The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-03
PETERSBURG

4 PETERSBURG &
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Special to The Richmond Virginian.) I
Petersburg, Va. May 2,-R, II. |
I BroWnie) Brown aged twenty |
who was shot Friday afternoon about /
! o'clock, died in the Petersburg hos |
ptal shortly after O'Clock Saturday |
morning. John j, Guinan, aged
thirty-tive. who did the shooting, Is T
In the city Jail facing a charge of
murder.
The exact case OF the killing. which /
started with few words between |
Brown and Guinan, will probably not |
be known until the coroner's probe OF |
the killing Is held on Tuesday night, |
1t is said that not word was spoken
by either Brown or Guinan preceding
the shooting, while according TO
another witness. Charles Canton, OF
GAINESVILLE. O, before the shooting
Brown ordered Guinan to 20 into a
restaurant for a few minutes and as
he left the car in which he had been
sitting he passed Guinan without
hearing a word spoken by either men,
Canton says he heard one shot fired.
and turning saw Guinan walk down
the street a short distance and saw
Brown sink into the seat of the au-
tomobile, saying he had been shot
After the shooting Guinan was taken
into custody by Detective u. = Ease
and PatrClmen King and Clyde. When
he reached the police station he coll
lapsed, He has made no statement
beyond saying that Brown wanted
him to get into machine and go to
hT 4v.xg
Just before his death. Brown re-
marked that he had done nothing to
cause the shooting
Gunan was a former member OF
the detective force of the Local. po-
lice department and Brown had been
a resident of Petersburg for several
years
Browns body was shipped to
Lynchburg for burial
The funeral of Susie Jane Bowen
eleven-year daughter of Mrs
Mimic J. and the late Oscar Bowen
who died at the residence of her
mother in Dinwiddie county. Friday
took place yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock. Rev. Michaux Raine, offiat-
ing. nterment was made In Bland
ford cemetery.
Judge Mullen in husungs court
granted f. L, Bowman. corner West
Bank and Market streets, permit to
sell whiskey. This makes Two drug
gistS In Petersburg now who. have
licenses to sell whiskey. the Other. be-
ing c. l. Hancock, North Sycamore
street.
Mrs. Lillian S. Cawthon, wife Of
James l., Cawthon, died suddenly
I Thursday afternoon at her home in
Ettrick. She is survived by her hus-
! band and eight children. one brother
and one sister. The funeral was held
Saturday at the grave in Bland
ford.
! Richard Lee, a negro. we'll known
TO the police, is locked up in Jail with
/ two charges of felony lodged against
/ him. He is charged with stealing two
electric fans, valued al over $500,
/ from the Petersburg hotel. and sew
eral suits Of clothing from a cleanin
and pressing establishment He was
given hearing in police court this
morning, his case going over until next
/ week, pending further Investigation.
( Wednesday night a squad of police
under Lieutenant Donahue searched
the house of Tom Nichols. colored. on
Cedar street, for whiskey In the
/ place they found two electric fans,
which Nichols said had been left there
! by Lee. Investiga ton proved that the
| fans had been stolen from the hotel
/ and the negro was sought by the po-
ilIce.
4 Petersburg, May 2.-~The assure nee
! which Secretary Baker gave just be-
fore boarding his tr;sn Yesterday after
/ noon that Camp Lee not only would be
I a permanent camp, hut one of the
great army camps of the country, most
! assqrcdly was the chief feature of his
! visit to this city.
/ The secretary of war said that II
/ was the intention of the department
! to station a division at Camp Ice. The
number Of men stationed there will do
/ pend upon the character OF the army
reorganization bill. now pending in
congress. which will fix the size of the
regular army. The bin at present pro
vides for an army of $4,000 mon
Whether this nr/1ber will lbe decreased
cannot be foretoId, 1t is thought that
the number as finally provided for viii
not be under 100000 The wartime
strength Of a division is about %
600.
/ 1t was after Secretary Raker had
made a very minute inspection of ac
! tivities at the camp that he made thu
statement concerning the future of
| Camp Lee.
The fAneral of Mrs. Pearl Cameron
| James. wife of Hugh James. took place
yesterday morning from ST. Iosnuh.s
Catholic church. REV. Father Martin
j, Haier, ot,iciated, and the burial was
made in ~. Joseph's cemetery.
The funeral of Fay Lovett Sander
son. daughter OF Mr., and Mrs. Daniel
NJ. Sanderson, took place yesterday
afternoon from her parents residence
in Center Hill, Rev. J. A. Mcclure. Of
ficiated, and the interment was1 made
in Blandford cemetery
John f. Ferguson and Mrs Matte
Grimm. both of Richmond, were mar
ried last night at the residence of Mrs.
Mary f. SoCthall, on w. Tabb street
Rev. F. w Moore, pastor of TIE Second
Baptist church. performed the cere-
mony.