Milford chronicle., 1904-04-29
NT COUNTY
COURT BUSY.
H. wrRDERS AND TWENTY-EIGHT
oIrORCE n CASES SCHEDULED.

n WuRDERS AND TWENTY-ElGHT
OIvORCE CASES SCHEDULED.
D,wslrs Case to Come up Monday
Fletcher Hollis Gets Five Years
n, AssauIting an OFFICER
Judee Spruance is Pre-
siding.
a April term of the Kent county
beqan Monday with Associate
zoos spruance, Grubb and Boyce
,bs bench. Judge Spruance took
rIooe of Chief Justice Lore, who
,sd on Wednesday for Los Angeles,
70 attend the session of the Gen
.ossion of the General Conference
be Methodist Episcopal Church.
term is expected to be unusally
1g.
sbe mystery of the murder OF Estella
in whose mutilated body was found
February 9th last hidden in the
10 of Mrs. Alfred NJ. Powell, near
uers, Beach, was cleared up Mon
afternoon by the statement of At
t,ev General Ward that Mrs. Powell
confessed that she was the nl'lr-
ess This confession was laid before
81 grand jury, and after few minu-
dehberation, it returned an indlrt
ment charging Mrs. Powell with mur-
az. It is reported that the confession
n made within three days sitter the
burial Of Miss Albin.
In the court Tuesday Levin ". Hol-
Of Camden, prominent merchant,
L sentenced to two months mPri-
ahment aud a fine of $50 for striking
Walter A. Counselman, a neighDor.
Sheriff Riley Melvin, with his coun.
A. D. Magee, appe"red in court
"a denied the publishCu staIelnents
gardiug Kent county jail. He in
HE'D the court and jury to make an IN
estigatiOn. He said a convict was nor
tying as a turnkey. He could Lot
lp the jail being OvercrOwded
Samuel E. Wilson, who shot Edward
Damp near FELTON,, was irdicted for
murderous assault. The men were re-
uning from funeral when the shoot
hg occurred.
Charles Saunders, colOred, Of Wood
sie, was indicted for assault with in-
fnt to murder Henry Cannon, cOlored.
Charles Purnell, charged with steal
ng chickens, conducted his own case.
e said: 81 will do my own talking"
he was convicted and sentenced to ten
nOnths Imprisonment and len lasbes.
The following eases were continued
antil the next term: Walter H. Nor
an, indicted in October, 1901, on the
lharge Of larcency: Evan Stout indict-
81 in October, 1902, on charges of lar
1ency and breaking into the store of
Slaughter & Bice, and Eli Scott indict-
% in April, 1903, on the charge of lar
eency.
Fletcher Hollis, the Clayton negro
pho came near putting an end to the
PIE Oi.COnstable James D. Wright by
fhOoting him though the abdOmeA,
Fas Tuesday afternoon sentenced to
nye years imprisonment and TO stand
one hour in the pillOry.
Thursday was fixed as the day for
lhe trial of Walter J. Dickerson for the
murder of Thomas Green at a camp
meeting near WOodside last summer.
piekerson will be represented by Frank
p Davis and Reynolds Clough.
The intervention of two well.knOwn
'afmers Of Kent county saved Bruce
armstrong and Andrew Hines, aged
ears from a term of imprisonment
u'suay. The two boys were bout to
pe sentenced for murderously assault
Jug Alexander Roe, when Judge Spru-
Auee asked if there was a good farmer
n 'ne court room who would agree to
'aAe either of the boys aud train him
1hght. w. R Frear and ]. A. Webb
ppesred before the judge aud asked
~ armstrong and Hines respectively.
ney were therefore released on pro-
OS'e' and should they be guilty of fur
ner misconduct, will be returned to
"e court by their benefactors.
IN the Court of General Sessions
euhesday Ernest Plummer, colored,
/, IIonVieted of murderously assaulting
Emory Hayes, and was sentenced to
nv years imprisonment, one hour in
.1s re pi'lory and to pay fine of $500
LOUIS Bell. eOlOred, assault and bat
siS' was sentenced to one years inn
piiSOhment; Edward Somers, colored,
''sault and battery, one years impri.
ouuent; William Gilmore, colOred,
aiseney, six months imprisonment
'ua 10 lashes.
Iue grand jury found true bill of
w. s'ue' In the lst degree against ThOs
: airen, charged with killing. his sis
y neSr Felton last November.