The Mayor’s Court
Mayor Killette this morning increased
the bonds of Baxter Reed, Joe Johnson and Charlie Wright, the three negroes who
claimed they are members of the sect that was held up by the Mayor and ordered
to stop holding religious meetings during the influenza epidemic, and upon
their refusal he ordered them to court. The case will doubtless be taken up at
the next term of the court.
The notorious negro named “Shine” has
again come to light. This is the negro whose real name is George Baker and has
served on the roads of Wilson county a number of times for various and sundry
crimes, but mainly for flimflam games, finding colored farmers with fat
pocketbooks easy victims.
He was tried this morning for
snatching a roll of money containing $150 from a negro farmer by the name of
Dock Evans who lives on Mr. Seth Tyson’s farm near Saratoga. The negro said
that Shine met him at the hardware store of Dildy and Agnew November 6th
and had a paper reading it and was telling him about the war. Being interested
both walked along together rand Dock went into Branch’s Bank after some money
and came out with a roll containing $150, which Shine promptly snatched and
made away with. Attempts were made to catch and arrest him but without avail, and
he got away.
The first time that Shine has been
seen since then in Wilson was last Monday and then Dock recognized him and
officers Warren and Winstead arrested him.
Shine endeavors to prove an alibi. He
said that he had not been in Wilson before this week for a long time. He was
positive he was not here on the 6th, but the fact that he sent $50
to a party in Kinston and bought a $70 overcoat in Richmond were all against
him. He was sent to jail in default of $250 bond and will have to explain to
the court how in the world he got together all that money.
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