Evening journal., 1904-05-11
Walter Briute and John
Joiner Are Charged
With EKiI1ing William
TayIor-BOth Have
Confessed
Spring Session of County
Courts COnVenes Mon
day With a Large
Amount of Civil Busi-
ness

While there is not much very inn
portant criminal business to come be-
fore the Court of General Sessions,
which convenes next Monday, there are
a large number Of minor cases. The
Judges who are to sit at this term are
Chief Justice Lore and Judges Grubb
and Pennewill
There will be a new grand jury which
has been drawn since the last term of
court This jury consists Of: George
w. Appleby, Matthew Bigger, William
r.. Bruce, Lawrence j. Broman, Joseph
II. Chambers, Z. 7. Dilworth, Isaac NJ.
Green, Francis II. Hoffecker, William
b. johnson. Frank Jamison, John
Knots, Charles S. King, Levi I. Ma
loney, Frank Miller, William Moore,
William Murray, Jacob A. Melvin. Hir-
am E. Pierson. Caleb n. Price, Edward
Pleasanton, James T. Price. George w.
Pierson. Role Reynolds, Joseph A.
Rank, Joseph Reeves. Thomas n. Short
William Trump. William Z. Tindan,
Harry S. Woodkeeper. Eugene VIII
liams.
One Murder Case.
There will be one murder case for
the Court Of oyer and Terminer. 1t is
that of Wal. e. Brinte and John Joiner.
both colored, charged with battering in
tho head Of William Taylor in Wiggles-
worth's stable several months ago and
then robblng him. Each prisoner has
made a confession accusing the other
of the crime. a special jury has been
drawn for this case.
Other Criminal Business.
George w. Bell and William Ricketts,,
both colored. are awaiting trial on the
charge of assault with intent to COM
nit murder. The victim was Winston
Simms. also colored, on whom they used
knife.
John IT. Cox viii answer TO charge
of forgery.
Harry Smith. colored. will be charged
with stealing a horse and buggy from
the livery stables Of j. B. Carpenter
The team belonged to Alfred McKen-
zie. a colored caterer.
William c. Toy, Jr., viii answer to
the serious charge of forging his
fathers name to several checks.
George A. Christopher is held on a
charge Of bigamy. He married a Will
mlhgton girl several months ago and
at that time had another wife living.
Michael Poloski is alleged to have at
tempted to set fire to the house of his
boarding mistress because she told hin
to leave. and is charged with arson.
Henry Irons is charged with house.
breaking.
Walter Blackburn is held for high.
way robbery.
Isaac Wood will have to answer &
the charge Of perjury.
Harry Hunter and Walter Scott. botl
rofcr,d aro orvafffnrr fY.fn1 for fha l.
legged stealing of a cornet. the propert,
of Norman Scott. also colored.
william Woods and Frank Thomas
are charged with stealing 500 pounds
OF copper wire from the Joseph Ban
croft Sons Company. Thomas Howard
IS charged with the larceny of forty
eight pounds of rope from the G. w
Bush & Sons Company and John Har
ris. colored. is awaiting trial for steal
ing from the Wilmington Trading
Stamp Company.
Hooper Downey is charged with lar
ceny. Others charged with larceny ar
Samuel Sheppard, colored, Samue
Fisher. colored, Harry Davis, colored.
The following are charged with carry
ing concealed deadly weapons: Patrcl
Kennedy Joseph Sullivan. George Rob
inson and Charles Harroll, colored.
Civil Matters.
There will also he much civil bust
ness. Among other cases on the tria
list are two against ]. Edward Ad
dicks.
Damage Cases.
The railroad and electric raiiwa
companies have a large number OF case
on the calendars.
p, 3. & w. Cases.
The p, 3. & w. railroad is defendar
IN more cases than any OF the Others
The cases against this company fo
low:
Cornelius Fox, Wlhelmina Singley
administrators. James a. Connoily's ac
4 ministratrix, George w. Porter. Patric
Bolen, Eta S. Walker, Elsie d. Shus