Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-22
THE MIDDAY RECESS.
IT IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CITY
SCHOOL BOARD.
Many More Indictmenss-statsment Of .
Lady who Saw Colonel Winstead
FALL Court News, Etc.

Inc City ScnoOl Dohru VIII hiees os""'
in week or ten days. and 1t Is expected
that by this time the Committee on
Teachers and Schools. to whom was re-
ferred the question OF extending the noon
recess OF the public schools OF the city
from half an hour to an hour and half,
will be able to make their report. This
matter Is being agitated In order 10 give
the scholars time to go home and get a
warm dinner. 1t does not appear from
what can be learned that the change Is
approved by the majority OF the parents
having children In the public schools. as
many are opposed to the long recess on
the ground that II would thereby keep
the little ones at the school-houses SO
much later in the afternoon.
The Committee on Teachers and Schools.
composed OF Messrs. William Lovenstein.
f.. ID. starke, J. c. Dickerson. and James
IT Gamers. held one meeting and dis
cussed very freely the merits OF the pro-
position. 1t was agreed, however, that
not enough light had been shed upon the
question. and the body decided to get
further information. Letters were then
written TO a number OF the larger cities
for the purpose Of obtaining the customs
that prevail elsewhere and ascer'aihins
whether the long-dinner recess Is sue
cessfully carried out anywhere Inc re-
plies to these communications VIII pro-
badly have some effect upon the COM
mittee's action In the premises.
A REMARKABLE DELAY.
The September term Of the Hastings
Court is always n very short one. AS d
result OF this fact there VIII be another
DELAY TO the trial Of the cases OF Thomas
n. McNamee and William /. Eaui,
charged with the murder on the night OF
January 5th OF Robert Lee Atwell OwlnS
TO the large number OF cases on the
docket. Commonwealth s-Attorney smith
has determined only TO try such OF them
this month as will consume very niue
time-such as trifiing petit-arceny ana
assault cases, in many OF which the ac-
cused will plead guilty. 1t is then quite
likely that the october term Will be
very busy one: and as the McNamec anu
Gaul trial will last several days or
week, It may go over to the November
session. This delay 10 case or such I'M
portance has caused a great deal OF 'aik'
especially among the friends OF AtWeh'
the railroad yard conductor VINO was
killed by McNamee in the railroad yaro
AT Thirtieth street on the night OF Janu-
airy 9TH
THE OTHER INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury yesterday finished It's
work by returning true bills Oh inuic'-
ment against the following: ..,,,
For felony: James Lewis. william
Rates. Edward Johnson Maggie Turpin
Carolina Johnson. Ananias George VII
liam Chandler, James Brown, James
Taylor, Victoria Fry, G w: Sllciiiu,s1,
Toby Matthews. Reuben Brown. JAKE
Meredith. Europe McKeever o. EdWaru
ZONES. William williams. Charles r. VII
son alias Charles L. Anderson ", , L.iI1i,e
WASHINGTON. James Poller. william Davis,
Salevno. George Green. Polly Robinson.
and Oracle Harcourt- ,,ao,n,
For misdemeanor: Fleming. Randolph.
Louis Belts ~, Henry Fulcher, Henry
Slegel, Thomas McCuiioeh: ih Odrs I Gre.
iami. Joseph Donati. Younger Lovins'
William Johnson. James 6. Smith. Alex
andre Pratesl. +. NJ O'Donnell, George
Miller Charles Johnson alias Edward
johnson. May johnson alias Ada Branch,
Joseph Jones. William Henry Scott.
George Miller. W. II. Ruiiin, Joseph Neisz,
q " Branch, Henry Core, William
Jones Henry Smith, Peachy Collins. tred.
bradshaw, Timothy Jackson. Ellyson
Walker. JOfn NaOk. tTdlitS iiutH
Adison Lewis. Henry Walker. Frank
Jones. Mamie Jones, Robert Brown VII
liam jackson. John Watkins. Harry Brad-
shaw. ]. Bernstein, James Green, Will
son Terry. Sidney A. Crump. Robert Sa-
terrified alias Robert Buster. James Henry
Evans. =. Stringer. F. w. hurley, Joseph
Clarke. Matthew Brown. Thomas HALO
ran, j. c. Cary. James Bahen, Claiborne
Booker. Willie Jackson. William Munro,
Peter jackson. James Twyman, William
TAYLOR. and Charles Onesty.
OTHER CITY-HALL NEWS.
A lady who lives In full view OF the
Broad-street front OF the City Hall Is
said TO have witnessed the death of Colo
mel Winstead. Of North Carolina there
last month. She saw him come out OF the
window in the tower, and, holding by
mis- hands TO some support. allow his body
TO slide down as far as possible, Then his
hold was loosened and he fell. In its
flight The body struck a projection and
before ii struak the iron
railing. This lady did not desire TO
figure in the newspapers as 10 what she
saw. and told only a few friends. She Is