Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-26
AcCUSER FINED SIS.
That's Not Justice" Said Went
worth to the Judge.
Fight in a Saloon In which ono Man Used a
Bottle Robert Wright Snapped Re-
volver without Effect at an omcer-Tho
Fleming Case.

The quarrel between c. w. Went
worth and John Madison, of the tug
Rescue. broke out afresh Yesterday
morning. Wentworth charged Matti.
son with having threatened to kill
MIN, and the case was heard Monday
night by Justice Dalton. Mattison be-
ing unable to give bond was placed
IN jail. The case was heard by Jus
tice Iaylor. and there being no W.T.
nesses save the two men directly in
terested, Justice Taylor pitted the ev-
idence of one against the other and
u.liischarged Mattison. Wentworth said :
That is not Justice whereupon JUS
llce Taylor fined him SIS for contempt
The fine was paid.
BEATEN WITH A BOTTLE.
a bloody fight took place at Hudgins'
par near Portsmouth ferry dock, yes
terday morning. in which two white
men participated. Charley Brown, n
sailor, the neighbors say, grew obstreD-
erous and threw a glass at j. S. sad
Ter. the bar-keeper. Sadler then seized
bottle and struck Brown on the
mead, cutting a great cash. from which
piood flowed profusely. Both men were
arrested, and the case will he heard
to-day. Sadler was bailed on a bond
of $50 with Mr.. r. A. Hudgins as
surety.
iAN Ioh1SE OOQh l..
Edward Smith, colored, assaulting
w. G. Meggs; fined Sc.
William Lawrence, colored, assault
ing Alex. Mansfield; fined $1,000.
William Holt and William Austin,
both colored, baggage snatching; fined
Sc each.
Gus Green. colored. assaulting Adelia
Myers; fined s11.
SisSie Grandy colored assaultine
Nancy Stokes; fined &c.
Charles Marks. colored. was SEN
fenced to six months in Jail for cutting
Helen Cherry. colored, on Monday
night.
ATTEMPT TO KILL
Robert Wright. colored. OF the Fourth
Ward. was sentenced q year in Jail for
attempting to shoot Special officer
appealed. and was bailed in the sum
of $3.50, with Captain John Twohy
surety. Wright was doing some in
discriminate shooting. and the officer
attempted to put him under arrest.
Wright resisted, and placing his pis-
the trigger twice. Both times on emp
ty shells. The revolver contained two
good shells.
PETERSBURG RUNAWAY.
Chief of Police Ragland. of Peters,
burg, has requested the Norfolk police
detectives to be on the lookout for a
13-year-old youth named Thomas Dun
lop Perkins. who ran away from his
home, in Petersburg. last week.
THE FLEMMING CASE.
The appeal from the sentence of
fourteen years in the Flcmming case.
which was to have been heard at this
term of the Princess Anne Circuit
Court, has been postponed, and 1t may
now be heard in vacation. or may go
over till the March term next. Other
engagements of the lawyers prevented
it being heard at this term.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Ennis II. Hamersly and wife to Adj
die C. Sykes. lot and building OH Ham
lin avenue; $1.250.
Hattie l.. Land formerly Hattie c..
Lovitt, to Mary z. Sawyer. lot on
Reeves avenue. Brambleton Ward; $40,
and other considerations.
THE RAILWAY SUED.
Two suits were filed yesterday
against the Norfolk Railway and Light
Company. as follows:
Ellen Robinson files suit for $1,000
damages. She alleges that on August
18th she was in a wagon on Church
street that was run down by one of
the cars of the railway. and that she
was seriously hurt
The other suit is that of George Rob-
inson. who alleges that he lost n wagon
and harness in the same collision. The
wagon, he alleges, was damaged to the
extent of SIS and the harness to the
extent OF s25.
Both of these suits result from the
accident which occurred August 18th
on Church street. The wagon was in
the way of the street car and the street
car ran into 1t, hurting Mrs. Robinson
and damaging the wagon.