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CLEAN PAPER FOR THE HOME VOL. 1.—No. in; THE WEATHER—Showers RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, JT'NE 10, 1010. 16 PAGES ML GRUNTED CONDEMNED MIN Supreme Court Believes Dal las Wright Should Have New Trial for Hie Life HISTORY OF CASH GIVEN IN APPEAL Buckingham County Man Reviews Details of Alleged Slaying of Two Men in Log Cabin. A writ of error and supersedeas was granted Friday by the supreme court of appeals In the case of ltallas Wright, sentenced to be electrtcuted for te alleged muider of T. C. and W. J. Stuart in Buckingham county in April. ISOS. The record and appeal In the case is a very interesting document and contain a story that links dreams with reality, virions with law. and glvtt* some Idea as to the length to Which men *'11! go to obtain rewards The entire history of the killing of the btuarts which ro shocked Bucking ham county residents Is told In the appeal. bin's History of Case. Wright was convicted on March 23 last after a previous Jury had dis agreed as to his guilt. The date or la electrleutlon has not been sot. In his appeal he says the Stuarts lived in a little, isolated log cabin in a sparsely settled portion of the county, kept to themrelves and were reputed to be worth considerable money. On the night of April 17, their house was destroyed by fire. The following day a neighbor, pass ing the site where the house once atood. saw the ruins and went to a negro woman's house half a mile away and told her of the fire. Tne woman sent her son to tell Balias Wright and his brother Clifford. Th" brothers went to the burned house. l*c out the fire, which was still rag ing and examined the ruins. In the debris they found the charred and blackened bodies of two men and •omc melted silver dollars. Examina tion of the heads <*f the bodies dis closed the. fact that one head had been entirely gryerad from the torao before the fire and the other head contained bullets. In the debris was also round a gun containing an empty shell Several days after the fire and find ing of the bodies. E. Bolton, a farmer living in the neighborhood, told of a dream ho had had. on April "I dreamed 1 saw ri\ ■ men walking in a mist or haze toward a small log * ‘bin " said Mr. Bolton to his re igh bor: ’-They walked around the house and then went In it. I recognized Balias Wright and Edward FYrkln* among the men. One of them had a gun "1 saw three men bustling around inside th* house, then I saw them grappling with a man. Two of them held a man. while the third took a largo broad-headed ax anil chopped his head off. lVrkin* cut the man * head off." t»uj<lcd by Unwm. The aulhorltie amadv n diligent •carch (i>r the alleged murderers, nil the while bearing Mr. Holton's dream in mind Week* passed without any developments in the vasi Early in June, however, after large rewards had been offered by the coun ty and State for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty man or men, Deputy Sheriff Edward Carter and his •on .Moorman I’arter. went to the home of Edward I’crkins, named in Mr. Bolton's dream, about midnight an dread to the awakened negro a bogus warrant charging him with murder. The negro protested that he knew nothing whatever of the mur der. The negro protested thut he knew nothlug whatever of the murder. The deputy anti his son mounted hcrses.und started to jail with the negro, who was unshackled, but walk ed beside tho horses, protesting Inno cence at every step. When tho trio •truck a clump of dark woods, out sprang it dozen or more armed men, •aid to have been placed there by the deputy sheriff to frighten tho ne gr< into confessing. They fell upon Edward, hastily threw a rope around his neck, called for his blood, tossed tho rope over the limb of a tree and strung the frightened negro up half a dozen times. The mob commanded him tell all he knew of the mur- j der and his life would be spared. He told them he knew nothing of the murder and could tell them nothing, even If they hung him. After repeat ing the operation of stringing the negro up at 1 o'clock In the morning lit the wooda, the mob finally gave him a kick and sent him home. To Have Some Fun, Some days later Mr. Bolton said he thought he remembered Aylette Johnson and William Jackson In the Quintet which marched to the little cabin. Theae negroes were arrested and thrown Into Jail. After several days they said Dallas Wright and Edward Perkins had committed the crime. The negroes declared the two Wright brothers snd Perkins came to their house and asked them If they wanted to "go to Stuarts and have some fun." They replied that they did not. The negroes declared they were compelled to go to the Stuart cabin against their will. There, ac cording to thetr statement, Perkins and the Wrighta set Are to the cabin. Perkins cut olt one of the Stuarts' heads after the trio had forced him to give them $160. The confessors ■aid Mr. Stuart made no protest against giving up the money or hav ing his head taken oft. Indictments were returned against Dallas Wright and Perkins as a re sult of the negroes' statements. Per kins was oonvlcted and sentenced to die In the chair. Eater he was granted a new trial, the court rul ing that the confessions of Jackson and Johnson "challenged human be lief, were filled with contradictions and falsehoods" Wright wee con victed on the suns statements, and alf COLONEL IS NOW _ ON HIS WAY HOME Embarks With Royal Family Will Land Here Satur day Week HE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF HIS TRIP _ Hut Sava He is Glad It’s Over and Heaves Sigh of Re lief as He Leaves England. (By Staff Correopondent of the Unit* ed Press.) SOCTHAMPTON, June 10.—Colo nel Koosevelt to-day turned his face homeward. He and his family mfw homeward, he and hts family sailing aboard the Katserln Auguste Victo ria, which la due to arrive In New York on the morning of Saturday. June 18. After nearly fifteen months of sailing and tramping, hunting In the jungles of Africa and basking in the glamor of royal courts, of the qulletude of Italian villas and the white heat of political discussion, of varied experiences such as fall to the lot of few men, the colonel la finally on the last leg of his memorable trip, with the distinction of being the most talked of traveler that ever left the shores of America. A great crowd gathered at the pier and gave Koosevelt a rousing send-off. Scores of notables from London, who disappointed at his failure to return to the metropolis after his visit at New Forest with Sir Edward Urey, came to Southampton to get a last glimpse of the new familiar figure. The Roosevelt family, including the colonel and his wife, Ethel. Kermit and Mrs, Nb hoina Longworth. occu pied two suites, forward on the port side of the promenade deck. The Imperial suite of four rooms war occupied by Koosevelt and his wife, while a suite of three rooms was taken by the children. The presence of the Roosevelts on the Kalserin madd the cabin list of the liner among the most distinguish ed that she has ever carried. Many prominent Americans and Europeans had booked passage for the trip, in cluding "trust buster" Frank It. Kel logg. Mrs. Oeorge Vanderbilt, Secre tary Joseph C. Grow, of the Ameri can embassy In Germany; Josiah C. Thaw, Mrs Mary H. Thaw and Miss Than, of Pittsburg; Baron Henry Speck Von Stcrnburg. nephew of the late German ambassador at Wash-, tngton. and scores of others. Colonel Koosevelt spent last night in the forest home of Sir Edward Grey, rejoining his family. which came from London on a special train, at Southampton. They hoarded the Kalserin from a special tug, tendered by the Hamburg-Amerb an line, thus avoiding the crush at the pier. When the colonel was at last In his suite aboard the Kaisertp. he heaved a sigh that Indicated his Intense re-1 lief that at last the worries of Eu rope were behind him. "Now for home.” he exclaimed. "I'm! glad it's over." "Well, you've had a good time, haven’t you, colonel?” asked one of his friends. "Great:" was the snappy reply. “Couldn't ha\e been finer; enjoyed ev ery minute of It. but I certainly shall be glad to get back home.” The suites of Colonel and Mrs. Koosevelt and of the children were filled with flowers, the gifts of friends. Eats From His Hand. i LONTX'N. June 10.•—England has forgiven Roosevelt. The British Mon, having spent the past few days Ironing out the wrinkles that the Colonel put In Its tail at Guild Hall, to-day meekly fed out of his hand. All rancor was forgotten In the en- : thusiastic send-off given the returning ex-president. Without exception the London press to-day spoke in terms of warmest praise, and expressed the pleasure that the Colonel’s extended; English visit had given the nation. The Telegraph declared that "Roose velt's stay has been a liberal education In energy and courage In modern pol itics.” Regret was genera! thnt Roosevelt did not return to London last night and , j>egin his homeward trip from Ixmdon Instead of Southampton. Hundreds ! gathered at Waterloo railway suction, j expecting to have a last look at the Colonel, but they had to content them- i selves with cheers for hts family In- | stead. Mrs. Roosevelt and her children de- : parted at 10 o'clock. Ambassador Reid acompanylng them. Before they left Dorchester House, the town home of the Reid's, for the station, a stream i of prominent English and American society people called to bid them fare well. NIGHT RIDERS KILL WITNESS Judge Robinson Refused to Dis appear—Is Shot Frora PRINCETON, KY., June 10,—Judge Robinson, a farm hand on the farm of George Goodman, and one of the most Important witnesses In the night rider trials at Hopkinsville, has been shot and killed from ambush in vicinity of Otter Pond, In this city. There is no clue to the assassin. As soon as It became known that Robin- { son was to be summoned as a wit- ‘ ness In the Hopkinsville, trials tie! received a warning to leave the eoun- ! ty. He refused to pay any attention ; to the notice, however, and hts as sassination followed. He leaves a wlfo and two children. GOVERNOR TO ADDRESS GHADUATUTfl STUDENTS Governor Mann will deliver an ad-1 dress at the closing exercises at the Harrisonburg Female Normal School next Tuesday afternoon. From Har risonburg tbe chief executive will go to Salem, where he will deliver an adreee at the eommencement of the •44r«h«. LECKY SAYS HE’LL BE SENT TO JAIL Refuses to Answer Questions in Insurance Investigation and Invites Imprisonment DECLINES TO TELL COMMISSIONS PAID lie May Employ Counsel to Do fond His Position—Many More Witnesses Are to Be Examined. ! ^Special to The Richmond Virginian.) NEWPORT NEWS, June 10.— Robert Reeky, Jr., of Richmond, re fused to answer questions propound ed to him by the commonwealth's at torney In the insurance investigation ; this morning and said that he would go to Jail rather than answer them. He said thut he would emploj counsel of the court Insisted upon having the questions answered. The commonwealth was endeavoring to show that the rates paid In Virginia are higher than those Paid in New York, while the losses are niurl smaller, and called upon Mr. I„eck;. to furnish figures showing the com missions paid in Virginia and in New York. Mr. Reeky first said that the of • flee in which his company had tveen represented in New ¥ork until it withdrew in December, 1909, three other companies were likewise re presented, the three and his company paying different commissions. i'he rate in Virginia, he insisted, as shown by the constitution and by-laws of the Southeastern Underwriters' As sociation. is 15 per cent. The idea of the defense at this time seems to be to show that the association does not constitute a mo nopoly. a portion of Mr. Reeky's evi dence going to show that there were fifteen companies operating in New tart News that were not affiliated with the combination. Among these is the Continental, one of the strongest with w hich, according to Mr. Reeky, the as sociation is hardly on speaking terms, that company, according to the wit ness. disregarding the published rates o_’ the association whenever it so de sires. The impression is that the trial will not be concluded uutil the middle of nest week. There are about seventy witnesses to be examined, and only three have testified. policeIoTot WANT THIS MAN i 'Barefoot Burglar’’ Owns Town, Loaves Presents in Homes of His Favorites—Smokes Nonchalantly at Work. NEWPORT NEWS. VA„ June 10.— The barefoot burglar seems to be able to work his own sweet will. Tuesday night he entered the home of Police man Gray ,but took nothing. He made a return call on City Electrician Goodwin, Wednesday night he was a visitor to the homes of City Treas urer J. M. Curtis. Cashier W. B. Vest. •>f the Cltlsens and Marine Bank; l>r. ! F D. Willis and J. H. CafTee. So far as could be learned he did not take anything from any of the houses, although he must have made other calls. He left a considerable quantity of cigarette ashes and prints of bare feet ! to indicate hts presence. At the home of I)r. Willis, who owns an automo bile. he considerately deposited an au tomobile lamp, no owner for which has yet shown up. At the home of Mr. CafTee he left an axe. The po lice officials are very much at sea. and are somewhat sore over the sit uation. The burglar makes nightly calls, operating either in Newport News or Hampton, and there seems to la? no way of putting a stop to his exploits. STORY OF DEATH REVEALED WILL Son-in-Law First, Then Grand Daughters, Both Heirs, Pass Away. How grim death twisted awry the desires of Theodore C. Woody, who 1* pitifully laid bare In his will probated In the Chancery court Friday. Origi nally Mr. Woody Intended leaving his estate, valued at about $30,000 to E. H. Spence his aon-ln-Law, and Miss Annie Vaughan, hia granddaughter. Such Is the bequeathement in the orig inal will. Hied February 14. 1908. Mr. Spence died, and then Mr. Woody changed his will by codicil leaving the bulk of the his property to the grand daughter. It was not so to be how ever, fur a few months later, she too died. The (Inal codicil, dated September 23, ! 1910, sets forth this story of death and 1 sadness, and divide* the estate between i Mrs. Bessie A. Spence, May D. Spence, ; Harvle D. Spence, Jr., and Joslah B. Vaughan, the latter being the husband : of the testators granddaughter, who ; had she lived would ahve Inherited the entire »3«.000. Several minor bequests to charitable organisation*, friends and churches are also made. TUIUBUB SHOAL, LIUHT MAT ■■ RB-tSSTAHLISUKU. (Special to WASH The Richmond Virginian.) 1NQTON, D. C„ June 10.—In the general deficiency,bill reported to, the house to-day U an .item “for the j Re-establishment of the Light and gjog signal station marking Thimble Shoal t In to# Chesapeake Bay, J8*,0«9." Tide £s*M9*« ' ‘ ■ •*. i. WHY TIFT REFUSED TO SEE HIRRISON Didn’t Like Things Represen tative Had Said About Him in Interview “UNDESIRABLE” CLUB IViAr BE ORGANIZED ! Xew York CongreftPimn Indig nant That President Should Have Rebuffed Him — Others Are Uneasy II AH HI SO VS STATK.WK.Vr. Following l» the statement given out for publication by Re presentative Harrison about a month ago which angered presi dent Taft: "This confession of the Attor ney-General amounts to a con clusion that the president and the attorney-general had agreed to furnish to congress misleading Information—to supply an official document as of one date which was really prepared many weeks later." WAS KINGTON, June 10.—The “Unwelcome Guest Club" formed by : 1 resident Taft, with Francis Burton , Karri* on. democratic congressman from New York, an “Chief Taboo" and [charter member, U looked upon here i to-day as likely to become & thriving organization. Some rather heated i controversies have arisen out of the Incident, and many members of the house are wondering how soon they wii* be ordered to ride the goaf foi ■ initiation. White Harrison was the central figure In the White House "c'oreu door int dent." when he was barre . from the presence of the beaming Taft smile, former Secretary to the President Carpenter came in for a share < f the unpleasant ness attending the occurrence, even though he Is some thousands of miles away. Car penter. according; to the White House ! version made tha appointment for Harrison, without consulting the j pri bident. He did not know that the New York representative was per-1 sona non grata, with the chief exe cutive. When Harried*1 -c.ad bis party ap peared at the White House, Harrison jwaa held up by Secretary Norton after ! Norton had learned from Taft that he did not want to see Harrison, i Was liefiued. : JYesIdent Taft yesterday declined to ' [receive Reprcwentatjve Harrison who1 [called at the White House in com pany with two other representatives! i to Introduce a number of Jewish | rabbis, who took up with the preei- ; j dent the Question of the expulsion of the Jews from Russia. The president received the delega- | lion and chatted with Its various! members for 15 minutes or more, i Representative Goldfogle, of New 1 York, acted as spokesman for the | party, and so adroitly had the sltua-i ion been handled by Secretary Nor-' [ton that ndt one of the callers knew anything of the incident until Repre sentative Harrison returned to the Icapitol and there made « statement' j to the effect that he had been re- . [ buffed by the president. Mr. Taft based his refusal to ace' llr. Harrison on statements attributed by newspapers to the representative. In connection with his resolution in ; the house calling upon Attornev-Gen-I 'era! Wicket-sham for full information as to the connection of his office with J the Ballinger-I’lnchot episode, Mr. t [Harrison, according to the White House version of the matter, charged 1 the president and the attorney-general with having wilfully attempted to mis- I lead congress in the back-dating of the attorney-general's summary of the Glavis charges against the secre tary of the interior. Harrison Indignant, j Mr. Harrison was ttrst quoted as , having declared that he could a.-> I sign no reason for the president's I action. He said he had made the engagement with the president some' ten days ago and had received no in- | tlmation that his preeence at the White House was undesirable "When 1 reached the White House with the delegation," said Mr. Har rison. "I Informed Secretary Norton ' that we desired to see the president The secretary went to the president’s I priv ate office and returned with the! information that the president could not see me. 1 then told Mr. Norton that I had made an appointment ten i days ago for the delegation aeoom- ! panylng me, to see the president, and Mr. Norton again conferred with the president. "When he returned, he Informed me that the president would see the delegation accompanying me, but would »ot see me. I admit I w as sur- ! | prised almost beyond expression. I Immediately left the White House.” Secretary Explains. I Secretary Norton was at first un willing to discuss the Incident in anr ' way. Hater, when he was Informed I of the positive statements made by Mr. Harrison, he told the story of I what happened. He declared that the president had no purpose of pub-' Holy humiliating the congressman, ns i had been charged, and that nothing ! would have been said regarding the .affair If Mr. Harrison himself had not [made the matter publle. Mr. Nor | ton said It was. Indeed, his under standing that Mr, Harrison expressly ! desired that nothing should be said, j He declared that because of the new» I paper statements made by Mr. Har ; rtnon the president did not desire to speak with him. --- SURVIVORS OF FAMOUS ! BATTERY TO CELEBRATE Nearly two-score survivor* of Otay Battery, who went to the front forty five year* a*o, will celebrate the event Saturday at the New Pumphouse, on the rtver front. Every man to urm4 to be In line when the roll to , ceded at 10 A. M. MANY GRADUATES ARE IN UNIVERSITY LAW CLASS Representative's from Number of Stafes Will Receive B. L. De grees-—Several Future Supreme Court Judges on List. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) CHARLOTTESVILLE, June 10.— The following list of graduates In the university law school has heen posted: George Edward Allen, Mannboro; Laurence Alexander Anderson, Lynch burg; William Ault, Jr., Lexington, Mo.; Robert Clifford Barclay. Jr., Portsmouth; Vernon Crumley Bark er, Mend ota; ugh Lawson Bedford, Jr., Bailey, Tenn.; Wood Bouldln, Jr., Houston; Rudolph Jodocus Brossman, Ephrata. Pa.; Stuart Bland Campbell, Wythevllle; Richard Watkins Car rington. Richmond; Algernon Cole man Chalmers, Alexandria; David T W'iggs-<'hr.lmers. Alexandria: Julian Sidney Chambers, Columbus, Oa.; Robert Young Conrad, Winchester; William Wood Crump. Richmond; ! Harry Thompson Culver, Marquette, Mich.; James "harey Currie, David son, N. C.; James Keene Dalngerfleld. Taxing-ton, Ky ; Randolph Grayson Dashlell, Richmond. George Lloyd Dougherty, Jr., Accomac; Guy An sell Bond DovelU Charlottesville; George Hoardman Eager, Jr., I-ouls ville. Ky.; George Gilmer Easley, Houston; Charles Tyson Edgar, Bird vood; WHltam Warren Ferrell, Dan nie; William Ephraim French. Clint 'wd: Georg* Washington Fry, Ok homa City, Okla.; Henry Granger ialther. Baltimore; George Gilmer, i Charlottesville; Morton Graham 1 Goode, Sklpwlth: Donald Phlnney [Godwin, Holllngwood, Cal.; Henry i Pooley Goodwin. Holllnwood. Cal.; George Rehmann Grels, Hammonton, X. J.; Channing Moore Hall, Wil liamsburg: Andrew Hood Hampton, Winchester, K.v.; William Benjamin i Harrison, Louisville. Ky.; William ; Overton Harris, Louisville. Ky.; Loo | Emmet Hardy. Greenville, Miss.: Thomas Elds Harvey. Baltimore; Ed j win Max Heller, Richmond; Amos Waltaek Herrmann. Red Lion, Pa.;, I John Guthrie Heywood. Ogden, t tah: Hugh Latane Holland. Windsor; Reu- j ben Miller Holland, Whltwrvllle, Ky.; Robert Earlholt, Chicago; Charles I k Howeu, Downing, Kla.; John i ary Jamison, Roanoke; William Robert Jones, Rrydie; James Berry K Ing. Huibert, okla.; George Wash ington Lewie, Berryvllle; Mason Av ery Lewis, Denver; 'William Thomas McCaffrey. Savannah, Ga.: James Iseuce McClelland. Clarendon, Tex.; Clarhorn Ross MeCorkle, Richmond; Francis Belding McGarry, South Jacksonville, Kla.; Isaac Rhea Mc Queen, Vaughtsvllle, Tenn.; Stuart Denman Maxwell, Tyler, Tex.; James Harry May, Jr., Staunton; Alanson Austin Miller, Gainesville, Fla.; Harry Compton Miller, Birmingham; Chaa. Edward Moran. .L’niversltv of Vir ginia; John Nash, Portsmouth, Mitch ell Tabb Neff, Harrisonburg; Williams Elmer Nichols, Georgetown. Ky.; Sldcler Nelson Pace. Culpeper; Al phon8o Curran Philpotts. Norfolk; John Franklin Pinner, Suffolk; Lu cius Junius Polk. Jr., Sherman, IVx.; Thomas Myron Pyle. Oklahoma City; James Alcorn Rector, Hot Springs, Ark : Simon Peter Riddle. Pound; Morgan P. Robinson. Richmond; Thomas Slater Settle, Flint Hill; George Gannaway Shannon. Saltvllle; Henry laiurte Smith. Fauquier Springs; William Worth Smith, Jr.. Alexandria; James Phagan Hnapp. Jacksonville. Fla.; William Frederick Rouder. Jr. Charlottesville; Donald Cheyne Strachan, Brooklyn; Bever ley William Stras. Jr., Tazewell; Geo. Grover Cleveland Sutherland. Strat | tor,: Richard Tunatall, Norfolk; Bu I ford Cleveland Tvncs. Tazewell; Geo. Walker, Heathsvllle; Kmmett Warren Wall, Farmvilie; Joseph Kleiber Wella Brownsville, Texas; John Dan iel White, Staunton; Thomas Ham lin Wilcox, Jr.. Norfolk; Philip " II llama, Winchester: Joseph Thomas Wilson. Jr., Henderson, Ky.; Richard i Taylor Wilson, Petersburg Alban Morley Wood, Frederick. Md.; Wil liam James Wood, Lebanon, ind.; Al fred Beales WylUe, Danville: George Francis Zimmer, Birdseye, Ind. AUTOS FOR FIRES ON thmthsioe Board Asks for Money To Make Experiment With Horseless Engines. i WOULD WORK SAVING | One Such Engine Could Do Work of Two Drawn By Horses. The ft re horse may be relegated to ! green fields, there to pass his days in grazing and reflection, while his j erstwhile driver speeds in answer to ' alarms in a chug-chugging automo bile. if the suggestion of the hoard i of fire commissioners be tried out lh th« Southside and proves a success. "Hie board at a meeting Thursday night passed a resolution requesting ; the appropriation of 112,300 for the I equipment of an engine house In Washington ward, which it is plan : ned to erect at a cost of (14 000. ; The equipment Includes a triple com I bt aitlon engine, chemical engine and hose wagon, with hose, electrical j equipment, helmets and other appa I ratus. The combination engine Is to i l>e motor propelled. Will Mean Saving. It is estimated that this new depart ure will save the city about (1.1 in first close and a still further sav ing In cost of mointenance without allowing for the loss of horses by i death or disablement. If the automobile engine is not In stalled, the board is of the opinion that it will be necessary to provitb two horse-drawn companies instead of one, the additional force being neces sitated by the difference In speed at tainable by the automobile as against the faithful but slower fire horse. Klre alarm boxes and poles are estimated to require an expenditure of $6,000. This amount Is to be made to pay for tbo erection of twenty street boxes at accessible point* in Washington ward. An additional ap propriation of (5,225 Is asked that an underground oable may be laid Trorn j the South Klchroond department to j the City Hal!. Under such an ar rangement, direct communication ' with headquarters will always be ' available, even in storm and sleet, I Yearly Pay-Roll. The pay-roll of the Southside do- ! partment Is fixed at (S.936 yearly. ! An allowance of (1.S00 is asked for expenses and $500 for fire alarm ex- I pens es. It Is also tentatively planned to '< appropriate the fire department ohlet, ; and his first and second assistants, with automobilea the three cars to cost (3,750. The matter has bsen referred to the finance committee for consideration and report. INDICTED UNDER BUCKETSHOP LAW Western Union Report on Forty Two Count*—( barged With Aiding Gamblers. WASHINGTON, June 10.—Indict ments charging the Western Union Telegraph Company with forty-two violations of the bucketshop law of March 1. 1*09. were returned by the Federal grand Jury here to-day. A fast wire aervice which the Western Union is said to have supplied to the Altemus and Celia offices, who are alleged to operate under the name' of the standard Stock and Grain Ileal- ! «rs of Jersey City, la made the basis i of the indictment. An additional Indictment was also returned against the rice and Com pany forces, car gin g them with the operation of a bucketshop tn the in*. Mfct <* Column*. DETECTIVE LOOKED XrgTo Woman Pickpocket Arrest ed After Haring Stealthily Stole Money. WELL-K NOWX CHARACTER Chief McMahone Was Standing Xoarby When the Thief Took Purse From Two Ladies. Thomas McMahon, chief of the de tective bureau, watched Uou Charity, w notorious negro pickpocket, steal : small punt** from chatelaine bags be ' longing to Mrs. B, M. Robertson and Mrs. J. Wallace SnelUngs. of South j Richmond, and as a result of the clover work on the part of the sleuth J the negresa Is behind bars In the Sec ond Police Station upon three charges, a conviction upon either one of which ' win mean her Incarceration for sev ! eral years In the penitentiary. ] Standing near the counter where I the two ladles were making pur I chases war, the negro woman. DJ I rectly behind her was Chief McMa ' hon. who had suspected Rou Charity of being the person who for the past I month or sc* has stolen from various j shoppers In Broad street. The ladles 1 carried their chatelaine bags on their , arms, and In each hag was a small purse containing their money. While the ladles were engaged in ! looking at some particular sample of i cloth or article they Intended buy ing, the negro woman would stealthi Iy approach them, deftly twist' open their purses. The small purse on the inside would be extracted, th' chatelaine bag would silently click and the Pickpocket would be gone. Twice she worked the same game I In a department store In Broad street | Friday morning, and each time Chi : McMahon was standing within two i feet of her. on one occasion looking ; over hor shoulder and witnessing the theft. The negro woman was placed un der arrest and will be urraigned Sat- i urday morning as a suspicious char- | ! after and upon two other more aerl- , | ous charges, each accusing her of j ! stealing from the person. There Is a j i difference of opinion at this time as t | to whether or not the negro can be ; : convicted of a felony, the money in j the purses she stole not aggregating $60. DECLARES PITZER CONFESSED PERJURER Jury Takes Case Against Sugar Fraud Suspeets May Con vict Hoika. j NEW VO.RK, June 10.—The Jury In I the case of Charles R. Helke, Ernest W. Gerbra-ht and Jatnes F. Bender-, nagel, accused of conspiracy to de-1 fraud the government In connection ' with the sugar Imports, began con-! sideratlon of the evidence In the case to-day. When court convened this morning Judge Martin charged the jury. The court referred directly to the testl-j mony of Oliver Spitzer, pardoned by; President'Taft, to testify against his former employers, making it plain that the Jury wag not to consider the1 fact that Spitzer had been pardoned1 to testify In the case, but cautioning1 them to take Into consideration the! fact tha$y he was a confessed per jurer. Regarding Helke, the court ruled that If the Jury believed that he had two sets of beeks kept, one showing Project to Save Jobbers Mi Expense to be Put in Operation PLACE FREIGHT CARS AT THEIR BACK DOO! Plans to Survey Route Are Beil Made and Franchise is Said to be Already Practically Assured. Electric motor car service tor Ole i rornmediation of manufacturers, bers, and merchants In the main bln# district of Richmond Is said I'e practically assured. Plans for putting this service 1 operation are well under way. and application for a franchise will she be made to the city council. The project, when put Into operation, will place fright cars at hack doors of establishments alone - route, anil will thus do away with mB< of the cost attached to the haulage system. It is estimated the charge for transferring a lo box car from railroad tracks and to the r*ar door of a Jobber Will about It ns against twice that : spont in hauling under the present i i tem. Routs to be Surveyed. Step# are being taken. It Is said survey the route which is deslgnsd run from Fifth street Fifteenth ing a loop by way of Cary street the alley way between this ti fare and Main street. It is signed to extend the line across up Fourteenth street so as to the Jobbing and manufacturing In the district lying immediately no jof Main. A cording to plans In view, the will he laid on the surface and underground bs In Chicago which, j the way, Is said to be the only : city In the country which has such ; service as that proposed here. '-t Motor engines drawing the cars wilt: , be operated between the hdurs of mid* night and 6 A. M„ and thus no aa**' noyance will result from their opera* ] tlon. Project Wsll Backed. I Promoters of the project, I said to be many of the leading , [and manufacturers in Richmond, ' cipate no trouble In getting a fra" from the council. In fact, this ported to be already assured. A stock company, K Is Stats noon be organised and then the w ill lie df finitely shaped. It Is said that the Genera! KleeWwf , Company of Schenectady, X. Y, will j likely be giv*n the contract to supply the first electric engine for the seg* I vice, negotiations being now under j way with this end In view. Such engine, it Is estimated, will cost ! 51 2,000. | Clark and Sons Interested. Or.e of the business firms of jmond reported to be interested project is H. Clark and Rons, whil dealers and distillers, 1205 Fast street. This concern, which moved here from Statesville, N. C-, ; juat purchased the adjoining pr :at 1207 East -Main, now occupied i the Baughman Stationery which holds a lease until March 1, : Efforts arc being made, however, ! Induce the stationery firm to moire i other quarters before that time, so th the liquor concern may get tot® tl bonding as coon as possible. This especially desired, it Is said, i the latter desires to add two stories J the building, making It a seven-1 structure. The building has a j of 163 feet, extending to the alsy i the rear. | H. Clark and Sons bought the ‘ erty from the estate of William 'Scott from 137.500 cash, through i realty firm of Paine and Corling. [this figure, the selling price was' ! 11,600 a front foot. And to Prove It Stuck Kni to Oust of an Who Him. NEW YORK, June 10. he objeoted to Patrick Qorwely ing. Thomas Cavanagtv la in i ltal tp-day with two stab the groin, chest and arts. are inmates of 8t. Joseph’s and Cavanagh claimed to the who was called to take mortem statement that made so much noise sleep. He woke him Fire Captain John R«cU ] Asks $25,000 Damages from. “News-Leader”. A $25,000 damage suit was tuted late Thursday afternoon the News Leader by Fire John Redwood, who charges defamation of character. The suit hangs on on article Ushed during the month of Marckfc: which Mr. Redwood says It was -1 ttmated that he had been guilty irregularity In his actions as for the estate of Molly Whits, i woman of unsavory reputation, ing and subsequent to her inc t'on on a five-year term In ttts penitentiary. gH Captain Redwood asserts good name, business Integrity honesty have been injured. Attorney John Lamb, a rel Captain Redwood, la counsel plaintiff. SAID HE KNEW HE DIDNT