Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-30

days past Governor Tyler has been
receiving letters from Confederate SOL
Giefs In destitute circumstances APP
Z pealing for aid. The Governor is him
self a Confederate soldier. and these
appeals have touched him deeply.
+ Were he a rich man no soldier. who
made known his needs to him would
be overlooked.
"A letter was received by him today
from an old soldier in Nottoway coun-
~, In which he said that his grand
father served in the Revolutionary war
under Washington; HIS father fought
j under Andrew Jackson, and he served
under Robert Lee. His father and
grandfather both were born in CheS-
+ terfield county. He has been living
\ In Nottoway for many years. trying
hard to support a wife and family by
doing carpenters work, but finds it Il
most difficult thing now to get enough
work to support himself and family,
{ and he asks the Governor to try to Sc
cure some position for him to help him
along.
A NOVEL COLLECTION.
The Governor today received a let
= ter from Mr.. John p Bocock, of New
York, who is engaged in collecting sta
tistics as to the number of persons
executed on charges of crimes in the
United States who are innocent. In
: concluding his letter, Mr.. Bocock says:
1T is estimated that there have been
8 several thousand such executions in
& Great Britain and some hundreds in
i the United States. But il is exceeding
.ssly hard to get authentic data in this
& country.
There are some well known Ameri-
can cases, viz. that of the Boorn
o. No. CT
lin, in New York city, where sentence
of death was passed and the innocence
8of the accused finally made plain
There are others where the death SEN
tence has been actually carried out
and the Innocence Of the prisoners
then Demonstrated. as Boyingtons
case in Mobile, in 1854; Margaret
4 Houghtalings in Columbia county,
& New York; DR.. Hamllton's in Ken
4 lucky, in 1920 odd Mr. Bocock would
4 like to know if any such cases as the
above have occurred in Virginia. If
there have been there are no records
in the executive office to show it.
CATTLE QUARANTINE.
DIR. e. P. Niles, veterinarian to the
State Board of Control, was ait the
Capitol today. He says the State and
Federal cattle quarantine rules will
take effect January LIST, and all quar-
antine cattle for Richmond will be
& handled as in former years. in the pens
set aside for such cattle in the Rich
mond Union Stock Yards. The quaran-
tine line for Virginia remains as for
last year, except the release of that
portion of FRANKLIN county lying north
OF Daniels Run and the Black Water
river.
ROBBERY AT TREvILLIAN'S
"A telephone message today from
Trevillian's. Louisa county, stated that
some party unknown broke into the
store of G. Dame, the leading mer-
chant there, last night and blew open
his safe with nitro-glycerine, escaping
with $3.50 and revolver
red-bearded German tram who
was around the place the previous
night, is suspected, and the police of
this and other cities have been request
ed ITO keep lookout for him.
REPUBLICAN TACTICS.
Some of the leading Republicans
were asked today what they would do
In reference to the constitutional con-
yention.- One of the most influential
men In the party said he presumed
that after the Legislature fixes the
date for the election of delegates there
will be a conference of Republicans
representing the several sections of the
State for the purpose of talking over
the situation. He said the Republicans
were just as much interested in secur-
Ing to the people a good constitution
as the Democrats. and he thought the
ablest and best men should be sent to
1.-THE convention, be they Democrats or
Republicans.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
The question of whether man, who
has made an assignment, can claim the
beneht of homestead exemption, is at
present a live issue among the legal
fraternity.
DIVERSITY OF OPINION.
At present there is much diversity Of
opinion, and Judge Waddill's final rui-
ling is awaited with much interest. AS
the matter now stands, the report of
s Mr.. G. P. Cardwell, referee in bank
ruptcy. has been overruled By judge
Waddill. of the United States District
& Court. This opinion was rendered
orally, but Judge Waddill will be asked
to file written opinion.
The case in question is Gin the mat
ter OF w. e. Moran, bankrupt" On
AUGUST 20. 1900, Moran made an as
stgnment. conveying all of his prop
erty to u. b. English, trustee, for the
beEefit of creditors, with the power to
convert his stock In trade into cash
and distribute the net proceeds. pro
rata among his creditors. Two DAYS
later. however, q petition was filed by
certain creditors OF Moran. asking that
& he (Moran) be adjudged n bankr,,nt
alleging that he, by virtue of his deed
Of Of. assignment ,lss to p: B. English, had
S Semmittsd an am act of bankruptcy. on
i. bankrupt. :
Moran having in his deed Of assign
5 ment waived all claim to the benefits
s OF the homestead exemption act in the
q Bankruptcy proceedings entered claim
for these benefits. The counsel for OBJ
posing cT rs a. ,' contsnded that
apart under his homestead deed hnye
not been paid for. and the burden of