The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-12
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Winchester Man Who Avenged
Assault on His Mother Freed
from Prison.
HAD SERVED TWO YEARS
Lee Caldwell Shot Assailant At
ter Latter Used Hoe and Knife.
Other News.
LAD SERVED TWO YEARS

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH. n. c., Oct. Lice Cald-
well. a younR white man. Of Warren
county, who lived Tor SIX years in Man
chester, Va, and conducted a furni-
ture business. proving good char
acter there, but who has served two
years Of a six-years' sentence III the
State penitentiary for granddaughter
has been pardoned by Governor Kit
chin, conditioned on good behavior. The
man Caldwell killed had few days
before the killing beaten Caldwclls
mother. without apparent good reason,
and when Caldwell met him .he told
his mothers assailant that he proposed
to beat him or get beaten,
The deceased then struck him with
q hoe and the fatal encounter WAS on
Caldwell got the hoe from his -assau-
ant and struck him with it and then
the deceased used his knife. infiict-
ing three severe cuts. The prisoner
then ran backwards until he stumbled
ard fell 1t was then that he drew
his revolver and shot the deceased
The governor states that the prisoner
has maintained fine record in the
penitentiary and that in Manchester
he was regarded as honest. Industrious.
temperate and polite. The pardon is
recommended by the Judge and solicit
tor.
There was also a pardon to day for
Robert Shoffner. serving twenty five
years. from Guiiford county. for crimi-
nal intimacy with a girl under four
teen years old. He has served ten years
of the sentence, both being negroes.
The crime OF criminal assault was
charged, but a submission to the lesser
charge WAS accepted by the prosecu-
ton. Many people. the governor says,
believed the man innocent. and the
trial judge and solicitor now take the
view that the ten years service Ia at
least sufficient punishment. The par
don is conditioned on good behavior
New Insurance Laws.
Commissioner OF Insurance James r,
Young says he intends to ask the Cen
eral Assembly. which convenes next
January. to make number of changes
in the regulations safeguarding for the
policy holders the operations of those
Insurance companies that issue poll
eies of life insurance fer $500 and less,
there being skye eompa MES doing
this class of bushes in the State The
State law now, Chapter s7s. Public
Laws Of 1907. requires him to Para,
upon all policy contracts and applica :
tions for policies OF insurance Of this
class. and II Is his intention to ar
range a set of standard provisions of
conditions to be inserted in all poll
cies issued by mutual or assessment
companies, He is just now engag ed
FOO. on the oyerhauling of the rates for
such insurance. his theory that he pro-
poses To have the Legislature put in
practice being that. while the rates
should be sufficient TO enable the com
ysi.. HoE
should be just to the assured as We'll.
not requiring them to pay more than Is
absolutely necessary. Furthermore
that they should be on a unit basis
Commissioner OF Insurance Young
has issued statement to the effect
that the most authoritative statistics
Just gathered the counry over show
that for the year 1910 to October !
the fire losses In the United States
and Canada amount to $i59.341,350.
against ISL .aa9. 9aa for the same Pc
Rod of 1903. The losses for the month
Of September this year amount to $1l.-
200, 600. and fer September. 1909. the
total for the two countries was 315.-
o43.000
There is just being placed in posi-
tian OH the front of the handsome new
granite banking house of the Wake
County Savings Bank the only clock OF
standard Washington time electric
equipment with illuminated dial that
Raleigh affords as yet. 1t has mas
sive bronze case. marble dial for the
interior OF the bank and French plate
Illuminated dial on the street side. II
was installed under the direction OF
Manager Bannister. of the Raleigh
office OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company.