The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12
GOSS DISCHARGED
BY JUDGE WALKER
No Evidence to Connect Him
With Deaths OF Three Ben
son Men.
MosELEY ALSO RELEASED
Chairman Aiorchcad Issues Gail
Tor Republican State
Convention.
MosELEY ALSO RELEASED
tSnoeial to the Times Dispa,ei,.I

lSpceial TO the Times Dispatcnl
i'alciSh, y. c.. March ll.--Aitcr a
nearing that continued from 10 o'clock
this morning until 5 o'clock tonight,
Associate Justice rlatt u. Walker, OF
tAe Supr,mc Court. ordered the dis
charge Of Fate W tioss. the youua
durham man who was being held
without bail on the order of the cor
"hcr ana Jury "a possibly bc.ns i'm
pHchted IN foul play in connection
win the asphy%tation OF Alton john
son. Fred Jern!aan ana Hugh Porter.
OF Eenson in tbs Wilson Apartments
on February ).
Ia dtsn!sslnE tho prisoner. Judge
walker stated that. while there were
some minor discrepancies in the ease
OF the defendant. the evidence pre-
scnte1 By Ills counscl met the all4su-
IONS al the state at every point. 30
maj there was no cnae against him.
IN Tue same connections 1t was sus
Sestsd TO the authorities tina; May
nnrd Moselcy be released from the
$1,000 cash bond nc ~<.s under as a
witness in the same connection. ana
this was done.
The eVidcncs that brought about tbs
discharge Of the prisoners under the
VIII Of habeas corpus that Judge
walker heard consisted in numbers
OF witnesses from Raleigh and Dur
nam Identifying the watch. fob. purse,
kodak pictures aud revolver watch
Witnesses for the state testified had
belonged 10 members OF The ill-:a ted
Benson party, as rcGlly the property
OF Fate Goss. and that they had seen
dim with them weeks and IN some
cases months before the asphyxiat!ou.
There was also evidences 20 shoT
that C;oss could not have been GU; OF
the Davis boarding house on tho sun
day night Of the asphy xintion long
enough 10 have mad any aanl in any
foul play d; the Wilson Apartments.
There was as many as twenty wiz
nssses from Durham and twice that
number from Raleigh The court
room Mas crowded all day.
State Commissioner ~ Insurance
James i; Young paid into the Sta.c
Treasury to-day s93,i22..7. rcccIpts
o. the department; 70: February. The
nscal year for the department runs
from April 20 APRIL. Already ;hc re-
aaou, 5000 o: the receipts for ,h-
whole OF the previous year, and there
is whole month remaining. The
estimate Is that the receipts Will reach
around $4,000.
The central Hotel company. Of
Charlotte. received It charter io-da".
win $4,000 capital authorized, ana
"!tE y. y. Perkins. l.. y. Cole. john
H. Pnar.. W W. Havgood y. l.. Alex
nud+r j. u. Mccall! End J. y. MeRae
as lncorporators.
The Rowland Park Company. wins-
ton Salem, was chartered with $4,000
oupitaI by r. V. Edwards, q. T, Dwirc.
Thomas Maslln and W. q. Jerome. az
inrorporators, for real estate develop
n.cnt. Other charters were for the
MooreSv.llc steam Laundry Company,
capital sl.a0o. by J. Il. Alexander and
Others, and the Dorothy Manufacturing
Company, Lowell. capital $4,000, by
:. H. Robinson, j. c. Rankin and 9TH
crs. for cotton and general nianufactur-
lug. Tho Fayetteville Observer, Inc.
has amended its charter to MAKE ii
chanso IN the issue Of preferred stock
u provide an additional per cent. therc-
OH. different from the copy OF the paper
and per cent. the present stock Stipu-
lates Major L. J. Hale Is president.
Tho Brown Book Company. Asheville
has increased its capital from 10000
TO $4,000.
state Chairman John NJ. Morche"d, OF
the Republican State Executive Com
iniitcc, has issued tho call for the State
Republican Convention 10 convene III
Raleigh at noon on May 10, Tor the
purpose of clecting four delegates at
large and four altcrnaLcs for the ma
tional convention at Chicago. June IS.
To nominate candidates for Prcsidcn;
and President. Each COUNT is
and the basis OF representation is TO
every 100 votes. or fractional part