Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-07
Corporation Court Will Consider
Three Murder Cases.
Mr.. VAUGHAN'S MYSTERY
He Wants to Pay ,,no Que the Cost, in
Ills Case. "A SD Instance Of over
Confidence. Justice Brown Dis
psses Of a large Docket.

september term Monday and VIII be
IN session twenty days considern
criminal business exclusively.
The docket will be called Monday
and thereafter some important cases
viii be consider cd
among these will be that of Walter
wood. who will have his new trial On
the charge OF numbering Jack Ciloven.
ne attorneys for Wood have been anx-
ious TO dispose OF his case, and the
conlnlonWealth,s attorney would also
bc glad to get it out OF the Way Both
sides are rcniident. 1t is believed that
the case vii! DE concluded in two days
shorter time than before.
Ben Bates will have his second trial
TINS term also. HIS attorneys are con-
ndcnt OF acuuitting him. but the COM
1nonwGalth is believed 10 BE in a bes-
ter position to try the case than it was
before The Introduction Of the cloth
ing OF Charlie Wilkerson, the deceased,
Us evidence Will 1t is claimed. have
Il material effect. The defense on thu.
other hand. vii! have at least one more
important witness to testify in behalf
81 thc prisoner than was put on the
Stand before
'1hc most sensational case will BE
tnat OF William O'Boylc. charged With
the brutal mueller OF Alma Hamilton
rms case is full Of revolving features
and most of The evidence will be UNI
printable. The prisoner has employed
VIII rl
fight for his life.
HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
What want to know is. who must
pay the costs to- said Mr. L. c.
Vaughan. formerly of Elizabeth City
Soulfty bur row Of the East End,
ut all he continued. In the first
place. am fined So, which is a mystery
and III the second. 1 am not assessed
+, amy costs. Nov | want to pay the
costs and am looking for some one to
pay them to- You see. it was this way
own some houses here. and l got Mr..
}. NJ Woolford to put the roof on one
OF them lie painted the roof, but |
gave the jub IT painting some other
roofs TO another man Mr.. Woolforl
an" told him ,alatt his other job was
NOT what it ought to be. He called me
a lI;tr Then he drew q knife on me.
We'll. you knew. what sort of sand 1
have in my craw. SO l told him to put
down the knife and fight l..e, but he
only raised it higher Did &C Oh him?
no sir. l ann Il lighting machine, but 1
want to tell you that l was weak that
trn'e He had me fated. l felt bad. l
ZANE mighty near leaving the city.
They told it in court that I cussed him
over one hundred times and each time
cusscd him differently. Maybe I did,
but didn't have enough bug ju &c
IN me 10 go up aSl,insi shat knife
New. the IuEny part Of it Is that
Mr.. Wooford got out a warrant for
me. | got out one for ham. you know,
though | didn't want to much. but as
Song as he was after me l had to Offset
Y! did i!Jt care to prosecute the case,
Tor 70 tell YOU the truth, he had ms
fatcd 50 bad with that Knife that l
WAS kinder shamed Of myself. Howev-
er. | did not pay much attention to the
case. He offered to compromise il by
each one payln. costs, Du1 ! wouldn't
DO it. l had peEty OF friends and at
torncys to come TO ms and oTe. their
services. but | to.l them that Mr.
Woolford was the aggressor ana that
would not DC fined II was only Il
question, | told them. of how much
they was going to fire Woofold I felt
sort . sorry for him. ard | was nos
going to press the case; hut wouldn't
withdraw the warrant, since he had be-
gu nt1le trouble. and | told him thai
would see him in Hadcs as far as an
eagle can fly in forty Years before l
would do it. (Mr. Vaughan did not say
'Hades. He used its classic Elizabeth
City county equivalent).
1WeH. what gets me. when we came
into court this morning those friends
that were going to do so much for me.
III be darned if they didn't testify for
the other fellow. and blamed if they
didn't fine me and let him go. Yes sir,
fined me an even So without any costs
whatever. and that's what l cannot I'M
derStand."
MT. Vaughan concluded the recital Of
his troubles with sigh and departed
10 ma some one TO pay the costs to.
MINOR CASES
Justice Brown disposed of the follow
ing cases in the Police Court yesterday
nUrning:
Thomas Smith. r. J. Mahorn. drunk;
fined 81 and costs.
Massey Wooden. deserter: held for his
ship.
Amos Goode, William Jones, tres
pass; assessed costs and put under
bonl Of $50 each for six months.
William Colone, peace warrant: bond
Of 500 for six months.
Robert tMcsShaEc, drunk; fined 50 ana
costs.
Thomas Jenkins. vagrant. dismissed.
j. M. Woolfodl. assault; bond Of S100
for six months.
l.. C. Vaughan. assault fined s., and
put under bond Of slo0 for six months.
Charley HOdgcSon, George Lash, dis
orderly: dismissed
Newport News Gas Company, CUT
ting down shade, trees: dismissed
s. r. Newman. assault; fined s. ard
costs.
G. r. Hartcr. assault, dismissed
Andrew AgHew, drunk: fined s. and
costs.
John Thompson, disorderly; So ana
costs and bond Of SlG0.
TRYING TO SAVE WILLIAMS
IAN effort will BE made to save the life
of Richard Williams, the negro who is
sentenced to hang in the jail yard Sep
te1nbcr 20 for the murder Of Ezekiel
Newman
During Williams trial his relatives
and friends took no interest in his case
and the prisoner himself did not seem
to realize his position. "A clear case OF
murder was made out against him,
the jury found him guilty in the tirs.
degree, and the court sentenced him to