Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-27
NEGRO BENJAMIN RESPITEp
lie is the Negro Who is Under Sentence of
Death at Hampton for Assauitlng
Young Norfolk White woman-Doctors
Say ho is Insane. and Governor Tyler
Has Ordered an Examination jackson
Ward Cases to be Carried to supreme
Court To-day.
Especial to vIrginIan. Pilot,

Richmond. Va, June 2s.-Dr.
w. II. Taylor. the State Chemist.
has not received the stomach of Leon
ara Crockett. who died in York county
upaer peculiar circumstances. 1t Is to
be sent to him in order that he may as
certain whether his death was occa-
stoned by poison. DR.. Taylor said to-
day there are now comparatively few
murders committed by the use. of pol
son. This was formerly the favorite
method OF taking life. but the adj
Vances made in chemistry make it i'm
possible almost for the poison not to he
discovered.
Governor Tyler has granted a respite
Tor thirty days to Frank Benjamin,
the negro under sentence to be execut-
ed at Hampton on July IA for criminal
assault upon young Norfolk woman.
Three doctors certify that they think
the man insane. Judge Lee and Com
monwealth's Attorney Montague and
the lady who was the victim OF the at
tempted assault all unite In the petit
ton: Governor Tyler will have Drs.
w. r. Drewry and l.. S. Foster, super
intendents respectively of the Central
and the Eastern State Hospitals. to
make examination of Benjamin.
SEVERAL WEDDINGS.
There were several pretty weddings
here to-day, among the couples being
Mr.: Robert l.. Bailey and Miss Irene
Boisseau. Mr.. A. l.. Jones and Miss
Florence May White, Mr.. Frank Tur-
ner and Miss Irene HALEY.
Two petitions in bankruptcy were
MED in the clerks office of the United
States District Court this morning.
The petitioners We're Robert ]. Lam
bert, OF Richmond; liabilities. $1,000:
assets, nothing. Attorney George j.
Hooper; and John T. Pace. OF Peters,
burg; Liabilities, SSH; assets, $50; At
torney Bartlett Roper, Jr.
JACKSON WARD CASES.
Mr. w. l.. Royal, counsel for the pe-
tltioners In the Jackson Ward elec<
ton contest cases. will leave tonight
over the Norfolk and Western for
Wythevfllc, where on tomorrow ha
will move tho Suprem Court for a
writ of mandamus to compel the
Hastings Court of this city to try the
cases. Messrs. Wendenburg, Wise and
Smith have prepared their answer to
that one of them will go to Wytheville
to oppose Mr.. Royals motion.
PROF. HUGHLETT COMING HERE.
Prof a. M. Hughlctt, formerly
principal of Randolph Macon Acad-
envy at Bedford City. who mysterious
ly disappeared at the close of the ses-
sion, two years ago. Is now in Cali
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in few days. For several months
after Prof. Hughletts' disappearance,
nothing was heard from him. At
length information was received that
he was in California. He has been
teaching school in San Ernncisco for
two years. He now has offered to him
position in 81 school in Tennessee
and another in a school in Mississippi.
Prof. Hughlett has not definitely de-
termined which position he will accept,
but will probably accept the one In
the Mississippi school. His wife and
two children have been here for the
past two years.
special from Hampden- Sidney
says fire there last night destroyed
four stores.
e. w. Venable escaped by jumping
from q second-story window.