Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-07

The August term OF the Corporation
presiding.
The grand jury which was empaneled
returned several important indict-
ments.
Captain NJ. II. Prince was indicted
on the charge of the murder of Charles
j. Cannon on the Sd instant. This in
dictment, Commemorative Attorney
Venable explains, is simply procured as
q precautionary measure. 1t will not
be pushed If the United States Court
tries Captain Prince, as seems to have
been finally determined upon.
Victoria Keeling, colored, was indict-
ed for setting Ere to the house OF her
employer in Brambleton Ward.
The following other indictments were
returned:
Alexander West. felonious assault
and felonious shooting.
John Mulden, grand larceny.
Newton Andrus. housebreaking and
larceny.
Fletcher Wrench. third offense petit
larceny.
Adelia Myers. felonious assault.
Frank Prout. third offense Of petit
larceny.
John Fisher, attempted rape.
Thomas Sherrer, alias Sheron, grand
larceny.
Not a true bill--JameS WoodSon,
grand larceny.
Fannie Sutton, attempted poison.
Robert l.. Taylor, shooting Edward
Moore.
The grand jury consisted of Edward
Frost. foreman; John It. Howard. JOS
eph T. Lawler. S. L. Nushbaum, JOS
eph Jones and l.. Ensel.
SAILOR NATUEsALIZED.
Judge HanckeI. of the Corporation
Court. granted naturalization papers
yesterday to Richard Frentz. n native
German. Frentz is n United States
sailor, and was in the Havana block
ade during the Spanish-American war.
TO ISSUE GOLD BONDS.
The Norfolk Ice Company. which has
control of practically all the ice plants
of Norfolk. is preparing to issue $780,.
600 per cent. interest gold bonds. A
Citizens Bank. of this city, has been
placed on record in the clerks office.
The mortgage was given for the pur-
pose of communicating the recent pur-
chase by the new company of the Citi-
zens' Ice Company. the Hygeia Ice
pany and other purposes. The mort
gage covers the entire company's prop
erty.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
e. l.. Myers to lisa c. Cabeli, lot with
double brick tenement fronting 33 feet
1919 inches on the east side of Chest
nut street, 1903 feet north of Princess
Anne avenue extended; $1,000.
+ Lillian l.. Anderson to Charles e.
Wood, lot with improvements fronting
so feet on the south side of Fourteenth
street: $4,000.
THE POLICE COURT.
Police Justice farewell Taylor had
the usual large Monday docket yester-
day, drunk and disorderlies and va
grants being the predominating class
of lawbreakers.
Joe Goodman, n peddlcr. arrested for
peddling iewelry without a license, was
allowed to go free with the advice that
he get q license Il he intended to con-
tinue his peddling.
Dennis Shears and Randall Eldridge
were fined $1l each for breaking the
peace.
ROBBED MERCHANT SAILOR.
Mary Hunter and Jessie Harrington.
both colored, were sent To Jail for four
months for robbinE l.. Seymour. IL mer-
chant sailor, of $40 in money and n
$3.50 watch. The watch and most of
the money was recovered.
Mabel Anderson. colored. was charg-
ed with robbing Edward Bricher. an
other seafaring man. of SIC. There was
not sufficient evidence TO convict, and
Justice Taylor dismissed the case.
Annie Smith, Mary Robinson and Al
meta Davis, colored women, were also
dismissed for lack of evidence. They