Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-11
sAf"AN AND HoaGARTs FREE,
- : As't'ence to Cons,c.<rhem OF sh. Mur
der OF Nolan.

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der OF Nolan.
DICK Cartman and Robert ,,,o.t
no We're held for the murder oS Wi
,st n. Nolan. We're dismissed yesterday
NJ. preliminary hearing, there be-
ny evidence to incriminate them.
se came up before Justice b
eelnines, who occupied the bench in
psaSe court yesterday morning in
ths 1n. essence OF Justice J. y. G. Brown.
.'1 re, latter being indisposed.
me hrst case taken up was that
saLnst Hoggarts. It was not an at
ipe ~ convict Hoggarts, but simply
10 ~ prove what he does or does nor
NV NV ABOUT the shooting of Nolan.
este. " aaiohey; the first witness called.
eeSsI'Aeu, IN substance, as follows:
IN the night of the shooting he saw
AZ s.isnt man of medium size run rap
ny across mis- back yard about thirty
80 rom Where he was standing; the
s 1ari disappeared behind the grocery
store or Holland & Ward; light rain
vas falling and he could not distin-
suish the mans features: thought he
Nolan '' viz iloe see
DR.. Ayler. who attended Nolan. was
..e o placed on the stand. His testt-
noi1s was to the effect that the shot
'rouuced a great shock to the injured
nan: thought he would die at once:
pune, nullet passed through abdomen and
W. ana lodged in the back, in the
:icinity of the kidneys: Nolan stated
INA, the man who shot him was
nedium built man: this man first came
up ana struck his friend. Robert Hog
carts; Nolan. according to his state
ment. turned to assist his friend and
the stranger shot him.
Mr. NJ. Stanley stated that he was
IN Baxter & Rodgers saloon when
Nolan and Mike Ryan had few
words about slot machine. Nolan
went out and Ryan also went out few
minutes later
Mr.. Herzog testified, but threw no
/ light on the case
John Frazer stated that he saw No
4 IAN after the shooting and asked him
i II Hoggarts was his aSsaiant; Nolan
replied that Hoggarts was his frien6
Il and did not shoot him: the man who
shot him first struck Hosgarts.
i Mr. Ryan, who was first arrested for
the shooting. testified that he did not
see Nolan that night.
That concluded the testimony in the
| 7rst case and as there was nothing tC
show that Hoggarts had been impli-
\ 'ated in the shooting he was dismissed
! Mr.. Elliott. who works for the Ches-
il apeake & Ohio railroad. was next put
on the stand ana identified Richard
| tSartman as the man who approached
him on the Wednesday afternoon fol
the departure of the next train fo,
! Richmond He said that the CONVEX
h sation drifted to the death of Nolar
!. and that when he (ElliotD asked in a,
II off hand manner who lin the devil die
the shooting" Cnrtman pointed u
himself and said me partner" FL
! lott further stated that Cartman stat
j ed that he and his partner both hat
q pistols.
Cartman denied having told Elliot
anything Of the kind and in several o
his statements showed that he wa
E very much confused. Cartman salt
!. that he knew nothing of the murde
& until he heard of il in Bar HORROR
" Thinking that the man might be
brother of .Timmi" Nolan. whom h
knew in st Louis. lie wet up to tn
4 house to see the body. He only ha,
a one partner in Eewport News he SAT-
n and that was Mike RYAN. who ha
nothing to do With the shooting.
AS there was no evidence agalns
Cartman he was also dismissed
AS the case now stands no ore
under arrest charged With the shoot
ing and the police have no clue O
!, which to work.