The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

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,.ndaDce on other cases at other points
II was finally agreed TO let the date be
! suggested by the Wilson bar. and IL -
u,s,ba bic that this will be the third week
in June.
further plea was made by Mr.. Wood
' ard for a smaller bond than $500 for the
men to whom bail would be granted
Judge Brown said he thought s2.ooo would
he as low as he could allow. Again Nh
| Woodard plead for a decrease saying TINS
was excessive in view of the condition
~ the men. He asked that the bonds DE
made for 81 GOO.
BAIL FOR WALLS.
Solicitor Daniels here stated that IN
the case of S. J. Walls which Judge Brown
: had not considered for the reasons al
ready stated that habeas corpus proceed
ing was arranged to be had before Judge
! Conner in Raleigh but as the evidence
! taken before the coroner's inquest was the
same concerning Walls as the other parties
10 whom bail had been allowed, that he
considered it unnecessary for Walls to go
10 Raleigh. Therefore he agreed that .ic
habeas corpus for Walls be not resisted
by the State, but that the order be made
for Walls to be released under 1t on 4
bond of 50, 900.
Then Judge Brown announced that he
| had decided to place the amount OF bail
! at 81, 200 each for the men for whom ap-
plication had been made. Later Solicitor
| Daniels stated to Judge Brown that nc
would be willing to have the bail of Walls
fixed also at 200 and this was done.
JUDGE BROWNS ORDER.
The following is the order given by
Judge Brown to the clerk of the court as
his decision in the matter:
''This cause came on to be heard be-
fore the court upon motion of w. P.
I Groom, Lawrence Morgan. John PItman
and j. T. Bass to be admitted to bail. 1t
appears to the court that the coroner's
/ jury exonerated Morgan, Pitman, Bass and
! Walls. The application of Walls is not
heard by this court. but is before Hon.
H. c.. Connor, Justice Supreme Court"
The court having heard in open court
all the evidence offered by the Solicitor
for the State and it being admitted that
the said testimony is the same introduced
before the grand jury and before the
coroner's jury is of the opinion that said
defendants, Groom. Morgan, John Pltman.
]. T. Bass are entitled to bail. 1t appear
! ing that they are persons Of very small
means and unable to give a large bond
the bail bond to be given in usual form
is fixed in the sum of 81, 200 to be taken
ana approved by Cnc clerk Oh the court.
When said bond is given and approved Sy
the clerk for appearance of said defen-
dants for their appearance to next gen
] eral or special term OF this court, it ~
ordered said defendants be released from
jail"
JAIL M BAIL.
During these proceedings the crowd had
pressed close up about the judicial in
c1ocuro Chouiuo tho deem intnraCt that vas
felt in the proceedings. The attorneys
of the prisoners to whom bail had been
allowed began to arrange for the neces-
sary bail bonds, and a few minutes later
Judge Brown gave. orders that the nel
who had not asked for bail be returned
to the Jail. AS they left a great portion
of the crowd passed from the court house
to see the prisoners ~re-enter the jail.
The bail bond for Sam ]. Walls was The
first to be arranged. On it are the names
Of ]. D.. Farrior, j. D. Barnes, William
Walls and S.. B. Rierson. The second Civ
en- was that Of Lawrence Morgan, and on
it are the names of George T. Morgan and
Neverson Williams.
These bonds were given before half past
one o'clock, and it was expected that at
least one other, that of Pittman would
soon be given. There was some doubt
expressed as to the bonds of Groom and
Bass being given. AS late as ten O'Clock
tonight only the bonds of Walls and Nor
gan have been received by clerk of the
court, ]. D. Bardin. Late tonight 1t is
stated that the bonds of Bass, Groom Ind
Plttman will be given on Monday.
AFTER THE POLICE.
The city board of aldermen met this
morning in special session, the purpose
being to investigate the conduct of GER
tain policemen in regard to the killing
of Jones by the Regulators"
The matter was gone into and as a
result of the deliberations of the Board
!, w. P. s~nakenburg was dismissed from the
police force, charged with gross neglect
of duty, Frank FELTON, was suspended for
ten days and police power was taken from
Pete Nichols.
Snakenburg has done police duty here
for about twenty-one years and was at one
time Chief of Police. He saw a crowu
together the night of the murder and be-
cause he did not take what was consid-
cred the proper steps to identify the men,
or prevent the entry into Jones room he
was dismissed. 1t is reported that he was
cautioned to be on the lookout for some
trouble by Chief Of Police Marshburn who
had been so instructed by Mayor Herring.
FELTON, is the policeman who was in the
ololAoh iiooSS II WHICH .
went after him at the time the mob had
entered the Fryar building, and who with
Snakenburg arrived on the scene after
the murder had been committed. Pete
Nichols is a night Waterman employed
BY the Atlantic Coast Line and clothed
9 with police power by the city authorities.
He, too, was found derelict in his duties
and his authority as a policeman was
taken from him.
The Wilson Times of Friday afternoon,
arraigned the negligence of the police very
severely. Editor Charles Harriss declared
that Snakenburg was negligent and gross
ly inefficient, saying hat a blow of his
whistle might have stopped the trouble.
He declared his conduct inexcusable and
demanded that he should at least be sus-
pended, pending an investigation.
THE MILITARY OUT.
! The Wilson Light Infantry were unle,
arms and in uniform in their armory last
night. A telegram was sent to the Adj
jutant Generals office in Raleigh by Capt.