The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
MULLEN LETS CASE
GO TO GRAND JURY
Valves Examination and Crowd
Is Disappointed - Industrial
Schools to Hvae More Land.
Times Dispatch Bureau.
10y North Sycamore s,..est,
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W X, IL,
Police Justice Plumincr had ii bis
audience to crowd his courtrooii thi.
morning TO hear the expected evidence
In the recent murder casc--that oil
John Ashby Mullen. the slayer OF
Elijah j. Cole. There was evident dis.
appointment among the visitors whei
the accused man, In response to /.
question by the justice as to his readi,
ness to go into the examination OF
witnesses quietly but firmly, and in
as few words az possible, waived ex-
animation and requested that the case
be sent UP 10 the higher court This
was done and the prisoner was taken
back to jail.
Mullen has as yet engaged no coun
sell but as his case will not come up
before the third Thursday in Septcm
Der. he will have abundant time &c
arrange for his defense, which II is
believed Will be that of emotional In
sanity. He was not at all Abashed by
the stare OF the crowd thE morning.
but was remarkably cool and collected
to the killing OF Cole has very mate
rally changed since the coroner's in
quest, and adversely to the accused.
More Land for Farming.
The executive committee OF the board
Industrial Institute. near this city. has
recently purchased additional land adj
Joining that on which the school IL
located, and which is owned by the
state.
The enlarging OF the farm is for the
better instruction of students In prnc-
tical agriculture. and this department
and care OF Mr.. r. o. Sandy. of Burke.
Vile. None of the most experienced
farmers In the. state. Instruction In
handling milk and making cheese and
special department OF the Institute.
The cellar floor OF the large new aS
ricultural building. now being erected
on the institute grounds, will be used
FOR this latter purpose.
Death OF Mrs. Annie Chapman.
OF Mrs. Judith Rives. died this morn
ing at her mothers residence In Bat
tersea Avenue. She was much respect
ed and beloved by her many friends:
Her mother and two brothers, all OF
this city survive her.
The Riverside and Appoma.tox trap
teams will have a trap shooting con-
test tomorrow afternoon at River
side Park
Mipses Annie. Sadie and Blanche
ting their aunt. Mrs. Isham n. Dyer.
or High Street. -
The Hastings Court has finished the
criminal docket for this term, but only
one unfortunate goes TO the peniten-
tiary-Charles Goldsteia, a white man
from Rocky Mount, n. C.-two years
for robbery, John Spencer. Indicted
under cocaine law, was convicted, bur
granted a new trial. John Thweatt
pleaded guilty to having cocaine to sell.
but sentence in his case was suspend
ed until September.
No arrangements have yet been an
nounced as TO the time of the laying
of the cornerstone OF the new public
school building. at the corner OF Wythe
and Jefferson Streets. though the build
ing is fast approaching completion.
The arrangements are IN the hands OF
a committee of the school board. The
now house Will be the abandonment
school building in the city. and will
he named in memory Of Dr. Duncan NJ
Brown. for twenty years the superin-
tendent of schools In Petersburg.
Congressman +. r. Lassiter emphat-
tcally denies the alleged Interview pub
lished In the Washington Post, in
which he was quoted as making a |
prophecy unfavorable TO Bryans cleo
tion. The purported interview was a
fake.
Charity Rebeckah Lodge. independent
Order of Odd Fellows, installed its |
newly elected Officers tonight. Mrs. |
F. II. Cole. district deputy president,
conducting the ceremonies. An enter
taining evening w1s spent and refresh
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