The evening times., 1896-04-24
TRlAlSSOOK TO CONE OFF
Homicide Case Set for Hearing
in Court Monday Next.
THE HOLT WILL CONTEST
1t VIII Begin on May is and VIII Be
StubbOrnly FOught-The Killing of
Lewis pade by Boon COmpunio
More Oieoniargarine Prosecutions
to Go Before u Jury.

District Attorney Birney has set the
| homicide case Of Samuel Patterson aud
william Hooks for hearing next Monday.
The trial of the wilkins Brothers, under
| Indictment for alleged violation OF the
oeomargarine laws. which had been set
for that day, will thus be postponed. The
olcomargarine case will be called i'm
| mediateiy after the murder trial, however,
| and the prosecuting attorney expects to
have several others disposed OF before the
week is up.
Patterson and Hooks are the only al
Indictment, although another. Thornton
Burrell, who sta bbed to death Ohm Slaughter
on the Anaoostia Bridge, is languishing in
jail while the grand jury is Considering his
| case.
With the death OF Juror f. d. Denoll
yesterday, as already told in Tie Times,
there is possibility that the trial Of Pat
terson and Hooks may not take place uext
Monday, on technical grounds.
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED.
The accused is entitled, under the Ia W, to
full list OF the panel of the jury before he
is brought to trial. This cannot, of course,
now be made. unless the long fornalities OF
summoning other candidates for the ury be
gone through with. While the counsel Of
the accused have the privilege to object, it
is not believed they will do so, for they have
vet twenty-five men from whom to fill
the jury box.
Messrs. Samuel d. Truitt and John II.
Langston will conduct the defense. The
defendants are both coiored, and the story
nj I,ef Grimm ia moi a raj hot ic . a
Lewis Dade, n barber, the corner OF
Third and ID street southwest, was the
victim OF the tragedy that occurred Janu-
ary last. He had been a cbum of Pat
tersOn. on the morning of the murder the
litter received short and pathetic letter
from his mother. who was in Richmond,
Va. She inclosed 81, and told him TO
board the first train and come TO her.
Patterson could neither read nor write,
and he took the letter to his friend Dade.
After hearing it read he directed the bar
ber to write home for him. ying he would
be there the last OF the week.
The two men then started out to enjoy
themselves. Patterson gave Dade some of
his money TO keep for him. In the after
noon. while they were al a woman's house
in Pleasant alley. Patterson asked for the
return of his money. and DaGe said he
he had lost a dollar of it.
The inevitable quarrel followed.
HOOKS LOANED THE KNIFE
The three men were put out OF the
house and quarreied in the street Then
1t was that Hooks advanced with an open
knife in his hand and gave it TO Patterson.
The latter was frenzied with drink and
rage. and plunged it into his comrades
neck. He was captured q few minutes
later.
There VIII he few trials of public inter
est to be called the succeeding days OF
the spring term of court. the trial OF the
Senate sugar Investigation witnesses being
probably the most interesting yet to come
There are seven of these to be heard, and
the first one will doubtless be tried near
the middle OF next month.
The trial OF wilkins Brothers under the
olcomargarine Law will be the most inter-
esting of that series or cases and will
probably last more than one day
Anothcrpossibicc case is the trial of Messrs.
Cunningham, Dwycr and Mortis for con-
spiracy. These men are accused of at
tempting to secure S15O from the wife of
Judge Lindsay of Texas by means of a
bogus telegram.
In the circuit courts by all odds the most
important trial set for hearing is the Holt
viii case. This will begin May Is. and is
expected to prove one cf the most in-
teresting on record.