Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
OLIVE PICKER CASE,
John ANDERSEN GET A NEW
TRIAL.
vsg GROUND OF HIS PLEA.
vccpuough on on Her Long
Vovngc-Givcn TwcntS-Tw" Years
North-Atlantie squadron
Great Activity.

..,pror.K. VA. January is.-CSpe-
within q few days now the United
s-' Gu supreme Court will decide whether
Andersen. who stands convicted OF
,,prlor OF Mate Saunders, OF the
~ ,.,o,r olive Pecker. shall have a new
- whether he shall be hanged on
t-. ~ March. The bill of exceptions
r,en signed by Judge Con and Mr..
&c., Mcintosh. Andersen's counsel yin
30 once for Washington to argue
... before the Supreme Court. The
-.s. polnt I'm the writ OF error asked
.b.t the Court cid not allow that
...-,orv which would have shown OF
Quarrel between the mate and An
49,, The night previous TO the day Of
r..rdcr. whcn,. as Andersen claims.
.. attempted TO throw him over
go, a desperate fight will be made TO
Anaorsen's neck. He is stni con-
81, the city Jail here, and although
...5 an hour and a half exercise
.... visitors are not allowed to see
1,.s shipmatos are stin held in Gus
,,.r as Witnesses.
THE MCCULLOUGH OFF.
... now revenue cutter Hugh McCul-
,.-r which has been I'm port taking on
,-r.y of coal weighed anchor to-day
al sssed ON her long voyage around
o.. rorn. on her way 10 san Francisco.
,r.ree TO the sealing-grounds in
-.'r-.r. SEA 10 keep on poachers. She Is
r..vuv armed for revenue cutter.
ha ug "a nC ~
or board the Mccullough are two
.r.r men. who secured permission
-.. Secretary Of the Navy to make
III. yoyasc.
T.. f..endant in a civil suit was ar
.t fr this city to-day. The Consul
- Brewing Company entered suit in
L r.-rt 0f Law and Chancery against
... l.. Hummer TO recover $500, ana
...r, aftcrward Hummer was arrested
t fsruty sheriff on a capias issued un-
.t. ascending debtor law, the Brew
.-. company alleging that Hummer was
.-r.r.re 90 leave the state.
r.-l Foreman, "a notorious outlaw
r.-rwavman. who has committed
.-,. crimes In the suburbs OF this city,
t..- sentenced in the Corporation
r..-- 10 twenty-five years in the peni-
.-.,rr on four charges Of highway rob-
There sun announcer NluilN upon
-r.t Foreman may be tried. For en-
l.tirr one Of his victims into lonely To-
n.. and there assaulting and robbing
Inn n. was given twelve years. The jury
.. inclined 20 give him eighteen years.
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON
then. unusual activity aboard the yes
..s.f +ht North Atlantic Squadron, the
.-..r Sew York. the flagship. ana
s.. h,-rrships Indiana and Iowa. which
,.r. trar anchored in Hampton Roads.
tre the arrival Of the rest OF tho
ts.- before leaving for the annual winter
.<ss which had been arranged this year
t- -h. .rlf The reports that the squad
-.- has been ordered TO Habana 20 pro-
+.-- American interests there would seem
-.hs confirmed by the fact that the flag
,tn New York. which has been taking
f~iv. tons OF coal "a day. to-day ordered
.. IONS alongside az Sewells Point by 10
rrr-r tomorrow morning. AT the very
.ast and ana officer from the ship came
rr 10 che city 20 hurry up the coai-peo-
ri. p. also went to Lambert Point 70
ascertain On what extent an accident 10
O. % -ha chutes would delay loading the
M N..al officers are reticent as to the
movements az the fleet. but il is init
mated that the New York viii start south
tomorrow morning. Ammunition has been
delivered 90 an the ships Of the squadron
rm the naval magazine in larger guam
ttas than would be necessary for target
r-ct... 40 sea while on the cruise south.
SO .he ravy-yard work is proceeding as
usual except aboard the monitor Terror
o- which night force is working 10 put
Dap .r condition for sea.
The turet gear of the battleship Iowa
O. being repaired as rapidly as possible.
ar' tha ship win be ready for sea by to-
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