The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28

Court under bond of 81 900 which he
has not given.
Two Wills Probated.
Today two wills were probated in
the office of Clerk of Court G. 3.
Green. One was the will of the late
p. j. Mangum and the other the will
of Mrs. A. Goldstein, who died day
before yesterday. Mr.. Mangum, who
had quite a large estate, left every
thing to his wife during her life, and
at her death to go to his heirs Some
of the property is badly tied up for
number of years. Mrs GoldStein
left all of her property to her husband.
This property included considerable
money and eleven houses and lots. All
of this property is left in fee to Mr..
GoldStein.
Hunting Blind Tigers.
The police were out searching for
blockade liquor and blind tigers again
today. All restaurants were searched
and the officers seized a small amount
of whiskey at the restaurant of Hall
Bros. About two and one-half gal
Ions of whiskey that looked like block
ade stuff was taken in charge by the
officers. Tt was not taken with the
intention of holding, but only to hold
until the proprietors of the restaurant
erence to where the whiskey came
from This examination will be under
the new laws.
Students Going Home.
Many of the students who have been
attending the Conservatory of Music
left today for their homes in various
parts of this and other States
goodly number, however, remained
over to take in the Trinity commence
ment week after next.
Site for High School.
Proceedings have been instituted to
condemn a site for the new city high
school building, for which the people
voted fifty thousand dollars at the re-
cent election. The site to be con-
demned is on East Chapel Hill street,
near the center of the city and will
have a frontage of one hundred and
eighty feet, running back a block.
The building to be erected will be one
hundred and forty-five feet in width.
The condemnation hearing will be had
on June 9Th, and work on the building
will begin at an early date after that
time.
The Case of J. E. Owens.
The recent grand jury brought
charges against j. E. Owens, Justice
of the Peace, and since then Mr..
Owens has been in the newspapers
with a long explanation showing his
side of the question. Inasmuch as
there was a news item about the
charges in the State press he requests
that reference be made to his defense.
The grand jury charged:
From examination of j. e. Owens,
Justice of the Peace, report of cases
disposed of, we find that he has al
lowed warrants withdrawn for larceny,
assault, knocking a mans eye out, at
tempted robbery abandonment false
pretense, etc, and that he received
fees in all these cases. This conduct
seems to us a violation of the law,
and we call the court and solicitors
attention to the same i'm order that his
conduct may be inquired into. His
cases reported were more than three
times that of all other justices of the
peace in the county and that he has
managed to get fees in each case"
Mr.. Owens Statement.
In his own defense, which takes a
column and half in a newspaper,
Mr.. Owens denied the charges made.
He said that he had made diligent in
quiry into the charges and cited GER
tain cases that the charges must have
had reference to. Each of these cases
be took up and explained the trans
action, stating that in some of the
cases the prosecuting witnesses showed
that the warrant was for the wrong
man; others were where charges, after
an investigation were proven such as
could not be maintained in the courts
etc. In these cases he said that cost
was taxed against the persons who
had caused the warrants to be issued
and then showed that they had no
case
Since the publication of his answer
to the charges there has been nothing
said about the matter. This statement
is made in order that those of his
friends who read the charges may see
that the justice has and does deny that
portion of the report that reflects upon
his honesty and integrity.