Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-09
HE GETS TEN YEARS.
prFrcER MINORS AssA'IAN'
GIVEN FULL PENALTY OF LAW.
NAT POWELL, HIS PAL, GOES FREE.
x.,x. of the City-HaII Courts Yester-
x-u noudcn'. suit Postponed.
g.. AGAINST the Western Union
smau rire-city-Bnli Gossip

- ., John Tucker alias william
,.,.s alias "the Kid" the negro youth
who. on May 18th last. shot ana 50 u"n
.eronslv wounded Policeman fereS
r,ror. was tried in the Hustihss 'ou''
yesterday. The accused pleaded guii'y'
and his punishment was hxed at ""
vears in the penitentiary. Officer Mihoi
was in court. and testified for the prose-
cution. Tucker had no counsel anu inc
trial of the case attracted but niue
interest
Sentence upon Tucker was suspended
nv Judge wit. until he can learn wha'
the Manchester authorities VIII DO with
him for breaking into the store OF Vaden
& Co. and stealing a number oil articles
ON the night Of the shooting.
II will be remembered that Oihcer
Minor came so near losing his Ire at
tbe hands of Tucker alias the Aid at
Tho corner Of Eighteenth and cary streets
early on the morning of May 10Th. Inc
oo,Ice,nan suspected the youth and MS
cornnauion of having been engaged In
some wrongdoing, and was In the act OF
arresting them when he was shot.
Nathan Powell, another negro VINO was
Win Tucker when the shooting occurred
ana who is supposed to nave had
hand In the Manchester ROBBERY was
cleo tried on the charge OF being an
accomplish In the shooting DuI he was
acquitted. - oAo-,,oa
William Bradley who was charged
with assaulting his stepdaughter' was
acquitted. ,,.,, clements
80 given two years in the penitentlary
for cutting Berry Christian.
CLAIM AGAINST TELEGRAPH co.
In the law and Equity Court the SUIT
NJ / NJ. Powell against the Western
Union Telegraph Company LOT 81"
damages, is in progress
Mr. Powell claims that he sent tele-
,,rarn 10 an address I'm this city, ana that
suc efforts were not made TO denver IL.
Tha defence is that the address was
sdven as Cary street. while 1t should nave
been Taylor. and the name not appear
,rg IN The City Directory, the addressee
could not be found.
Judgment was rendered IN the Crcut
cour, in the case of X. {. and III. -.
Good against j. ]. Wright Stokes for
1850.
,rbe babeas corpus cases Of Thomas
NJ Nanier and d. G. Butler against the
prison Association Of Virginia were con-
tinued until Saturday morning Ill the
Circuit Court
A marriage license was issued by tho
Clerk of the Hastings Court yesterday 10
Seth w. Henly and Miss Ida l.. Stone.
The case of Mrs. Laura Is. Dowden
against Miss Grace Arents, the niece
int
Yesterday i'm the Law and Equity Court,
but was continued until the September
term. Major enters physician ordered
him TO 20 TO "a health resort. which he
ala Yesterday. and for that reason the
case went over.
As a SEQUEL to case in the Police
Court Yesterday morning. a suit was in
stituted in the Circuit Court in the al
ternoon for the recovery of mule valued
at SIS. S. Brooks. Hanover negro
and Nelson Cauthorn. horseman, wer'
prisoners in the Police Court, charged
with being disorderly II seems tina
Brooks and Cauthorn struck trade 70
the mule and horse. Brooks gave )
I'm addition. and claimed that he sooi
found the horse no good. He tried L
get the mule back but failed, and thel
filed his suit in Judge Wellfords Court.
CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION.
A still alarm of fire was sent in fror
Engine-House No. 6 just after noon yes
terday and the prompt response theret
on the part of the department probabl
prevented serious results. The fire wa
at No. 2l1 south Pine street, dwelin
owned by Mr.. Nathan Clark and occupie
by Mrs Laura Flippin. Mrs. Flppin ha
been cooking on a gasoine-stove whic
exploded. scattering the burning o
around the room. Mrs. Flippin had
narrow escape from being burned. bl
escaped uninjured. Fortunately, the roo
in which the stove was kept was
close one and little difficulty was foar
In extingushing it. The loss only amour
ed TO about SO.
Major Howard the Chief of Police, III
received an anonymous communicate
from some one signing himself "Cit
zen" who makes complaint of disorder
conduct in. certain sections of the cit
The Chief, as a rule, pays no attentiC
10 anonymous letters. but will be glad
see the gentleman who wrote this one.