Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-13
RIVAL RAILROAD SUIT
Effort to Dissolve the injunction
Against Norfolk City Railway.
Railway Wishes to Run Loop to Connect
Valuable building sites With the city
Dodson Suit Dismissed Fought With
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the instance of the Consolidated Turn
PIKE Company to prevent the Norfolk
Railway and Light Company from run
ming its tracks down the road from.
the City Park to n point near the In
dian Poll Bridge, on Tanners Creek.
The case came up yesterday in the
Circuit Court OF Norfolk County,
Judge Prentis presidinS-in an effort to
dissolve the injunction.
Mr.. Richard Is. Tunstall, of White.
nunstait u Thorn, and Mr.. Harry L.
Wolcott, of Wolcott x Wolcott, an.
peared as counsel for the Norfolk Rail.
way and Light Company, and Messr...
Wake II Old for the Turnpike Cons
pony. 1t was partly heard and went
over Till this morning.
The Turnpike Company claims that
the road is private property under
deed now in its possession. and not
public highway. The Railway and
Light Company propose to use the
road in question as part of loop line
10 run out from the terminus at the
Park i'll order 10 bring the property
of the several land companies within
the facilities of the street railway
the loop to be about Il mile and Il quar-
ter in length.
DODSON CASE DISMISSED.
K. ii. Dodson, colored. the propric-
tor of u Queen street patent medicine
establishment, who was before Police
Justice Taylor some time since. charg
ed by Storekeepers doing business op-
posite his place with selling peanuts
and watcrmelons on Sunday, was ar
raiSned before Judge Taylor yesterday
upon IL similar charge. Dodson denied
the allegations of his business Compel
itors, who Swore they saw him receive
money for watermelons which were
carried away from his place on Sunday
last. Tho accused declared ho
only melons taken from his store were
carried to persons who had purcha sed
and paid for them the night before.
The court was inclined to believe that
the warrant against Dodson had been
sworn out for spite, and dismissed this
case.
WEIGHTS HEARING ADJOURNED.
The case of David Wright. colored,
who shot two other negroes in Jim
Rarbcr's Talbot street dive ten days
ago. was called for trial in the Police
Court yesterday morning. but the de-
tectives not being ready. 1t was adj
jourred until the 18th inst. Wright
was rcbailed in the sum of $500.
Stella Johnson and Maggie Mason,
negro women. who engaged In a bat
tie with table forks in Cedar lane on
Sunday night were sentenced to TIVE
months in Jail each by Police Justice
Taylor. Both women appeared in court
badly disfiGurcd.
IN TIE POLICE COURT.
Allen Darden, William Daily and Jos
Nicholson. youths arrested for tres.
passing about the Western Union tclc-
graph Office. West Main street. We're
fined Sc each in the Police Court yes.
tcrday morning.
Carey Smith colored. drunkenness.
disorderly conduct and resisting ar
rest: fined Sc.
George BELL. colored. stealing n 81
coat from James Boone; four months In
jail.
Joseph scarhcr colored. disorderly
conduct; fined $3.50.
Peter Pu!len. colored. sick nuisance;
five days in the iail hospital.
Jin Hicks. colored, larceny; dismiss
ed ut the cost OF the complainant.
Jim Bright. colored. drunkenness and
disordcrly conduct; fined $ll. Appeal
ed. and defendant bailed.
Mary Thomas. colorcd, assaulting Es-
telle Johnson lined So.
NEGRO MEN SHANHAIED.
Tho British steamer Dupinorc. now
ut I.amberts Point. has been iibeled.
Simon Lawson. Dave Holly. r.. Russell
and Bcn Peters, all colored, have
brought suit in the United States
Court Ivy Mr.. J.. J. Morris, attorney,
for sailors wages alleged TO be due.
The complanants, who are Norfolk
negroes, state that while working at the
Old Dominion dock they were APP
preached by two runners, who offered
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on n steamer running between New
York and Norfolk.
Attracted by these terms they agreed
TO ship and We're put aboard the Dun
more out in the stream. They claim
they told Captain i<insey that they had
no experience in the work. They also
state that when four days out the
captain cut their wages to $l5, and they
learned they were ON an English tramp.
In twenty four days they reached Rio
ana laid their grievances before the
United States consul. who they say,
told them they would have to settle
the matter at Norfolk. The Dunmore
reached Here Friday. The ship will
probably give bond and proceed on her
voyage.
ICE CREAM ASSIGNMENT.
The bill of assignment OF Jennie IT.
Allen was fled yesterday. The paper
was drawn ON August 23d In favor of
Edward w. Wolcott. trustee.
1t recites that Jennie II. Allen trans
fers her ice-makine machines. electric
motors. ice cream machines tubs, cans,
utensils ana fixtures. at ~ Charlotte.
also her cash register. horses ana
wagons for the purpose of paying her
debts, among which is Il lien for $500.
THE TUNIS PROPERTY.
Judge ID. TUCKER Brooke counSci Tor
the Tunis Lumber Company, and Mr..
Matt NJ. I'uns. attorney for the petit
toners in the receivership proceedings,
returned to Norfolk from Raleigh. y.
c.. last night
Judge Purncll, Of the United states
Circuit Court for the Eastern District
OF North Carolina, signed an auxiliary
order and the order was duly entered
in the Clerks Onicc of that court.
Under this order MIR. Thcophilus Tunis
and Capt II. i. Nichols are the re-
ceivers. as undcr the Virginia and
Maryland DEGREES. The property in
North Carolina consists of large stand
ing timber holdings and mill property
at Tunis.