The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-10
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This the Only Reason Mary
Jordan Could Give for Her
gs3s5 Wrong-D Ding Il
SENT ON ITO 70 GRAND Jury \ 4 !
Mist Stand Trial il One Case,
While III the Other She Us
N j allied Other Cases.
ENT ON 10 n GRAND JURY

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4 Upon tie charge Of forging q check
for 81, Mrs Mary Jordan, about forty
five years Of age, and who for years
has been resident Of Richmond, was.
4 sent to- the grand Jury from the Police
{ Court yesterday morning. 5fs "a 4 4.
For obtaining money under false pre-
tenscs from Iurk & CO., OF Main Street,
4 she was sent fenced to fifteen days IN
jul. Tho check which she Is alleged to
Y have forged here for 81 2is in the hands
Of the detectives, hut they have been
unable to locate the person who !. signed e
1t. # Therefore, forgery In this Instance
could not be charged Il III
II don't know why I \ did 1T sir; ~
am crazy and was crazy them said
the woman whom Justice Crutchfield ask-
ed her II she had my statement to make
about the case. " IN 55 & 3s & /,
Il The woman Is said to BIO a fiend to
cocaine, and this terrible drug might have
robbed ller Of her senses for the time be-
ing. She appeared in court apparent
ily unconcerned Us to II her welfare or
liberty. immediately after her arrest she
confessed to the forgery q Of the & two
checks, ono for g and the other for 81,
ono passed on the firm Of Burk & Co.,
u ttiiu e1iS
clothing store Of Julian w " Tyler, on
Broad Street. Vi 81 N & al \, III N ~
II Mr.. ryler testified that the 81 woman
came to- his store and made fiftyacerl
purchase. She offered O check for 81
and he Ecashed IL after the woman had
told him that she had often cashed checks
for her husband G. =. Rosser. This
name was signed to the check which
was made payable TO Mrs. Rosser. I, n
3}4S51 IN the Bury case the cheek was signed
by NJ I'm. \ Russ i and made payable to
Mrs Russ Russ h has not ], been found.
After she har5 served out the fifteen
dogs In the city jsil the woman will be
tried in the Hastings Court and may be
sent ITO the pententiaryEup upon the charge
Of forgery to which she has confessed. s
Interfered With Worship.
4 Richard Cotman. negro, was fined
s108by Justice Crutchfield for Interfering
with religious worship. 8S 8gs
y "A blind negro was preaching on "a the
street corner Saturday night when Cot
man came along the IS rect. a crowd
Of negroes were Standing 9 round listen
ing to the talk OF the ghtless preacher,
who had on ai3box near him a small
candle, when Gotham Z pushed his way
through to the speaker, and. with one
sweep, sent the candle flying through
the air, extinguishing the light. III sa
n 1t made little difference to the preach
er, for all was night to him. The glorious
rays OF the sun were forever shut out
from his vision. But the candle was
sitting near the collection box, and COM
fusion was caused by the young negro's
act. DIX III g&8 5{s
& Ant aged negro man In the crowd fol-
lowed the young negro down the street
until an officer was found. and Cotman
was arrested. Yesterday Justice Crutch-5
field dealt severely with him. Z
Maude Buchanan, James Buchanan and
Lucy Glass, all white, we're sent to jail
ance Ito the annoyance OF the neighbour
hood In which they lived. u 3
Many Smaller Cases.
Felix Fallen, fell forty feet from 4. friend
" freshness Friday. ana that's the rea ca
as sd 1sfGfs Re Sns 'S ea
Of his Il caperlngs. Felix Fallen did f the
frenzied finance finish with the small
change lii his pocket, and Sergeant Tal-s
10y counted out $500 and stopped.
Della n Smith, Virginia ss'i N1oseley and
Sarah Preston. Ill fit, d and We're as
sessed $3.50 each. his la33 d 81 az Ss3
b Jane Dudley, Isabelly oud ley and Nora
Dudley were Jointly charged with beating
u
coins which she said had, been kndtked
from her hand under the (, wheels Of q
street car and mashed. a ~ stlcceS Crut cll-S
field never got the evidence straight, and
shooed the quartette away. u, s'f $ y
z Cnllie ALinnis dona ted /. IS for hitting
Nora Hicks, and Nora and Bob Hicks
paid $3.50 each for raising q row. y
b Dock Robinson didn't have so. the
amount assessed against. him for the
privilege OF beating Jane Green.
W. ], III audrey, (Blue Dicl1) who hadn'
been before tho court for six years was
lust placed back in. the pen In rider 70
get sobered lip, Fe will be dismiss when
well. ..;s83. 3 81 .S ,s.5... ,ss ssa ~ vs.
s Lizzie Ford and Viola williams paid IS
each FOR being disorderly on tho street
Gertrude Fitzgerald and Sarah BlTlckens
contribu ted the Sumo amount to the SINK
Ing fund. James Morris threatened to
shoot William Stevens, but William said
1t was only n glass pistol that Joseph had,
and therefore the case was dismissed
81 Scott Dean, Joe Gre.al and Alex Nixon
three small negroes, were charged With
trying to hang Emmett Shelton. Emmett
said the three tied rope around hts
neck and pulled him over q fence until
his neck ssprung. = Tho testimony Of the
boys was that It was all a joke and JUS
tIce Crutchfleld told them not to play
hanging any none for the whole bunch.
would get that medicine soon enough,
anyway. XII RI
The agent OF tho Richmond Transfer
Company was fined $50 for. working q
mule that was unfit to- be driven on tho
street, Agent Taylor, OF the s. ?, 9, A..
reported tho case, y, n, ID
h II. n. ISubank was fined SO for working
a mule unfit for work The animal hnd q
deep cash In his side and Mr., Taylor OF
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals, caught him. Mr., Eubank
claimed that tho male was not Injured
by being worked. Major Charles sedell,
who was spectator at the court, was
asked to look ut the animal, which was
then on the street In front Of the City
Hall, ana he did So lie sW'ore that It was
his belief that tho mule should not work.
Mr. 11ubank took IN appeal. l