Newspapers / The Cleveland star. / Feb. 27, 1929, edition 1 / Page 8
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A ttending Court Is Big Sport | To Many People Over Country Trials Draw Varied Crowd <)( Spectators. Sonic Spend Day Off In Court. New York Times. Although It ts not precisely their primary function, the various courts of law in the metropolitan district serve as a medium of absorbing en tertainment for an assortment of otherwise unoccupied citizens who have no patience with the kind of melodrama that is prefaced with an overture and concluded with an exit march. There arc some devotees of this grim entertainment who are not particularly concerned with its emotional aspects, but who evidently rejoice In the fact that the com monwealth provides a comfortable temperature for its halls of justice on even the coldest days. Such habitues make a random selection * of judicial enviroment in which to while away the hours. They are as much interested in the court room clock as they are in the proceed ings. For those who are more fastidious about the type of trial to which they lend their presence, there is in the five boroughs a diversified program embracing some 130 concurrent at \ tractions, a considerably larger list than the amusement menu offered by brightest Broadway. There is something on the local judicial cal endar for virtually every taste and preference For those who take a vicarious and strictly mateur inter est in grand larceny, gang wars, homicide and the simpler forms of assault and battery, the spectators' benches in the nine parts of Gener al Session exercise a powerful at traction. If the leanings of the leisured are toward less potentially tragic diversions offered by the lighter transgressions, the twenty four magistrates' courts present a passing show in which the princi pals are the people vs. defendants charged with public intoxication or other disturbances of the peace overzealous strike picketing or fall inn to keep garbage cans covered. "Casuals" and "RoRUlars." The six sections of Special Ses sions present a pageant comprising j those suspected to Penal code vio-! lotions, whose seriousness Is a mean j betwen the lugh and low male- j factions that come within the re-' spective scopes of General Sessions j and the magistrates' courts. The i Supreme, Municipal and City Courts attract a more intellectual and technically minded trait of habi tues, including those who are suf ficiently interested In other peo ! pie's fiscal controversies to it through two or three days of ar gument on an alleged breach of contract involving a couple of bolts of mere cloth. Court attaches divltle the lay per-' sonnet attending the legal jousts into two specific classifications, There are the "regulars" who are prevented only by illness, accident or in some instances by golf, from being present early at some hall where justice is being dispensed. The other class is described as comprising the throngs which re spond to the publicity accompany ing spectacular cases or unique problems. The casuals are considerably more of a problem to the court officers than the regulars who are fully | conversant with the decorum de | ntandcd by the judicial authorities and who realize that, although con ! stltutional provisions grant them ! the right of viewing the legal ma 1 chinery In motion, they are expect ed to withhold effectually any au i diblc expression qf their reactions. I Tire casuals, on the other hand, t hand have been known to deport j themselves as If the cases were i being staged for their special edlfi ' cation. According to one veteran court attendant at General Sessions some of these spectators "do every thing except ask for encores." The attendant also says that, at times, he felt certain that the visitors mis took the pounding of the gavel for the court's more formal particlpg tlon in their vociferous demon strations. The regulars in the Criminal Court Building are mostly men of advanced years who have retired from more remunerative employ ment of their time and attention. According to an attache who has served for thirty-five years, two of the mast ardent devotees of trial attending are pensioned city fire men. both of whom have confided to him on numerous occasions that, had circumstances not decreed oth erwise. they would have gone in lor law in their youth. They fol low -avidly the arguments of coun sel and the rulings of the court. At the noon-hour recess and the close of the day's sessions, they, togeth er with other confirmed amateurs of the luw, gather in corridors and point out to one another how the case really should have been han dled by both sides. A Variety Of Trial I ans. Among the elderly regulars are re tired business men of substantial means, who prefer a seat in the spectators' section of a drab court room to a place on the sands of a sunbathed Southern resort. Not all the frequent visitors at the trials up persons who have with otawn from active pursuit of a live lihood. One sturdy young railrond brakeman spends every Thursday, his day off, at some trial or other. He asserts that he can conceive of no pastime more interesting than | that of endeavoring to gauge the j probable outcome of an encounter i between defense and prosecution. Were it not for the efforts of the ! attaches to discourage the practice, j perennially weary denizens of . the clientele in many of the court ; rooms. Noisy slumber is not deemed [ to be evidence of proper respect for ; the majesty of the law and offend ers are brusquely requested to knit up the raveled sleeve of care in lodging houses. By remaining awake and manifesting respectful interest in the proceedings, however, many are able to stay long enough to ; thaw out with the aid of the court j room radiators. There are occasions when the ! spectators are more intimately in volved in the events at a trial than they care to be. An instance of this kind occurred not many months •-V*r ki ' -r $ • V~ ' . i'n» ACHIEVEMENT ELECTRIC RADIO NEW and MIGHTIER SEE!and HEARfthe Mighty Monarch of the Al 9 Model 71 Model 71 Post Colonial Pe-' riod Design with instrument panel of Matched Burl Walnut. Frame W ith paorting of HirtlV cyc Maplrantl Halrhnl Burl Stump Walnut 1 tr i Model 72^ Il-ouie XVI Walimi (jhi net Door* Dtamoi 1 Matched Oriental Mai nut with genuine inlaid Marquetry Border. Instrument panel also of Diamond Matched Oriental Walnut framed with Hull Walnut and BirdVeyc Maple Panel Model 72 j? me/1faje6tic LEADS with New Models of such 1PERLATIVE 'Beauty and Achievement that they may Truthfully be considered INCOMPARABLE v v Let a demonstration PROVE it v ^ Ten carloads of Majestic Radi) are being unloaded in Charlotte today. Our quota is 37 sets which gives you some idea of the Majestic Sets that are being sold in the two Carolinas. MAJESTIC IS LEADING THE WORLD IN RADIO TODAY. KINGS MOUNTAIN AND SHELBY. ago. when Sigmund Weiss,, a gang ster, made a break for liberty In a hallway leading to a court room When the smoke had cleared, two | attaches lay wounded and a bullet | from the revolver of the chief I court officer had closed Weiss's1 stormy career. Attendants venture! the opinion that some of the trial "buffs” who'were present at the; time have since been devoting themselves entirely to less hazard ous proceedings, such as visit to libraries and museums, where they may question the authenticity of j masterpieces of art, rather than fol low the arguments of counsel be fore the blindfolded lady with the balance ar.d the sword. Mount Sinai News Of Late Interest; • Special to The Star.' Shelby, R-2.—The members or j the B. Y. P, U. of Mt. Sinai went to Poplar Springs and enjoyed a splendid program given by that union Sunday evening. A number of people from this ■section attended the Hoey contest in Shelby Friday evening. Mr. Clive Harrill was at home from Polkville during the week-end Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Weaver ol ; Gaffney spent Sunday with Mrs. Ellis who attend Boiling Springs J H. Rollins. Misses Edna Putnam and Nora school spent the week-end at home. Miss Dorcas Walker, teacher in the school here, spent the week end at her home near Lattimore. Mr. Andrew Hunt of Shelby visit ed his parents in this community during the week-end . Miss Rheama Clary was at home from Boiling Springs during the week-end. Winter Vacation In Now Suggested Miami. Fin.—American labor will take a two weeks' trek to warm and sunny climes each winter if the views of President William F. Green, of the American Federation of Labor become an actuality. The labor leader, who has been attending the winter sessions of the organization's executive council here, expressed the opinion that a two weeks' winter vacation was as necessary to the well being of American workers ns the yearly summer two weeks' holiday and the five-day week. "The distribution of wealth in the nation is such that workers should be able to take rest periods and recreation in the winter as well as in the summer,’’ he snid. The rew munitions dump is two miles from Walker lake, which is 2C miles long and four miles wide, on which seaplanes may land and take off. Sale of Valuable Farm Property. Under and by virtue of the au thority conferred upon us in a deed of trust executed by C. F. Stowe and wife, Mattie Stowe and H. B. Stowe nnd wife. Cora Stowe on the 28th day of July, 1926 and record ed in Book 141. page 125. we will on Saturday the 30th day of March, 1929, 12 O’clock noon at the Court house door in Shelby, Cleveland county, sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder the fol lowing land to-wit: Lying in No. 4 Township, partly in the East portion of the Town of Kings Mountain, Cleveland coun ty, N. C., and being joined on the North by the lands of Leroy Wal lace and Neb Mitchem, on the East by the Southern Railway track, on the South by Cora Cotton Mill and West Cobb, and on the West by Jim Mauney. Herschall McGinnis and the public road, and being composed of part of those two tracks of land described in deeds registered in the office of the Reg ister of Deeds of Cleveland county. N. C.. in Books 130 page 475 and •‘FFF" page 206, and being describ ed bv metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stase on the East edge of public road, corner of West Cobb and Jim Mauney, thence South 50 East 5.45 chains to an iron pin on East edge of Stowe street, thence South 85 1-4 East 4.20 chains to a stone, thence South 7 West 2.7 chains to a stake, thence South 83 East 3.43 ■ chains to a stake, thence North 22 East .66 chains to a stake, thence South 68 East 3.25 chains to a stone, thence South 22 West 3 chains to a stake, thence South 67 3-4 East 13.78 chains to a stake in the center of Southern Railway track, thence in a northerly direction about North 12 East 24 chains to an iron stake in center of said Railroad track, thence North 85 1-4 West 6 1-2 chains to a stake. Neb Mitchem's corner, thence North 2 1-2 East 4.10 chains to a stake, thence North 86 West 1803 chains to a stone, thence South 3 1-4 West 7.22 chains to a stake, comer of Leroy Wal lace, thence North 86 1-2 West 5.24 chains to a stake on East edge of public road, thence with East edge of said public road South 15 East 3 1-2 chains to a stake on said road, thence South 30 West 5 chains to the place of beginning, containing 52 1-2 acres. This sale is made by reason of the failure of C. F. Stowe and wife. Mattie Stowe, and H. B. Stowe and wife, Cora Stowe to pay off and dis charge the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust to the North Carolina Joint Stock -Land Bank of Durham, A deposit of 10 per cent will be required from the purchaser at the i sale. This the 19th day of February, 1929. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM. Tus tee, Durham, N. C. Bynum E. Weathers, Atty. Shelby, N. C. _ i Yorkville Enquirer > "What is writ is already writ," Chief Supreme Court. Justice Rich ard Cannon Watts is reported to have replied to Solicitor J. Lyles Glenn of Chester, when the soli citor at about 8 o'clock Thursday morning at Laurens requested the supreme justice to cancel the $3,000 bond of Rate King and allow his re-arrest on heavier bond. Shown to the chief justice were a dark colored coat, vest and thous crs. spotted with blood and a white shirt with black stripes, alleged to be the clothing of Rate King, at Sharon, Wednesday afternoon by Chief 'of Police Frank Faulkner of Yorkville. Mr. Faulkner with other officers was at the residence all Wednesday afternoon making certain investiga tions. Faulkner decided to take a look In the attic and pulled out some clothing, tied in a shirt. The clothing were all bloody. Inside the right front of the coat were the in itials "R. F. K. ’ Coming to Yorkville with their find the officers got into consulta tion with Attorneys Marion and Finley. Solicitor Glenn was sum moned from Chester. About 2 o'clock Thursday morning Solicitor Glenn, Sheriff Quinn and Chief of Police Faulkner left by automobile for Laurens. Petition for the cancellation of the bond ot Rale King was filed with the chief justice and an order authorizing the re-arrest of the ac cused husband of the dead Faye Wilson King was refused, the chief justice commenting that “what is writ is already writ.” So the officers and attorneys came back to Yorkville about 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and some of them “thoroughly disgust ed," they said. Tired and weary, not having had his shoes off since Tuesday night Sheriff Quinn yesterday afternoon told The Enquirer: "The only defense Rafe King now has is to -play crazy. I guess he will. You may say that I said that.” Refuse To Show Contents. Sheriff Quinn refused to show The Enquirer all the contents of a valise “full of evidence" that in vestigators at the King residence in Sharon Wednesday afternoon put into his hands. “Have you got any quilts and blankets is *Sat grip, sherifff* :»?' reporter askad. "I have more than a suit of clothes and a shirt spotted with blood in there,” replied the officer; “but I don’t think I will show you just what unless you get an order from some court making me do It."’ Confirmation was sought from the sheriff of a report The Enquirer had that a lot of bloody blankets'*"' and quilts on which he form of Faye King once rested before her body was placed in its final rest ing place in Kings Mountain ceme tery had been found by the sheriff, Chief Faulkner, John Davison and others. Perusal of the bond reconizance under which the accused Is at li berty shows that there is nothing therein which allows the defendant * to leave South Carolina soil. 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