The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-18
BROOKE IS ALLOWED
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Petersburg, Va, Feb. 17.--Osborne
NJ Brooke, the DUPONT guard who on
November last shot and mortaily
wounded Gilmore Snead, an empioye
OF the Dupont plant. and who was
indicted for murder Immediately fol-
lowing Snead's death the next day.
was admitted to ball by Bail Conf
missioner W. d. Temple, of Prince
George County. this afternoon.
Brooke's case has been set for trial
In the Circuit Court OF Prince George
next Tuesday.
His counsel, Charles r. Lassiter. fur
nished bail for his appearance at the
time In the sum of $4,000. Mrs. Sadie
J. Brooke. mother OF the accused. and
his young wife. formerly Miss Chit
wood. of Richmond. were present
when bail was arranged for Brooke,
and accompanied him to Richmond.
where young Mrs. Brooke lives with
her father.
At the time of the shooting Of young
Snead by Brooke feeling against the
former guard was intense Mt Hope
well. and he was brought here Tor
go fc-Reeping. He was later taken to
the Henrico County jail, but for sew
erai weeks had been confined to the
Petersburg jail awaiting trial. The
formaiity Of removing him from the
Petersburg Jail to a point just OUTSIDE
the city In Prince George County was
gone through for him to furnish bail
The action OF the authorities in grant
ing bail for Brooke, indicted for muir
der. in the sum OF s2.S00, and requtr-
ing much heavier ball of other coun-
ty prisoners charged with lesser
crime, is being criticized here.
Many Indictments Found.
The Hastings Court. Judge Mullen
presiding. convened in February ses-
sion at 10 o'clock this morning, and
the grand jury shortly thereafter re-
ported indictments against the fol-
lowing persons: Charles Tribble, James
T. Reynolds, Walter Gibson. Charles
Rowe, VIII Thampson. Fred Harris,
Zen janain Harris, George Rives and
George Byrd. all charged with felony.
After reporting on the foregoing In
dictments. the grand jury was adjourn
ed until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Carr Scott, indicted at previous
session OF the grand jury for the lar
cepy OF sta from the person of s. r..
Robinson. was tried. Scott conduct
cd his own defense. and was found
mot gnilty' and discharged. bnt be-
fore he could get ont of the court
room he was arres<a by Chief Rag
land on a Warrant charging him with
the larceny OF an overcoat
Nancy Ramsey and Lillian Blair.
colored, indicted for the larceny or
sg6 from the person of j, W. Walthal',
pleaded guilty and were each SEN
fenced to eight years in the penften-
tiary.
win Thompson. colored, indicted
for malicious cutting and wounding
Of stephen Rclona an Italian. on the
2Yth OF December last, on arrafgn-
ment. pleaded seif-defense Bciona
failed To appear In court TO TESTIFY
against the accused. but he was found
guilty and given year in the State
penitentiary,
George Byrd. charged With mali
cious cutting of Joseph Avery on the
10th of January last. pleaded self
defense. The jury found him guilty
and fixed his punishment at ten years
in the penitentiary. Both Byrd and
Avery are negroes
Fred Harris. colored indicted for
highway robbery. pleaded not guilty,
but was found guilty. and his pun
ishnent was fixed AT ten years In the
peniteutiary Harris held up and
robbed Il, q. Adams, a citizen OF Dln-
widdie County, off a gold watch some
weeks ago.
Seven Jury Convictions.
a total of eight cases We're tried in
the Hastings Court at today's session,
resuiting in seven convictions with
penitentiary sentences ranging from
one to ten years. The seven prisoners
convicted drew a grand total of forty
one years At the afternoon session
Charles Rowe, white. was convicted OF
larceny and given one year. and Ben
iarnin Harris, colored. drew three
years for the larceny OF horse and
buggy.
Campaign Is Ended.
The Young M-tf, Christian, ssssu-7
citation membership campaign ended
tonight with luncheon In the GYM
nasiun1 room of the association build
ing, The campaign was inaugurated
last Thursday night at public ban
auet with Governor Henry Carter
Stuart as the principal speaker. The
campaign was conducted by fourteen
membership teams, all named for pop
uler make automobiles, and resulted
in the addition Of 52S members. with
the following teams winners: HUDSON
Robert Gillian, Ir., captain, fifty
seven memberships. s9e points. Dodge
George w. Harrison. captain. forty
six memberships, $50 Ia points, Ford
John 8. Jones, captain. forty-nine
memberships. 674 Ia points. Tho