The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-06
INNO JURY HOLDS
TNO FOR MURDER
SyvENrY-FJvE INDICTED ON TWEEN
1T.FoUR TRUE BILLS IN =
HUsTINGs COURT.
ONE NIGHT GIVES FOUR
CRIME WAVE PRECEDED CHRIST
MAS REACHING CREST DE-
CEMBER 1sTH--TwENTTETH
ALSO HAD.
ONE NIGHT GIVES FOUR

or the crimes for which twenty
Eve persons were indicted in the
twenty four true bills returned by the
grand jury of the Hastings court yes
serday, seven were committed on the
two Saturdays before Christmas and
two on Christmas eve. Most Of he
offenders are negroes, and several ~
the indictments are on charges OF ma
iieious wounding, growing out of the
usual negro Saturday night brawls
There are two indictments for muir
der. One is that of Alfred w. Thomp-
son, white, who Ia held for the death
OF j.. w. Rainey, white. who died in
= hospital OF "a fractured skull, re-
ceived. 1t is charged, at the hands of
Thompson, when the latter beat him
UP after an alleged quarrel over
debt The other case is that of Wal
ter Boyd, coloeei. charged with the
shooting OF Benjamin Franklin on
the night OF December 18th.
Broke Loose ON Thirteenth.
December i3th appears on the face
OF the indictments returned yesterday
70 have been "A bad night that being
the date on which four of the felo-
MES occurred. The other three were
the malicious wounding OF Junius Tai
ley by Robert Brooks. malicious
wounding of George f. Field, by Lu-
Glen Dyson. and malicious wounding
Of Haywood Cabeii, by Mary Jener-
son.
There are one highway robbery, one
arson. one cocaine, one perjury. two
burglary and three housebreaking
charges among the indictments. The
persons indicted. the offense. the, VIC
tim and the date OF the crime are:
The Indictments.
Hodge Adams. grand iarreny.
&s0.S3 from S. Uiim5ns Son, incor-
porated December 9Th.
G.. E Britton, malicious wounding
c. r. Huck. October 10th.
Robert Brooks, malicious wounding
Junins TalIey. December 18th.
Walter Boyd, murder BENJAMIN
Franklin. December 18TH
William Conway. burglary, Sam
Bernstein. November 2ath.
George Clarke. malicious wounding
Paul Mccoy, November 2lst.
Lucien Dyson, malicious woundins
George e. Field. December 18th.
Frances Fleming. housebreaking,
s. M. Taylor, December 18th.
Clarence johnson. burglary, VIII
liam Maxwell, December 18th.
Annie Jackson, malicious wounding.
r. Il. Bocorselsky. Jr.. December goth,
Mary Jefferson, malicious wounding
Hayward Cabell. December 18th.
Albert James and Ernest Wilson.
carbreaking. Southern railroad. De-
cember 18th.
Hannah Logon, perjury iff case CT
Nelson Henry, tried In Hastings court
before Judge -. c. Richardson, No
yember 25th.
Bruce Monroe, robbery. by force
and arms. from John johnson. De-
cember cath.
Mary Oakley, arson. dwelling of
Henry williams December goth.
Edward Popp. alias Williams. mali
cious wounding Annie Johnson, De-
cember 18th.
Robert Pryor. housebreaking, stable
of r. ]. Blackwell. December 9Th.
Gladis Robinson, housebreaking.
Thomas Fox, December 9Th,
James Roberts, malicious wounding
Luther Roberts, December oath.
Queenie Scott, cocaine. December
I'd
Herbert Smith. alias Joe Williams,
house breaking, David Holland, De-
cember 18th.
Thomas Smith. malicious wounding,
Doliie White. July 22d.
Alfred W. Thompson. murder. JOS
eph w. Rainey, December goth.
Minor Walker. malicious wounding
Henry Askew, November 18th.