Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-13
ECHOES.
Answer Filed to Wife's Petition for
Divorce.
Assistant Assessor and C,ork APP.
pointcd-Q Qualified rs Administers.
tor Petition I'm Bankruptcy
Cases la Police court.

Air. w. ~. Coke. through Attorney
r. w. Atalett, yesterday filed his an
swer to the bill OF Mrs. Mary Catherine
Coke, his wife. in the Court of Law
and Chancery, asking for an absolute
divorce from her husband. The de-
PENDANT says in his answer:
1T is not true that this defendant
plaintiff, or failed in any way to pro-
vide for her. The plaintiff and defend
ant lived together as man and wife
until the eth OF June, 1899. when there
was 81 voluntary separation, which has
continued until the present time
| The defendant denies the allegation
of cruelty made by Mrs. Coke. lie
makes no answer to his wifes request
to be granted the custody OF her infant
daughter.
The answer closes as follows:
''As to the statement contained in
the third paragraph OF the said bill.
he admits he has been guilty, but
states that guilt occurred subsequent
| 10 said voluntary separation and also
subsequent to the appearance in the
Corporation Court of the city of Nor
folk of the said ulaintiff as n willing
and hostile witness against the said
defendant, OH the trial OF q certain in
dictment for fclonious shooting which
had been found against this defendant
in said court"
ASSISTANT ASSESSOR AND CLERK
Judge Hanckel yesterday affirmed
the appointment OF Mr.. S. j. Morris
as assistant assessor, with duties as
clerk to the recently appointed real
estate assessors. Messrs. Adam Tread
we'll i. C. Womble and c. X. Parlett.
Mr.. Morris is required to give the same
bond rs the assessors $4,000. lie will
qualify to-day. The assessors will be-
gin work as soon as the books arrive
from Richmond.
ADMINISTRATOR QUALIFIED.
w. r. Rudolph qualified before Judge
Hanckel as administrator of the estate
of Michael Nlulcahy deceased, under
Il bond OF S11 900. with c. +. Rudolph
and IL. S. Mahoncy rs suretics. j. w.
Cashin, William Long. NJ. ]. Madden.
Thomas Iitzgibbons and Thomas
lO'Connor were named by the court as
appraisers
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
| In the office OF The clerk Of the United
States Court yesterday Louis Halser, of
Isle OF Wight county, through G. ID.
Parker & Son, counsel, filed Il petition
! in bankruptcy, giving his liabilities at
S55S and assets at 5000.
GIRL HAS DELIRUM TREMENS.
| a young girl about 10 years OF age.
named Dollie DemorR. was found on
Church street Thursday night suffer
ing from delirium tremens. She
was sent to the police station, and had
to be put in q straight jacket to keep
her from doing herself serious injury.
Justice Tomlin yesterday committed
her to the Jail hospital for five days.
The unfortunate young woman says
she was an inmate in the homo OF Liz
zic Edwards, on Church street, oppo-
| site Mariner street, until she was
turned into the street Thursday night
ASSAULTED y CIIINAATAN.
| Sing Lee, a son from Chna's sunny
shores who keeps q laundry on Bran
/ bftt51T ,rvcI1uc, WITS bTTItTItfy ass.Iu1te71
in front of his establishment Thursday
| evening by Thomas Fogarty, a young
horseshocr. employed by Barley & Co,
of lower Church street
| 1t seems that Fogarty had been
drinking all day, and finding no other
way To satisfy his longing for a fight,
| he jumped on the Celestial and beat
him i'll an unmerciful manner. The
Chinaman's face was terribly dis
figured. and one of his eyes was almost
put out. lie is also Thought Ia have
been injured internally. Ii is said that
If citizen had not come 10 the rescue
of the Celestial. Fogarty, i'll his
| drunken frenzy, would have kicked him
| into inScnSibility as he law on ~.
| ground
l. officer Pitt arrested Fogarty ycstcr-
day morning. and he WAS bailcd in The
sum Of $3.50 for his appearance Jan
uary I'D. before Justice. Tomin, in the
Police Court
y WEE BEATER JAILED.
Justice Tomin yesterday sentenced ;,
citizen to IL days in iail in default or
furnishing sl50 good behavior bond
as guarantee that he would not i'll
treat ms wife and children. upon which
cnarsc he was arraigned and tried.
me Wlie OF the accused did not an
pear, ana Il brother of the husband was
the prosecuting witness.
MINOR POLICE ITEMS.
w. IT. Overton and \. ID. Webster
two colored boys. will spend the next
| fifteen days in Jail for stealing coal
Pinkey Malone. colored. wrote nm oh.
scene letter to young lady and will
be given Il chance Monday 10 tell ,yhv
she did so.
Sam Bailey. colorcd charged with fe-
loniouslv cutting John Tolivcr was
| given his liberty.
Isaac Higgins will be given chance
Monday TO prove his innocence Of the
charge OF stealing jewelry from Rosa
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