Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-19
sENT ON FOR FELONY.
Four Gases In the Police Court Yes
terday Morning.

Two small boys-Randolph CARING
ton and George Booker-were before
the Police Court yesterday morning,
charged with shooting and wounding
James Brown with parlor rifle, with
intent to kill and James Brown, Will
liam Brown, and Albert Anthony, as
ssultipg Randolph Darlington and
George Booker with rocks. judges
George L. Christian and II. II. Mar
shall appeared as counsel for Caring
ton and Booker. The wounded boy
being unable to appear in court, the
examination vas postponed until next
Saturday. Judge Christian made mo-
ton for bail, and asked to have Mr..
A. P. Mitchell, clerk in O. Ii. Pages
coal.office, examined, who testified that
he WAS looking out of his ofiice-window,
corner Of Broad and Norton streets,
Thursday evening, when he noticed
three small boys running across Broad
street, and were being pursued by
several other boys, who were assault
ing them with rocks. After getting
across Broad street the boys who were
being pursued stopped; two Of them,
who had psrlor rifles, brought the wea-
pons to their shoulder, and, after hest
tating some time, fired. They then turned
and ran, closely followed by the attack
ing party who continued to rock them.
The boys, after getting into the field,
halted again and fred another volley.
Their assailsnts pressed forward,
throwing rocks as rapidly as they could.
At the corner Of Hancock and Grace
streets the Darlington and Booker party
made another stand aud fired, one of
the balls striking James Brown in the
leg, and causing his party to beat q
hasty retreat.
Justice Richardson, after hearing the
above statement, consented to bail the
accused for their appearance next Ss-
turdaY.
THE vENABLE STREET CUTTING
AFFRAY.
The continued case Of Robert Dab
ney and John Mayo (both colored),
charged with cutting and wounding AL
fred Bowles, was called. Edgar Allan,
ESQ.,, counsel for the accused, waived
examination, and asked that An exami-
nation be held on the question Of bail.
Policeman Jones Otey, the first wit
ness examined, testified that he was in
Willisms's drugstore Friday night,
September 10Th, when a man came in
and inquired for q doctor, saying that
some one had been badly cut up on
Venable street. lie (Otey) went up to
where the difficulty had occurred
Twenty-sixth and Venable streets
and found Robert Dabney with bad
cut Oh the head and, upon being told
that the wound had been inflicted by
Alfred Bowles with bottle, he went to
look for BOwles, and found him lying
in bed suffering from kuife-wounds in
bis left SIDE ard back. BOTles said
that Johu Mayo had cut him.
Counsel for the accused agreed to
admit as testimony the statement made
BY Bowles to Justice Richardson (which
has already been publishen), and two
witnesses were introduced whose evil
dence in substance confirmed BOwles's
statement.
Justice Richardson declined to bail
Mayo. He had already consented to
bail Dabney.
VIOLENT RESISTANCE.
Blair Stratton, who was arrested
Friday night for being drunk and dis
orderly on a street-car, and who when
arrested resisted the officers violently,
WAS before the Court. IL seems from
the evidence that the accused, while
quite drunk, got on car about Fiji
teenth and Main streets and refused to
pay his fare, and when requested
to do so took off his coat and
wanted to fight the driver. When
near the post-oilice the driver
Mr.. Sutlih'-called Officers Joyner and
Talley, who arrested S,ratton and took
him to the Second station house. He
resisted violently, and the officers had
to use their clubs before they could get
him under control. lie vas taken to
the station-house on a dray. Stratton
was sent on to the grand jury.
DRUNK AND DIsORDERLY.
W. II. Cardwell was sent on to the
grand jury for being drunk and disor-