The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11
THORPE IS GIVEN
SIS YEARS TERM
Continued from Pare One,

young oma to New Hanover
county from Myrtle Beach and as.
saulting her in a nearby road
house, breaking her jaw.
Collins Goo Tough To Die)
Thorpe, who received his nick
name when being treated at a 10.
cal hospital for gumshot wounds
was found to have those words ia
tooed on his chest, is serving a
long sentence imposed on him after
he was convicted of shooting
Shefiff Dillon Ganey, Of Bruins
wick county more than a year ago.
Leroy Jones, negro, charged
with four counts of housebreaking,
larceny and receiving, pleaded
guilty to two counts and innocent
to two. A jury found him guilty
OF the two to which he pleaded in
nocent and Judge w. H. S.
Burgwyn, presiding over the one
week term of criminal court, SEN
fenced him to two secutive terms
of from five to ten years and two
terms of from five to ten years
each, to run consecutlvely with
the first two terms, making the
total sentences from ten to 20
years.
George Halsey. negro, charged
win assault with a deadly weapon
on a female, after, he allegedly
struck his wife with an unknown
weapon, pleaded guilty to assault
on a female. He was sentenced to
two years on the roads, the sen.
tence being suspended on condition
that the negro enter no pool room
for a period Of five years and
not chastise his wife for a period
of five years.
The suspended sentence w a S
granted after the mans wife said
she would rather live with him, if
he wouldn't beat her, than have
him sent to the roads.
You're not one Of these negroes
that 60 around with white women
are you" the judge asked Halsey
before sentencing him."
mo, sir" the negro replied.
I've got too much sense for that"
If you were I'd give you two
years right quick" the court re-
piled.
On suspending the sentence on
the negro, the court directed that
Halsey to walk up the aisle, now,
arm and arm, with your WIFE"
Little" Betty Stein, enormous
white woman convicted here in 1899
on five counts of violating the liquor
law, was found to have "unwittingly
violated probation" by returning to
New Hanover after being ordered
to remain out.
Betty, when she was convicted,
was sentenced to serve a term in
state prison and another sentence
of two years was suspended on
condition that she not return to
New Hanover county or any other
county in the state, save Meek
lenburg, for a period of two years.
But when she arrived in Raleigh.
state prison would not accept her
because of her physical condition,
and she was returned to New Han
over county and the judgment was
| changed so that she was to serve
her time on the farm. This she did.
But at the expiration of that
time, Betty said, she thought she
was free to do as she pleased.
Found in New Hanover county
several weeks ago, after she had
set up a grocery business in the
city, she was hailed into court for
having violated the provisions OF
the suspended sentence.
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn yester
day morning found that she had Gun
Willingly violated the terms Of
her suspended sentence" and gave
Little Betty, as she is known, sc
days to sell her goods and get out
of all counties in the state, save
Mecklenburg.
Leroy Jones, pleading guilty tt
four charges of larceny and receiv'
ing received a total sentence of IL
to 20 years.
The cas- of Thorny Davis, young
negro boy, charged with pushing g
young negro companion into tht
Cape Fear river and causing him tc
drown, was sent to city juvenile
court for trial before Judge Alan A,
Marshall.
Trial of John Sleepy Trammel
charged with attempted crimina
assault on Augustine Green, was
under way when court recessed yes
terday afternoon.