The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-09
HAWKINS SENT
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Negro Youth Who Shot Hugh
James Sunday Has Hearing
Before Squire Lewis.
FINE CORN AT ALMsH0Uls 81.
Young 5IIenrico County Couples
Receive AIarriage License
from Clerk yVaddill.

self-defense was the plea Of Lawrence
Hawkins. tie neutrality-suspicious. negro
I you In, who early Sunday morning shot
and killed Hugh James, on his appear
ance before Squire James 7. Lewis g
the Henrlco Courthouse ycster morn
ing. 3ll u Z. ss
On account OF some conflicting testi-s
imony, the magistrate decided to u send end
the case on to the October a session y OF
the grand jury. NJ IA #
8s Coroner Taylor. who had been sum
8moned u, failed to appear, and 52s' Squlrrc
4 Lewis was considering n postponem!e'rt
OF the hearing when Mr.. Harry NJ SMITH az!
attorney forTthe defense. said ne would ''s Is
admit all the coroner could ties III " : y
Would Shoot melody.
six Or eight witnesses testified n the he
case Tho first to take the stand n vas "a
Maggie Hood. She said that she had
come down washington 70 e Cia ll1s'7a! 9
Street With James after 1nan,gnl x
the corner they met Hawkins 81 VINO
4 pushed pistol 4 In her face and said he
was going to shoot somebody She lef 1 Z
the two boys them. and was on Eher porch '1',l
when the shooting occurred,
s5 Rachel Jones was next called, but threw
no new light on the case She was = ! Oh ~
lowed q by Mahalie James, the !. mo @ !,
81 the dead boy. She testified thai nor
son had struck Hawkins with a N board board.
AMI she was trying to pull him ava y
when tho fatal shot was fired. N Her tes-
stimony was contradictory. s
After some difficulty overt the Crosse s.,
examinatlon between Squire Lewis ana
the defending attorney. Alpheus sm my &
testified that James had attacked 8it tja;,.
kins and knocked him down VII tn Q pat
ing whenftheS shot was fired,
Eldridge Herrys said the boys cursed 5 Z
each other before the action took place
sTha testimony or Fred Williams john
soI,,, a member OF the colored 400, was 'f'l
along the same lines. WI q &. =. KS IS
Speaks for Himself.
. wrence Hawkins was then put on 1
the stand and after telling OF the 2 far
n which he sdenied trying to shoot me
Hood girl, stated that James had o W. t
threatened his life.B and on one IN ~ ~ I
had taken three shots at him.. Z. Z.
Mr. Lewis Marchetti. for Whonl i I,ans,
jkns had been working 8, ana s ssso,a'
other white witnesses testltlea = 2. '.e
fendant's previous good charac e.. i.
IA fter tho defense had been 81 pnltt y
Squire Lewis sent the case on to We ~
grand fury, Ball was refused p q, !, A.
torney Smith expects to see pau Cu ~
missioner Gardner to-day and nave aye nun
fix a definite amount .St
Marriage Licenses.
TWO marriage Licences we're ssueu an ns
CLERK yWaddill at the Henrlco5 Courthouse
yesterd ay. The first was 70 Mr'l.Iai mes
b. Gillette and Miss irene q lienuFteh.
SON two well-known. young Gun oo ps9pe w6a
r rec the other license. Mr., lyllllam g.
R art and Miss RoWena B, Goodwin.
Fine Crop Of Corn, ri
constable "Cyclone samuels, accom-
,anisd ~ Mr. Charles Thomas, covered
ap''iarge section OF Henrlco county yester-
Gay 'f,, r r1,y ther extended tour they visited
s.nerintendent Krouse, Of the aims
.i house, and they report that this instltu-
lion. tIe,sF has the finest crop Of corn in the
county, The stalks average about eight
ing open With big, soft, juicy grains e of E