The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-11
= Or Is MI II III q, S.
The TRIAL OF DOLEMAN
Committed for Trial at the May Term
OF The Hastings Court.
SUSPECTED OF BEING THE FlREBUGS.
The Evidence Of Their BcinS the
Bur.iara who Entered Gnednnn's
store Was Very Strong-Str"n.
Presumption Of Their RcinG the
A.thcrs cifhe Recent Fires.


presumption Of Their Rcins the
author. oithe Recent Fires.
The announcement that coleman and
Linn. The two burglars, would have
hearing yesterday morning, drew quite
a crowd to the Mayors Court. The eS-
animation began about 10 o'clock and
lasted for several hours.
The first witness called was S. Good
man. who keeps 4 store on the corner
of High and Washington streets. Good
mans statement was that on the mo- n
ing OF the 25th Of March, or as near to
that time as he could remember. or on
the night that the oyster house, foot Of
D!nWidd!e street was burned. that
about o'clock in the morning he heard
fire alarm, and got UP and came out
III me st:eet to see where the fire wac.
While standing In the street he saw a
man on the opposite side, whom he be-
leved now to be Linn; but he thought
nothing Of 1t. He went back UP stairs
and went TO bed.
HIS WIFE CALLED HIM
Soon afterwards his wife called to him
and said she heard noise down stairs.
and asked him to get up. He was tired
and refused. y little later Lieutenant
Only Knocked at his door and called
him up. and said it looked as If some
one had been in his store
He came down and the two went
through the store. a window was
broken and over hundred dollars
worth OF stuff had been stolen
The police went TO work on the case
and he heard no more Of it until officer
Warren wanted him to so to Cold's
par TO see if he could identify some
clothes Linn and coleman were wear
ing.
RECOGNIZED CLOTHING.
IIe did go: saw him with pair OF
pants he recognized as his. He served
out cearch warrant, which was
placed In the hands of officer Warren
and Deputy Sheriff Abbott TO execute
They went to the house Of Linn. in the
rear Of The gas house and found some
shirts, hats and pants, etc. which he
recognized at once. They We're brought
to the station house and warrants wer
issued for the arrest Of Linn and Dole
man
OTHER WITNESSES.
Mollie Linn. or commonly called Mol
lie Taylor, testified 10 Linn and Dole
man having brought the goods to the
mouse the night after the fire at the
oyster house in Dinwiddie street, and
that Doleman gave her the bolt Of satin
to make her dress. and gave her boy
hat. Walter Taylor, her son, corrobo-
rated her story.
HE DRESSED TOO MUCH.
Officer Warren stated that ahou. two
weeks ago gentleman called his ana
DEPUTY Sheriff Abbott's attention to
the fact tina; Linn was wearing several
new suits and that he changed his
clothes nearly every day. He kept a
watch. and saw him several times at
Codd's. on Che smut street. and that he
had on number Of different pairs Of
pants. he got Goodman 10 so TO Codd's
with him 10 see. They went several
times before they met Linn. but finally
ga" MN there and Goodman identified
the clothes
Deputy Sheriff Abbott corroboorated 4
number Of things that MoNIe Taylor said
about Linn and coleman
DOLEAI-aN'S STATEMENT.
Doteman was then allowed 10 make a
statement. and said that on the night
OF the 25;h that he was at the gas
mousse, also on the 26:h, which he could
prove by Mr. Cossrovc. the engineer
and his brother, ana that on the even
ins or the goth, the day after Good
mans robbery, that Linn carried him
BACK in field and gave him pair OF
pants. He had number OF things
mere, and said he had found them and
aid them. lie Helped Linn to carry
them homo.
he was then asked where he was the
night OF he big fire. and said he never
EneW ANYTHING OF X until the next day.
Ibis brother testified that coleman did
stay at the gas house on the night Of
the 2oth and Goth, but when told that
there was mistake made by Mr. Good
man about the night on which the rob
berN was committed; that II was on the
18TH and not the 25th, his brother said
that Doleman did come to the gas house
unou, O'Clock that night and left.
Do!Cman said he was there at 10
O'clock and then went TO Inns house
ana remained the balance of the night.
SAW THE PRISONER.
Air. Morris. son Of MIR. Lewis Morris,
3ai0 that a o'clock on The l9th he
and jog Rohi"&on met coleman and
another man whom he did OF know, I'M
de: shed on Crawford street. He
spoke 10 Dc!eman. The other man did
not speak 1t was not ve.y long after
that time that Goodman was robbed.
III. Robinson corrCbora ed Ny Morris
statement. He did 10: know either OF
TN n on. but asked Morris who they
were ana he sad that one was Dole
mar. ana that he did not know the
othp"
r'a:s does not tally with Dolemans
statement.
ire evidence vas closed :la:c and both
lnah we're Sent Oh 10 The May term OF
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