The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-04
TWO GO UP FOR LIFE
NEGROES CONVICTED OF MURDER
 IN CITY COURT.
Arthur Ray and Milton O'Neai Found Guilty and Tom Benjamin is on
 TriaI-Electrfc Park Case s...- Again.

| Two negroes convicted of murder in the first degree and their punishment | fixed at life imprisonment and third
 negro on trial for his life This was l the result of yesterdays session of the City Court of Montgomery. Judge Will
 liam IT. Thomas. presiding. The negroes who were given life i'm prisonment for their crimes are: 1 Arthur Ray and Milton O'Neal. Tom njamin charged with murder was on | trial when the court recessed at D. m. until 9:3O o'clock this morning. Arthur Ray shot and killed Ed Lewis | a negro near Mount Meigs last spring He was indicted for murder in the first degree. Rays case was the first taken up when the court convened yesterday morning. A jury was selected as fol- | lows: J. R. Relf, M. c. Hogan. w. M. Ross, Gaston Scott. L. s. Atkins, M. s. Verden, D. P. Jones. George J. Mills, F. J. Tombstone. R. s. Hamilton. A. w. LcBron, George F. Moore.
 The case was warmly contested. but 1t did not take the jury long to reach verdict, which the negro heard with out a tremor.
 Milton O'Nears case consumed nearly all of the afternoon session. He shot and killed "Shote" Baker, a negro. in North Montgomery last February. The jury selected to try the case consisted of R Cantelou, w. M Johnson, J. N. Mitchell, I. D. Collier. B. c. Wright, C. Hoyle. J. M. O'Brien. Frank Myrick, J. c. Clay, J. Virgil Smith. Paul San guinetti, l.. D. Teasley.
 The jury retired about 6 o'clock and at 730 o'clock returned a verdict of guilty. fixing the punishment at life Imprisonment.
 The court took up the case of Tom Benjamin at o'clock and a jury was Cox, c. B. Bodeford J. M. Vann, Peter Simpson. George J. Mills, J. F. Farmer, S. l.. Atkins, F. J. Tombstone. D. D. Martin, Joel Adams, D. P. Jones.
 Benjamin Is the negro who about two months ago killed William Wingate, a negro. on vandiver Street by disem- bowelng him with razor. The tragedy occurred late at night. It will be remembered that Patrolmen Avant and Canty pursued Benjamin and that he ran through the house of MT. Starr at Mobile and Mildred Streets awaken ing the occupants. On Mildred Street he was overtaken and showed fight. The patrolmen overpowered him and took him to police headquarters.
 Several witnesses had been examined in Benjamin's case when the court recessed at ! o'clock.
 Other cases to be tried today are those of Alex Lide. a negro, charged with rape and robbery and Willie Dowdell a negro, charged with rape.
 That Park Controversy.
 The rehearing of the controversy be- tween the Montgomery Amusement Company and the Montgomery Traction Company will begin this morning before Judge Jones in the United States Court. It Is expected that the lawyers will con- sume several days in arguing the legal points involved
 The Traction Company is fighting to build it's tracks into Electric Park which is operated by the Amusement Company. Some time ago Judge Jones gave an opinion which declared that both companies had rights in the pre- misses, but its effect was to keep the railway company from building into the park.
 The Amusement Company was allow cd to file an amended bill of com plaint to which the Traction Company