The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-21
.ASSAILANT OF
MOTHERHOOD.
Phil Turner Arraigned for Shoot.
ing and Robbii1g Com
Il 81, tractor.
HARD TO PROVE The {: CRIME I
The Prisopcr Large Mulatto,
Blcacllcd Nearly White by
Confinement i'll Jail.

t,peclal to The 1,imes-Dispatch.

CIIESTERE,Il1 LD, VA, September 2o.--
Judge w. a. Watson reached here last
night and has been holding court to-day,
trying the case of the Commonwealth
against Phil Turner (coorcd) The Judge
seems to have about recovered from his
recent Illness Turner'S case has attract
ed IL good deal of attention, and Is re-
garded as one Of the gravest now on the
docket 11o Is charged with wayaying
x Mr.. Albln Nethcrwood, a quarryman, do
ing business in this county, and well
known In Richmond shooting him from
ambush and seizng and making away
with his satchcl containing about eight
hundred dollars In currency. which was
being carried out to the Netherwood
quarry near Granite Station, to be paid
the laborcrs.
c.. Mimms, a colorcd lawyer OF this
county. who IL counsel for Turner tried
10 get the case postponed for ten days
on account Of the absence OF some Wit
nesses who had been summoned. but&the
court decided to hear the Commemorative
evidence to-day, and Tomorrow the de-
fcnse, meanwhile sending for the missing
witnesses. s$Sj;tS
HARD TO FIX CREME.
The Commonwealth finds it dfficultto
fix the actual robbery upon Turner.
though the greater part OF the stolen
+ money was found In Ills possession and
he had when arrested come newly pur-
d chased goods, representing thcfremainder
OF tho money carried by Mr.. Motherhood.
When shot, Mr.. Motherhood was par
tally stunned for a brief time, though
the load was Of small shot and did not
!nfIict n dangerous wound, and so cannot
\ identify his assailant. Turner claims to
# have found the satchel with the money,
md gays he saw two men thfoE3it un-5
der n rock close by the place OF the
shooting. and run off. and that he then
5sccuredfit. He made a statement to this
effect when arrested by County Police
Y man Jarrel and gave account Of the
money he had spent before his arrest.
The questioning by his attorney OF the
witnesses examined to-day seems design
II ed to show that the robbery might easily
have been perpetrated by other persons
than the prisoner, and he have only found
the money. The defense stated this,
u morning that the witnesses which have
been sent for would testify that two men
were observed by different parties In the
neishborhood shortly before the shoot
I. ing.
x II Is claimed that the place Is = ,favorite
resort for tramps. Turner is large
strong looking rlulatto. bleached by his
confinement in Jail until his hands would
easily pass for a white man
OTHER CASES.
58 On account of the criminal cases yet to
be tried Judge Watson will not call and
arrange the civil docket tomorrow In ac-5
cordance with the previous arrangement.
and the lawyers having cases for this
term have been notified not TO attend to-
morrow for the purpose OF arranging
them for trial,
suits have been filed by A1cssrs. Waddy
and Gregory, attorneys In the name Of
William c. Gill. sheriff, administrator of
Sarah Lozon and Earl Lozcn. respective
", against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company, each for the sum Of SO
co. These will mature in time for the
November term Of court. The suit Of
& Bessie LOGON against the same company
for $l5OO0. in which the jury failed to
agree at the trial In June. Will be given
n second trial at this term. The three
Lozons mentioned were victims of hor-
rble accident at railroad crossing. be-
ing struck by the evening cannon-ball
train last fall a few miles out from Pc
tersburg. Mrs. Sarah Logon, the mother
4 and Earl. a child of seven years. were
killed outright. and little Bessie was
made cripple for life by the collision