The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-22
WORSE Than AN
ARCTIC PERIOD Il D
j Justice Crutchfield Administers a.
Singing Rebuke and a
Stiff Dose.
A MAN HAD CURSED e: MOTHER e
Edward Day Gets Twelve Months
for It-Reproach on#a Good /
Name-Othcr Gases. Il
4 MAN HAD CURSED MOTHER

,:It is my one regret that haven't the
power to hang some men Had the wise
men OF the Constitutional Convention
vested in this court theHauthority Of i'm
posing the death penalty, you reporters
(poIntng to the humble scribcs who make
history would have TO chronicle the sad
news Of tho departure from this terres-
trial sphere OF one Edward Day. But
not being able to hang. Edward. who
stands before me andtHfrankly admits
that he cursed his mother. shall send
him to Jail until another day and It
strikes me that the Day, OF Edward Will
not return again for51twelve months.
Three hundred and slxty-flve days are
coming to this Day. TITS said that every
animal has ibis day Edward, this Is a
sad Day for YOU" calculated Justice John
CrutchfIeld. in Police Court yesterday
morning. Edward stepped back to the
cage on the arm OF Keeper Robins
Henry Allen was charged with beating
one Taylor Cook. Henry wuks fer me.
and he didn't come back. we're upset
ca Sc eld!dn't came n said Cook.
s9"IIe took md bust me up side dc haid
wid his fs', en- I des return de lick. B OATS
all what T did and guine tell de truth.
deed I Isl" said Horny.
"Both lying. Get out Of here ex-
claimed the court.
Eta Green said that Blanche venablc
abused her Blanche said that Eta was
Jealous, and that Furthermore Eta al
lowed several gcnmen friends to see
her.
~."she do, do she?" queried the court
both OF you niggcrs get out Of here and
come back when some ono sees the
row."
Ida Evans, with hair klnkcd around
her Gibson forehead and neck, was
charged with stealing a stove Ida was
willing to admit that It WIS a cold
Hooded act on her part. and she will tell
the court about the causes thereof on
Tuesday next 78
Mr.. G. II. Chapman was cxonerated OF
all blame for hitting one Luther Roach
Of Manchester. Roach was IN company
with another man, and both advanced
on Chapman, one with an uplifted chair,
SO the evidence was, wherenpon Chap-
man defended himself With q broom
handle 81 &.
men and paid $40 for the licking ne gave
them,
Buck Hopkins, a negro with an onion
| shancd head, was too modest TO tell the
naked truth, and paid So
It, wasn't proved that Louis JACKSON
broke into house, and Jackson's belter
| half went out shouting 4,
Jeff Davis admitted that he lied 70 me
court yesterday when he said th ~ W., WI
liam Kahn didn't steal his watch Wii-
| liam was acquitted of the charge yes
terday, and there was n puzzler. for the
court The negro couldn't h be t r'aG fn IN
| ieopardy, nor could Davis be trlen lor
nert,,ry since his evidence had been acr
eepted yesterday. Kain told the court
DAVIS avis FIVE a1st a9ar1 he . ca ss
mil Tomorrow in order to look at the
| eleventh. volume. fs} u. t, -, !.
Lynwood Clay, a young white boy 4, was aa
/ given nother-opportun1ty 70 reform, - ~ -
on such cases testified that the boy was
mentally and morally bad b bsart th o f ss
~ Mca &c Crutchfield and he allowed hin,
another chance For the next oliehsse
the reformatory will be the cure,