The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
TRIAL OFIMIP'IORTAN1|
CASES |: IN NORFOLK |.
Street Car Striker Acquitted Of
Attempted Murder.
PRESBYTERIAN oRPHAA NJ &C;
Sites Offered by Richmond, staunton
Lynchburg, Lexington and Pearis-
burg-A Negro Criminal Who
Prefers Death to Life.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.).

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NORFOLK, VA, October 1.-Two
important cases are set for trial in the
Corporation Co1rt tomorrow. These are
the trials Of Levi D. Walker, charged
with murder, and of P. +. Morris, the
disbarred attorney, charged with embez-
element. This will be the second trial
Of Walker, who killed Walter Gray and
seriously wounded William O.. Shipp. for
betrayng his sister, Miss Lizzie Walker.
On a pervious trial the jury failed to
agree Morris is charged by Mrs Cora
Liyesay with the embezzement of S1O62,
entrusted to his care.
J. w. Nicholson was acquitted in the
Corporation Court to-day. He was one OF
the strikers. charged with an attempt to
murder Daniel Guynne non-unlon con-
ducto-, during the street car riots here
last spring This is the last case
as the result Of the disturbance follow
ing the strike Of the conductors and mo-
tormen
WANTS TO DIE.
( William Treadwell. a negro, pleads to
be hung He says he'd oes not wish to
I've. and he will not accept the services
of a lawyer to obtain a new trial. Il
don't wish to live" he said to-day, and
am sorry I did not succeed in killing
myself William Treadwell murdered his
wife several months ago because OF
quarrel, he will not explain now. and has
tried twice to commit suicide: once be-
fore he was arrested. Immediately alter
he killed his wife. and again in jail by
swallowing the germicide used for sani-
tary purposes.
He has been before two juries for in
sanity. To-day he declared that he is
sane. and that he perfers to die rather
than go to prison or to a lunatic asylum:
he is absolutely callous in talking of
his wife; he is glad he killed her. and
he SAYS he doesn't care to sen the babe
she left or what becomes of it. He Is
SO stolid and brutal that he is regarded
as a freak in criminal annals here. and
Judge Po-tlock hcsitates to infict the
sentence the jury could not avoid. Tread
well declared he was guilty. He did not
care for the trial the law demands.
PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANAGE.
Tho Board of Directors of the Presbrte
Ran OrrhanaGe to be established by the !
Synod of Virginia met this morning.
Those present We're: Rev. c. w. Max
we'll. of Norfolk fchairmanl: Rev DR.. W.
II Woods. of Baltimore: Rev. James u
Cooke Of Richmond: Rev. z. T. Well
ford of Newport News: Captain T. c.
Morton Of Stanton: Mr.. T.. S Royster,
of Norfolk. and Mr.. George F. Caskie.
of Iynchburg R"g. Mr.. Wexford was
elected secretary of the board. The !
Presbyterians here. led by II. L. Page,
have offered a site free for the orphanage
on the Bay Shore Road. Besides that the
following offers We're made: Captain T. c.
Morton. three farm sites on the suburbs
Of stanton. RANGING from So 800 TO $1,000
A. T. BARCLAY. OF Lexington. Hotel De-
Hart. built at Lexington in 1891. s12.0 4
with snecal inducements from, the city
OF Lexington. and a gift of $1,000; Rev.
Boiling Hobson. of Pearisburg. farm
ste in giles county. near harrisburg: the
farm has 500 acres; is worth 5000 Mr.
Fobson thinks it would be donated if the
orphanage was carried to Giles county.
Rev. James E. Cooke of Richmond, a
siXty-five acre farm near Richmond.
valued at s1scco George z. Caskie, Of
Lvnchbnrg, two sites at Lvnchburg. The
west End Hotel. Lynchburs is offered
for SIZE and the Yeager farm of $40
acres. near that. IS offered for $4,000
There are other Inducements which make
the Lynchburg offers attractive.
CONsGLVO-HECHT
Even the intimate friends of C. n.
Consolvo vice-president of the Select
Council. and Miss Blanche Hardy Hecht
declare that they have not been notified
either of the marriage or the where
ahouts of the couple. There is no doubt
that they went away from here sudden
ly and were married One of the in
innate friends of both parties declarR
that his explanation of the hasty mar
rage is that Miss Hecht had the alter
native of marriage or of fcrsaking Mr.
Consolvo and accepted the former.
The citizens are very much interested
because of the prominence and refine
ment Of all the parties concerned
UNITED STATES COURT.
Judge Waddill opened United States
Circuit Court here this morning. No
cases were tried.
Thomas B. Savage qualified to prac-
tee law. Judge Waddill announced that
the petit jury would sit on November
18th and the week following will be de-
voted TO criminal cases. On November
18th the civil docket will begin; on No
vemher oath cases in admiralty will be
heard.
Judge Waddill has recovered his health
and will sit for several days to issue
orders and discharge small minor duties.