The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-23
Mr.. SHEPPARD'S SUIT
CHARGES AGAINST C. Nj. BIER
NARD FILLED IN COURT.
$4,000 SUIT AGAINST GREENVILlE
Marriage at Greenv'le. Death Of an Aged Min
lister Who has Baptized Nearly $500
People. John Robinson's
Circus al Durham,
Circus at Durham.


Today in the Superior court Elijah
joyner was convicted in the first degree
of the murder and arson at Dongola last
April. The entire trial consumed only
three hours and when the case was given
to the jury they were but fifteen min
utes in reaching a verdict.
Judge Hoke sentenced .1oyner to be
hanged Friday November tenth.
\ The grand jury today found another
true bill for murder, making four muir
der cases in all at this term of court
The last bin was against a colored w.
man who shot and killed her husband a
few weeks ago and who was dismissed
by the coroner's jury on the ground Of it
being justifable homicide. The invest
cation OF the grand jury produced evl-
dence sufficient for finding a true bill
for murder.
Yesterday morning at the home Of Mr..
]. S. Norman. his sister, Miss Ellen NJ.
Norman, and Mr.. j. Ill. Cobb We're
couple left on the morning train for Il
bridal tour North and will remain in
New York until after the Dewey recep-
ton.
Rev B. B. Alhritton, an agcI minis
ter of this county, died this morning.
He was in his S5th year and hal oeon
in the ministry of the Free Viii. Bap-
fist church for more than a hall 6en-
fury. During his ministry he received
and baptized 3,460 persons.
Today Il summons was served on the
aldermen of Greenville in suit against
the town for $4,000 that has b,tn
started by Mr.. E. G. Williams. \ lit
- A.,
of typhoid fever, and :.aIr respondent
hears that his complaint, which is to re
filed at December term of Pitt Superior
court. will allege that the sickness and
death of the child was caused by an
imperfect sewer near his residence.
Today the complaint in the suit of Mr..
B. S. Sheppard against L. s. District
Attorney G. NJ. Bernard, was filed in
court. The complaint reads as fol
lows:
The plaintiff complaining OF the de-
PENDANT, alleges:
i. That Abbie A. Sheppard is, aud al
the times hereinafter mentioned was,
the wife of the plaintiff.
2. That at the time Of the coa,nance-
ment of the wrongs and grievances
hereinafter named, the plaintiff was
ing his said wife, and they were living
together happily as man and wife.
B. That the defendant contriving ana
wrongly and Wickedly and dnjusfly in
tending to injure the plaintiff AMI to
deprive him of the comfort, fellowship
and assistance of the said Abbie A.
Sheppard. wife of the plaintiff, al to
ALLEVIATE and destroy her affection for
him heretofore, to-wit: on the lay
of September. 1883, in the town of
Greenyille, Pitt county and divers times
and places for number of years since
that day, wrongfully, wickedly, nltii-
ciously and unjustly debauched and car
nally knew her, the said Abbie A.
Sheppard, the wife of the plaintiff.
4. That the plaintiff is informed and
believes that the said wrongs and grit y
ances continued to be commttel, at
intervals, up to and within he Year,
1898.
5. That hereby the affectina OF tie
said Abbie a. Sheppard for him, the
plaintiff, became and was alienaseI an1
destroyed, and also by reason Of the
premises, the plaintiff was deprived Of
the comfort, society, aid and assistance
of his said wife, Abbie Al. Sheppard.
in his domestic affairs, which the plain
tiff ought to have had, and otherwise
would have had, and has suffered great
distress OF body and mind to the plain
tiff's damage fifteen thousand dollars.
6. That none of the facts constituting
the cause of action stared in this COM
plant ever came to the knowledge of
the plaintiff until the day of 49,,
1897.