The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
GILLIGAN Still.
IN PETERSBURG ): i: i B R
The Prisoner Claims He Acted in Self.
Defense.
kE HAS ABLE COUNSEL Sc:
a Strong Enor. Will be Made to Con-
1innc the Case To the Next Term.
Three Eclonics in the
Hastings Court,
The Prisoner Claims He Acted in Self.
he HAS ABLE COUNSEL.
A Strong Isfror, viii he Made to Con-

der of c. Beverly Turing, in Isle OF
Wight county, is still in Jail in this cry
and is daily expecting to be taken 10
that county 10 be tried. NO in1orn1a-
lion has been received as TO the tune
the officers Will come for the prisoner.
One of Gilligans brothers came 10
Petersburg last night and employed
Judge Dr,ry A. Hinton to assist two
other lawyers In the defence Messrs.
Boykin and Holland will appear for the
prosecution.
ACTED IN SELF-DEFENCE.
Judge Hinton had tax win .ae
prisoner last night. and in his version
of the shooting and killing Of Turner,
G!liisan claims 10 have acted in sell
defence and only when his own life was
in danger.
It is probable that the case viii not
be tried at this term, as counsel 1oF
Gilligan will make every effort TO nave
The case continued until the next term
Greensviile County Cou< is engaged
with the trial of Cicero Harris. charged
with the murder of Thomas Henderson.
The alleged murder was in last Decem-
Der, and the case has attracted con-
siderable attention.
FELONY CASES.
There are three felony cases on the
docket of the Hastings Court which be-
gins its felony term to-morrow-lI. X.
Wallace charged with forgery: Edmund
Harrison. charged with stealing COW;
and Buffy Fields, charged with house
breaking. All ere colored.
The Petersburg Gas Light Company
elected the following officers to-day:
President, John G. Dunn; Board of Dr.
roctors. John McGill, n. T. Patteson. ].
W. Bradbury David Dunlop and
Fortescuc White.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will meet to-
morrow morning in the parlors OF the
Y. NJ. c. A. to transact some business
of Importance.
The meetings being held at Park-View
Christian church will be continued
through the week.
Miss Belle c. Gillian. who has been
wishing friends in Baltimore for the
past two months, returned home, to-
day.
The burglars who entered the post
Office at Windsor station. on the Nor
folk and Western railroad yesterday
morning early blew open the safe, from
which they stole SS5 in cash and one or
Two thousand postage stamps. The noise
of the explosion awakened the post
master and MS neishbors. They saw
and shot at the fleeing robbers. who re-
turned the fire.
Constable Branch. of Suffolk, was
summoned to trace the robbers. and left
there about A. NJ. with a hound, but
as 1t was raining very hard the hound
could not get the scent and the burglars
made good their escape.
CHIEF RAGIAND'S OPPOSITION.
Chief-of-Police Ragland. who is a can<
didate for reelection. will have opposi-
ton. A citizen from the Fifth Ward an
nounces his candidacy for the Common
Council and the burden of his campaign
argument Will be his opposition to Chief
Ragiand. lie says that personally he is
fond OF MIR. Rag!and, but that he also
F,.i1 rva Nov,
dear and close to him, is q hard working,
man. who has no spare hour during the
day. The Fifth Ward gentleman
says his friend must have a drink and
Sunday is the only time he has to get it,
and that the present law enforced by
Chief Ragland makes 1t impossible for
his friend to buy a drink of whiskey in
petersburg on Sunday.
IN NEW QUARTERS.
The Petersburg Savings and Insurance
Company has moved Into its new build
Ing at the corner of Sycamore and
Tahb streets, and began to transact bust
ness in It's now quarters this. morning.
The building from which the Savings
Company moved will be occupied at once
by the Petersburg Banking and Trust
Company.
The revival services at the Second Bap-
list church are largely attended. The
f<SN. j. ~. 1ldTle, IS SelllS dSSlSt-
ed by Rev. J. H.. 1-awiess, OF Franklin.
Va.
The Board of Directors of the Young
Mems Christian Association has receiv
ed an invitation from the Ladies AUX
iliary of the y. NJ. c. A. at Hampton,
10 attend their banquet to be given on
the 18th Of this month.
DIR. J. W. Rosehro went to Roanoke this
morning.
Mr. Blair a'eEram was in Petersburg
to-day.
The grading for the track Of the Rich
mond. Petersburg and Carolina Railroad
between Richmond and Petersburg. has
been completed.
The February term Of the Hastings
Court begins Tomorrow.
Mr.. James Burgess, of Chesterfield
county, near Burnuda Hundred. was
run into by an electric car this afternoon
and badly bruised He was standing be-
tween the car and his wagon. when one
of the horses started off, throwing him
nrafrEt the car. Tie was knocked unde,
THE wagon and both wheels ran over him.
No bones We're broken.