The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31

III IN 11OICA.
Policeman Marcus Gray was also
examined as to the lights.
Mr.. NJ. J. Heyer was called as q
witness as to the character of Mr..
Vincent. He said he had known him
many years and up to three years.
since which time he had not seen him.
he was a man Of good character. MI.
Horne, another witness testified that
Mr.. Vincent bore a good character.
The state closed its testimony and
the defence then called Allen Jones,
the defendant, to the stand. He de-
MED the charge of burglary, and said
he had not been to the hotel at all
that night. He then said that at
about 7:30 p. m. he was at Mr.. Martin
OBrien's saloon, at Mutt and Red
Cross streets. and staid there till a
few minutes to s p. m. He then went
to Jim Chapman's saloon. or Second
Jim Larkins, who owed him some
money. From there he went to MI.
Boesch's bar on corner Of Fourth and
Brunswick streets and went back to
Chapman's and remained till II p. m,
when The bar was closed. Witness
then said he came on down town to
go to his boarding house which is
kept by Lou Davis on Second street,
between Market and Dock streets. He
as LII SlOppCu III NIL II . DdI
and at 20 minutes to II midnight, Mr..
O'Brien closed. Jones said he the
came down Mutt street to a coo shop
kept by Peter Evans, colored, lea Mr..
O'Brien's. There were three or four
drunken sailors On the pavement there
and they called On him to settle a dis
pute between them. He said he told
them he knew nothing of their dispute
and while with them they gave him
kr-o I-s-1y- IL n1c4 cold he bod fo1ynr
drinks at Messrs. OBrien's, Chap
mans and Boesch's. After leaving
Evans he said he got to Water and
Chestnut streets just in time to run
into a man who was calling for the po-
lice. He said he thought it was the
broiling sailors again, and ran up and
said, where is the police; I'll get you
a policeman" Then the man pointed
him out to Policeman Meier. Mr..
Vincent saying to the officer, Shoot
him, he has robbed me- one said
he thought it was all a joke till the
policeman drew a pistol on him and
put him under arrest.
On cross examination by Solicitor
Duffy, Jones stated that he was born
in Kentucky, lived in Birmingham. Sa-
vannah, Charlotte, and Hamlet. He
said he came here from Charlotte and
Hamlet last May. He acknowledged
ne Was dTT6Sleu Twice III blIIllIllS1lcllll
for disorderly conduct, and once in
Wilmington for disorderly conduct, and
once for vagrancy. He was arrested
last summer on MaSonborO sound On
suspicion of being a burglar, but when
the solicitor asked him about it, he
said he was arrested for vagrancy.
He told the solicitor that he had been
to MasOnboro to consult DR.. C1inch
Hines about his SORE leg. Jones, in
ill., hr +ho
solicitor, acknowledged that he gam
bled and said he brought to Whining
ton $50 that he won at gambling. He
said he had worked at Meare's Bluff
and at s~tevedoring and any other en-
ployment he could get in the city.
Mr.. Martin O'Brien was called up
as a witness for the defence. He tes-
titled hat On h night of the. burg
larry that Jones left his bar at 5 min
utes to 8 o'clock but as to any other
time he had been in his place he had
no recollection.
Rebecca Green, Tom Pryor, William
Dickson, all colored. and other wit
neses were called by the defence.
They testified that they saw Allen
Jones at Chapman's and Boesch's
place on the night of the burglary.
The evidence vas completed yester-
day afternoon and the argument then
DcSdl. IeOISe l.. fSSSIldu, ISd., 1St
off with a speech of 80 minutes for
the defence. He was followed in 4
50 minutes speech by c. D.. Koonce,
Esq. who was assisting the solicitor.
B. G.. Empie, Esq, came next with a
two hours speech, which took the
proceedings up to 6 p. m. The court
took a recess till s p. m.
At s p. IN. the court met and Solic-
itor Duffy made the closing speech
g. ~1ocf@-
full effort and it can be said OF all
the speeches that they We're excellent.
The solicitor spoke an hour and
twenty minutes and concluded at $50.
Judge PEBBLES then delivered his
charge to he jury, and reviewed all
the evidence. He finished his charge
at five minutes to midnight and the
jury then retired to their room and
were locked in for the night.
The court then sentenced the follow
ing convicts upon whom judgment had
not previously been passed:
Garfield Pearsall. colored carrying
concealed weapons, 6 months on the
public roads.
Garfield Pearsall, larceny, three
years IN public roads.
Garfield Pearsall. larceny, n year
on the public roads
Henry Reynolds, larceny, three
years on the public roads.
VIM. Evans, larceny. II months on
the public roads.
Walter Lucas, carrying concealed
weapons, six months on the public
Dads.
VIM. Davis, assault with deadly
weapon six months on the public
roads.
Charlie Fowler. colored, assault with
@ deadly "a three months on the
roads.
Charlie Sinclair and Walter Will
lams, colored, larceny, robbing Atlant-
tc Coast Line freight trains, five a
each on the roads.
Henry Moore, colOred, assault with a
deadly weapon six months on the
roads,.
Hunch Hullen, larceny. three years
on h roads.
LETTER TO CHAS. McMILLEN.
OF Wilmington, n. G.