The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-03
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Say Police Are inactive.


Say Police Are Inactive.
Petersburg, April Pm her report
Ito the common council, Miss a. c.
bingham, director of the g.rls protec-
i've bureau and matron of the deten-
ton home, charges the local police
with being inactive in gaining evil
dence necessary to the swe earring out Of
either ili-faine or prostitution war
rants. She also charges that she has
In her possession q letter written by
a girl held In Jail for treatment of
veneraeal disease, which shows that
the night before her release from
Jail she was close enough to the man
so that he Rugged and kissed her."
! On several occasion girls ordered
sent to the detention home have pro-
tested against being sent there, say
ing they would rather be confined
to the CRY Jail than be sent to the
home
J The charges OF Miss Bingham are
brought out in her report which was
read at the council meeting last night
Y. b. NJ. c. Meets
The hveliest meeting of the Young
Business Mems club held In many
months was held last night in the
chamber OF commerce. The object
of the meeting was to decide on the
coming membership campaign. The
most important thing In the coming
campaign was Gecidsd upon as the
clear statement of the policy Of the
torganizat ton.
Youthful Forgcrs Held
Lloyd Walker seventeen giving his
home as Charlotte, n. c., and Harold
Jones, seventeen of Atlanta, Ga, are
being held in the city Jail pending
their hearing in police court tomor-
he rlS -
tempting to flash forged check for
$500 on the National bank OF Peters
burg this morning shortly before IL
O'clock
! Walker came into the bank with a
check for $500 with the name OF Jim
COST, proprietor of the Petersburg
pool room signed to- it HIS actions
aroused the suspicious OF the teller
10 whom the check WIS presentedrand
the youth was detained. The teller
accompanied him to the place of bus
mess of COST, but he was In Rich
mond and the youth had hard time
in signing the signature a second time.
Walker then confessed that Jones had
given him the check to cash and that
they were to divide the money
In the meantime, Jones had skip
ped from the place but, while Walker
was being taken to headquarters
Jones was seen on the street. As the
detective attempted to place him I'M
der arrest he put up stif fight and
II was only after a hard struggle that
he was subdued and taken to head
quarters.
In the arrest OF these men the
police believe that they have two bad
characters Both men tally almost
exactly with the descriptions OF the
parties responsible for recent rob-
berries in this city. although these de-
/ scriptions state the men We're colored
The police believe the men could have
blacked up az negroes.
Farmer In Fined
;! On the charge of selling two hogs
tore being stuck and with sending
local market. Edward Ruffin. white
Ia farmer OF Prince George county
was fined 500 and costa In police
court this morning. The farmers de-
Tense was that he was not aware OF
any violation of the law and that ne
sent the hogs TO the local market be-
,lieving them to be fit for food.
Emmett Sanford and Robert Nc
Sanford, two local butchers, were
fined $50 each on the charge of buy
ing the hogs and selling them. One
of the animals was disposed of on the
market, but about eighty pounds of
1.-The other hog was condemned by a
food Inspector Of the local health de-
ipartment, who was the chief witness
against both the butchers and the
farmer.