The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-16
CONVICTED IN TWO CASES
FINED AND BOUND OVER TO
COURT IN BOTH.
UNCLE SAM is ALSO AFTER HIN
He is Now Working Out His Fines on The
County Roads When He Gets
Through he win Go to
the Courts.

The moral of this little story is that
if you must traffic i'll ccrn-julce you
had better first get Uncle Sans per
mission, it's cheaper; that done you d
better take day off when Sunday
comes. else sooner or later you'll be in
the depth of despair that now sur
rounds Wilson Donaldson.
Wilson is yellow negro, some forty
years of age. He wears an innocent look
and bright snappy eyes. Hardly the
sort of negro one would suspect OF be-
ing engagen in running "speak-easy;
but that's his business.
He's been at it for a long time, but
until last Sunday the police were unable
to catch him. But once caught, the
woes that come upon him seem to have
no end Fined $50 in two cases for yi0-
lation of city ordinances, bound over
to the Superior court in two cases for
retailing without license, and under in
dictment in the Federal court for viola
ton of the revenue laws, Wilson Donal-
sons friends need not expect the pleas
ure of his company for some time to
come.
At present he is with the county chain
gang, working out his fines for the city.
Then he will be taken into the Superior
court to be sentenced for retailing with
out license. After that the Federal
court will have it's whack at him.
Truly the way of the transgressor is
n rocky one-especially if he be an I'M
licensed retail liquor dealer.
The principal witness against D0nal-
son was Amos Farmer. who looked to be
a typical ..speak-easy" negro. Black,
shaggy. sly-looking and soft-speaking.
going in am ambling sort of gait, hes
just the sort of negro a thirsty man
would hold up ON the street to interro-
gate in regard to where one might get u
good remedy for snake-bite.
Certain people had sized Amos up just
this way. and had found that they were
not mistaken as he showed by his evil
dence and knowledge of Donalson's bus
mess methods.
Amos said he had bought wh;skey
from Donaldson two or three times. One
time was last Sunday afternoon. He was
walking along the street with Jack Hall
and Lum Locklear. They met Wilson
,DOnalson and Farmer Expressed the
wish that he could get some liquor. This
was ON the corner of Martin and Blount
streets. Then lhe went into the back lot
of the livery stable, set his bottle down
and when he went back the bottle Nils
full of liquor. The witness said there
was no one else present when he told
Donaldson he had 40 cents and wanted
some liquor. 1t was four or FIVE min
utes before The got the whiskey. He
believed Wilson Donaldson put it in the
bottle.
WHO else did you see buy whiskey
on Sunday?' asked the Mayor.
Il saw Lum Locklear get some liquor
from Donaldson. He drank it and hand
ed Donaldson something / don't know
how much he gave him."
On this showing Donaldson was fined
SO and bound over to court in bond
of $50.
Another case was for selling whiskey
on January Both.
Jack Hall said on that day Donaldson
sold him drink of whiskey for ) cents.
Il met him on the street, asked him
if HE had anything. He said yes.
told him / wanted a drink. We went
upstairs, he poured out drink and l
gave him five cents for it"
Judgment was suspended until the
other case could be settled, but the bond
was increased to 500.
Yesterday afternoon Donaldson was
sent out to the Work House to work out
his fines and costs.