Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-02
THE NOVEMBER TERM
Motion in the O'Boyle Murder
Case Will Be Heard.
To HOLD SPECIAL SESSION
cIrcu,. Court VIII Meet Hero on Nov. Sth
20 Consider Affairs OF the Atiantic
Transportation Co. Police Court.
Board Meeting.

The Corporation Court has aalournso
Tor the October term, ana the NoVeH-
| Der term will begin Monday a-"eeK.
There. is much business for this term
Of the court, including the argumtnt
| On the motion for new trial Tor Wii-
| lam O:BOyle. argument on the motion
, for 4 new trial of the case of BrstoW
VS.. REYNOLDS: the Wood murder case.
which has been waiting so long IL. Anal
disposition, and some other cases nl
| Importance.
Daniel O'Boyle. the brother nf VIII
liam, is still in the city and said yes
terday that he did not know "hcn ne
would leave Cor his home IN Phihdcl-
phia. He may stay here until the ar
gument on the motlon In his Dr0.fer
case is heard. Dan buried wife just
before coming to the city. Speaking
of his brother yesterday, he said:
II cannot see how the jury could
bring in such verdict. We lid no:
expect it. We dld't think II possible"
Neither one of the boys can read or
write Their parents died whea they
we're youngsters and they never went
u school.
A SPECIAL SESSION.
On November Sth. the Circuit Court
will meet here In special session for
the purpose of considering the Atlantic
Transport Company's affairs. which
will be brought before the court In sew
eral of its phases. An analysis III the
case was published some time ago. The
chief and interesting feature - It, is
the fight that is being made TO nave It
entirely transferred to the Federal
courts, and the battle that is being
waged to prevent such contamination.
pom ICE c0JIRT
Mamie IIigginbotham. dlsordcrly; s.
and costs.
]. II. Dppes. on warrant; 500: Zap
pealed).
Ben Wagner, trespass: thirty lays in
Jail.
George Pflchrord, trcspass: dismissed.
Charles Mcdonald, trespass; $6.5V;
(appealed).
John Goode. dsorderly; continued one
day.
Edward Harris. nuisance: held for
Warwick county authorities.
Ben Tally. disorderly: bond ot 800.
THE POLICE BOARD.
Those persons who are expecting 4
shakc-ur, in the poli:, force to-
night when the Board OF Police Com
missioners holds its regular meeting
for this month will be disappointed
when the business transacted Is made
public. Especially those persons, In
Guiding one or two policemen. who are
confident of seeing Chief Hawoods Of
fetal scalp taken off are doomed 10 dis
appointment. During the past few days
certain utterances and publications
have served to set some few tongues
wagging, but what these people pretend
Il. know about what the police board
will do amounts to nothing.
1t is not unlikely that some sort OF
Il charge will be brought against Mi.
HARDWOOD. Those who are DESTROYS ot
seeing the present chief removed have
been predicting his removal from Office
for nearly year and charge of some
kind, Just for the novelty of the thing.
would be Il relief to his friends ana
doubtless to the chief himself.
Some kind OF n petition has been cir
culated among the policemen. Its ma
ture is not known. 1t is claimed that It
has been signed by more than half or
the force. 1t has not. Chief HARDWOOD
heard Of the petition and also heard.
that. while it was not direct attack
upon him, its purpose was mutinoan.
Only two of the officers on the force
admitted that they signed II. one OF
them said he did not know what he
was signing. All of the other police !.
men stated positively that they did not
sign any petition.
This petition may be presented 10 the
police board tonight. There is no GER
lainty about it. 1t doesn't amount I"
anything and 1t is possible tnat those
who circulated it will realize this before
tonight. If they don't. there may be
something realized after tonight.
Chief OF Police HARDWOOD Is prepared
to face any charges that may D.
brought against him. He says 50 fear
lessly and il must be so. While he has
not the least fear of being rrmoV'l
from the force, he has been doing some
investigating on his own score r2cently
and a bomb may be exploded II any ba::d
breaks are made tonight.