The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-09-29
All. Bender Guilty On Three Charges
OF Liquor SeIIing-.Six Prisoners
Sentenced--Tribufes To Judges
Brown And Martin

In the Circuit Court onl'rlday alter
noon. the Jury in the case OF State vs..
lanes Moore, or Craig, colored. de-
spite strong plea from his counsel
Hester Hess, Esq, found him guilty
under the second count OF the ndIct-
ment which contained two, one charg--
ing attempt at ielonious assault and
the other drawn under special statute
governing cases OF females under the
age OF consent.
Giuseppe Maria, an Italian stone
cutter. OF Perryville, who on Septem-
Der @, tried to remove stone IN the
iail wall with a ten-pcnny nail tor a
chisel. was put on trial iOr assault with
intent to kill Mrs. Lulu May Hick-
man. bv slashing her with a razor. be
fore the following jury:-CharlcS X,
Biles, w. H. Holm, J. Taylor Janney'
George DerrickSon, J. l.. Scarborough
w. c. Bouchellc. G. f. l.. Hess, Err [.
Clendenning. T. Taylor Reynolds and
Frank McCheSney. Squier ior State;
Albert Constable ior defendant. For
the State it was shown that Maria had
been paving attention to Miss Hlck-
man. with the view oi linking their for
tunes. and. when she refused, attacked
her in a fit OF anger, at the house oi
Alexander Hoffman in Perryvillc, CIV
ing her three ugly gashes with razor
in the face and neck He fled but was
pursued and arrested Maria took the
stand in his own behalf and said he had
advanced money to Mrs. H tlckman tor
the rent OF house. and when she re-
fused to refund it. he marked her SO
that he would know her when he met
her again" The case went to the Jury
on Saturday morning without argu'
ment for the defense and the jury
found Maria guilty as indicted. The
witnesses for the State were Mrs. Hick.
man. Alexander Hoffman, Howard
Jackson and Justice Charles W. Ward
while Maria testified for himself.
Nathan Hughes. colored. was next
put on trial before jury on the CHARGE
oi stealing cow from William ID
Wilson. colorcd 1t developed that
Hughes had been employed by Wilson
to drive the COW to a farm near Iron
llill but he sold her to a son of Frank
II Mccoy. ne; ;ghbor'ng butcher. TIL,
defense showed that Hughes had sold
the COW. but it was shown that his mind
had been affected by a fall from :
train several "carS 40" and the Jury
orrontiur his defense ibIInl him "uoI
guilty" Squier ior State; Clayton for
defendant States witncSScS-Nillian
NnoLv Ernul, Corr;dran \I,;n \Innd,
md S,r,h Wilson DcirnLant'. vii.
nns.o.NDr II lamar Nanlv Drrn.
mem and Shcr;fT XIII Cnmrt thrn adj.
;nrrncd mil Nnndav
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sor'er i"r 9tate' lr"therS and Con-
H'1nr 1, cor "elG,'o''nf NJ, =, -.
nc o'a!e eaIlea N'NS NOME ROUNDS
VIZ ''slllcu 'l'a' NAY ), was pay daV
at at ''I1 P"arIIe ana BENDER VINO Kept
tne Depol ll"1eI' near,y opposite ner
no'ilc' appeared To- De dplnS ruShlng
puN'neHS' Sne had long belen annoyed
E Dv D ncr prp'herH getting drink IRON
ne'loe' pace ana maze up her mind
~ 1% get evidence AGAINST MN, II possible,
ina' n'Sht Ihe kept watch on his place
ana saw MuSSu'man and a c"mrade
name" i,elarty go INTO II ana come out
WIN d D",lIe Wh''h ihey drank from
ana ''icn threw away III an alley at the
H,os 'i hcr mousse ohe SIlpDed ont and,
n'ck1nE II up. saw that little llquor,
',IH lhan nan a drink was lett IN it.
wong sac II was the Don IN winch IT
H., 1au reen cncaHea' She picked up both.
ne n"'lie vas labeled kamShorn. a
nfano ct WhlSkcX sold 6v Lobe 4 Son,
~ ~ ha,tim"rr. She took both to J. NJ.
Iarnphcli who noted on the box the
datr OF her fndln~ it and the bottle
r~mI ~ p"'n were later lett with Justice