Evening journal., 1905-09-20
CAVE PRISONER
A CIGARETTE
This Came Near Landing
Walter Scott, Colored,tin
the ,Workhouse
BaAMBLE CASE GOES To- JURY

bechuAc ne gave one Oh tHc pift''h~A' F"
cigarette as he was being taken from the
court room yesterday afternoon Walter
Scott, colored, spent last night at the
police station and today narrowly escaped
being sent TO the wor1house for thirty
days for contempt
Yesterday morning Chief Justice Lore
anpounced that anyone caught saying
anything TO the prisoners as they are
being taken to and from the court room
would be sent to the workhonse for con-
tempt AS the warden was taking the
prisoners out after court adjourned yes
terday he caught Walter Scott handing
prisoner a cigarette. He handed him
over to a police officer and this morning
he was brought before the court.
Scott said he did not hear the Chief
Justices warning yesterday morning On
that account he was let 20, but tne-courr
again warned the spectators that they
must not converse or hand anything to
the prisoners
These prisoners were arraigned and
pleaded as follows Edward b. Graham,
jackson Poor. John Mclaughlin. Harry
Dobbs, colored, Joseph MITCHELL colored.
and Mary Cowan. not guilty OF larceny
Frank Ward. guilty Of larceny; Jener-
son Johnson. colored, not guilty Of car
rying concealed deadly weapons; Harry
Cooper. colored. not guilty OF pointing q
pistol.
Samuel Stewart, colored. pleaded guilty
to carrying concealed deadly weapon
and was sentenced TO twenty days im-
prisonment S. IA Il
Wilson Jones' colored who pleaded
guilty TO the larceny of bond wire from
the Wilmington. New Castle and South
ern Railway Company was sentenced to
be whipped with ten lashes and serve two
years in the workhouse
When Charles Anderson and Samuel
Crisien, both colored, pleaded not guilty
: TO the charge Of assault with intent to
commit murder, the latter said he had a
lawyer but no money TO pay him. The
3 court assigned David ]. Reinhardt to rep
resent the two prisoners
q William Tam. colored, pleaded guilty to
assault with intent to acommit murder.
/, He evidently did not understand the
y charge, however. as he claimed he had no
a Intent TO kin. Attorney-General Richards
4 stated that the State would accept a plea
OF assault only and this plea was entered
IN GUILTY OF SELF DEFENSE"
i- Guilty Of self defense was the reply
q OF Lewis Adams. colored. when arraigned
n on the charge OF assaultA with intent to
= commit murder. The court lordered a plea
r of not guilty entered and assigned James
w. Lattomus to defend the prisoner.
The case OF George Bramble, who with
Howard Meharty was indicted on the
q charge OF highway robbery and who was
! placed on trial yesterday afternoon was
e continued this morning. Meharty jumped
|. his bail bond and has not yet been ap-
4 pretended.
Z Bramble is accused Of holding up and
e robblng John l.. Toulson. a farmer OF
Kent county. Md, on Marcht20. at Water
a and Justison streets. The amount al
u legged to have been taken wasls75O
o Tonlson claims the two mFn accosted
him on Water street and after they hac
: pinoned his hands behind him took tbs
money from his trousers pockets.
The prisoner was represented by l.
Irving Handy. He claims that he and
Meharty took Toulson TO Justison street
a 10 keep him from being arrested FOR
,r drunkenness and that they took tn,
,f money TO keep for him.
r. The case went TO the jury shortly before
n 10 o'clock and a verdict will be reached
ne sometime this afternoon.
s. John Wright. colored, charged with lar.
" ceny, changed his plea from, noe guilty
TO guilty and was sentenced tOiserse three
months IN the workhouse. He was rerre.
sented by David j. Reinharit.
The following true bills were returned
Assault with intent to commit murder
Charles Fisher and Frank Byard.
r Assault and battery, Angelo Mayis Tan
! go.
L Using a female child for immoral pur
poses, william Hayes.
Breaking into dwelling house with IN
{ tent to commit larceny in the day time
William swigget and George H. Owens
Breaking into warehouse with inten
TO commit larceny. Roland Cahen an
William Wood.
In the Court OF General Session
~ yesterday afternoon, Pasquale Paol
Sc and Leona Ricardo pleaded guilty &
J. selling liquor without a license at tn
o. Wooddale quarries and each sentencel
4 to pay fine Of 800 and costs. Horac
'n G.. Knowles represented them.
y "Where did you ever work" aske'
'n Attorney General Richards OF Ware
De Gray. colored. who pleaded guilty t'
Us the charge of larceny OF some harness
at "In the workhouse," replied thl
prisoner. He was sentenced to sis
lie months imprisonment.