Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-07-07
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Wore a Blue Shirt

Wore Blue Shirt
81 noticed that this boy wore blue
shirt under the white one. He had
two revolvers of 38-calibre. On Mon
day, he came in again and had to
go to Churchhill. He got in my cal
and went over there with me. When
l turned into 34th and Marshall
Streets, Detective Sergeant Cousins
arrested him. Medley had plenty OF
nerve. He did not have any Of the
pistols on him when he was arrested.
You understand my position. I have
no desire to take away from Sergeant
Cousins any of the credit for the
capture of Medley. Some one had
called from below. w. H. Davis, Jr.,
answered. He had youngster pre-
pairing shrimps to fill several orders
which ran up to five gallons.
Brief Session
"He was having a time to do this
and I laughingly went down the
steps, after thanking him for the in
formation and was soon in the Po-
lice Court, which had adjourned
after few minutes session with only
one lone colored man to be carried
down to the City Jail on this Fourth
of July morning. AS for Judge John
L. Ingram, he was lin, good 'humor
and some others were in the lobby
discussing T. Gray Haddon's chances
to succeed the popular jurist as JUS
tice of this same police court. l did
not linger long and after brief visit
20 Coroner James NJ. Whitfeld's Of
flee, I was soon again in the Planet
Office. "
Medley was docile and unconcerned.
He had left the Haskins' home after
the crime and had ridden on the
horse to spot about mile away
from the scene Of the shooting, in
a wood Just above the Deep Run
Hunt Club, on the Broad Street Road.
There he had changed his clothing
and tied his horse to tree, long be-.
fore this was discovered about 4
o'clock in the afternoon Saturday.
Then Came to City
After walking up the road some
distance he caught street car and
came to the city, getting off at TIN
and Main streets. Then he went
to fish market on 18th Street. He
said a Negro by the the name OF
William H. Davis employed him to
work for the day. He said he had
known Davis some time.
At no time during the time he was
at the fish market, however, accord
ing to his story, did he give any
hint of what he had done. AS for
that matter, he did not volunteer the
information to anyone ne met or
talked with until he was captured
he said.
But while he was working Satur-
day night about o'clock, a friend,
Reuben Scott. Negro, who lives near
his home in the goo block of Mosby
street, came to him. The friend, he
said, had read an account OF the
shooting in the paper and came to
see him about it.
"You had better give yourself up
to the police: they will catch YOU any
way, he said the friend advised him.
He said he agreed with Scott that
he thought the police would get him
eventually, and thought he would
surrender.
Scott also advised Medley to go to
his mother at the Mosby Street ad-
dress, according to the assailant.
Then the friend said he would bring
Medley's mother down to the fish
market Later.
Medleyl told different stories as to
where he spent the night. First, ne
said he caught car and went out
to the end of the Westhampton line,
where hei spent the night in a wood.
He said he came to Richmond in the
morning at about l o'clock and went
to the home of Davis, on 18th Street,
near Grace. Then he went riding
with. Davis. he said.
Asked whether he had planned to
leave the city, the Negro replied that
he had not.
-. Planned to Surrender
az was just going to stay here or
give myself up" he said.
Interviewed at the Jail, the Negro
told the story as follows:
81 got up about $3.50 o'clock and
went to the kitchen to make the fire:
waited around in the room until
Mrs.i Haskins came down. l was
standing near the kitchen cabinet
when she entered the room. saw
the gun standing against the cabinet
and something told me to take it and
shoot che woman. don't know why
i did iet.ls had not planned to shoot
aiiYbody. :,
: "Thsfi,.I walked out into the hall
and saw, The girl and the boy. / shot
at Her first, but she ran upstairs
Then Ioshot the boy. did not Try
to 20. upstairs. did not fear ] would
be Shot By Mr.. Grimmell. But, when,
,Mr., Erimmell appeared at the head
Of tho, stairs, shot him.
I. "After, that, left the house.
heard y pistol shot and I knew Mr.
Grimmell was trying to get some
body's attention. So I got my clothes
on as fast as could, then the horse
and rode away. I saw man come
up in the yard, but I could not shoot
because had left the gun in the
house. IS
: stAfter changing my clothes and