The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-06
NINE CASES Oh
HOMICIDE PENDING.
But ONE MURDER INDICTMENT.
District Supreme Courts TO Be Keps
Busy This Term-TriaI of Claude
COOLsey, Charged With
His Rifc's Death.

A great deal Of the time Of the criminal
divisions Of the Supreme Court OF the Dis
trict during the present term viii be
taken up in dispOsing OF homicide cases.
At the present time there are seven
persons in The district jail charged with
homicide. Besides there there are two
others. under Indictment for mansiaugh-
ter, who are out on bail awaiting trial
one Indictment for Murder.
OF those In Jail there is but one under
indictment Tor murder. This is GIsreeIIus
Cole. colored. who IS charged with the
killing Of Alfred Rawlings. AT Deauvood
Park IN August last. District Attorney
Gould has set the trial for January %.
The two cases in which the greatest IN
teres centres are those Of Claude Cooksev
and Albert NJ Conner beth under irdior-
nent Tor maasIaughter. The former. who
al he ,ire Ct the alleged crime was en-
ployed in one OF the Governmental de-
partments. Is accused OF being responsible
for the death Of his wife. Alice Cooksey.
DIT. Conner, a druggist. is accused OF
causing the death Of Miss Eva Melting. in
September. 1900
Miss Melting died. u IS alleged, from
the effects OF an overdose OF poison.
Prescription for Poison FILLED.
At the time the poison was obtained
from the drugstore Of Or. Conner he
was absent from the city. Before leav-
ing town it is said that he gave iustruc-
tions 10 his assistants not to sell au~
person poison. Nevertheless fl is al
legged. the clerk did fiji a prescription
which contained poison for use By Miss
Melting.
District Attorney Could viii arrange
that these cases De called TO trial as
early as possible.
YorEe Nelson. coIored. who killed
Charles Washington. On October % last.
at go IWenty-siEth Street mort Invest Is
under Indictment for mansIaughter ard
VIII probably be called 20 trial DURING
the latter part Of the present month.
no Indictment Yet Found.
Lawrence Norman, colored. charged
with the murder Of Annie Brown also
colored. in August last is Ia jail. The
grand jury has not yet reported upon the
Gaze. but as today is the last dav which
the present jury viii serve. 10 Is very
likely that it viii be acted upon today.
was drowned i'm the AraCostia River She
was fleeing from Norman. uho was pursu-
ing her. and fen into Tho river and was
drowned
The case against Clarence Coleman. col
ored. who killed Perry Oflcer. f. in pretty
much the Same condition ar that of Nor
man, and in all likelihood Will be dis
posed OF today by the grand Jury.
New Jury VIII InveStigate.
Elijah Chapman. the boy who killed
Ida Simms. and Thomas Morse. who is
held for the shooting Of James Haskins.
at Chevy Chase. e-e IN the District jafl
awaiting the action Of the grand jlry. The
charges against them will. however. be
Investigated By the new jury, which VIII
be OrEe liZed tomorrow.
Another case which viii demand the at-
tention Of the new grand Jury is that OF
Hezekiah Coates, who Is charged with the
killing Of Carrie Corbin IN AuacCstIa on
December I3 last. About dusll on the date
mentioned 10 is said Coates went out hunt
ing ghosts. Meeting the Corbin girl IN
the street IL IS said be fred at and shot
her. TIE girl died almost instantly.
The trial Of these cases, IL IS expected.
VIII demand the consideration of Jus
tlccs Barnard and Anderson during the
whole Of the present term OF court which
viii close on Mar a ] next