The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-24
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau,
 MANILA Inl.r O1

1 Ns W. VI = | Advertiser Bureau, Mobile, July 23. | Last night the City Court. Hon. J. O.
 semmes presiding, adjourned sine die TOT the June term. Much business was transacted during the term, the docket having been unusually large and the number of capital cases more than or dinary Solicitor Webb succeeded in riddfns the county of a number of crim- inals by getting convictions, a very few { escaping with verdict of not guji- Perhaps the most interesting feature duirng the entire term was the one which happened in the closing hours or the court. A negro, Alfred Hatch, during the first part of May went vis- itfng on Davis Avenue. He was engaged In conversation with his sweetheart when rival appeared on the scene The dusky damsel(?) being more gal lant than her lover. invited the No. to enter and make himself at home Hatch not liking the cIrdiality of the greeting to his enemy left. Shortly afterwards he returned, looked through the window and saw the couple enga.y- ed in conversation. This enraged the negro to the extent that he ha,tened to get shot gun, returned and placing the muzzle at the window, fired. strik- ing his rival with some Of the shot. Hatch was arrested and indicted for assault with intent to mLrder. The case against Hatch was the very last on the June term docket The day was waning and Solicitor Webb, who, the past week has been virtually on the sick list. was very anxious for the ad- journment sine die. He consulted with the attorney for the defendant and sug- gested that the negro plead guilty to assault with gun and accept a sem tence of three months at hard labor. The attorney for the defense, who was decidedly willing to effect the compro- mise, consulted with his client and, af- ter time, was assured by the negro that he was willing He suggested, however, that his attorney consult the mother, who was in court and was put ting up the money for the defense of her son. The consultation was held. but the mother insisted on a trial of the cause, thinking her offspring would be acquitted
 Acting under instructions from the mother, the attorney, Foster K. Hale, Jr., entered into the trial. When the evidence was heard and the jury charg. ed, that body retired to form a verdict. Soon they appeared in court with a yer dict of guilty as charged and a sentence of eight years in the penitentiary. It is possible that the defense will ask for a hearing for a new trial tomorrow ana III tHIS event the Ju0St VIII nave lo sit in habeas corpus proceedings.
 From one of the editors who arrived in Mobile this morning to spend the day and who expects to take in the whole program provided for the upstate quill-drivers. it was learned that seve- ral of his brothers of the fourth estate are completely carried away with Mo- bile County's seaside resorts. He es- pecially mentioned Editor Martin of the Ozark Tribune. who has Mrs. Martin and two of his children with him at Coden. Editor Martin, he said, has tel egraphed for the others of his family to pack up and come down to the coast for a stay until September. He is also negotiating for a lot on which to build a summer home at that place.
 Emil Lesser. editor of the German pa- per at Birmingham, who was among the first arrivals, left last night for Birmingham to return with his family, and, as he informed The Advertiser rep resentative to stay at Coden for month or more. He declared the peo- pie were charming and most hositable and the attractions were so great that he had lost all desire to seek the East ern or Northern resorts for summer re- creation. Mir. Lesser and family will reach Mobile Tuesday morning.
 Editor Harry Brooke of The Luverne Critic. has so far attained the top notch, said The Advertisers informant. in catching fish. Harry, in whom Mobil- ians have confidence. he having once resided among the people here. emphat- ically declares he Is delighted with Co., den and had not, prior to going there, realized the growth of the South end of Alabama.
 The Board of Revenue and Road Com missioners of Mobile County. which for the past week has been sitting daily as board of equalization of taxes, will continue this work until the entire as sessments have been gone over. Many taxpayers who have received notice that their property assessments have been raised have appeared before the board and were given hearing.
 Others, whose hearings were set down for date. and who failed to ap- pear. will be the losers by the failure to take advantage of the courtesy of the board. The advance of assessments from information at hand, will be very considerable.
 Editor John E. Hecker of The Linden Reporter, who was in attendance at the of the Ala bama Press Asso- citation, and who was accompanied by his wife, arrived in Mobile this morning en route home. They were more than ordinarily pleased at the reception and treatment accorded them at Coden. so both declare, and will remember the good people there.
 Bruce Lennon. one of the negroes who was shot in the riot Of drunken negroes near Mt. Vernon the past week. and who was confined in the City Hos pital. was this morning removed to the county jail. he being in condition for such removal
 Lennon was shot through the back and at one time was considered mortal ly wounded.
 Ed Gatchell, wife and daut CT, or Selma are in the city today, guests at the Windsor
 MT and Mrs. M. B. Rosenbush of Liv- ingston, are in the city. guests at the Windsor.
 GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Opening This Afternoon at Detroit With
 &3,OOO Event.
 Detroit, July 23.-Everything is in readiness at Crosse Pointe for the opening tomorrow afternoon of the De-