The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-30
full communication with certain negro


treatment Of her. Fortune did not tell
her he wanted wet nurse for his child
rem; said. however, he would endeavor
TO get her employment; did not ask her
IL she was of good moral character;
nothing was said, whatever, about her
chastity; said she did not recollcct tell
ing him of a lapse of virtue some three
years ago.
Crawley, she said, offered to get her
work in cotton factory in Lynchburg;
she came to Roanoke upon the represent
tation of Crawley and Fortune that it
was good place TO get work.
Officer Wolfe detailed tho incidents of
the arrest, and said that Crawley tried
to destroy note at the station after his
arrest.
Fortune was then put upon the stand.
His replies to tho questions asked were
straightforward, and he appeared to
evade nothing. He said he was
prompted by the best of motives in pay
ing her way from Radford to Roanoke;
he would have hired her us a nurse for
his children if she had been of correct
moral character; sought to find out that
fact, and asked her plumply if she had
ever been guilty of illicit intercourse
with men, and she confessed that she
had been three years ago; no then con-
cludcd She was of bad character, and
advised her to go to Rose Terrill's house
as the only place left for her, as he
could not conscientiously send her to
any reputable person: gave her the note,
ALSO as means of getting rid of her;
he told her of tho reputation Rose Ter
rilrs house enjoyed, and gave her his
| reasons for sending her there.
| &. X. Crawley, the other defendant, an
| aged, white-haired man, whose ruddy
checks gave him quite rakish appear
ance, stated that the girl first APP
preached him, did what no done out of
sympathy for the girl; before they got
to Radford advised her to go to Mrs
Carsons, at that place, as he thought
she could get work there: she failed,
and he got Fortune to buy her u ticket
| to Roanoke.
! He told her, in a sort of jest, that he
would marry her if sho turned out I'll
right
Messrs. Biggs, Petit. and Miller, of
Oak Vale. were called by defendants
and gave the King woman an awful
reputation. Neither would believe her
under oath; She enjoyed tho reputation
IN that place OF being i woman of de-
cidedly bad character.
MIR. Petit was OH a jury which tried
her for the illicit sale of whiskey in
connection with negro named Medley
In the trial it was developed that She
was living with Medley as his wife: she
testified that she was married TO Med
ley, land also that she was of part
negro parentage.
Some further testimony was heard on
1mmaterial points, and then legal
sparring match cnsued, in which
Messrs. Randolph and lIoge, whose case
nf nNrpp6inrr hnh
flight to the wings of their elouuence,
and proved no mean opponents of that
divine art
They argued that the main object of
this prosecution was to protect inno-
ccnce and virtue from the assaults of
the wicked, and that tho guilt of the
defendants, as far as the law was con-
cerned. lie in tho fact that they sought
to entice her into house of prostitu-
ton while they acknowledged they
knew nothing of her reputation.
The counsel for defendants, on the
other hand, proceeded upon the hypoth-
cslS that the woman had admitted her
general reputation to the men, and that,
while they sought, as long as they be-
llevcd her to be vrtuous woman. to
procure for her honest work, when they
established her true rcpu tation they en-
they could suggest, and the charac ter of
that place was we'll known to the woman,
who was willing to go. Rhetoric did not
enter so much into their argument as
logic, and whilo they stated disagree
ablo truths, they were truths based
upon tho evidence.
Upon the whole. Messrs Hoge and
Randolph made the most Of u weak
case, but Judge Williams, upon review
of tho case, held that no petit Jury
would convict, if u grand jury should in
dict tho defendants, holding that the
character of tho chief complaining wit
ness had been shown to be such that
she could not be believed in single
particular, and so discharged tho pris-
oners.
Judge Williams took occasion to
highly compliment the chief Of police
and his subordinates, and also the
train men for their action on the prem
iscs, and said that the course they pur-
sued III the light OF the knowledge they
possessed was highly commendable.
"A Pleasant Musicale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Yeatman gave
delightful musicale on Tuesday even
ing in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. James e.
Porter.
Mrs. Porter is one OF Pittsburgh's most
prominent sopranos, and her artistic
singing made a charming impression
upon all who had the pleasure of listen
ing to her. Inside of another year Mrs.
Porter will make her home in Roanoke,
and enter our musical circles as a con
cert soprano. :
Mr.. Porter is the secretary and treas
urcr OF tho Roanoke Iron Company.
and for several years has been identified