The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-02
CLEVE AND STEVE CLUB
WAS ORGANIZED IN MANCHESTER
What the Democrats are Doing Over tho
Rivera Manchester Negro Hanged
for Murder-News OF Interest.
MANCHESTER BUREAU RICHMOND TIMES.
1921 HULL srEET. BEATTIE BLOCK.


1921 HULL srEET. BEATrIE BLOCK
The Democrats of the Fourth ward met
at Leader Hall last night. President A. j.
Bradley was in the chair. and Mr.. j. w.
Arlington was the secretary. Cleveland
and Stevenson club was organized with
seventy members on the start. and many
new names were proposed. Thanks were
returned to the Union Democratic Club, OF
Richmond. for their kind invitation to par
ticipate in their pole-rsising and banner I'M
furling on Thursday evening next, the sth
of September.
The Third ward Democrats who were TO
meet there also postponed their assembly
till Wednesday evening next at the same
place.
MAYORS COURT.
Mary Green. an old colored offender, was
before the mayors court yesterday Tor dls-
turbance in the vicinity of the Hull-street
depot. Mary proceeded to show up Der
neighbors who testified about her. accusing
Augustus Brown with selling vegetables
Sunday and whisky also She also related
a fight of Sidney Jackson with his vile
The police will investigate all these things
before this mornings court meets.
The Forest Hill and Blue Jeans baseball
clubs will cross bats next Monday (Laoor
day at 4:3O Z. NJ, at Island Park. AS this
is a general holiday, and the game promises
to be good one. there will. no doubt. DO
large crowd present.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The building committee of the Asbury
Methodist chapel, to be finished in few
days, will meet in the Central Methodist
church tonight at 3 O'Clock A large atten-
dance is desired. This new chapel is stu
ated in the old Marx tract near the Peters
burg turnpike.
Another good crowd was at Forest Hill
Park Wednesday night when the Blues
band made sweet music aEd Professor
GoOde delighted all with his blcptlcon ex-
hibtion.
Miss Hattie Kahn has returned home
from visit to Baltimore.
Mrs. ID. i. Lipscomb is home again from
the North.
Dr. Lawrence Ingram has called meet
ing Of the board Of health for this after
noon al . O'Clock TO discuss the sanitary
condition of the city.
All persons wishing to take part in fox
chase were asked to meet Mr.. Parke HOWE
at his home in Eleventh street near Deca-
tur this morning at o'clock.
The Misses Clayton. Of Cowardin avenue,
have come home from Amelia with Miss
Minnie Wiley.
Major b. 4. Selder. the superintendent of
the Richmond and Manchester Railway
Company, has returned from the North.
MURDERER.
James Il. Morton, a negro hanged at
Camden. n. j.. on last Friday for the MUIR
der OF an old woman for her money, lived
here several years ago. He had some prop
erty here on Sixteenth street. 1t was sold
last March and yesterday 1t was resold and
the deed recorded in the clerks Office for
consideration OF 1915. He leaves some
sisters here. and formerly drove hack for
klr Il. Is. ". Beattie.
The CRIME.
The crime for which Morton paid the
penalty was one of the most brutal in the
history of the country. Ii was the result OF
deliberate planning of mind craZed by the
desire for money. Morton was, until few
months before his crime a special officer in
the lower section of the city. and was looked
upon as an intelligent colOred man. Some
time in April Lydia Ann Wyatt. a seventy
three-year- negro woman. who was
separated from her husband, went
to live at his house. She owned
property which she sold in May
for $500. In her visits TO the law
yers in arranging the salo IF the property
she was accompanied by Morton, who took
q general interest in her welfare. So great
was lulb lulcICbL lulDItbotQ upon utE lDhb
on the 9th of May she made will leaving
Morton one-hslf Of her property and Cam
den lawyer the other half. The TWO heirs
wero 10 act as her executors. Three days
after this Monday. May 9Th, the murder Oc-
Cured. Between and 10 O'Clock on that day
Morton met the OLD woman as she was
coming down stairs from her room. Snatch
ing from her hand heavy rosewood cane.
which her age compelled her TO use in
walking. he felled her TO the floor In his
confession made Just after bis arrest. be
declared that the old woman and he had q
quarrel and that 1t was IN u moment OF pas
zion that he struck her At the post-mor~
tum examination her skull WAS found to
have been fractured and no less than Il
dozen wounds Were found on her body.
most OF them on the head. Az soon as the
old woman was dead Morton took 1925 from
bag she carried. and left the house He
offered COlored undertaken seventy-fve
dollars If he would bury her at once. This
aroused suspicion and he was placed under
arrest. 1t was then developed that Morton
on April 25th attempted 10 get Phladel-
phla medical student is purchase "a live
woman subject seventy three years old. y
Mortons trial took place on June ID. He
pleaded not guilty. AS the first Juror entered
the box he withdrew this and pleaded
guilty. After two days advising. the court
unanimously found him guilty of murder In
the hrst degree. lie was sentenced % be
hanged on July 10Th, but through the inter
venton OF Fathey Kelley he was granted
reprieye until last Friday.
POLITICAL NOTES.
As soon az Colonel Macon. the chairman
of the city Democratic committee heard of
tho decision of Judge Hughes u the effect
that the first party t. put IN names for the
appointment of supervisors should be the
first served, he sent IN petition to that
gentleman.
n it he asked the appointment as super
visors OF election for the Democratic party
Messrs. John W. Caudle from the First
ward. A. II. Hooker OF the Second. A. j.
Dafron Of the Third and W. ID. Ferguson
OF the Fourth.
WHAT PLAY-GOERS MAY EXPECT.
Some of tho Attractions thar VIII Appear