The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-20
B0WEN'S TRIAL.
THE PRISONERS SISTER on THE
STAND.
A LARGE CROWD ~ THE Court.
Room
THIS r,Ipf NCr OF Tue PRISONERS
MOTHER.
\ clst of tho Testimony The Prisoner
Pound Guilty of involuntary Man
slaughter and l. Given six
Months In J-il.


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Tho triol az I,mee Rowcn charged
Win ,h. ,,nrlcr of symmetrical Simcoc.
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Ooi''.o'." .' '', cai,cl was Mr. James
c.r5.,s ooic,r i'm rbarre Of the Denny
',.. -. i..,so on tbc NIGHT of the
', nn t...fod ,Sst 81 l,ftlc white
-. in,o 'tbe enoine. house and said
g... H. pa,,.,s and Mr. Simcoe were
e.b,;,, d,,cn in flc alley. lie went 10
49, 80. f. ,,as v.ry dark. struck a
,,a,oh and .o,, . man lvinr ON his back
d"ed with his face tnrncd a little one
- All ,o, l,o., who he was al first.
T,on examination Mr.. Meredith
o.tll ,he ,,itnc.. N. fhcrc not now
l.,,. ~. r,.. embedded near where the
dead man'. head was r,stinrg'
VNtoa.. "yr.. Ma. down there this
morning and .,N iAc rock
Tho Commonwealth Attorney asked
tho wines. IF hc was sure the rock was
,bcte ysb. D. ne found tine dead man. and
e witness answered i'm the affirmative
Policeman Ch,racs Kelly testified that
he found the man living IN the alley in
rear Of the cngiue-hou-e, apparently
dead. lie examined him and found his
pulse still lie then made inquiries as
10 the murder and learned that IT was
done hv james Bowen.
nr. Ncrclith Was not his face, when
Won irst found him. turned little 10 the
LEFT
Witness Yes
Nr Meredith From the appearance OF
the deceased. living a. he was did 10 not
seem AS If he was laid there by some
ono,
Witness IL can't say as 10 that
The witness testified that he had
known the prisoner for more than fifteen
years. and that he had always conducted
himself peacogblv
Policeman Brown testified that when
be arrested the prisoner hc manifested
surnri-. when Informed that hc had
killed S,mc6c. This witness also ties
lifted that the prisoner had been a peace
FIJI man
Peter Wolf was the last witness for
the Commonwealth. he knew nothing
of tne ditirnlty and was therefore told
ia stand aside
Connect for fhe defense here asked for
1900. a. flirtc ,ninnfes i'm order to
consult Win fhcir witnesses This was
'.....,,'t .,'.t ,r,.r tl,. ,....s DR. Ungb
n .ravlor wa. called 10 the stand. lie
was called to drc,. ~imcoc's wounds He
found fine cut ID serious one. and had To
NM his finger i'm the cut To ascertain
whether or NOT the skull WAS fractured /
Mr. Meredith asked the witness would /
o. man koocked down from such blow /
moi; ian "a sensible condition ." Just
here fae Commemorative Attorney OBJ /
i.,,.d am fine rrounds that the question F.
~ NOT a ,roror ono
Mr. Meredith insisted upon the cues .
,ion heinr answered The Court over /
rnled Inc objection
me ,vitnes. then rcnlicd that "A man
,ro,,id bo ds1ed and very nrobably in /
sensible for a minnie or Two
Susie Rowen "a -iyieeu-year-oh sister
of Tho nrisoner. was i'm tie store when /
the ,ronble beran. heard Simcoe say
81 demand satisfaction" She saw the F.
fsbi when il commenced. and saw "a man /.
au,roocb the fohfing men with a stick. /
l. ,r,s ,-.r,r gark and ao ehp eouli NOT I
teu who the man was. but thought il was /
James Cottrell. He did not make any /.
atfemnt to separate them. She also tcsii- /
fed that she did not run after George /
Simcoc with "a stone. did not hear any |
remarks made by the men fighting
Mrs Bowen. the prisoners mother T
testified that she Was al her married F.
daughters house ON the night of the /
difficulty. and that her little daughter /
came and told her of the trouble She /
met Simcoe and asked him why was he
troubling her SON. When She reached T
the store some one threw % stone and .
struck her son Jimmie. knocking INN
down, and some one excl lmed' III was
George SimcOc who did II. She further /
said that when her son arose he asked I
"wherc is that George Simcoe and /
ran after him. She did not know where
her son went. but started To look for
him She found man living in the .
alley In the rear of the Denny street en-
zine house. and thought 10 was her son.
1t was very dark She lifted him up
and wiped the blood from his face but
found il was not her son She then went
TO the store and there saw her son tihe
prisoner washing his face.
This witness was not cross examined
bv the prosecution.
Tnf DEFENSE.
Tho defense introduced the following
Witnesses all off whom knew The former
for ouite a number of wears. and who
testined that hc had ALWAYS conducted
himself a. "A Quiet and pcaccful citizen
Mr. z T. Glover. Gen g. ". Randall.
Nessrs VIM smith. James Hartley. Ed
oar shine John Beatty Dennis Wren.
pbulin o'Neal. Richard Rock. and "
I Cnls., Their testimony WAS entirely