Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-16
THE SAM MOORE CASE
AFTER ENORMOUS COST TO THE CON-
MoNWEALTH IT IS ENDED.
Looking Into Alleged Violations Of the
LocaI-Optiea Law-Dsstitute Negroes
Spring Campaign Opened.

fcorrespondence OF the Dispatch.)
CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY. |
VA. December i5.--As foretold In this cor |
respondence. the December term OF the
King George County Court, which con-
yened on Thursday OF last week. was one
OF unusual public interest, as well as one
of unusual length, ~ having occupied
three days OF last and the early part OF
this week. Among the most important
cases on the crowded docket was that OF
Sam Moore (colored), who was last
spring tried, convicted, and sentenced TO
eighteen years In the penitentiary for as
saultlng, beating. and robbing Mr. oscar
Johnson. The case was then appealed 10
the Circuit Court, and a new trial secured
s,nce which time II has been continued
from term to term Of the County Court.
After the examination or a muititude Oh
witnesses, elaborate argument BY counsei
for defence. and n most powerful speech
nv Commonwealth s-Attorney Thomas H.
Bevan, the jury soon agreed upon Net
dict of guilty" and fixed Moore's
punishment at ten years In the pehiteh-
tiary. This case has been one OF enormous
cost to the Commonwealth. ana IL - eA-
ceedingly gratifying to the people OF n'ns
George that it has been disposed Q. o.
Iast State's-Attorney Bevan has been
,o,,Jiv congratulated and highly compii-
rnented for his great speech and vlgo-
rous nrosecution of the dastardly ana
baartIess wretch, whose cruel treatment
~ most worthy citizen far exceeded
awning OF the kind that ever happehed
in this county.
A GOOD MAN GONE.
Mr.. Howard Marshall died at his home
coffee Hall" this county, last SUNDAY
after lingering Illness OF many months,
AR Marshall was widely known anu
hish,v esteemed and respected as one OF
the most exemplary, upright. CHRISTIAN
gentlemen of the county, and his death
10 Iamented by the whole people, though
n was not unexpected, for an immense
cancer on his face had long ago pafiled
human skill. and foretold the approaching
end. A wife and one child survive MN.
pev. w. II. Savage, who several montns
ago resigned the passionate OF Iotoniuo
Raptist church. near this place. mas re-
Gently rendered his resignation as pastor
of Hanover sNurch, about three miles
below King \ orge Courthouse. IL Is
understood thaS he will continue 70 serve
the Hanover charge till the lst OF Marcn
next. when he will return to the, Eastern
Shore, his native lana.
SELLING WHISKEY.
The grand Jury CT this county last week
etrenuously probed the rumor that GER
tain parties are selling whiskey, ETC.. here
In violation OF the local-option law. A
number of witnesses were examined, but
there was not sufficient evidence TO JUS
tfv Indictments. There are reasons 10
warrant the belief, however. that the
Iocal-option law OF the county has been
violated repeatedly. and. although the
grand Jurors are yc~y retlcent on tue
subject. It Is thought that they are ON
the track of the secret offenders and that
they will yet be brought to justice
NIMRODS.
Mr. Thomas Lee. of New York, has
been spending some time In this county
shooting rabbits and partridges on the
/ RappahannOck fats, where game ~
abundant and the hunting-ground beautl-
/ full.
! Mr.. Charles #. Bevan, OF Baltimore
/ Md. who has been spending some time
: with his brother, Hon. Thomas II. Bevan'
Commonwealth's Attorney for this county,
returned home on Thursday OF this week.
shot" and bagged many partridges du-
ring his stay in King George.
I During the past several weeks the Po-
I tomac steamboats, have brought TO TINS
county the remains OF number or ne
( groes who have died in Washington. u.
. G. where they went in large numbers
early In the year - secure employment
less humiliatlng CD than farn-"ork'
Their surviving friends bring the news
sI~..ft- vi
ton are IN very destitute circumstances
and Will fare badly this winter.
NEARLY COMPLETED.
The magnificent Methodist church edit
flee at Fietcher's Chapel IL nearing com
pletion. and bids fair to be decidedly the
handsomest house of worship In KING
George. Money is now being raised FOL
the purchase OF a large beU 10 be placed
In the steeple OF the new structure.
The Episcopalans have recently added
needed repairs to their St Johns church
at King George Courthouse The beauti
ful interior Of this sacred edlfice has also
been greatly improved lately by ne"
coat of paint.
Typhoid-fever which has prevailed IN
some sections OF this county since thf
middle of October. has somewhat abated
and the physicians consider the disease
now under control. As before lntmaled
in this correspondence, the advent oil
typhoid-fever IN King George TINS thiI
was due almost entirely to a neglect oil
the springs and wells supplying drinking
water.
ALREADY.
The campaign for next springs Ioca
election has virtually opened here already
True. nominations for the county offices
| 10 In hn
have been selected by the 1.-TWO old par
ties" and the claims of the many aspirant'
are being presented and advocated almos
as vigorously as II but a short time re
NAMED before the election. So eager arr
some Of our people for Office that many
Of them are opposed to formal nomina
lions and prefer an independent hgnt
Some even advocate fusion between Ike
publicans and Democrats for the mos
l