before the questioning OF the local
| police admitted that they were the
parties who carried out the most dar-
| ing robbery in the police history OF
! this section of the state. The five
men confessed that they were the
ones who held up at the point of gun,
an automobile containing three Camp
Lee army officers. two enlisted men
and chauffeur, early last Monday
morning on the Petersburg turnpike.
about five miles from this city, and
robbed them of s140 and personal
belongings.
The five men were arrested by De-
/ tectives Wilkerson, Parkinson and
E,anes, OF the local police department,
and Lieutenant Collins and Sergeant
Bouser man, of the provost guard.
They were arrested late last night in
various parts OF the community. one
of the men was arrested on Apolios
street in tnis city, another in South
II. Village, .Hopcwell. two In Ches-
terfeid county, and the negro youth
was taken into custody at stop 90 on
the Richmond car lire in Chesterfield
county.
| The self confessed highwaymen are:
". w Farney. thirty-three years old.
! "A married man; Waverly Pride,
seventeen year old youth; jim Gould.
| twenty three years of age, Monty
| Pride. twenty years o<~-e and Jim
White, sixteen year" old negro boy.
When first arrested, all of the men
denied their guilt but today broke
down and confessed that they were
| the ones who held up the automobile
and relieved the army officers OF their
money.
| They were turned over to the Ches-
iterfield authorities this morning ana
| will be given hearing before
magistrate of that county next Satur-
day morning.
Ordered tn Camp Lee.
Class one of the local draft dis
trict was exhausted today when ffty-
seven men who registered ON last dune
/ 5. were ordered 10 report on Sep
teynber & to entratn for Camp Lee. All
Z Of the men ordered TO report on sep
/ TENDER are white. all the coiored
/ registrants having been called some
time ago With the exception OF i
few limited service men, class one
/ of this district is without men ana
| men for the future calls expected VIII
/ have TO he taken from the class OF
youths who registered last Saturday
August "a
On September 3. six limited service
| of the local district have been ordered
| 10 report at the boards office 10 en-
ltrain for Camp HUMPHREYS. With the
! departure of these six men there VIII
! be left in the limited service class
! only eight men
! New Division for Training.
! II has been stated that orders are
/ soon to be issued from the war de-
partnent for the training OF divis-
| ion OF troors at Camp Lee. 1nforma-
ition on this matter could not be OBJ
tained from the officials at Camp Lee
but ia generally concluded that an
other division will be trained at the
local cantonment.
/ Should this be done, number OF
| troops from the replacement camp
will form the nucleus for The new
division The rest OF the men Will
come from the draft contingents OF
Ivirginian and Pennsylvania
| Since the departure OF the eighufth
division for France, Camp Lee has
been replacement camp, the men
being stationed there only six weeks
before they are sent overseas.
| If division is formed al the
camp, a major general will he placed
! in command, At present the rank
| ing officer OF Camp Lee Is Brigadier-
General Charles A. Hedekin.