Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-10
MR.. sTEPHoN, OF SYRIA.
Gets Tangled UP With American Legal
Procedure

Many months ago there arrived in
this country Syrian who rejoiced In
he name OF Olif stephen. He came to
the Land of the Free for the purpose
" making fortune. He located at
PhoebuS and started a fruit business
which prospered SO Well that in the
course OF a comparatively short time
ne was able to so back to his native
land and bring to this country his wife.
whom he had left behind until he coul Id
afford ,ih1n to to, fetch her; In the neighS hood
Where his former home had beeT5ther..
llEed TWO little Syrian girls, who had
also gotten an American bee in their
honnets. and they begged Mr. Stephen
, 70, nrlng them over to this country with
ms Wife lie finally agreed to do 1t
nut ne had been in this country long
enough TO acquire some of it's most eff
fectire business methods, and, before
sailing, he had them sign u contract
agreeing to stay With him until they
should pay the price of their fare,
amounting for both girls. to s126 Herr
is where Mr.. Stephen laid up for him
self trouble--trouble which yesterday
came to something in the nature OF a
climax.
Mrs. Kate Smith is the proprietress
OF the Dewey House. one Of the numer-
Gus liquor resorts of Phoebus The
Elris are now with her. The Syrian
c!alms that she induced them TO leave
MN before their time was up. they hay-
ing paid him. according to his account
put $50 He had The woman arrested
on charge OF trespass and also had
;nc TWO girls taken into custody on the
charge of pedding without a license.
Inc case came up before Squire Fur
ness yesterday. and His Honor dis
missed all three warrants ordering that
the costs be charged up to the com
piainant The latter's attorney, Mr..
julius T. Saunders, of Newport News
noted an appeal. which the Justice re-
fused to entertain. The fruit man had
10 pay the costs or go to Jail. He paid
me costs. This. however, does not end
.ne case. Tor his attorney will this
morning go TO Judge Baker P. Lee and
.sh nun Tor manuamus compelling
we magistrate to grant the appeal.
claiming that he has no other coursn
under the law.
me two girls are typical nomadic
daughters of the desert Neither Of
them spoke English. save In verv
broken semi-ntelligible form, nor was
me old man even tolerably familiar with
me Tongue spoken in the land of their
adoption. Naturally, under these con
iltlons 1t was very difficult to cornDre
mend the chief witnesses, one Of those
present describing the unknow jabber
as more like the beating of kettle
drum than anything else.
AS in the case of the woman RI.
complainant produced no testimony to
sustain his charge save his own unsup
ported assertions and these We're very
general, merely charging that the girls
mad been peddling goods all over the
county. This the girls denied. Finally
they being willing. and Justice Furness
having satisfied himself that they fully
knew the nature and meaning Of an
oath. the defendants We're put on the
stand and sWore they had done no ped
ding since they worked for the COM
plalnant. There being no other testi-
mony against the accused and nothing
tending to substantiate the charge, Jus
tice Furness dismissed the case at COM
plainants costs