The times dispatch. [volume], March 24, 1911, Page 8, Image 8

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WRIT IS GRANTED
N MURDER CASE
John H. Jessie Secures Appeal
From Sentence?Two Pe?
titions Refused.
SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS
i ommission Visits Powhatan.
Move Started for Naval
Militia.
The Siiprcrnr Court of Appeal? of
Virginia ended its March term yester?
day and adjourned without handing
down any opinions. The court will not
again sit until the June term, which
will begin May GO. at. Wythevillo. No
?: session will bo held in Richmond
until next November.
The court granted a writ of error
s?pi rsedeas In the case of .lohn 11.
Jessie vs. the Commonwealth of Vir?
ginia, nn an appeal from the Corpora?
tion Court of the i lty <>:' Roanoke.
Jessie was convicted in the trial court
of the murder of David Franklin Mar?
shall, and received a sentence <>f twelve
years in the penitentiary.
In the petition for the writ it is set
forth that Jessie was the proprietor of
the Tip Top Hotel. Roanoke, where the
murder was committed. The pica is
presented that the accused was not in
the hotel at the hour of the nutrder.
tvliich took place in a room occupied
that night by Marshall Arigell. a crip?
ple. Angell. Jessie and Marshall are
admitted to have hoen drinking to?
gether earlier in the evening, although
J'-ssle claims to have parted from his
? otnpanions before they repaired from
the saloon to Marshall's room. Arigell
is said to have been present at the
time of trio murder, but to have offered
no outcry or opposition against the as
f-e llant.
Witness** Testimony.
Before the trinl Jury Angell tepti
lied that while present at the killing,
he was unable to restrain Jessie, whom
he accused as rh? guilty party Before
the coroner's court. It is said. Anteil
testified that he was ignorant or* the
identity of the murderer, who kept his
face concealed while committing the
hilling.
It is related how, on trip night of the
murder, a stranger arrived at the Tip
Top Hotel. Tills person Is said to h;i> o
had the appearance ,->f .1 foreigner arid
to have spoken with a decided accent.
On the morning following the murder,
a man named Tom Moran, correspond?
ing in det'iil with descriptions given of
the "stranger." was arrested in Roa?
noke for drunkenness. The man was
found to have bloodstains upon his
coat sleeve, and was said by the police
to have carefully washed blood from
his shoes before entering the court?
room. Marshall Is said to have been
killed from the result of heating and
kicking. Moran was released
It is said that the man Angell is of
weak mentality and drinks to great
excess. This was admitted at the cor?
oner's inquest. The csiso is appealed
on six errors assigned against the
lower court. Jessie has already b< gun
his twelve-year term.
'Pwd Writs Retimed.
Two writs of error were denied in
the. Supreme Court yesterday. The
tust was in the cast? of (jus Holland
against the. Commonwealth. Holland
was convicted in the Hustings Court
of Richmond for the killing of Law?
rence Pitts, whom he stabbc-d to death,
it was stated, in a most brutal man?
ner. The crime was committed Novem?
ber 13, 1810, and the accused arraigned
for trial January 9, 1911. The. petition
for appeal is based on the fact that the
trial jury first rendered a verdict of
"guilty," without any specification as
to the nature, or degree of the murder,
sentencing the accused for a term o{
ten years. The jury was thereupon
adjourned, did actually leave the jury
box and courtroom, hut was recalled
before getting out of the hearing of
the court, reseated and instructed to
? imend its verdict by inserting the
words "second degree murder."
The second petition for a writ of
error rcfused<yv-sterday was in thp case
of the CoHvnd/Kt-Granite and Dredging
Company vs. Vincent Cocace, which
< ornes up front the Law and Chancery
Court of Norfolk city, ft is an action
in assumpsit in which Cocace was
awarded $729.25 for a breach of con
ir?ct.
WOULD ABOLISH STATION
? nrpornllon Commission Vlctvs Svene
of Dispute In I'nwluitnn.
The State Corporation Commission
went in a. body yesterday to Clayville,
Powhatan county, where the court per?
sonally examined into the merits of
the discussion between the stations ol
ClayvUlc and Dorset, both on the
Southern Railway, and one of which it
in desired to abolish, The two stations
sta.nd within less than a mile of euch
other and are distinctly discernible,
the one from the other. The Soutb
? rri Railway is of the opinion that
traffic in the community does not jus?
tify the maintenance of both. Clay
cille is represented in the dispute by
William Justis, while former Senator
Joseph I'. Sadler and Attorney II ask ins
Hobsori, Jr.. a.ppcar for the patroiis of
PERFECT
cleanses, preserves and beau?
tifies the teeth and imparts
Curity and fragrance to the
reath. Mothers should teach
the little ones its daily use.
Dorset. The commission will render
its decision within a few days.
FOR NAVAL MILITIA
Attempt Mnkiug to Organize Nev? Oora
nmnd nt Norfolk.
State Senator John A. Libsner, of
Norfolk, and Commander C C. Marsh,
of the United States Marines, accom?
panied by several others, called yester
duy upon Governor Mann and Adju?
tant-General Sale in advocacy of the
formation of a company of naval re?
serves at Norfolk. The visitors said
that already eighty-nine men are wail?
ing to enlist in the proposed command,
whose formation would mean much to?
wards larger steps in the same direc?
tion. The matter was taken under ad?
visement by the Governor and Adju
t ant-General, who will make known
their decision tit some later date.
Traveler's Protective Association
Will Help?Annual Meet?
ing April 8.
Hearty indorsement of the Ward
plan of building ."- railroad to the
Northern Neck, as taken up by the
Chamber of Commerce, was given last
night at a me.-ting of Post A. Trav?
elers* Protective Association nf Amer?
ica. A series of resolutions was adopt?
ed favoring the project.
The date for the annual meeting was
set for Saturday night. April 8. At
that time officers will be elected for
the ensuing year, and delegates to the
State convention will be chosen. The.
latter meeting will be held in Danville
on May 12 and 13.
The resolutions adopted last night
arc as follows:
"Whereas the. city of Richmond lias
been heretofore entirely cut off from
any commercial or other satisfactory
communication with the counties of
Virginia lying between the Pamunkoy
and the Potomac Rivers, and lias never
ir-itten nor is she now getting tiny of
the business from this prosperous and
growing part of tho State, and
"Whereas this country Is known and
acknowledged to be one of the very
fairest and finest portions of our State,
and susceptible of the highest. Improve?
ment and Is possessed of all the re?
quisites for a far greater prosperity
than it now enjoys; and
?Whereas, the people of these coun?
ties are highly desirous of a rail com?
munication to Richmond and have made
known their desires by offering a free
right of way and a $50,000 bonus to a
proposed railroad;
"Bo it resolved, That Post A, Travel?
ers' Protective Association of America,
not only heartily indorses the plan of
C. M Ward and his associates to con- '
struck a standard gauge steam road
j Into ilils territory, but that they most
! urgently request every business house
in Riehmon to subscribe liberally to
its stock under the plan put forth by
Mr. Ward, believing that the bringing
to this city of 70,000 new buyers at a
cost of only $150,000, is on<=- of the
greatest opportunities that Richmond
has over been offered, and that to re?
ject this proposal would not only be a
severe blow to ...e prestige of our city,
but a reflection upon our people.
"Resolved also. That, these, resolu?
tions be inserted. If possible, in the
daily press of the citv, and that each
member of Post A he earnestly re?
quested to offer his .support and as?
sistance to the- committee from the
Richmond Chamber of Commerce, who
are now endeavoring to raise the
needed amount of stock subscription
which will insure the building of this
j much-needed railroad to the Northern
i Ne,ck at an early date "
Unanimous for New School.
[Special id Tiie, Tlmes-Dlspatch 1
Danville. Va.. March 28.?At a large?
ly attended and enthusiastic mass
meeting held hero to-night, the citizens
expressed themselves as being unan?
imous in the opinion that (he Loyal
Street School i.,- pulled down and a
new and sanitary school building be
erected, a delegation of the leading
women in the Wednesday Club wTts
present In the Interest of securing a
j separato high sc hool building.
1 Agreement Iteiiewed.
. ? Berlin, March 23.?At a meeting of
the Trans-Atlantic Shipping Pool to?
day the general agreement regulating
p?ssenger traffic between the ports of
Northern 12urope and the United States
j and Canada has been renewed, and only
minor details of the arrangement arc
' stIH to Vie. determined.
MAKE SCHEDULE
Committee Will Have Matter in
Hand?Bids Will Be Re?
ceived Thursday.
The Council Committee on Grounds
and Buildings will meet on Thursday
night of next week to receive a re?
port of u subcommittee which recom?
mends calling for bids for park music,
requiring a band of twenty-five musi?
cians, the total cost not to exceed 53,
COO, and the concerts to run ten weeks,
more or less. It has been claimed that
this plan gives an advantage to the
Blues' Band, whicii Is non-union. The
Stein and Kessnlch bands, having to
pay union prices, could not add a week
or two to the season unless they used
more than the visual number of ap?
prentice boys. The salary list of the
Blues' Hand not being tixed, the price
might be cut. and twelve or more
weeks offered.
it was suggested yesterday that In?
stead of having weekly concei'ts at
Monroe Park, they be held at River?
side, in the same ward, and in a resi?
dence district which has secured com?
paratively little from the city.
The tentative schedule, subject to
change. by the full committee. Is:
Chlinbdrazo, Monday nights: Jefferson.
Tuesday nights: Riverside. Wedhes- j
day nights: Washington, Thursday j
nights: Gamble's Hill. Friday nights, j
and William Oyrd on Saturday after- i
noons. Another Suggestion is thai one
of the bands in making its bid may \
throw in as an added inducement an ?
extra performance on Saturday, so |
that there may be park concerts both ,
on Saturday afternoons and at night.
The point is made that the Wednesday \
night concerts must be in some park'
that will not interfere with uny
church services, and there is general
approval of the plain to select six
parks and let each have its regular
concert night each week.
So far uk the list of parks is eon I
cerner. it is a matter to be determined
hy the Grounds and Buildings Com- I
mittoe, and may be changed from time
to time. Members of the committee ?
assert that there is. nothing in the re- j
port thai park keepers are lobbying)
to prevent having music in certain !
par'ttr., because of the extra work lit:
volved. The general rule of preference
to the larger parks will apply, though
if the number of parks having con?
certs is reduced, the cost of handstands
and wiring for lights is reduced.
There appears some misunderstand?
ing over the position of Philip Col
avlta, who in the pa si has worked val?
iantly to hold the Blues' Baud together.
It seems he is still bandmaster, find
will not leave the battalion
Miss Meserole, in Search of
Health in Naples, Commits
Suicide.
Naples, March CD. ?Miss Cornelia
Meserole, of New York, who arrived
here a month ago with her parents in
the hop.- thai the climate would be
benellcial to her health, threw herself
from the balcony of the Grand Hotel
to-day, and was fatally injured.
Little is known here of the Meserolcs.
I The hotel register contains the record
I of their arrival as Alfred Vanderhilt
1 Meserole and Cornelia Pelhomus
I Meserole and daughter. The three
i lunched together to-day, and during
i the course of the meal the daughter,
saying that she wished to go to her
room, left her parents. There was ap?
parently nothing to lead them to sus?
pect the woman contemplated self-de?
struction.
The voting woman went at once to
the balcony and cast herself over,
falling with great force. Employes of
the hotel and passers-by rushed to
her assistance, and she was hurriedly
removed to a hospital- An examination
by physicians showed that several
bones had boon fractured, and that the
patient was suffering from internal
injuries, which caused her death with?
in an hour. Miss Meserole was about |
twenty-sev.n year* bid.
WILL" SPEND $2,000,000 I
_
Seaboard Air Line Mnllvrny to Piireh'nSe J
N't'" f aiulpmenr- j
Baltimore, Md., March 23. It was,
announced here to-daj thai the Sea- I
board Air Line Railway Is about ??>
expend $2,000,000 for nr-w equipment
and supplies. Bids . iil be asked for
twenty-five locomotives. 1,200 freight
ears arid 15:000 tons of steel rails, for
delivery without delay; it was added,
tr, meet the requirements <>t the rapid
growth of traffic 'In the South,
Mnttntim Pnper t tiniiurr.x 11 find*.
I Special to The Tim is-IMspatchJl
St..union, yd,, March "':. Harold K !
West, formerly of Balliriidre, who he-j
mitred control of the Dispatch and
News, of this city, ha si disposed of his
lit tores! to local men. Mr. Vance, of j
War rent on, will be editor.
Defeated Seeontl Time. I
Concord." N. II. March 2,'!.? By a vote]
of 11 to 9. the State Senate to-day de?
feated for the second time it this ses?
sion a resolution passed by the Douse
of Representatives ratifying Hie in
conti' tas amendment to the national
Constitution. The v.o.- to-day was the
same as on the orevlous occasion.
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Echo of Anti-Saloon League
Meeting Shows Reasons
for Pardon.
It, those days there is a noticeable
tendency to Investigate the assertions
made by people who talk freely from
the platform or who give out state?
ments for publication. A recent inves- I
tigatidn has lust brought to light some
matters which make it appear that
Professor C. T. Jordan, of Staunton.
ii. id-- mistakes in charges brougin by
him in an address before the anti
??l?bn Convention In Newport News.
in tin- course of a speech, Professor
Jordan .'.aid that the ktaunton drvs had
secured tlie Indictment of sundry vot?
ers illegally nut on the books. One of
these, he said, was a negro, who gave
in his age falsely. lfo was tried and
given one minute in Jail. Then, ac
ci rdlhg io Professor Jordan, a, Gov?
ernor of Virginia restored him to the
right of citizenship, so that he could
vote again.
"Was it Mann." asked a delegate:
"No " replied the speaker.
"Is it -in" who want.'; to be Senator?"
inquired another.
'iWell.V id id Professor Jordan. "I
don't know any Covernor who wouldn't
like t.. lie Senator."
Thhi with the tlnie of the incident
I hd levied, pointed to Senator Swansori
as the Govern or.
I'nets Different.
Now. the records in the oflice of the
Secretary of the commonwealth show
thai the negro. Ooorge Ifopgood, was
charged with perjury in making a false.
Statement as to his age In upnlylng
for registration. He was given fifteen
days In (alii not one minute, and fined
$'.20.'j
\ petition was presented to Governor
Sw in son, now on. nie. asking for hist
pardon, and sinned by R. S. Turk. A.
?' Gordon. Hugh C. B rax ton and many
other leading citizens of S.tauntort. In
addition, there was a letter from Jo
seph A. Glasgow, the Police Justice,
and carter Braxton. Mid Common?
wealth's Attorney, sayltiK that while
they did not sign the- petition. th??l
man had horn si ?ood negro md had I
h ?Ick wife iind t'amtlv dependent tibon
him. Those bllleers concluded by na.v-1
trig- the;, thought "it all right t? grant
the peiitloru"
A certificate was inclosed from I'm-.
M. A. Partiell, eertifyihe that Hob
good':-- wife was !ll under bis care.
Thereupon, Governor Swanson grant?
ed a conditional pardon, which would'
be void at any time if the negro com-;
milted another offense His cttizenshio
\v;as not restored, and he cannot now
vote. '
Before Blaze Is Extinguished She;
Is Probably Fatally
Burned.
I
[Speclaj to The Times-Dispaich. I j
Alexandria, Via.. March -When .
.she anise this morning. Mrs. Henrietta j
Petty, about fifty-live years old, house-, i
keep. ! at the Hotel Hammel, struck a
I match Id ignite a candle to ??
light In dressing. When she dropped!
tiie match if was not extinguished, and
in a moment her night dress was: on
lire. The terrified woman ran scream?
ing from her room to the hallway, on
the same floor. A. I<\ Cannady, a guest,'
partially clad, ran to her assistance and j
smothered the (lames with blankets ?
from his own bed. hut not before Mrs. j
Pctry had been burned from head (6j
foot. Little hope is expressed for hcr|
recovery. j
The fire also/ignited the bed, destroy?
ing the bed clothing and other articles!
in the room. An alarm of fire was J
turned in. and the department respond-j
ed, extinguishing the tire with a cherii
I leal extinguisher.
Political Leader Threatens to
Get Courts in Serious
Tangle.
Cincinnati, O., March 23-?Attorneys
for George B. Cox to-day hold the
commanding position in a fight that
has beet) waged in three courts during
the last four days. The Circuit Court
temporarily enjoined Judge Frank M.
?Gorman, of the criminal branch of the
Common Pleas Court, from proceeding
in tiyiug Cox on the charge of per
.1 dry.
The injunction is designed to pic
vent Gorman from taking up the case
until the Circuit Court decides a man?
damus proceeding to compel Prcsldhlg
Judge Charles J. Hunt to rule definite?
ly as to whether an affidavit by Cox,
alleging that Judge Gorman is ''biased
and prejudiced" Is sufficient to re?
move, the case from Gorman's court.
The temporary injunction granted
to-day may have the effect of pro?
ducing a much more serious clash be?
tween the courts than has heretofore
occurred, Innsmuch as Judge Herman
took exception to the injunction In
open court to-day. and decided that lie
would wait until to-morrow morning
before announcing whether he would
obey "the extraordinary injunction." ?
It Is thought hardly probable that
the Circuit Court will rule on the man
dnrrius proceedings against ,tud3<e Munt,
before Sa tin day.
Within .hi hour after the Circuit
Court had enjoined .Fudge Prank M. I
t'iOrrnah from proceeding with the trlai I
..? cd> on ti:e i.diarge of perjury, Prosie j
cut I rig Attorney I {enry T. Hunt t'.leU ]
an affidavit charglne the two judges I
with ?bias and proJ'tidtoe." ilnd asking
thai thev be coli r e ||C< I 1" vacate \h
hem-h.
The hearing of the motion win b<*
before Chief justice Prank H. Tajrgatt.
of yvooster, O, The affidavit was filed
on behtlf of Judge Gorman and the
prosectitpr.
The action on the part of the prose?
cutor furthei complicated the legal
tangles that have been In evidence
since last Monday._
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