Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-26
Stay Of Execution Granted in
the Richard Williams Case.
AFTER A WRIT OF ERROR
Have to be iSe.eutencc.}. Ben Bates
Indicted for Felonious shoot
ing. Ga Continued

ard Williams We're issued Yesterday
giving the bearer the privilege Of wit
Messing the EruesOme ceremony Which
was scheduled to take place mex: Fri
day. the condemned murderer will nat
hang upon that date. and may pussibly
never hang. Mu IT,
Judge j. WIG. Blackstone. OF the Cir
curt Court. sitting in the Corporation
Cou1t for Judge r. ]. Earham, yest.r-
day granted the prisoner n stay Of cx-
ecution until October 10Th. in orde:. To
allow his counsel. Mess,s. Woo !ward
Sausey & Jones. to apply to the Su-
preme Court for Il writ Of error
MIR. Marquis Jones. Of Gloucester
county. made the motion. uuotin. the
code in support Of his application,
which was not resisted by the co.nn,on-
wealth's attorney
There was no uuestoion of the power
OF the judge to grant the stay for the
purpose stated by counsel. ana Judge
Blackstone sustained the. motion the
more readily ina!smuch as statements
We're made by the counsel shnwin" that
Judge Harham had promised to take
similar action. if possible ana consis-
tent. had he heen able to be present.
Otherwise. Judge blackstone Nigh;
have felt some dc.icacy in intelferin;
in a case Of this sort. which had al
ready been before Judge Barh;rlr. in 4
number Of phases.
During the discussion Of the motion.
the question of whether in the event
Of the writ of error being refused.
Williams would have to be resentenccd
came up incidentallE but was not
elaborated into an argument
Though nothing was said in the ar
gumert for the motion concerning, IN.
a ION IF f1.A.,
Tense TO apply for executive clenencv.
there is. OF course. no doubt that this
appeal will be made in the event Of
the writ being refused. The stay cf
execution will give time for this too
Williams was brought into court
while The motion was being argued
His counsel alluded to him as having
been represented 10 him as a poor. hale
witted negro. and the prisoner certainly
locked the part yesterday.
Shoul the writ be refused. and
should. after that. the governor refuse
to interfere, Williams Will have to go
70 the scaffold. i Will then be reccs-
sary for Judge Barham to decide
whether it will be necessary for him to
resentence the man.
THE BATES CASE
Ben Bates second trial on the charge
OF killing Charlie Will1erson was 10
have begun yesterday. but upon motion
Of the defense. it was continued over
to next term.
This action was taken because the
defense could not get their Witnesses
into court Some OF them are X. Ehila-
uelphia and some are elsewhere. Coun-
Sci for the accused claimed that they
did not have time to summon them and
get them present
n
second Indictment. This was Tor tie
attempted shooting of Officer {. H.
Fisher. 1t will be remembered that
after the shooting of W.lkerson, Bates
ran out toward Twenty-third Street
and Fisher cried 10 intercept and arrest
him. 1t is charged that Bates fired two
shots at the officer. One went through
has coat pocket. setting it on fire. The
other struck his badge and curlel it
up.
OTHER CASES
The grand jury was constituted as
follows:
". p. Barclay. foreman: Louis Rich
ardson. George w. Burcher n. T. Ray
held, r. w. Newman and C. G. smith,
These gentlemen returned the follow
ing other true bills:
Charles Williamson. felonious shoot
ing: Jim Hamilton larceny of flour
from the Chesapeake and Ohio: Charles
aVllel theft from Caldwell Hardware
store; James Crawley. alias ''Buozy,"
stealing clothing from Hughes Rros
The grand jury failed to find i1.u;ct-
ments against Harry Blakey, charged
with larceny. and Tom Tyson, charged
with larceny. .
POLICE COURT.
John Loving, Z. ]. Gaines. Charles
Gormally. drunk; fined 81 and costs.
Il. Madrid. disordery: S. and costs.
j. II. Garr.s. interfering With an 81
ficer: IS and costs.
Samuel Walton. T.. Jackson, William
Jackson. james Comes, disol Derry:
fined So and costs.
II. \. Mckinney and Robert Fields,
petty larceny; dismissed at costs OF
complana MT.
Oracle Tyler, assault: bond OF 800 for
six months
William Graham, ruisance; SO and
costs.
James McCauley, ttisorderly; So and
costs.
Craig Hudgins. warrant; dismissed
wv. T. Young, riding on sidewalk: So
and costs
John Taylor, disorderly SO and costs.
Mamie Cooper, Emma Grey ana Law
Aultman, house OF i'll fame; SO and
costs
Emma Drew, housebreaking; dismiss
ed
Daisy Ewell, house Of i'll fame; dis
missed.
Adelaide Whistow, house of i'll fame:
fined $40 and costs; appealed.
Maud Banks, larceny; $25 and costs;