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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
POLAND APPEALS
. DIRECT TO RUSSIA
FOR AN ARM|ST|CE.
Coalition Cabinet Formed
in Warsaw With Peasant
as Prime Minister.
B0lSHEVIST ONSLAUGHT
Is CHECKED BY THE POLES
Can Hold the Line Unless Reds
Bring Up Overwhelming
Reinforccmcnts.
APPEAL TO l.. $. FOR AID
ASK Moral Support to Stimulate
Moraie-Britain and France
Upset by Rcd Menace.
B0LSHEWST ONSLAUGHT
is CHECKED BY THE POLES
APPEAL TO L. $. FOR AID
Ask Moral Support to Stimulate
Moraic-Britain and France
Upset by Rcd Menace.


ZURICH. SWITZERLAND. July aa
has asked the Soviet GOV
ernrnent by wireless for AN i,nmcdlal.
cessation Of hostiiit!ca and tho dis
patch OF ! Soviet military detach =
ment to meet the Poles in order TO
arrange AN armisticc. according TO
Il dispatch from Moscow The text
OF tho Polish proposal follows:
In conformity with note cent
ny the Polish government, 10 tho
Soviet government today. the 22nd OF
July. the Polish government proposes
the immediate Cessation Of hos,!l.tles
on tho whole OF the front and the
dispatch Of military delegates TO ar
range an arm!stlcc.
we viii await your answer until
3 +. NJ. July %. and believe the best
spot for the meeting Will DC on the
Warsaw Moscow highroad between
Baranovitch! and Brcst Litovsk.
where tho fronts cross.
"(Signcd)
GENERAL ROZWADOWSKI
Chief Of the Polish
General staff"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
BODY OF WOMAN FOUND
IN TRUNK IN NEW YORK
investigation of Unclaimed Express
Shipment DiScloscs Grucsomc
Spectacle.
FIND VITAL ORGANS REMOVED
Detroit Clue Points to Man Giving
Name as Leroy, Whose Moyc-
mcnts Arc Being Investigated in
Connection With Crime.
FIND VITAL ORGANS REMOVED
lny AssoeIat.d rres-

NEW YORK. July o3.-Rcmoval o.
every vital organ save the brain
from the body or an unidentified
young woman found here today un-
clothed and mu,ilated in trunk
shipped by express from Detroit,
makes II virtually Impossible 10 de-
tcr'nine the cause Of death. Medical
Examiner Schwartz announced to-
Night;
The cutting was. perhaps. the
work ot butcher" he said. .'or
some one only slightly acquainted
with surgery. A large bladed knife.
similar 10 the type used by physicians
in performing an autopsy. and saw
were used. The cutting was not
done by a patholog ical student"
The result OF the analysis of the
brain will be known tomorrow, he
said.
Mutilntion In MnnIncaI.
The police theory is t;hat the mutt
lation was the work OF maniac
possessing crude knowledge of
medicine. but none of surgery.
Whoever did the job" eaid Chief
Mcdica! Examiner Norris. knew
enough to remove all organs which
would give evidence Of crime or
method OF DEATH
y list OF clothing found in the
trunk wi,h the body included a TOP
coat with a fur collar. an orange
sweater. black sailor hat. black
SILK petticoat and a gray flannel shirt.
The body. which had been covered
over with feminine wearing an,,r.,
OF good material. had been crammed
into the trunk. which is 2l-2 feet
high and three feet long The trunk.
whicd was bound with Il clothes
line, was so crowded by it's contents
that il bGlged at the side.
The woman Was apparently 20 to
30 years old, the police say. and
weighed about 1870 pounds, had blue
eyes and had been fairly good look
ing. Two upper teeth OF her left
believed 10 be natural deformity
shipped From Detroit.
The trunk. containing the body.
was shipped through the American
Railway EXPRESS Company to this
"a. n. Ticturn, OF l05 Harper street.
Detroit" according TO the records
accompanying the baggage, the police
say. 1t was addresNd to James
Douglas. New York City" they de-
clare.
Express company officials said that
they had held the trunk ut the depot
baggage room for several days, but
when IL was unclaimed they had sent
!; 10 the storeroom.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
Killed by Lightning in puIprt.

HOLLY SPRINGS. MISS. July ga
Rev. III. Herndon, an evangelist, was
struck and instantly killed by light
ming this mornin gas he started read
Ing his text at the morning session of
a revival meeting being held at the
Providence Baptist Church. Service
had just started when a terrific cleo
trical storm swept over the village,
and bolt hit tho pulpit. No one else
was Injured and the building was ap-
parently undamaged. a torrential
ldownpour followed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
"DRY" OFFICERS WILL BE
TRIED IN FEDERAL COURT
'irh Accused of killing IIuscn
Thomas Quietly Taken to
I.Snchburs for RnII

Especial to The Times -Dispatch)
pANVl1.LE. VA, July 23.-The four
fedcrai officers and deputies Jailed
at Martinsville yesterday were re-
leased at 0 o'clock tonight on an
order signed by Federal Judge III. c.
Mcdowell Tonight I'm custody Of
Federal officers they are on their way
TO LynchbnrG to appear in United
states court tomorrow morning. when
bail viii be granted. The officers arc
prepared for any amount. The order
removes the cases hing!ng on the
killing OF Hosea Thomas from the
state to the Federal court and the
hearings are set for Roanoke
August 0.
The signed ordor was rushed to
Martinsville. Few knew that tho
officers were being released, and
their removal was quietly accom-
plished.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
NEGRO SLAIN, 3 INJURED IN
BATTLE WITH WHITES
One White Man Shot Through the
Leg in Fight I'm Lumber Cnmp
mt Mount Mitchell, y. &.

ASHENlLLE. y. c., July 23-Re-
ports of pitched battle between
whites and negroes at one OF the
lumber camps on Mount Mitchell. in
which one negro was killed, three
others seriously and perhaps fatally
injured and one white man shot
through the leg. reached here today.
the outbreak is said to have oc-
CURED Thursday night, and from the
mcaecr information leaking through
from the camp a large number were
participants. The negroes were
brought to Ashevillc today and taken
TO a local hospital.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
ARRIVAL OF BIG JAVA
SUGAR CARGO DRIVES
PRICE TO 20 CENTS
Large Stocks at Ncw Orleans.
and Dealers Selling
CrunUiGieI Freely.

NEW ORLEANS, July o3.-Granu-
lated sugar for the first time in Two
months was being extensively retail
ca III = cents pound here today.
ohe dealer announced he had a
!'rGc stock and would sell as high
as 100 pounds 10 customer.
The feifuku Maru. japanese liner
arrived today from Java with 10, 900 :
ouo pounds of Java raws consigned
TO the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. Small shipments of foreign
rellned sugar have been coming in
regularly during the past few weeks.
il was stated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
MAN AND GIRL SLAIN IN
PISTOL DUEL IN CAFE
Wild Bullet Hits Iris nrown when
Jnnies Il. HALEY ana q. G.
Curtis Stage Gun Play.
Try Associated Press.


SANANNAlI, GA. July 23.--James
+. Bailey and Iris Brown, an Swear
old girl, were shot and killed tonight
during Il pistol battle between Bailey
and G.. c. Curtis. which occurred in
a restaurant operated by Allen Brown.
father of the child. The girl was
struck by wild bullet.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
EXPRESS COMPANIES ASK
FOR ADVANCE IN RATES
Further Incrcnsc of Is Per Cent Is
Proposed Over % Per Cent
Rate Pending.

WASlIINGTON. July 23.-A further
Increase OF IL per cent in express
rates Will be necessary TO meet the
expected wage award to express en-
pioyees by the Railroad Labor Hoard.
T.. II. Harrison. OF New York. repre-
scnting the American Railway En-
press Company. estimated today at
the advance express rate hearing be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Advanced rates of Approximately %
per cent already have been asked.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
TELEPHONE COMPANY IS
GRANTED RATE INCREASE.
New Schedule Ordered by Corpora
tion Commission Will Boost
Revenues SiO3,OOO..
IS EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 1
Charges for business Service Here
Go Up 81 Aionth-For Rcsidcn-
ccS Raise Is % and 80 Cents.
Forward Writes Opinion.
IS EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 1

Rates charged by the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company Of
Virginia are materially increased
within the area covered by these
lines in an order entered yesterday
by the State Corporation Commis-
sion, 10 become effective August L
The opinion, written by Major
Alexander Forward and concurrci in
by Commissioners Rhca and Alarms.
is an exhaustive review of the growth
and needs of the public utility unce.
discussion, with minute details. Sc
cured after careful investigation. OF
tho financial condition which the
charges are designated 10 meet.
Exceed Burlcson Rates.
The new schedule allows rates
considerably in excess OF those which
became effective under tho admits
tration of wirc lines. during the
period of hostilitics. by tho Post.
master-Gcneral. increases in Rich
mond. Norfolk and Portsmouth are
the same. while those In other COM
munities served by the company arc
made to fit conditions.
Richmond subscribers arc affected
this way:
The single-lInc business rate Is
raised from 81 to IS monti:: tne
two party line rate from s5 10 Sc.
and the four-party line, limited mes
sages. from S2.50 to $3.50, making a
general increase in the rate for nrs
mess telephones of 81 month.
The increase for residence service
is less. being from $3.50 to 81 a
month for single lines. from Se.75 to
81 on two-party lines and from 50 10
$3.50 on four-par;y limited .cle-
phones. The general increase on
these telephones is. therefore. 80
cents a month on single and % cents
on two-party lines.
Make Property Valuation.
The total Increase OF net revea MUGS
To the company is estimated to he
100000 year. or $4,000 less than
that requested by the petitioner. y
fair value of all the company's hold
ings is placed by the commission 81
sl3,2259l2.37, while the company it
self places it at sl+G74.SO3.
Major Forward. in his opinion. de-
clarcs the company gave service iy.
Richmond at less than cost before
the Burlcson rates became effective.
He also says that. because of the
fact it made in the early days no pro-
vision for inevitable depreciation OF
property. IL is patent it would have
been obliged to ask for higher rates
even If there had been no war.
Claims for increases in many Vir-
Sinia towns were disallowed by the
commission. Among these are Big
stone Gap, West Point. Fairfax. East
VILE. parkslcy. The Plains, PenninE-
ton Gap, Dublin. Wavcrly, Coeburn,
lierndon. Pearisburg. Louisa. Chinco-
league. Marshall, Virginia Beach. Cor
donsvilic. MiddleburG. Wise. Lovetts-
Continued on Second Pag.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
GIVEN LIFE PRISON TERM.
slayer of Two Tennessee Officers Is
Convicted In Chattanooga
Court

CHATTANOOGA. TENN. July ca
John johnson, alias Elhcrt Stand
,idge. a negro, was convicted in Crimi-
nal Court here this afternoon of mur-
dcring y. c. Durham, special railroad
officer. May l3, and was sentenced to
life Imprisonment. Johnson had also
heen Identified as tho murderer OF
Patrolman White at Memphis. about
q year ago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
Fierce Battle 80 Miles
From The German Frontier
Dy Univcr.ni scrviccD

HEItLIN, July 23.-itussinn cuv-
nlry hnn been In touch with ti,r
I:nnt rrussInn border since ycstcr-
day evening.
A fierce battle In going on
thlrty-ciEht miles from the Ger
mnn frontier.
The thunder of tho hrnvy guns
III plainly heard nt Mnrk Crn-
bownlyck. near which place Him
dcnburG broke through the Run.
sian front Ia the Ercnt battle or
the Mnsurinn Lnk-s, In February.
1915.
REDS NEAR FRONTIER.
tBy Associated Prcsso
HI;1tLfS. July 2:,.-Russian cav
nIry han reached AuGustRyo. south
"f Su"nliti and ten miles from, tho
.crnnn frontier, according to
newspaper reports.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
PEASANT is POLAND'S
NEW PRIME MINISTER
Proposal for ArmistIcc Asking for
Cessation nf HostilitIcA ON Whole
7sO-llltc Front

WARSAW, July 23.--Aiter the ar
mtstice proposals had been dispatched
10 Moscow by wireless at O'clock
this afternoon by ;he national council
OF defense new coalition Cabinet
was formed under the premiership p
OF r. w!tos. leader os the pcaeants.
The new Cabinet has the support
OF the Socialis; party. NJ Datzcuski.
the head OF the Socialists organ!za-
tion. is rhc vice premier. Aside from
these Two changes. the Cabinet re-
mains the same.
Armisticc on 1"O-SIIIc Front.
The direct negotiations begun with
the Soviet are on the question or an
Immediate arm!sticc along tho entire
front OF about 72O miles. The pro-
posals were wirc!essed after failure
to reach any definite conclusion In
dealings with VI. Tch!tchorIn. the Boil
shevisis Foreign Minister. through
Premier Lloyd George. or Great
Britain. The proposals were signed
by Prince Eugene Sap!eha. the Min
lister OF Foreign Affairs.
The Polish message was short and
TO the point. There was some de-
Idy III uISpdNCNIUS II, OWING CnlctIy
to bitches in the organization Of Il
coalition Cabinet. with the peasant
party leader Witos as Premier
Delays Would Bc serious.
The Council of National Defense
and Premier GrabSki's Cabine; had
been considering the question sin 20
Wednesday night. as it was known
that II NJ. Witos and NJ. Datzenski
came into power their initial step
would he for an armis;icc.
1t was decided that further DELAYS
would be serious, owing To the sit
uation beyond Eialystok. and de-
c!sion was reported to send wire
less note TO Moscow at once. y reply
is expected by Friday night.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
CYCLONE KILLS EIGHT
Great Wind Sweeps Over North Da-
kota, Doing Much
Damurc,

MINNEAPoLIS. MINI. July ga
Eight persons were killed in cy-
clone which swept over North Da-
kota tonight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
Resclute Defeats Shamrock
by 9 Minutes So Seconds
--
IBy Associated Prcss.l


NEW YORK, July .:..-rhc Itcso-
lutte and Shamrock ~. will sail
their nnn1 race tomorrow over N
windwnrd aud lccward course.
which is snid to favor the dcfcn-
der. Summary of today'S race;
Yacht. Start. Finish.
Rcsoiute .s..... 4: :0i ::,:i; 4 40 ;.5
Shnmrocis .......I:Oi:sG; i:I3:0G
Elapsed Corrected
time. time.
Rrsolutc ...... .t;:,T ;5.; :i,3i:t1
ShnmrocIs ..... .l:li:i0i IHi;i0
Ursoiutc won by three minutes
eighteen seconds, elapsed time:
Nine minutes, hfty-ci;-ht seconds,
corrected time. Elapsed time on
legs;
Frs. Second Third
leg. Beg. leg.
Rcsolmtc :i":iI; 51,0:; 1:ii:3B
Shnmrm1S LABS 5:O:; 5O;lS; i:I5 100
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24

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telephone. and they are unexcellcd in
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24

DETROIT, MICH. July ga
young couple. giving the name of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Leroy. occupied an
apartment at 105 Harper Street. the
address found by New York en-
prcssman in a trunk containing the
CONTINUED on S.rond Pare
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
BLACK F|ERD CONFESSES
TO WHOLESALE MURDERS
Nose Gibson, Under Death Sent
cncc, Can Recall killing Seven
Persons.
HAMMER FAv0RITE WEAPON
Slaughtered Men for Money and
Left No Woman Victim Alive to
Tell Story Leading to His Idcnti-
fication If Caught.
HAMMER FAvoRITE WEAPON


LOS ANGELES. CAL, July % =
Nose Gibson. negro, sentenced to
hang for the murder OF Roy Trapp.
Fullerton. Cal. ranchcr. has confessed
TO seven murders, including the slay-
ing OF j. X. Rcavis, OF Baton Rouge,
La, according to telephone mes
G. Cline, OF Los Angeles County frcm
Sheriff j. +. Jackson. at Santa Ana.
Sheriff Jackson has just returned
from taking Gibson to the penitcn-
ttary at San Quentin.
Admission that he committed
thousands of burglaries. obtaining
sums from few cents TO sio0. was
made by Gibson, according to the
sheriff. ss
Gibson was arrested at Topoea,
AriZ., charged with thci Lmardar OF
Trapp, and for an assault on wcri-
an. He was brought here. pleaded
guilty TO the murder charge and SEN
fenced TO hang September "a. The
negro killed most OF MS victims with
a hammer. he asserted.
MIR. and Mrs. Erhardt were killed,
according to the confession. after :he
negro had served u jail sentence AZ
Douglas Ari1. He said he killed Ike
couple TO obtain money.
Two Of the burglaries were COM
mitted IN one night in June, 1918, m
Omaha. Neh.. the sheriff said. Gibson
was arrested after the first. and as-
capped although handcufcd With
the manaclcs on his wrists, he COM
m!tted the second. he said, to obtain
money Cor having the handouts filed
OFF.
Served Time in Four Pcuitcntiar,cs.
SAN QUENTIN. CAL. July "a
Nose Gibson, negro, whose alleged
confession of seven murders was
made public at Los Angeles today.
stated TO Warden Johnston. of the
state prison here, where he is under
sentence OF death. that he had served
terms in four penitcntiarics, from
two of which he escaped, according
to the warden.
The prisons were in Louisiana.
Ohio. Florida and Texas. He escaped
from the Florida prison in 1917 and
Continued on Second PagcD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
PPOLES COUNTER-ATTACK IN
ATTEMPT TO RETAKE GRODMO
Hcnvy Fighting ON All tho Northern
Front. the Reds Forcing Passage
Of fStyr ut Various Points.
IBy Associated Press,

WARSAW, July 23.-Thc Poles have
countcr-attackcd in an effort to re-
take Grodno. according to the Off :
cial communiquc announced today.
The statement adds that the Bolshc-
visit advance against the Polish cx-
tremc left apparently has been
checked. but that TO the cast, in the
region of Slonim (scventy-two miles
southeast of Grodno) the Reds have
progressed in southwestcrly direc-
ton.
The Polish forces are resisting all
along the Slonim line, where the Boil
shevists crossed the St. Chara River.
according to the communiquc, but
the extreme right held by the Ukrain
ians has been shaken by Bolshevist
troops who have forced the River
Ebrucz. near Kamencts- Podolsk.
Fighting is reported on all the
northern front, the Reds having
crossed the Styr River at various
points and concentrated for a push
TO get across the Ebrucz near Rrody.
where n railroad passes through the
canyons leading toward Lembcrg.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24

Norfolk $500. Va. Beach Sc.7o r. {.
Sta. a;16 and 9 A. M.-Adv. :
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24

c. & O. Sunday Outings.
$500 Round Trip to NorfoIk and
Seaside. Every Sunday. trains-
Adv. E.{;ssfs ,Fsf-si2'T' !
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24

germany would Send Reinforcement. nj.
IBv Associated Press.l
PARIS, July 23.-Thc German
peace delegation here has once more
asked the Supreme Council for All
(Continued ON Sccon1 PaEa -
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Milford chronicle., 1920-12-31
MAN ROBBED OF HIS
MONEY AND CLOTHES
A Mr.: ANDREWS HELD UP NEAR HAR.
RlNGION SUNDAY NIGHT BY -FOUR
NEGROES WHO MADE THEIR
ESCAPE In AN AUTOMOBILE
ANDREWS .I!F W HAD MISSED THE AFTERNOON
TRAIN HERE AND WAS WALKING To
HARRINGTON WHEN HELD UP.

man by the name of Andrav,s MO.
n nero up and robbed near HOLLYWOOD
cemetery at Harrington early Snn-
uay evening last. The man. who bad
Deen spending Christmas with FRIENDS
IN frlme Hook Neck. came To NTilfor5
70 take the afternoon train for VII
lnington where he is employed. He
missed the train and decided ~ wall,
10 harrington where he could catch
later train AS he neared HoIIy-
WOOD cemetery, he was confronted Nv
Iour negroes who robbed him Of he
outer clothing, his money and his
travelling bag. Andrews was then fold
10 go on into Harrington; the negroes
meanwhile getting into a large brown
automobile and leaving the scene of
the holdup. Andrews went to a near
oy house where he was provided with
clothes. Word was sent to Milford
and the police kept a sharp lookout
ior the automobile and negroes. but
they did not come here.
The epidemic of robberies seems n
be spreading in the lower part of the
state. A number of men who have
considerable driving to do are MAX
ing application to the proper authori-
Ties Tor permits to carry reyolvers. II
VIII be only question of time when
one or more of the holdup men will
De shot and possibly killed; thus put
ting damper on the business.
Milford chronicle., 1920-12-31
TAKE OVER FORT SALISBURY
FORTIFICATI0N FORMALLY TRANSFER
RED TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS.

Lieutenant Colonel ]. p. Spur.
Coast Artillery Corps. commanding
oflcer of the coast defenses of the
Delaware. last Monday took over for
the Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Sauls-
bury, on the bay, east of Milford. Col
onel William B. Ladue, Corps of En-
gineers. of the Philadelphia Engineer
oilee, turned the property over as the
representative of the Engineer Corps.
The fort, six miles from Milford. is
now a part of the coast defenses of
the Delaware. 1t has two modern bat
teries, Hall and Haslet, which con-
tain four of the latest twelve-inch
long range rifles. The tract of land
in the fort reservation totals nearly
20 acres. Work on the fortfications
was first started about four years ago
and the fort was to be one of a chain
FOR the protection of the many var
led industries on the Delaware river.
A detachment of troops from Fort du
Pont Will act as caretakers during
the winter. and in the spring there is
a possibility that the fort may be gar
There are no barracks on
the reservation now; all that there is
available for living quarters being the
buildings used by the con-
struction forces.
The addition of this fort to the coast
defenses of the Delaware makes four
now in the defenses, du Pont and
on the Delaware shore. Del
aware on Pea Patch Island. in the riv-
er near Delaware City, and Mott. on
the New Jersey shore.
Milford chronicle., 1920-12-31
ATTEMPT JAIL BREAK AT DOVER

Irwin McAllister, Calvin Wells and
George M. Wiling, alias Melvin Bar
igan, all of Salisbury, Md, who were
sentenced in Dover, by Judge Boyce,
to three years imprisonment in the
New Castle County Workhouse, for
breaking and entering, attempted to
saw their way out of Dover Jail. A
"trusty" discovered the plot and in
formed Sheriff Cook and State De-
tective Wharton. The saw was taken
from McAllister. the only one of the
trio to receive lashes as part Of his
sentence. Just how the men got the
saw is a mystery, unless it was TAX
en- to them by relatives. The men
had pleaded guilty to breaking and
entering the clothing store of Joseph
Levi & Co., in Dover, and stealing
from $500 to $500 worth Of clothing.
Each of the men was sentenced to
three years Imprisonment in the New
Castle County Workhouse, to pay 500 !
restitution money and the costs of
Because of bad record, |
was sentenced to 20 lashes. 1