Evening journal., 1897-09-28
FOUR YEARS INFLICTED
Fate of a Man Who Forgot
to Take His Shoes.
WHEN TRAMP GREETs TRAMP

FIGHT FOR A STRAW BED IN A
FREIGHT CAR LEADS TO SERI-
Gus CONSEQUENCES AND AL
TRIAL IN THE COURT Or GEN
RAJ SESSIONS.
Edward Williams, colcred, was triedl
| by the Court of General Sessions yes
terday afternoon. He was charged with
breaking and entering DAVID Fickle-
STEMS house, No. 6 East Front street
Inc state called the prosecuting wit
ness to the stand
He said that on the night Of May %
he get cut of bed TO get a drink OF
water and stepped on a man. The in
| truder jumped to his feet and escaped
| by a window. He was sure that it was
! Williams who was in the room. Next
morning a strange pair of snCes were
found in the house and witnesses tes-
titled that they looked like those worn
! by Williams. Williams denied the
charge. He said he was in bed on the
night in question. Arthur Powell testi-
fed to his good character He was
sentenced to pay az fine of 5000, be
whipped with thirty lashes, stand cneI
hour in the pillory and be imprisoned
sented him.
William Thomas, colcred, was con-
victed Of robbing the house of James
Staats, near State Road He was SEN
fenced to be whipped with twenty
lashcs and be imprisoned for two
years.
1 Irving r. Bennett was found guilty
OF pointing a revolver at William Wea-
yer, and he was sentenced to pay fine
of $50 and costs. Albert Blake, the
small coloTed boy who pleaded guilty to
/, larceny, was released on bail.
William Schneeze, indicted for selling
liquor on election day, was brought
into court by Francis H. Hoffecker. He
pleaded guilty and was fined S5 and
costs. For assaulting William Free
man, Charles Woodland, colored, was
fined 500 and costs and sentenced to
undergo an Imprisonment of six
months.
Joseph Kelley, Samuel Smiohfield and
Chester Clifford were put in. the pris-
oners' dock this morning. They were
three tramps accused of committing
highway robbery on Thomas HaTing-
ton and Wesley NJ Wing. John +.
2 Nields represented the prisoners, and
, made a strong fight in their behalf.
Harrington, the prosecuting witness,
testified that on September he and
/ Wing were in a freight car near Edge
! Moore They were from North Caro-
lima, had been working at Sudlers-
! vile, Nd. and were beating their way
on freight train. The prisoners en-
tered the car, tod them to get out, and
when they refused assaulted them
{ threw them out, stole the contents OF
their satohel and threw it out along the
!. tracks. Wing corrOborated his state
$ ment. Officer Reinholz testified to max
o ling the arrest. The state then rested.
a Mr. Nields contended that as the al
S legged crime was committed half a mile
: from a public highway it was not high
4 way robbery, even il committed. There
+ fore the indictment should be quashed
The court ruled that the evidence
- should go to the jury, which could re-
turn a verdict of guilty of larceny il IL
deemed the evidence insufficient tC
. warrant il in returning a verdict OF
guilty of highway robbery.
j. Clifford and his companions were
n then put on the stand. They said they
: had made a bed of straw in the car and
left it, When they went back they
r. found two other men in it. Looking
r upon them as trespassers they ordered
D., them out. Afterwards they found {
valise or tramps' kit there. This they
threw after the two men whom they
r had elected They did not ASSAULT Har
rington and Wing
l. After the case had been argued b.
p. Aforementioned White and Mr.. Nieldi
Judge Grub charged the jury and i
d retired.
ie Retrial Of Andrew Higgins, accused
Of stealing scrap iron from the Dia
mond State Iron Company, will con
sumo most Of this afternoons session
5e The jury in this case disagreed las
II week, standing eleven for acquittal ant
le one for conviction. D. j. Reinhart rep
st resented the prisoner.
Of Chief Justice Lore announced tina
the contested liquor license cases woul
D. be taken up on Saturday morning at
o'clock.
The Superior Court handed down
decree of absolute divorce in the cas-
N Of Hannah ]. Landon vs.. Benjamin
Landon.
In %
he II will nav Won 10 go to Adair's, 20