Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-17
Richmond Strike.

Judge Witt, Of the Hastings Cour
of Richmond. Tuesday instructed til
grand jury that the throwing OF tn,
street cars and otherwise interferinI
with the running Of the ears eonstitut
ed penitentiary offenses, with a maxi
mum penalty of three years. Th,
grand jury in a short time returned
five indictments. as follows:
E. B. Wright, stOning car in Louis.
lana street, Fulton.
John McDevitt, placing INSTRUCTIONS
on the Laurel Street Line.
ii. 8. Chittam, stoning a LanreI
street car.
John Hudson and 8. r. Pace, throw
ing bottles or other missiles at q CLAW
street car.
"Onlawfully and feloniously, but
not maliciously.' the Indictment reads
In each case. The significance of this
Will appear from perusaI of the fol.
lowing quotation of the law read TO
the grand jury by Judge Witt:
III any person maliciously obstruet.
remove or injure any part of a canal
Dr. railroad, or any bridge or fixture
mercer, or maliciously abstract or in
ure any machinery. engine, car or
work there, whereby the life of any
raveler or other person is put in peril.
10 snail be confined in the penitentiary
OF not less than two years nor more
nan ~ years; and in the event of the
cath OF any traveller or other person
from such malicious obstruet. "A
az. removing or injuring, the person
OFFENDING shall be deemed guilty of ,
urder. the degree to be determined | /
t3e jury; or if any person unlaw- q
lily. ont not maliciously, shoot at or
TO or throw any stone or other mis-. a
lie at or into any passenger train or tt
r. Or any railroad or any part thereof. d
hereby the life of any traveller or 9th =
person on such train or cars NAV he n
it in peril. upon conviction thereof II
snail De punished by confinement in al
penltentiary for not less than one u
more than three years, or in tbeI
anty or city Jail for not less than opeI
more than II months, or fined NOT
'eedIng $500" =
{ was under this section that sew. "
Norfolk street car rioters were
a. convicted and sent to the peni-
tlary year or two ago. The Su. VI
me Court refused to grant a writ
rror, and the action of the lower 20,
TT held good. a..
ne soldiers who took part in the Is
'tlng OF Luther Taylor, in MAN, s.
Ter a week ago, testified yesterday. FL
'orai Lane, who had Taylor in III
&C. stated that the prisoner was "
lily, and he turned to call his can. I
when he was showed out of tbeI -
" and fell to the ground. WbenJ III,
aimed his feet he cried "Halt Xxi
al times before be fred. He stated hear
ply to Questions tb.t bo 49,, they
10 snoot any escaping prisoner. poisc
investigation will probably end 1t
1esday. troub
lday and Mondoz but n
+bo,u,, "oio 4uiet DAYS, all CO
'nere was some stOne- ming
lug, there Was no interruption in lily
!. Manager Huff of tho p... by fir
"a Power Company, in reply to s au -
recurring rumors OIL soon ,
oinlse, made another emphatic wonde
ana declared that there could and is
DC compromise; that be bad en- o ny an =
nto permanent agreement with es. Y Y
ioo men, whose positions be was sample
TO protect, and that he cou,d tree. al
sat with the old men an indi M NJ. -
-'' 'ne vacancies yet remain & Co..
obro.h Don't
fariey Monday dis. the na
another batch of bic Swamp
HE u'en, ton, N.