The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-11
This VIII re tie P shment for Sunday
ant Uni tsOSed Liquor Selling,
SCRR|NER'S WIFE is LOYAL TO HIM.
She Was the First To Nccf HIN when
lie Reached Brooi.iyn 60 lie tried
for Ills Grimes and Says She
viii stand s;y rIim-Othcr News
Matters OF Interest.


King. who was arrcst ted last Monday
night on he charge of selling iluuor
without license on Sunday. November
29th had hearing this morning in the
Mayors Court. He was fined $500 and
cost.. HIS attorney. ..uhge II. Il.
Rawies and c. III. Causey, Jr.. gave no
i!ce OF motion for appeal TO The county
court They have ten days In which
to make the motion. If they decide not
TO appeal King will be sentenced to q
term in jail. He was committed.
Mayor Brewer had ISOLATED with
him This morning Counclmen Junius T.
Parke; and James G. Bell. The follow
ing witnesses testified for the Common
wealth: II. Patterson, c. w. Wright,
Junius Jones, Dish White, ]. II. Ever
EFT. ana Cephas Jones. There were no
witnesses for the defense.
1t was in evidence that King had sold
both wh!skey and beer. ana the trio OF
judges thought the case of sufficient i'm
portancc 20 levy 500. Colonel r. S.
Boykin, deputy collector, was Ghere. and
quer!ed witnesses in the interest OF
Uncle sam.
SCHRlNER'S WIFE STILL LOYAL.
S. V. i. Schrlner alias Vernon Webb.
VINO was arrored In Suffolk last Sunday
as ne was making ready TO attend a
revival on charge OF forgery commit
ted In Brooklyn, and who was after
ward taken to Brooklyn by Detective
Sergear, James II. Roche Is being
held by the authorities there for exami-
nation next Wednesday. a local Item
IN the New York World. under the cap
tton "Wife's Love Ever Strong" says:
When S. V. B. Schriner arrived in
B;ooNlyn from Suffolk. Va, In the Gus
tody OF Detective Roche, yesterday, the
1irst one 10 greet him was his WIFE with
whom he has no; lived for some time.
Mrs. Schriner Is n daughter of the late
Dr. Paul Krctzschm1r, and Is veal nv
IN her own right. She has engaged a
lawyer 10 defend Sch. liner.
Scnrlner Is accused of passing worth
less checks. the victims being the Clar-
eMdon Hotel, the Hotel st, George
Balch, Price q Co. Journeay & Burn
ham, and grocer named Indig. He left
brooklyn in September and went 10 Suf-
folk, Va. whore he made an imp: ession
as Christian and business man. He
Joined the Methodist church there ana
sang in the choir.
"Schriner was taken before Justice
Walsh Yesterday. and held for examina-
ton on December l6"
lhe World is mistaken In saving that
Schrlner joined the Methods, chu: Oh
In SUFFOLK. He never enrolled as mem
Der OF any church. while here, but did
unite with the Baptist choir. He not
only joined the Baptist choir, but sang.
and sang well, it Is said. Ii is rule
OF the Baptist: 10 have none but Chris
tians In their cho!rs, and when Schrinat
joined he declared that he wa: a Chris
tan and member of the Episcopal
church. His attendance at choir meet
inEs was prompt.
the names of Schriner's victims and
other facts published in the World. are
the same as published In the Viginian
Tuesday.
Here is an extract from the New
ORR Jou' nal of Yesterday:
Schr!ner was taken 10 Police Held
quarters. The FIRST to greet him wa: his
young and pretty wife, from whom he
had been separated for months. She
KISSED the young man affectionately and
assured him she would stand by him
while he was in trouble
"Schriner disappeared from Bn,oklvn
last September. Only few DAYS before
he departed he had given worthless
check for S62 at the Clarendon Hotel.
where he had been boarding. This. 1t is
SAD, wa one of several he had passed
Schrlner Is young, fairly educated.
anu pFspossessing in appearance. Three
years aEo he was secretly married 30
the step-daughter of the late DIR. Paul
Nreizschmar superV.1or-at-large. Schri-
ner oid not Prove 10 be q bad husband.
lie branchea out, however, and caused
MS wife trouble because of his mode of
living.
They had a dispute which resulted in
Mrs Schriner returning to her mothers
home. The husband went 30 board at
the Clarendon Hotel, whe Q he remained
until September, when he fed after the
check episode"
ALLEGED HORSE THIEVES GONE.
Everett Walker and Amos Hodges are
gone. They went away this morning
and carried the horse and buggy with
which they came. Their feeling for
suffolk and some of the people here /.
not wholly that of love Walker and
Hodges Were yes; erday arrested on sus-
plc!on OF having stolen the horse which
was offered for sale. They were tailed
Last night the boys exhibited poper;
which Clearly proved their identity. They
were turned out. but their property was
not delivered until this morning.
COUNTY MARRIAGES.
Miss Rosa f.. Whitley, twentv-sjr
daughter of Meley Whitley. was vaster
day married to William VIM stone
Wilson Ellis, thrty-five. was marria[
to Miss Lizzie Rawles, twenty-one
daughter of Albert Rawles.
Arnold Kicks, fifty, to-day became IN,
husband OF Rebecca Jane Goodman
twenty-three.
There will be a marrige of we'll
known couple In Barretts Neck on De
cember %. Cards are not vet ont
CIRCUIT COURT FRIDAY
Judge Prents will convene a snecia
session OF the Circuit Court in Suffoll
tomorrow, when the case of Reed VS.
Wagner will be called. Competent coun
gel will appear for each side.
FOR CHARITY'S SAKE.
Mrs. j. B. Ships "Iolanthe" Will h
presented at the City Hall Theater Of
IL A., H.