Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-11-26
.P0CAHONTAS RAP|sT Gets
18 YEARS IN PENITENT|ARY
Colored Man is Given Long Term
For Attempted Crime-Oth-
er Cases Investigated by the
Grand Jury.

Judge Kegley's court started on
Monday morning. A special grand
Jury was empaneled and about doz-
en- indictments brought.
The criminal docket for this term
is small, numerically speaking. The
grand jury indicted three men for
the foulest of crimes.
Walter Lowell, the forger, came in
for share of the attention of the
grand jury, indictments to the number
of four having been brought against
him for forging names to checks and
giving checks with no money in the
bank, 1t was proven that he had
gotten several hundred dollars by
forgery. He will be tried this week.
Albert Lowe, of Cedar Bluff, was
indicted for cutting his school teach
er, Prof. Lewey, with razor blade.
Lowe disobeyed the rules of the Ce-
dar Bluff High School, and the young
lady assistant, who was his teacher,
called in Prof. Lewcy to thrash him.
The Professor undertake to thrash
the boy and while the operation was
being performed Lowe drew razor
blade from his pocket and cut the
principal in several places. Lowe has
been at large since the offense.
Finley Mcclure, of Pounding Mill,
was indicted for shooting up" the
home of Leroy Ray, of the same
place. 1t was stated that Mcclure
opened fire on Rays home with a shot
gun and used language that a gentle
man shouldn't.
Joe Davis, n colored man of Poca-
hontas, was indicted for an attempted
criminal assault upon a white lady
near Pocahontas. The evidence before
the jury was conclusive that Davis
was guilty. The lady testified that
on the night of the crime her hus-
band was detained in town; that about
midnight she was awakened by al
noise in her room, and found Davis at
her bedside. He attempted to take
hold of her, but her screams scared
him away. The neighbors were soon
aroused and the man arrested and
taken back to the home and identified.
On "Wednesday Davis had his day in
court and an agreed verdict of eight
cen years in the penitentiary was
given him.
Jessie Hudson, of Boissevane. was
indicted for similar attempted crime
against his sister, Miss Rubie Hud-
son. A crime of the character charg-
ed in the Hudson Indictment is all
most unbelievable.
Policeman ]. d. Cox, of Pocahontas
was indicted upon a misdemeanor
charge of "beating up" one jerry
Kelly, an Irishman. Keliy's evidence
was that he was in saloon drinking.
and drew $50 bill from his pocket
to pay for rhe drinks, when officer
Cox took the $40 away from him and
slapped him couple of times
IN the face, and then carried him t.
the lookup. Kelly charged that Cox
returned to the lookup later and at
tempted to "beat him up" again.
Kelly's Irish raised up in him this
time, however, and he went after Cox
like wild cat, and Kelly says that if
1T hadn's been for another. officer he
would have given Cox good lickin'
Sid Perdue, Dick McCracklen and
Walter Roop were indicted for a SER
lous crime at Graham. 1t was offered
in evidence before the grand jury
that Roop, who was married, wanted
to get rid of his wife, and that he
employed Perdue and McCracklen to
go to his home in his absence and
wrong his wife, so that evidence for a
divorce might be obtained, The deed
was accomplished by Perdue, with
McCracklen as a witness.
The trio are being tried now.
John Robert Sutton was indicted
for killing another colored man at
Maxwell several weeks ago by the
name of Glen Burns. An account of
this crime appeared in the News at
The time.
John Gullion was indicted for steal
ng a horse from E. C. Kincer at Po-
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