Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-06-01
PROCEEDINGS OF The COUNTY COURT.
Young News Butch Charged With Pocket.
Picking and is Jailed,

Shs uuS " INV
A trial Of considerable interest
was held before Esquire D. M
Miller in the court room on
Thursday afternoon. J. E. Da.
vld. of near Raleigh, a passenger
on SO from Asheville, on Monday
went to sleep ON the train and on
waking, after the train had left
Salisbury, found that some on
had robbed him of a pocket book
containing $275. The pocket
book had been in his hip pocket
which was fastened with a button.
The pocket had been cut and the
book containing the money re-
moved. He at once wired here
and the officers were at once put
on the case. They visited the
boarding house Of G.. G. Chegney,
news.butch On the train, who ad.
mitted that he had the pocket
book and at once produced it. He
claimed that he had found it in
the closet of the car. but that it
was empty when found. He was
searched and the room was search
ed but only about $40 in bills and
some small change was foun3,
which, he claimed, was his own
and not pa1t of the money which
had been stolen. He was locked
up and later Ed. Rhinehardt and
Will Green, colored, who were on
the train were arrested, they both
having shown more money shortly
after the arrival Of the train here
than was usual FOR them to have.
Rhinehardt showing a roll which
was thought to be at least 5000,
although he had claimed on the
day before that he had lost all the
money he had. Green also showed
some money, but as they both
gave reasonable excuses for hay-
Ing the money and taera was no
way to prove that the money they
had was part of the money stolen,
they were discharged. Chesney
was held in tho snm Of $500 for
his appearance at Superior Court,
and as the bopd has not yet been
arranged, he is still in Jail Many
believe that he told the truth
about the matter and that the
Negroes, one OF both, got the
money. All admit, however, that
Chesney did wrong in not report.
ing that he had found the pocket
book to the conductor of the train
as soon as he found it, or to the
police upon his arrival III Sails.
bury,
Sheriff Mckenzie sent deputy
Frank Tolbert to Greensboro on
Monday afternoon to bring back
a man by the name of W hitman,
who has been arrested there on a
warrant sent from here charging
him with abandonment. The
warrant was sworn out by his
wife and his father and, we hear,
that they chrage that he left with
another woman. Whitman de-
MES that he had abandoned his
wife and claims that he left q Job
at Kannapolis, paying only 81 40
per day, to take one at Greensboro
paying 50 40 per day. He further
claims that before leaving he told
his wife where he was going, that
he would send for her as soon as
he could make money enough to
do so, and that, before leaving,
he gave her $14, all the money he
had, except $l.65 with which to
pay his tsre. The case will prob
ably be tried to-day.
Richard Powe, for giving trou-
BILE at thu merry-go round, by
jumping OF the horses after being
warned not to do it, was Let go
upon payment of cost.
Lorenzo Hill and Asbury Will
liams were charged with assault.
ing Junius Walker, Hill with a
knife and Williams with a wrench.
The scrap occurred at the wine
room Oh Lee Street and was
brought on by Lou Hill, a notori-
Gus colored woman who knocked
a tray and three glasses of "ni''
beer from Walkers hand because
he refused to give her some of it.
She drew a long hat pin on Wal"
ker and his wife when they resent
ed it. Lou was not taken. L0renzo
had cut Walker in the L. ok with
a knife and was give: four months
on the roads. Asbnry, who had