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Vol LXXI. No. 64.
The Weather RAIN.
RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912.
LAST EDITION.
x' PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in FLaleigfr of any Other Newspaper
Y . El II
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RIG FIRE AT
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Seventy-five Thousand Dollar
In That Cify Early This
MUNFORD BURNED OUT
Store iiikI Stock of C. T. Munford
Completely Destroyed Fire Con-
fined to Xarrow Limits Itut Ad
jacent Ruildiiigs were Injured And
Slocks of Goods Damaged liv li
ter Mtiiil'oid Pniployeos Had Left I
the Store Only u Short Time lie
lore the Fire Was Discovered
Cornto Shoe Company anil W oolen
Drug Coiiipniiv Damaged.
( Special id The Times. I
Greenville, N. C, March 28. Plre,
originating between twelve anil one
o'clock this tnorninj! completely
destroyed the large store buildings
of C. T. Mti n ford and did consider
able damage to adjacent building!!,
causing an aggregate loss of about
Beveiity-five thousand dollars. The
amount of insurance has . not yet
been learned but is probably two
thirds of the loss.
The employees of the Munford
store had just completed decorating
it for a millinery opening today and
left the building about half an hour
before the fire occurred. The J. A.
Tlrady building, adjoining Munford's
on the north, was badly damaged,
as was also the building on the rear
pf. this and the buildings of the John
L. Wooten Drug Company on the
south.
The first floor of the Brady build
ing was occupied by (Jornto Shoe
Company and a cafe, both of which
suffered much loss from flooding.
The offices of the Farmers Consol
idated Tobacco Company, on the sec
ond floor is almost a complete
wreck. Plate glass fronts arross the
street from the (ire were shattered.
The lire department had a hard fight
to have the adjoining buildings.
Sl'ICIDIO Ill'KXS $'2,000.
Did Not Wish Wife to Itenefit by
His Dentil.
Richmond, Mich., March's. Be
cause of worry over the supposed
loss of $30,. which , he had given a
lawyer as a retaining fee in a divorce
case. Allien Pelting, a farmer, drew
his savings $2,000- from the bank,
burned it, and then committed sui
ride by shooting himself.
The lawyer he had detained was
taken HI, senr to Detroit, and died
in a hospital, and Petting, not wish
ing his wife to bene!!; by his own
Unth, burned the cash.
liounoke Decision Stands.
.Richmond, March 28. The Vir
ginia supreme court, in a decision,
sustained the Uoanoke corporation
court, which removed Mayor Joel K.
t'utchln for "misfeasance, malfeas
ance and gross neglect of official
duty," in failing to slippre s gam
bling and other disorderly houses in
Uoanoke.
HENRY SORRELL NOW
That Henry Sorrell had bought
n cafe outfit, secured liquor
for U J. Harrelson and Dave
Hinton, the , latter colored, to
sell and that he expected to
reap the monetary rewards of
their violation of the prohibition law
was the statement made In superior
court when these boys pleaded guil
ty to selling liquor, Sorrell, through
. Ills attorney, W. B. Snow, moved for
a continuance, when the solicitor
this afternoon stated the facts as
told him. Harrelson and Hinton
were. In Jail awaiting sentence and
,the court did not know what to do
with them If the case against Sor
rell was continued. All three cases
were continued however, until next,
terra and all three were required to
put up bonds in the sura of $300
each Harrelson and Hinton pend
ing sentence and Sorrell pending
trlai. Judgo Webb said it too often
happened that men with means made
scapegoats of other parties, and he
thought the road was the best place
tor such individuals.
Outlaws Still In the Mobs
tain?, or Out and
Gone
Ilillsvijle, Va., March 28. Detec
tives t'olfbwing the trail of the Allen
gang, felt confident this morning the
outlaws will be "captured today.
Firty-four men, traveling on foot
through the thickets or over the
rough trails, early this morning be
gan closing in on the spot high in
the Blue Hidge mountains in which
Sidnn Alien and Fritl Allen and
Wesley Edwards have found their
last hiding place. The search lead
ers thought' they would either run
down the outlaws or 'make certain
lliey-hnd escaped from this .section.
Across (he .North Carolina line at
Mount Airy,. Xhcrilf llnynes. has a
posse of lifty men awaiting'' word
to join file Virginia searchers.
Judge Staples .held court a few
minutes this morning to enter a
special order adjourning until April
23rd.. the special term of Carroll
county court. At that time the
dates of the trial of Victor Allen,
Sidnn Edwards and Byrd Marion,
vill be set. Judge Staples sits at.
Uoanoke Saturday to hear argument
on the motion for a change of venue
in Pyod Allen's case. Floyd Allen's
trial probably will be held in Roan
oke April fiifteenth,
To Itii'iiiiiighain.
tireensboro, March 28.: Miss Vir
ginia Cheek, a talented singer of
(Jreensboro, has accepted a position
as foloist in the First Methodist
church of Birmingham, Ala., and her
many friends here regret her leav
ing. ;'.;:-.
11 PROS ENTERED
IN CASE OF KING
In superior court today Solicitor
.Norris nol prossed the case against
Henry K. King,, a-.. white -man, .who
was charged with selling liquor;
King, it will be recalled, was the
principal witness against a lot of
alleged blind tigers and he soon
found himself confronted with ten
or more witnesses who cliarged that
they had either bought liquor from
him or nail seen him sell the stuff
to others.
The blind tiger cases will not be
called before tomorrow when -several'"
.defendants' will be placed on
the stand. Tom .Morris, Dave Hinton,
Rufe I'ulley and others are expected
to be tried. W. C. Poland was
bound over to 'court, but he left $6t)D
with the officers and struck out for
a more congenial section.
J. C. Green, a white man of
Knlghtdale, was found not guilty
yesterday of giving worthless chocks.
A nol pros was, entered -In. 'the case
against .1. L. Roberts, charged with
obstructing justice. These cases
came up from Justice of the Peace
Stallings' court at Zebulon.
AX IXXOCUNT MAX WAS WIOT
l)C nt y SlierilT at Henderson Was tor,
Quick on Trigger.
Henderson, March 28.-Ai distres -ing
event occurred here last even
ing, in which a deputy sheriff named
Kit4)avls, shot and probably mortal
ly wounded a foung ..white man of
good reputation named Walter Caw
thorn, an employe of a bagging fac
tory. :" - V '.'''''
The circumstances are given as
follows, in brief:
"A .report reached thet sheriff's
office that a man answering the de
scription of a hobo who shot and
killed J. R. King, the trainman at
Norllna, night before last, had been
soen In the city and the deputy went
In search of him. When he approach
ed the court-house he saw a crowd
of men standing near. He thought
that the suspect had probably been
arrested by Other persons and went
to the crowd. When he neared the
men one of them darted away sud
denly and the deputy promptly fired
at him, the ball taking effect in his
back and penetrated vital parts."
Sec. Knox In Santo Doirtingo.
' Santo Domingo, March 28. Sec
retary Knox, who arrived aboard
Cruiser Washington yesterday from
Venezuela this morning mado a
motor -trip to the Spanish forts. Af
terwards he lunched at the Ameri
can Legation. ,
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MISS. HKTTY
Considered In lie be wealthiest anil
limsl able woman linniiriri' in tin
world, has once mure lorsaken tin
hustle and bustle of the bi metro
polis and closed up her liiitidsomi
lii' )v:i stone niiinsiiiii, near Fifth
avenue. She lias packed up the few
belongings which' she desires ami
removed to lier cn.y little four room
lint in lloboken, where slie declares
she enjoys life a great deal mon
with a few select friends, than with
the many hundreds who nie con
limillly sei'Uiii.u tier company in Xcw
York.
WILL BROWN GIVEN
15-YEAR SENTENCE
After tlie trial in the case' against
Will Brown.-, a negro, bail proceeded
for some time, a verdict of -second
degree '-murder was agreed to anil
Brown was -sentenced to I " years in
the penitential y. He was charged
with tbq murder of Ja-k. Freeman,
another negro, the homicide, oc
curring at a tes;ival in '.Wake. Por
es! township on the night of .lanuar;
2i. Messrs. Armistead Jones & Son
represented the -defendant and Mr
K. N. Sinims assisted Solicitor Nnr
is in the prosecution.
THK COAI, CRISIS
.
Hope r.f Averting Strike Centered in
Subciimniiitee .loo.otio .May io
Out.
Cleveland, March 2S. -Ile;ie of
averting a widespread Coal strike in
the i'nUed Slates, beginning Mon
day, centered today in the subcommittee-
appointed by ...the. bitumiirms
operators und .miners to. agree, ii
possible on a compromise w;:gi
scale. Pules! the compromise, is ef
fected II. in. unit miners iiult Suinlav
nt iniduight. The wage ilispuies in
voire the 'threatened strike of al
most sun, olio : miners and the shut
ting down of almost--ovry unionized
coal -initio in thi' : country.
75 FEET TO DEATH
Hon. M. L, Shipman, commission
er of labor anil printing, returned
today from Montgomery county,
where yesterday he investigated a
fatal accident at the Euwarra mine,
near Candor. Jim Ward, a negro
employe, was 'killed by dropping 75
feet through a shaft to the bottom
of the pit. It seems that Ward wa
acclistomed to waiting for the bucket
to carry him to the surface at quit
ting time and on this particular oc
casion the bucket passed him Just as
the bell rang to stop work. Ward
jumped, missed his hold, and drop
ped: to his death. It was strictly
aga'nst orders for employes to risk
their lives In such a manner.
, Koosevelt Will Not Holt.
St, Louis. March 28. Roosevelt
denied reports that he- Intimated he
would bolt the republican party If
lie fails of the nomination.
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Sill!
Orozco's Sneers in Chihuahua, ts
Alailiiiing to tl!8 FedcnH and
to Mexico City
MADERO IS IN DANdR
l ,'.n l;il iovci'Mii ut Is Ailmilti iMv
Weak in S:mi!i.'ll n .i'i anil
apata is laUmg .iilanlaue u! the
lii nels Succe.s in llie ni!l" i ii
rui't ol the i;ai v to liicrease
His Own ll(. I I i'iie Wa liiJ.'itun
(.. ii mneiit i:.li I ill ;risi el oi
(lie Devi lopiiii -lielieven I !at
Ciiao:; Would ) .Him Madero's
: i ei lhi l.M'.
V; .i;.iiiic.lon. r.h.
nation ridgn:; in
the tedrral deli..
Orozt'ii's success i li
folhuved by s.cni!i
out (tie lepiili'ic,
state department's
Mexican capitol.
weakness m the ;.
i,
I Itihiiaiiiia.
. liki-i;. !'i lie.
;.i'it i liri.-uyli;
dill!', hi .-'Hie
arm
; ! t-i(ii l s l'l'oai t iiv
'' lie ioili. ml "lorce's
onili is reeogui.ed.
advantage of this.
apata is taking
lie is reported as
.iiuiing -lighting
in that section.
The federals, following their re
cent engagement in .iouilKT!! Chihua
hua, declared Torn Dii in a demoral
ized condition. Male depart uienl re
ports say that the idieis are follow
ing I hem closelv.
The rebel's successes have shaken
the confidence: of yiouio Va:diiagtun
odicials in the ea..v iriuiuib ol .la
dero over his enemies. I hev are no.v
recognizing the ' tiossibiiily to the
overthrow of the. .Madero govern
ment and the gr.ne iiuestion is ne
giniiiug to assert, itself as to the
correct atlitiubwit the I inlcd Hiates
in the turmoil and chaos which prob
ably would follow the clashing .of rhe
presidential aspirations of three' or
lour ambit ions Mexican Tend leaders.
It is conlidentlv believed there will
be no necessity for the invasion m'
.Mexico or for the exercise of any
thing more, than moral suasion iun li
as has been potent in I'lie s a so. o1.'
other (list urbed Latii'.-Ameri. aii re
publics. . At M. i i;i:shmi:.
WM.I, HOLD HAXOITT..
This afiei noon at fi o'clock,"' the
freshmen class of' the A. A. . Col
lege wiil give -a banqiiet in whicli
the matter of subscribing money to
the new V. M. ('., A. will he dis
cussed by several speakers from Kal
eigh and llie. -college.'' . The 'ctanf' i:.
taking a gretit interest in this nnce
and the snuit is high lor the work.
The building, when finished, will be
one of the handsoniest college V. A'.
C. A. buildings In the south.
The building will be the Inline for
all of the .'fraternities and assoi i:i
lions. llie colleges will endeavor to
make it the hume for the bovs.
ADVISOCY P.oAKD OP
(,i v : i mas mi:i;i i(,.
The 4idMso! v - botird of I he .Ntnl:
Carolina .National liliard li'dd a
ineeting tod:!.', in the office of i.io.
ei nor Kited it?, chairman cx-ollicio of
the board. I Was not expected ill...
ii n matters i public interest wouid
come up. I f hoard is composeil ol
iiovernor Kim Inn. Ailiutant (n iiei'til
Leiiniler. p A. Macon. 1 1 u;nl
ma: Ter get.ei ,il : (let). It, S. liovslei'.
bneade cntiiii ar.der: l ol. .1, ( . i.a'i,
ner. hrst ii; in; rv : t ol. II. i . Inn
g.iw. second i n I ant rv. and l ol. ,1. .V
Craig, third lutuutry.
MWS. Kl.l AS ( AHU II. I,
IV WASHIXtnoN CITY.
Mr. P.lias ( iirr. Secretary to the
lionrd of a'-Micult are. left this after
noon for Washington. D. t ., in re
sponse to a message informing him
of the critical illness of his mother.
Mrs. Plias hit. who went there a
few davs sign to undergo treatment,
she is with her sou. Mr. W. K. ( urr.
Mrs. Carr is the widow of the late
Cov. Ellas l ai l', and has been in ill
health for some time.
M.U. H.-1M4 AND C.'KX. I'AltK
MAY ASK I'OK SAMK IIOXOK.
MaJ. EJ. J. Hale of Fayetteville and
Gen. Julian S. Carr of .Durham are
being urgpd by their friends as dele-gate-at-large
lo the Baltimore con
vdntion. Ilotli are strongmen and
there will likely be an Interesting
contest should they both be In the
race at the state convention Juno ti.
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COCXTIvSS Oi' WARWICK.
i f-" 'l;.';!! o dep:'!'! lire Inc l .'liMpe
i! -i.ee i oi.'iiwss ol A at wick, who
stole:! imiiii w lurk. alnn,-( on (he
.;i; :;i i.l : iniuneiil. is a greal
dial ol a m vsi tv ; Ik'C H lends anil
!-Mii i:,t! s :,i I:;" Mit raie cause :n :(.
llie c; en. :ual . pi a (ir.ilir com
plete!! ai . :i:;:;ci!ieiil ; mr an cleiideii
I lr ill !s. I rr ll :; I Srites ! p l-tlll e
in l!ie-c;ii:s in !or wcttH'li. am!
f ie !'.. .' m i n i!i:. s::e was
c:.llei! i, a i (.) Ice land on iiineii. l
biisii!e:. i!-e i:.u p;.; ;:n liglit no
tlie siibici.
STRIKE POSSIBLE
i -a.e J'O. : ,l.i,il el a :ii rike -of I h'lil
sand.; o.' i tie taii i;, tiious.ir.o col.tdn
m'.il op, j ,; . in :e ,vou fronts t !
Xev. Hi -.IlVrvd ::::: u:..:c! u re: ., .issocia-
tioll, ' V.Stiyil.. 1...-I toua.v to (l.tisiiler
tlie hill! o: i;ei i..;ii'a!i(!: for a te:,
per cetit : liv.i.ii e in v, nut's.
! i on. lie ai Low ell.
Lowell. .U;;ss.. Marrit -S. 'Several-
111 - ll-.il-' d . : 1 ikiii -, ; I cl lie ' '. volki-l's
duriir: .. i.-iaiiv ::Hack.-,:! the . liige
'"ai'; i .- I ';.. to: . s.-ia.dun:;' the
writ ." vs. S'..:S w . I il ID.'- ii u'
j )i 1 1 1 ( e.
IAI Id ,'l' i i( ; A. II. !D!:l
. I'lii.-a; 'i
scare in
i H4. 1 1 ! !' ' : i !
of teoiKA
iiii.',
had ii,
lie had .
i a cii . J '. A .van; 1 1 pox
a- it i .-fiver's oMU e
i- it i.:l.i "r : i iie i i ! U: igat ion
' "-1 cile, I.S.. SoIt:e ! i tile
di -sk, ;: .Us.-oiered
ol.' ', :. ' Si .oral Clerks
i:, ofiae ;.a 1 ii.,: .,!.-:! tie- c'le,
in i !': t. ,:.i i' ic.; ;, v ; as .,--i a-
el';i-- .a! iuM--. A niivnjetm,
vv.is si ijMi.'f --I ML, iiii I';-' l Jerks
. kn ! !..;.! '. itaii'M- d Cue i hn ii v
'I'i-pei'e I I.i . ii-ii,; :'-o- via i i, i'I i.ip,
I ! U'in: . i:i HI i'ia- 'il l"l : I'.c.oe if
'.ills v -i e f ; t i . i . : i i-d:
COIIlilitE UPHOLOS
Wiisiiic.gioii, . .!:iri-l'' -v Tin
right of Seiiaior l.oi-inu'i-. iif liinoi .,
to u se;it in the 1'niled St ntes ;H-iia! t
Was upheld by the special invest mat
ing conil'-iitlce. which decided Ihe
seuau's vote stisiiiitiiiig l.orluier in
tlie last congress on su bsi an i inily
tlie same cni'rjU'.-i barred iinv uv
thcr inocecdiiHS iigaist him. The
v-ol e Wiiii ."i 1o ,.
Whole l-iimilv lint lied to Death.
Wilkesbarie, March 2S. Kvan
Millick. hi-: wife and three children
were binned (o death when their
home at AsUiim was destroyed by
lire. The entire family, asleep in
their beds, were tillable to escape.
Coal Miners. 'Will Ouil.
New York, March I'M. The an
thracite coal operators are making
no move to prevent the suspension
of work In the anthracite Holds.
They regard suspension at midnight
Mu roll 31 as inevitable,
HlUET
Lccor.:rtIve Engineers Observe
2l)th Anniversary of
Division
Yi.e i v , ' i : . - i i i ; ! i a nil i versa ry 'if
i ii. oi -g.i c i.'.iii ion of iiivisiou :::',!i,
111 i '-ii-i t out . it1 . .1 .'ic'iiuftl i e -i-;u-gi':
'e- s. iia.i ; lit: ingl; i elebrat 'd in
OiM pe!.iws li.dK last night with an
m:;ip;v- ' ili'm.- !:.'!.' I.acy, a lian-
; ; i : .-rt:-! iiiu ii and dancing. About
1 : i a . uu -iiiding engineers and
tin'- " '- i i t lieu s, were
l-ii . a ! i : i:e - "in and il proved
ii- in s wsi ,etij. !:' ever held,
': . ; i ..loji; tol rts-iti. eliaii-tna'u
u . 'Ai- ; .-!: n-; i 1 1 " 0;i a i i-.ingeineiils.
is l':,e I' 1 rh cl'i.lil fill- (lie SllccejjS of
'lie- : ..Mi -ritit; . as i u 1'ornia I a lid
iilil- ,.:i!.ead ai.-ll . ' 1 1 1 1 llll'ir lela
i - V !,-. e 1 l i- ml.-. V. ere 'prosed 1 .
A,:ier. .(in- iunilii-on. tile youuger
i.iie.li ei:ii,,ed ilniieing. Mr. I.ac
U:-.i re.,i' ' - d biMory' -of tlie
ilivi: inn an I li.ld ui ils ilillllenee for
ail i'i :V, e;i is. - I !i-i u g one of the
he-, eu-illei is lllllt ever pulled il
ikrni'le. he . v, capa llie of speaking
to liis frietids. Mr. ' W. A. Paison,
( iiicf of in- division, introduced 'Mi',
I .ill e
ri: e.tk ing re niiniscent ly, the stiite
.: ri -ii s :!( i- si; il ihe' division yas not
oiny tiieiective hut benevolent,' and
-;ave ii'stiiiices of ihe men paying off
in or; gi ces for; wi dr-ws of engineers;
o;' !:' ii.g sic;, lii-ethren tlli.'ir fill)
salaries, und of doing many oilier
ihiugs -o aid 'their.' fellows. The
diu.-i'j is a tern pera nee society, for
it i i i i 1 1 s 1 1 : 1 sin.l suspends ilruudards;
i is -oi --. -i i-e, for it looks after
i.s ov, u. . Ii !;as seen the salary of
(Coi'l iniied on Page Seven. )
m Mm
m TO ACCEPT
lii
i.eiie-,!:, March -2.' -. Premier As
;::i:ii i-: in-d an appeal to the. miners
it in cept the minimum - wake bill,
wli'i.j: ii-, said, would obtain largely
uliai t'i- . feuglit (or. In n speech
ii- i!it iiiieiai nicinliers of the house
id' t oihin-iiis. Asinitli said lie hoped
;'ea, c at, ! iioi.'i-iit mem were -now in
: i giit .
A.U.!CI!i; KILLS TLX
Sin.w I. ii.- ics Cii,-!! ol Aiistrtaos
.di nag on Mountain.
Vi.t :i;,n. .iinicii usi a ski party of
II ieisii!!s was- overwhelmed by an
i- . it 1 iin : -iii- ;' nei r tlie summit of
.d'-ita: : :n i-iieV;:. m;ar. Vienna, and
all leii .me iii the-parly were killed.
Two w o-idi a,l ti-fs coming ' down . ihe
iiionri.: :i :t- a;-d -.nioaiis from beneath
t!ie .;i,(-'-' , Tin-;.. 'dug hastily and dis
' .red. a v.'ii'niin villi her clothes
Him .ti, I exit.-i i.i ! 'd there appear
ed he i,"ie iiojie . for her. She
:;i.',:- it, ' t v a la II c 1 1 1 ilig leeper,"
.tUii i iinie.i. Tlie ! n hi li cr on the
siinv .icii, an.-:- n.ui-li work, recov
ered ':n III, i". ill tile -It'lldef, Doctor
t In. ' i r. i.iui : ! t . oti e ed Prauleiii
t-!i:'.: .: T.ii'l- ii-iit, Iin wad .the sole
I-li CV ,-,;!' ii li ;, iltttei.
ti-. in:- to a heavy snowstorm lio-t
i.i. i '. a i, H' i i-'ijieiiitiiin was with
out 'i-ii -, but this morning-several
ii- i .a-a incut o! lioltii, 1 s on skis pro-
: il !o the'. 1-pin mid nine more
,: id es. i i if-f , : ,1 , ii t; one w oiiui ii , w ere
I c,,Ve-,',!.
'ii,- tines of all the-' victims wear
happy i iiv:-'sioiis. , wliicli. which
. i in lo iiiuicate that -death was in
sl.iUI.iileons. Tire -emperor expressed sympathy
wi'h ;i'l the fiitniiies of the vlctiins
and ri eni sled that all details of the
nisiim-'r be roiiiniuuiciilod to him Im
uietliatcly. .
Auilience illi King.
homo. Miii'i-h 2n.; Major Archi
bald . linn. President I alt s per
sonal Hide, was received bv King
a Iiii- I jiiiiiiiniiel In a private audi
erne at u e palace; loiiay.
Taylor Opi-i-nled On.
Washing!' ti. March 2N. --Senator
Tii- lor, of Tennessee, underwent an
opetiili in Cor gall stones. It was
pronounced successful. A speedy re
covery Is hoped for.
Capt.. Miles O. Sherrill, the
state librarian, who was confined to
.his room for several w'eeks as the
Insult of a fall on the Ice, continues
to jifow si l onger. He lias been n,
his ilei k lor several days.
WANTED
TO 60 FREE
Solicitor Thought It ! Too Hard On
Rlurphy Atwater to Serve Four
Months For Larceny
DID NOT HAVE LAWYER
Little Colored Youth, Indicted Willi
Another Lad, Sent I'p for Steal
ing Itrnss While His Confederate
Cvcnped Five Jury' anil Lawyer
Cases Won by Defendants Causes
Suggestion That All Cases Be Con
tinued Interesting Incident In
Coeil.
Solicitor Herbert P. Norris, in su
pernor court today, suggested chat
the remaining cases on tlie docket
wilh the exception of the two homi
cide cases be continued until the
neyt term of court und asked that the
four-months sentence of Murphy At
water, a little negro boy, be stricken
out. The request of the solicitor
came as the result of five failures to
convict yesterday and in each of
these cases the defendant was rep
resented by a lawyer. Murphy At
water, who was indicted with an
other little negro for the larceny of
some brass, did not have a lawyer
to defend him and the jury found
him guilty. Mr. Norris did not think
it quite fair to Atwater to bear the
burden of the larceny and so sug
gested that the youngster be re
leased. Soliletor Norris took exception to
the verdict of tlie jury in the Jones
case, tried last evening. Mr. Jones
through his attorney had offered to
plead guilty to simple assault, but
the jury acquitted b.tm. In another
case, that of carrying a concealed
weapon, the jury apparently believed
the word of an ex-convict iii prefer-
ence to two witnesses whose char
acter was not impeached. Mr. Nor
ris siiid he was not criticising the
jury, but the thought it merely a
waste of time and money to continue
to try cases under these circum
stances. Judge Webb said he thought some
of the cases were decided right by
the jury and took occasion to say
that sometimes men are bound over
to court when there is not much
against them. Referring to the negro
with the pistol, Judge Webb said he
was more- in sympathy with the fel
low, who had just completed a road
sentence, than with the man who
claimed he saw the pistol at a dis
tance of .Mi yards.
Solicitor Norris then renewed his
suggestion that all cases except the
two homicide cases be continued.
"We will do our duty," said
Judge Webb, "let the consequences
be what -they-may.!" And with that
the incident closed.
It was a bad day for the state yes
terday, The solicitor has been ac
customed to winning verdicts and
when he lost five cases most of
which he thought were proved he
thought it time to make a sugges
tion, and he did not want to see a
little iiegro who was without a law
yer be punished for a crime that two
or more were concerned in. The sen
tence was not changed.
WILL VOTE FOR STRIKE
New York, .March 28. Orand
Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers predicted that
when, the result of the strike vote
on the wage question is made public
April tenth it will be found that less
than twenty-five hundred of the
twenty-five thousand engineers In the
itrotlierhood will oppose a strike.
Arkansas IVi mill-left.
Little Hock, March 28. Returns
from yesterday"s primaries, received
from a majority of the districts
throughout Arkansas, Indicate con
clusively that Congressman Jos. T.
Kobinsou defeated Uov. George
(lonaghey, who was a candidate for
reelection. United States Senator
Jeff Davis leads his rival by thirty
thousand majority.
A man is so generous to his wlfi
that If she Inherited a fortune ha
would. lie willing to let her have a
i new hat out of it.
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