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VOLUME XLYI NO. 31
RICHMOND .VIRGINIA, SATIREV
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JOHN ANDERSON PLEADS GUILTY!
James Waddell Williams Gets Fifteen Years Sentence.
‘ v John Mitcheil. .Jr. 1
A. jury in the Hustings Court
Tuesday July 9t'h, brought in a ver
diot of f'rst degree murder again*1
Jo hr. A- :vr Anderson charged with
-the murder of hm wife at 735 N.
Slflcciid S'leet. June 2a 1929 and
assessed h‘s punishment at confine
ment In the Virginia Penitentiary
for thirty years. |
TEN YEARS FOR KILLING HI3
DAUGHTER IN LAW.
Immediately after hi-, ccnv.ction
upon ?*ho chai-gre of murdering K>s
wife. Gertrude Anderson, John Ar- ’
chor Anderson was put on trial for I
the murder of hist step-daughter, (
'.Lillian RobHnwn. Jury hrial vae •
waived. He was permitted to pbead
guilty to a charge of s?cond degree
murdtir the maximum punishment
to? .<*h i«: uo ytar./ n Mie pentten
! ary. Judge John L. Ingram ac-<
icpted the plea and set hit punish
ment at ten years in the Virginia
ptri teutiary. This make ; h s fu.l
for‘y yearj behind the bars
I-ss the tiru'i off for goed behaviur.
' li eh is. four moutlis ;c>r each year.
The Hustings Court convened last
Tuesday morning (July 9) at lu
o’clock with Judge John L Ingram
presiding for the purpose of trying
John Archer Andsrson the 3# year j
old husband for jhe murder of hte, I
wife. Gertrude Anderson and her
daughter. Lillian Robinson, the tat
l- ng h.s step-daughter. Ander
son .appeared dejected. Being with
out counsel the Court appointed
i/. '• . :i t" Percy Smith to ch' nd him
_ and right well did he perform the
, task. Commonwealth's Attorney
Dave E. Satterfield appeared for
> .! i rcsecution. ..
j ... FEW PEOPLE KNEW.
I The court room was not well
fiiled but few persons boing aware
M at he would he brought to trial.
Mr. Satterfield in a brief summary
asked for a verdict of murder in the
first degree. He argued that the
coljored people of this community
weve entitled to prot^tjtion and he
insisted that this wa- a case where
the high* t penary shcu’ld be Jnflict
od. tho‘ of deiWh or life imprison
ment.
OF LOW MENTALITY.
A Forney Percy Smith alleged that
Audcrun was of low mentality, that
he had been nagged by his wife and
daughter into doing- what he did.
H^> had for this reason advised him
to plead not guilty to the charge of
first degret* murder. He admitted
that he was guilty of s<3"ond degree
muider. Wit.jies.es for the prosecu
tion were then called. Among these
were the sisters of John Archer
Anderson.
BROKE OPEN DOOR.
Fannie White one of these, who
reside.-, at 702 N. Third Street said
that she was at her home that morn
ing. I was about 3 or 3:30 o’clock
when he called heir. He called for
his other sister and when she did
not answer hP threw himself against
the door and broke it open. His
p’sted. Etnma Anderson was not
there. He said he wanted his pistol.
He got the p .tol out of the dreseer
drawer. Tt was unloaded. A lady
said to him he went out. “Why
don’t you <ro home and go to bed?’’
TttE CORONER’S STATEMENT, j
j He replied *1Do you want some ,
of it?” He looked like he was going j
crazy. His eyes were red and they '
looked like they were going to pop
out of his head. Dr. James M
Whitfield Ptated that wdien he wrenf
to the house at 6 o’clock that morn 1
ing- Lillian Robinson was lying or
the floor full length. Gertrude Ai
dcrson wa.-, on the bed with her fee;
on a pillow. The bed was disjoints*;
. . TRACK OF BULLET
Gertrude was shot back of her left
Mihoulder with the exit of the bullet
in the front off the shoulder. A
bullet entered the right side
between the eighth and minth ribs,
through the liver and pancreas and
was cut out from the left hip. He
had the bullet and could produce it.
William Robinson said that Ger
trudp .Anderson was his mother. He
was^asleep at the time...
i COULD NOT STAY THERE. ..
John Anderson came into the room
at about 3 o'clock thalt morning.
His mother had seven children. She
told Ander.’yjn he could not stay
there. She wanted money to take
cartv of the children. He satd he had
some money, but that he was not
/roiDg to give her any of it. Ander
son tvasi ia the middle of the room
shooting. He Jumped out of the
front window. The doors were
:>«ked. He naid he came home about '
11:30 that night.
TALKING TO HIMSELF
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Archer Mason said he was at the
corner of Second and Jackson Streets
sitting down, when he heard a man
around the corner talking to him
j'eif. He said. “Yes I am going to
raise hell before morn'.ng.” He ad
vised him to put up his pistol that
the police were around. I heard the
report of a pistol. I went to the
•place and saw a man coming down
! the steps. He went through the side
alley. He had a shiny pistol in his
hand.
PISTOL IN DRAWER.
Emma Anderson, who is John
Archer Anderson’s sister said that
she put the pistol in the dresser
drawer during the latter part of
March It was unloaded. She lived i
•tit 702 N. 3rd Street with her sis
tar Fannie White. Mdrtha A. Wood
sister of John A. Anderson. 602 N. j
Th*rd Street t-aid that her brother
lived at her house when he wasn’t
with his wife. He had lived with
her about two years.
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Williams Gets 15 Years
(Spec’.al by John Mitchell Jr.)
James Waddell Williams., charged
charged with attempting: to ki|l De
toctlvo Sergeant J. C. Goldsby ,
Detective Serg<ant D. W, Dulling and
Detective Sergeant 0. D. Garton
was tried in the Hustings Ceurt
Thursday July 11. 1929 bejfore Judge
John L. Ingram. He was witHeut
! counsel and he waived Jury trial.
He \va<-i give® five years in each
case by Judge Ingram; fitter* y*ars
in all. ....
..SERGEANT CARTON'S STOHY
! Sergeant O. D. Garton said that
on Friday June 28, 1929 went to
511 N. 29th Street to arrest Wl}
lianis Ho had been there three
t'mes. Williams! waa wanted on a
(warrant for his escape from War
w,ck county,. Va. He had traced
him from South Richmond. WHliaMs
was not living with his wife and had
not been liring with her flor Home
time While he was there Wiliams
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