The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-30
WIFE, EATERS IN !.
SUPREME COURT
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Whipped Woman With Strap
Declared to Be Deadly
Weapon.
THE HOLY JUMPERS At WORK
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Their Peculiar Methods Said to
BE Doing Good il,
Raleigh.
THE HOLY JUMPERS At WORK
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RALEIGH, N. G., August 29.-Tho
Supreme Court Is hearing argument In
u very singular case, that OF tho state
vs.. Archbqll, from Beaufort county In
which w. J. Archbel Is charged with
having beaten his wife, who, by the way,
is his fifth one, with n leather buggy
trace, which the court below held 10 be
h deadly weapon. Tho lower court found
him guilty, therefore Of assault with Il
deadly weapon. The first three wives. Of
Archbcll died and the fourth ono Sol
cured a divorce and only two weeks
utter this divorce, he married his present
wife, whose ago Is only nineteen. sho
told several persons that he had beaten
her, though on the trlnl she denied any
violence, but said ho was always kind,
while witnesses tcstifledlas 10 his beat
ing her.
Archbcll filed a nunber Of exceptions
{ III the case, on which vt came UP to the
Supreme Court, one of these was to q
statement made by the solicitor to the
jury, that he would rather be ono of the
dead wives Of Archhcll than the living
one, who had been forced to testify for
him.
STREET FIGHT CASE.
At Goldsboro last May, Arnold Borden
and Z. l.. Edmundson. two OF the most
prominent men in the town, had a street
fight In which Borden struck Edmund
son with his fist on the forehead, where
upon Ednlundson shot him twice, tile cs-
cape from death being very narrow.&The
case has attracted Il great deal Of at
&tcntion, and 11dmundson has been tried
for assault with intent to kill. Borden
admitted his guilt. and he was found
guilty, while Edmundson was acquttcdt
The point involved, was whether Ed
nundson used more force than was me-
ccssary to protect himself from great
bodily harm.
w. r. Hudson, now superintendent Of
the second division of the Seaboard AIR
Line, with headquarters at Raleigh, Is
transferred to Portsmouth to succeed
Charles lHix, the new general superin-
tendcnt Hudson was transferred hero
from Jacksonville, Fla, two years ago.
and will be succeeded by Superintendent
w. j. jerks, who also comes from
Florida.
TWO FIRES.
Two fires in succession have done
$4,000 damage to the Blades knitting
mill at Newberne, the last fire being
due to the removal Of material from Il
partially burned annex of the MILL sparks
being in the material. Tho amount OF In
surance on the property destroyed Is
$4,000.
William EXON, the white man con-
victed Of murder In Lenoir county. and
who, after a remarkable series Of appli-
cations for commutation, escaped the gnl-
lows, and gets life sentence In the
penltentiary here, has been placed IN the.
States prison. For n long time Exon,
had been in Jail at Goldsboro, In order
to prevent a threatened lynchlng blythe
relatives and friends OF the man whom
he murdered. These relatives and friends
made desperate fight against conln,u-
tntion, on one occasion more than n
dozen of them appeared In person before
the Governor here, to protest against It.
HOLY JUMPERS.
The sect calling themselves "The Burn
ing Bush people. but popularity known
as '.rhe Holy Jumpers, had great
meeting at High Point, on tho prin-
cipal street. where great numbers OF
persons assembled to SEQ and hear the
women scream and dance and denounced
every other doctrine except their own.
These people claim that they have
hypnotic power to a great degree. and
That in this way they secure many con-
verts.
Very large meetings are held nightly
in tho tenderlon district OF Raleigh, ana
after the preaching and singing and call
to tho people to lead better life, It is
the custom Of n number Of the workers.
Including ministers and ladies to go into
the houses and mako personal pleads to
the inmates. 1t Is said that these meet
lngs are having a good effect.
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