Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24
STAY NOT GRANTED
Erroneous Impression Regarding
the Williams Case.
ONE QUESTION AT ISSUE
His Attorneys Saw Gov. Tyler Yesterdy.
The Case Of Ben Bates VIII Come Up
Monday. Justice. Brown
Make Big Haul.

1t was reported all around the city
yesterday that Judge Blackstone. who
is holding court for Judge Barharl, now
out Of the city, had granted Il stay 0:
execution in the Williams murder casa.
This report was incorrect.
Indeed, it is Il question whether such
power is vested in the Corpora ticn
Court, or even in the Circuit Cour:.
This is 4 question for the lawyers. Ger
tcrday.
The lawyers Nho have taken W til,
case had a representative of their G,.n
IN Richmond yesterday. This gentle
man called upon the Governor ana ap-
pied frr I, respit" to such Il time as ne
ard his colleagues could prepare d pc
t!liun to His ECN;:"lcncy applying for
executive clencncy.
There is little doubt that the Cover
nor Will grant this respite. and When
lac does. he VIII then be asked to con-
slider the peculiar features Of the VIII
1itms case. which. his attorneys claim
.Etitlc the condemned man to a COM
mutation of sentence from hanging IT,
lie imprisonment
The scaSold upon which Williams IS
to be hanged. should Governor Tyler
refuse to interfere. has been completed
and the man could be executed to-day
il necessary. Whistler it will ever DC
used. remains to be seen. Counsel fo:'
me conue;nEei man nave strong hopes
of saving his life.
Should the scaffold not be used for
Williams. il will doubtless be taken
down in sections and laid away fer fu-
turc use; for it is only a question Of
time when there Will have to be u hang
ing here.
Judge Blackstone will take up the
,i'atcS case Monday and has instructed
the city sergeant TO summon al the vat
ncSscs in the case. Some of them are
said TO be absent from the city, and. as
IN the last trial. which resulted in d
hung jury. may not be here to testify
The trial Will begin at 10 o'clock
RAID THE RED SECTION
Sergeant Reynolds and q squad Of
Policemen Friday night raided the
houses Of ill fame and made the Quick
est and largest 'haul' of women keep
inT such places ever known in this rily
FWcnty-twn' -prorrietresscs OF disr@-
Iuthble places were summoned to ccu,:
70 answer to the charge of maintai1ir e
houses OF i'll fame Nineteen Of them
We're fined sd and costs each The ON :
ei two cases We're continued.
Following is a list of the women who
appeared before Justice Brown yester-
day morning:
Annie Saul, Twenty-third stree:
Mamie Gordon. West avenue: Mamie
::Anderson West avenue; Jennie Del;1
IWenty-fourth street: Rosa AI>ara
Twenty third street, Emma Gray
IWenty-fourth street: Alice C.r.,al
IWenty-fourth street; Emma Grcava
IWenty-third street: Mahc Sinclair.
nWcntE-iourth street Ruth Kennedy
twenty third street: Rosa Last War
wick avenue: all white. The colored
women We're Charlotte Jackson, Twen-
tN-thiri street: Mamie Edwards. Tuea-
tE-thrd street: Hattie Dooley. Tween
ttS-fou:th street; Martha Brooks
Iwen1y-thrd street; Nellie Williams
VT CIV NJ,.l,
twenty third street; Lucy Hubbard
IWenty-thlrd street
The cases Of Emma Gray and Martha
BROOKS We're continued until Monday.
sergeant Reynolds and his s.;,.,d
started out about ! o'clock in the morn
ING and IN twenty minutes after thu firs-
woman was summoned it was all n,-.n
|" summon the proprieyreSscs If TWEEN
tN-1Wo houses Of this character in TWEEN
" minutes is remarkably quick work.
as me news usually lilies like Wild 1ra
after the first place IS visited Eut
Sergeant Reynolds divided his squad in
such manner that only one Of the NO
men caught on before the appearance
81 the officers and consequently her
PLACE was the only one in Which the
Policemen failed To find men.
The officers planned this raid several
DAYS aSo, but in some way it leaked
out and 1t came to their knowledge INA,
me pr"prlctrcsscs knew Of the raid.
sergeant Reynolds decided to postpa;.e
! ne work and Friday night started ou.
WITH several policemen. who were tho
only ones on the force 10 know of ~.
arrangements. The raid was tbt. m ~
successful Vet made
Ihc women We're taken by SURPRISE q ma
IN" evidence against them was So s,r,,,in
thht an put three yesterday pleaded
guilty y the charge of Keeping housas
Of III fame.
Hattie )ooley insisted that she was
not guilty and Justice Brown decid.I
to try her, with the result that she was
fined S21 and costs also
Justice Brown warned all Of IN, W.,
men Wiro had children in the houses
70 get them away before next Saturday
Some months ago he gave them 4 SINH
!if warning and little heed was paid
". Ey next Saturday, if any Of thnsa
Women have children in their houses
lhey VIII again be brought to court arl
VIII be lncd heavily. Justice Brown
stated that it was beyond his power {,
fld the city of these places, bur r,
proposed mat they should be conduct
go orderly or not at all and gave the
women To understand that he would nof
countcnanNe the bringing up Of chiI,irc,,
IN such surroundings. If he finds ,naf
children are kept in houses of i'll fame
IT Will so hard with the guilty women
Not Much Improved
ReE. Thomas J. Mackay, pastor of
the Second Baptist church, continues
i'll At his home in East End and his