Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-20
MORRIS THREATENS
RAID ON OFFICIALS
AT STANARDSV|LLE
Charlottesville Company Is
Leaving by Automobile
to Prevent HOstilities.
ALLEGED MURDERER SENDS
WORD HE WILL BE IN COURT
Greene County Fears Slayer of
Justice Will Again Shoot
Up Community.
WOULD SAVE $4,000 BOND
Fugitive Already Indicted for Shoot
ing Man at Dance Last
Christmas Eve.
ALLEGED MURDERER SENDS
WORD HE WILL BE IN COURT
WOULD SAVE $4,000 BOND
Fugitive Already Indicted for Shoot
ing Man at Dance Last
Christmas Eve. IS

Fearful htrat Edgar Morrne no.,ns.a,,
claIltsman. will carry out his threat ia
shoot up the court whom he ds d1,a FOR
trial at Stanardsvdlle tnr,,,,v
nlornafng, COMPANY OF State trnhon,
from ChaI1ofr esville has been r.r,.o,ec
to proceed to Greene Connav mi.
afternoon. according 20 infsuoa tSsr r.
csfved from Charlottesvdlls eurfv th!.
morning -. Tl'T
AforIds % charged With thu s.u.xa- :; ar
Masasstrate Bfutord Sullivan, roIlnWsns
ehe Inposiraon Of 4 fine Cor distur9d ne.
w p: al an Episcopal Church IN the
ment for shooting another NAV - ~
Inns charge he is under bail OF az nm
&c as 70 answer to this tndirtment ana
has a tnr, nae sum sa of the bond BRAT be
his own voEtton toEnrrDw. - -
Orders Kept Secret.
Oroers 20 tho ChariotNosyaffe e.,,,,
pany Were ISSUED Friday, but were kfr,t
s s.nn uTdl this morning. Adjutaxst-5
refused 70 ditScuSs tho matter. anr3 o.
srnor WeStmo reland Day1s hea 49, IN
Hew dork atteafdMg a nneetsnx of dc
purg and Potomac Railway CsaSnSsS AZ.
He ret1rrued to tho STATE last FnSThf
seopplng at fras country honleS u lfesss
n ne tor a few hours Hs9fS Sc
vile from there. =" , :, +
There are hfty-threo mon ana 49,.
Gi OF In the charlottessiae eemnans
yard stanandsviile is no fnIthae ~ To- :
the entire trip by ailtonnossNn = nj =
men are esuipped to remain an fnsiesS
Unite time. 81 - 't pFt''t
Ordered to Guard Court.
teG rd ths TO. 70 the company are tsTpro-
it has not been ordered to atteu,nt fSs
c eopaure ,n OF the the elansman unless he
carry out his threat to raid Stansr nes
vile vile. however, It is believed thafA fsiT-
f fastns orders naa to INVADE the n,onntain
band Of friends who viii fo afps i s,n
IN fa,a any y IND. king he suggests. Tho
action as that perpetrated hy sf fSs
Glen ellen o cEI at Hirlsville a few
court ATE aEtenG Thes vs judge and seyaNi
following the conviction Of one Of the
esbfa af 1hn .-o And it is to prevent this
Masistrate opS s ais 10 be w sssre .,n.a
March 90, He was in the act Of reaSa
W6 VIZ bn s1o LAW goyessning the case for
Is aiIesed to have returned 10 the
courtroom eti with his pal. Herman SHY
is said Morris any W "; at al
MS trst shot finding it's mark in SnIiis
van forehead. The magistrates tom
ped forward, but before his body
struck the floor four other BULLETS ,haJ
oeen pumped into his body Hfther
one or the wounds would have nrnNsed
latai. he died instantly. IT.
Fear Raid OF Clansmen, @
. motifs then walked out Of the roonis
II Is said. his retreat being Covered
by Shiflett. who was armed with 'twr
automatic pistols. The men then r,aJe
the'r escape to the hills but Shifistf,
WAS subsequently captured. 10
Since thnt~ day civilian posses haas
Deen securing the mountain conN{rv
tor the fugitive but not once hayn -ty,ev
caught sight of him. Still, it is known
mat he ~ somewhere up there close To
me clouds. probably informed OF every
move or the searcherS by friends upon
whom he depends to shoot his way e.
freedom if he invades the land or con,ts
tomorrow. Soa 11sss
Morris is reputed to be ono Of me
most desperate men OF the hill coun
ery: Numerous charges of disturbing
cnurch services against which he an
pears TO nave an especial grudge, have
been lodged against him II Wa FOR
throwing an Episcopal rector out Of
church during services that heNvHs
nned ny Magistrate Sullivan. He ia
Also said to have experienced peculfpr
delieht IN cutting the boards OF Old
men with pen knives -
The indictment which he is duo "a
answer tomorrow is FOR shoofins
James Morris through the lung vfifie
at dance in the mountains lin Mnrs
ris was still in a charlottesville hos
pital When the magistrate was shot