Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-11-28

He is convicted OF Assault and SEN
fenced To Six Months in JaiI-,Jos.
White Fined 500 and Sentenced
TO Serve 80 Days i'm Jail for Carry
ing a Concealed Pistol.
petersburg IndeX-Appeal. Nov PSI
Rev. Eli Tart, colored. who has
so often figured I'm both the lower
and upper courts of Petersburg. Is
still appearing i'm court on charges
| brought against him. Yesterday
morning he was before Police Justice
G. +. Plummer charged with being
an accessory TO an assault made with
pistol by Jos. White. colored. on
Levy Myers. also colorcd. at the Har-
rison Street Baptist Church. colored.
or which Tartt. tho former pastor. is
now acting pastor The ALLEGED as
sault occurred last Monday night
whom am successful EFFORT was
made 90 hold business meeting. TO
decide ou moderator and 20 adjust.
if possible. the disscnsions which for
year or more have existed i'm the
congre cation of this church From
tho testimony OF ten witnesses. All
anti-Tarttites. adduccd at the eNami-
| nation yesterday morning. 90 was
proved most conclusively that the
gates Of the yard OF the church were
fastened and that the front doors OF
! the church were not opened. and
! that the adhcrents TO Tartt were
packing the church by entering IL
! through the pastors study. that as
| soon as the anti-Tarttites discovered
| the trick they jumped over the fence
! of the church yard and attempted TO
enter the church from the rear. ms
! the Tarttitcs were doing; that then
some words ensued between Joseph
! White and Levy Myers, the latter
| telling the former that ne had no
business at the meeting as ne was n
deacon in the Third Baptist Church:
| that then. according 90 the evidence.
! White. who held a pistol I'm his hand.
was told by Tart. who was I'm his
! back porch. 20 lead on. that 10 any
one interfered TO shoot him. or words
| TO that effect. Levy Myers testified
| That White pointed his pistol In his
| face The testimony of am ten wit
| ncsses was practically the same.
Tartt stated that he had NO Wit
nesscs to introduce. but testified in
his own behalf lie said that at no
time during the night was he either
/ on his back or front porch, but that
| he was upstairs n the parsonage
| looking out of the front window.
Neither Tartt nor White was repre-
| scented 10y counsel but Mr. r.. RI.
| Mann, the attorney for the Common
wealth. was present as he said. al
| though suffering from a severe tooth
acne. 90 help the presiding justice
TO thresh out the testimony Mr.
Mann prosecuted the defendants and
Tartt especially. most vigorously.
and asked for the maximum punish
ment for both.
Both Tart and White were ad-
judged guilty and their punishment
fixed at six months in Jail each. Both
took an appeal and were released on
bail in the penalty Of $500 each for
their appearance at the next term OF
the hustings court. Rebecca White.
colored, became their surety.
Joseph White was also convicted OF
carrying a concealed pistol ana for
t.lis offense he was fined 500 and
sentenced 10 serve 80 days i'm Jail
An appeal in this case was also noted.
White in testifying I'm his own be-
| half in the case against him. stated
| that threats had been made by some
! OF the anti-Tarttites TO FIX him" and
that he had the pistol TO protect him
| self. The pistol was taken from him
in Tariffs study.
| The courtroom was crowded dur
ing the examination.