The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-05
Petersburg.
TRY BROWN ron MURDER.

! Especial to the Richmond virginian.)
petersburg. Va. Feb. 4.-The
jury In the Brown murder case
returned n verdict OF guilty in the
hrst degree ut 1913 O'Clock to-
night and fixed the punishment at
III iuc imprtsnn,ncn5 \ ds'a<ss ~.
" SdwN! r<.&nsea ydr dhfS nct.usssl.s
made the yusuai motion tO sci
aside the verdict rs contrary to
law and the evidence, which mo-
ZION VIII be argued at n date yet
TO DC named. Brown was not
sentenced by tile court. He tool
the verdict with seeming inIiif-
ference
Tho prisoner took the stand
In his own behalf at 5 O'Clock this
afternoon. He claimed that Mary
lone Crowder, the dead girl, shot
herself
The strongest witness for the com
monwealth today In the trial of Thomas
! Brown charged with the murder OF
Mary lone Crovder. hls pretty sixteen
year-old sweetheart. in a High street
1itney on the night of September ~
was Mrs. Rosa Trayior. wife of j. w
Trsylor, OF 1885 Mckenzie street, and
aunt Of the slain girl.
| Mrs. Trayior told Of the threats of
| Brown to kill his pretty sweetheart n
his love was ever scurned. She told OF
trip when she accompanied them
and when the subject Of Brown marry
ing lone was brought Up by a friend
whom they were visiting. Brown Is al =
legged 10 have made the threat that
! lone would never marry anyone but
/ him.
| The dead girls aunt told Of Browns
visit to her home TO see lone on the
Sunday afternoon previous to the muir
| der the following Monday night
Brown. she said became enraged when
lone censured him for playing craps
and behaved in an ungentiemanly man
ner According to Mrs. Traylor's tes-
tinony. Brown then wanted the girl to
accompany him to Hopewell that after
noon. She refused to do this and when
she again refused to go walking with
| him, he became enraged and pinched
her He len the house threatening to
get even with both Of them for that
Dnc OF Auto Accidents.
! Two automobile accidents occurred
within an hour OF each other, both
al the same place. the corner OF Hail.
fax and Market streets today.
| The first happened At 11:45 A. M.
when an autono bile truck. owned by
Payne and Jones company struck a
Halifax street car going up Halifax.
The truck was only slightly damaged.
! but the front of the street car was
badly injured and the covcateher was
molished. No one was hurt on either
vehicle
The second accident occurred aeeu.
| f2:+5 r. NJ. when the police patrol
wagon had a side collision with a
truck owned by HarveD Brothers. The
HarveH truck suffered ffttfe damage
and only slight repairs were necessary.
The front wheels and a part of the en-
Eine on the patrol wagon were
! crushed
| Mrs. AruaIA Dies.
Following an illness OF several
weeks duration. Mrs. Mary NJ Arnold
wife Of Joseph Arnold. died Yesterday
afternoon about $50 O'Clock at her
horne. $40 Harrison street
Mrs, Arnold was twenty-five years
old. Before her marriage she was
Miss Mary NJ Wood. OF Dinw iddie
county.
Besides her husband and one sma,'
child. the following relatives survive
Father. r. C. Hood, Of Dinwiddi'
county; two brothers. Joseph l. Hood
OF Champ, Va. r Henry Hood o.
Rawlings Va. and three sisters. Mis-,
Ressie c. Hood. OF Rawlings. Va: Mis-,
Nellie Gray Hood. OF Richmond. Va
and Annie L. Pickett OF this city.
The funeral will take place tomer
\ row afternoon at 3 o'clock from tn,
\ grave in Rlandford cemetery.
P1an bigger City.
Il Tho meeting last night OF commit
tees representing tho chamber of com
merce, city council and board of al,
derrnen in the vosrs OF the chamber o
comm cree. Is Of vital interest to ever,
person in tho city Of Petersburg. tn,
object OF this gathering was to get to
sether with n view 70 bringing united
efforts to bear on the future Of tn.
city. Fractional lines were dropped
wards were not In competition. per
sonal interests were obliterated.
was with the one object OF mapping
out a concerted plan OF action tina
the committees met
r.. n. Patterson, chairman of thu
committee. representing the chambe,
| Of commerce. made a report which car.
ried suggestions Tor a bigger city. the
plan requiring several years to work
out but every phase Of which In pos
sible of accomplishment II all WORK
| together.
i Those present were:
q! Chamber OF commerce-E. Fl. Patter-
son. chairman; J. Gordon Bohannon
! Alfred Friend. r. II. Heinemann and j
W. Terrell.
Common council-Colonel A. w
Gray, chairman; J. W. Brown. n. T
| Patteson.
! Board OF aidermen--George p. Jones
and William r.. Poole.
Delegates to New York Meet.
Emmett Lee Mann, OF Matoaca has
been appointed by the governor OF
! Virginia as delegate of the Southern
conference of the council of defense
| which meets in New York city tomor-
row and Thursday. The conference will
meet at the Aston hotel.