Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-12
Scene
OF DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Police Detective Young ard
Lloyd H. Long Each Kill
Other.
FLOYD CLEMENTS Is HELD
Officer Loses Life Stopping
Richmond Men From
Running Amuck.
FLOYD CLEMENTS is HELE

Following an attempt to rife the
trousers Of Greek in Petersburg
hotel last night. Lloyd II. Long. of
so2 East Leigh Street, was shot and
Killed. and he also shot and killed
James NJ. Young. a Petersburg detec-
tive. who sought to arrest him.
floyd Clements. who gave the same
address here. was held at the Peters
burg police station as implicated in
the robbery. The bullet pierced the
heart of the detective, il was said.
Long was shot through the neck Both
:a shots nasSed spontaneously. and the
two men We're dead before the police
arrived. Clements stated when uues-
TONED after the shooting, that he lost
consciousness when his pal and the
Noise Awakened Greek.
According TO statements attributed
by the police TO Clements. he and Long
came TO Petersburg Yesterday look.
Ing Tor work They made the acquaint-
anse Of Greek by the name of Gus
Mellas. and he took them 10 hotel
on East Bank street TO spend the night
Clements and the Greek were in one
room, Long in another.
Later according TO the story the
police have. Mcllas was awakened by
a noise in Longs room. On investira-
tion, so the police claim Meilas found
one Of the men in possession of his
trousers. a fight ensued. in which
Melias was hit on the head with the
formation the police have.
The noise in the room attracted
otner guests in the hotel. and Clements
and Long ran out of tho hotel on E.st
Bank street and down TO Second street
10 Boilingbrook
They We're stopped by several peo
PIE WHOM they frishtened off BY shoot
brook street they took 10 Third Street.
ana when near the end of Third
street they were stopped by oficer
n " 49,, IT..
in their hands. stopped them and told
them that he was a police officer and
TO consider themselves under arrest
Clements Gave Up Pistol.
Clements claimed to haye surrendered
ncer Young drew his pistol From
o!eiaents statement. Long resisted ar
rest and he says two shots were fred
havs lost consciousness At this point.
on.ser s,ephenson. arrived Just as
,ne nsed shS9tins Sis ,-. took pinee. and he nlso
ceased. ort Young was fonnd to he be
dead with n'stol shot wound through h
hn,,of his heha, Art, org was also dead. a
sever!nE the j. Mar vein and lodging
IN the back o. head. Clements was
nation was found NOT to be lhpin In ircd eda1ni Iio
was later locked UP.
Left Note mt Home Here.
Lloyd Long. who came 10 Richmond
lrohl ia 'anvlile, some kline ago, has
been room!ng and boarding with Mrs
l. Clements and her son. a, 30. East
Leigh street, where they had a rented
aparinent According to Mrs. Glenn
snts the boys left here for Petersburg
Thursday about noon. while she was
away at work.
y note WAS left by the pair which
read: We got off all 0. X and YOU
viii hear from US soon. (Signed) L.
Both were tobacco machine operators
by trade and had worked at the Brit
ish-American Tobacco Company's fac
tory in Petersburg.
The Clementses came TO Richmond
from Louisa. Floyd Clements was
eighteen years of age and Long was
twenty-siY. He had no relatives or
friends here. according to Mrs. Glenn
ents, except herself and her son.