Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-23
WHIPPING STOPPED
BY FIERCE BLIZZARD
OF JANUARY 2S
30 culprlts Were Ressntsnced,
IN Kent Court, to be Whipped
Next Saturday.
rorreN CASE COMES TO END

Srecinl Correspondence Every Evening
Dover. Feb 23.--At yesterdays sos
sicn ~ the Kent county Court OF Gen.
crnl Sessions. Arthur Brcwington and
Robert sullivan. two colored men of
this town who entered pleas OF guilty
before Resident Associate Judge w.
W. Harrington In tho pleading guilty
day court here and who In addition TO
receiving terms ~ Imprisonment. TO
New Castle County Workhousc. were
ordered 60 he whipped with Ave lashcs
on January rs, were brought into the
court to have their sentence rcimpos-
cd. as to tho whipplnss. due TO the fact
that January IS. was tho day of the
blizzard and access to the jail yard at
tho wprkhousc was impossible. Judge
Harrington rcscn,cnced the two men
To he whipped at tho workhouse on
Saturday. February 20. Ave lashes
each.
Albert Harris. colored. indicted with
the above two men. as an accomplice
In the larceny Of n number OF musk
rat hides from Harry q. Burris Of
near Dover, pleaded guilty. lie was
rrohated Ter two years TO Henry
Wright. n farmer living on the BAY
Road. near Kits Hammock.
Tho case q tho State va. Robert
waters. colorcd, indicted on two
charges of assault with intent TO COM
NIT murder aud assault and battery
On Florence Smith, last October. by
shooting her I'm tho face almost COM
rlctcly tearing away tho lower part OF
the Jaw and mouth. was taken up for
trial After two or three witnesses
were called by the state who testi-
lied to thu facts In the case which
could not he contradiotcd. Thomas &.
ftame. ir., counsel for Waters.
changed tho plcS from not guilty TO
guilty, and naked lenlency FOR Waters,
ns his previous good character had
been established. MIR Frame sug-
nestcd probation for Waters.
ludse Rice Informed MIR. Frame that
the case was too brutal TO even con.
slider probation and told Waters he
was fortunate I'm not being tried for
his lie. as his ofrense was n heinous
one, Judge Rice then imposed sem
'enco OF IA fine OF $500 with costs OF
prosecution, and TO be imprisoned for
ten years I'm the New Castle County
Workhouse. his term expiring rehru-
AIRY n. 1922.
In the case of Harry Chaco and
John korNinsky, two young boys who
had been indicted ON charge OF
hrcakins and entering a dwelling with
htont 20 commit larceny, thu Jury
returned verdict OF guilty without
leaving 'he hoS, recommending mercy
The court considering the recon-
m"ndation imposed a term of irns
prisonmcnt of rs months for each.
rct,~u Case Settlement
The settlement ~ tho Totten nom
support cnre was mede through the
s'VrncNa r. n. Kenney, counsel for
To'tcn, and James Hall Anderson, rep
rctcuiine the state FOR Mrs. Totton.
Mrs rotten did not appear IN court
hut Totton dld and pleaded guilty.
The order of the court was that Totten
pay for the support of his wife. Ruth
W. Tottsh, sa0 Per month. first paw
mont 90 be made MAY l. rotten then
entered into surety bond of $500 for
performance ~ his contract.
IL was asccrtained that ro,ten and
NE vito met while here yesterday. for
short time only, IN tho Office o,
James Hall Anderson. Totten desiring
O. esg his deserted wife some thing re
sardlns some ~ their effects In tho
short conversation, Totton still main.
taincd an attitude of Indifference and
whilc hts wife gave him 20 understand
she would IN no way impede his
prorrcss for his future. In whatever
vocation ne might choose. but wished
for his future happiness and pros
pcritv T-ltcn left Dover Yesterday
afternoon
pinrr Bower colorcd ir1ictea fo,