The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-06

reckon i nave gotten twenty warrants, anC
had gentlemen, editors, and others arrested
and bound over by Mr. Mayo or Justice
White. I did not hear the testimony o.
Messrs. n C. Cabell, w. p. Burwell, and
franklin Stearns, but saw It In the paper
Mr.. Wise: Do you under oath aver and
charge that "there is good reason to fear .
that General Imboden will commit breach
Of the peace! :.
Major Poe: Well, / should think H suffi
cient to swear out q warrant. It Is a nattei
Of judgment with me, formed on hearsay, and
not from any personal knowledge of my owp
To other questions Of. Mr.. Wise: Never
knew Imboden to commit breach Of the
peace, and never have known him to bt
otherwise than q peaceful citizen. Been
Chief OF Police about eight years. '
MR.. MoIsE EXPLAINS.
At the conclusion of Major Poe's testimony
Mr. MtI;e made personal explanation. de
Eever dreamed that the conversation that be
had with Major Poe would be made public,
and had no connection with the johnson.
Imboden imbroglio but as Major Poe bad
quoted what he (Mr. Moise) said on the occa.
sion referred to as bis reason for swearing
that he believed General Imboden contem.
plated q breach of the peace, he (Mr. Moise)
thought that in justice to himself he should
give more of the conversation. While
admitting that General Imboden ought
to have expected that General johnson
would seek redress for what he had said and
written of him, yet he was opposed to the
use of cowhide or whip unless 1t was to
ayepge an insult to lady, tor the reason
that in the school that be was trained In it was
considered that afte:' party had been cow
hided even if he challenged his assailant he
was not bound to accept, and any one else
could refuse to meet him under the same
plea, and by kind Of ler non script9 the
party who had been thus degraded bad the
right to take the life Of his assailant at any
time or in any place. Something being said
about "coolng time," Mr.. Noise remarked
that there were some insults for which there
was no cooling time, and this was one OF
them.
SPEECH OF MR.. WISE.
Mr.. Wise earnestly summed up the case
for bis client, and insisted on bis discharge.
He spoke of General Johnson's attack on
General Imboden as an attempted assasslna-
tion, doubted the cowhiding, and denounced
General Johpson's conduct in the seVerest
possible language. General 1mboden, he
contended, had only performed bis duty
under the law by repeling the attack, which
be had done heroicaily, and in manner to
throw all the discredit and dishonor upon
bis adversary, and that General Imboden
was Yindicated in the eyes of the community
and stood upon high ground; whereas the
position of General johnson was quite the
reverse.
IS GENERAL IMBoDEN SATISFIED?
Police Justice: Mr.. Wise, do understand
you to say that General lmboden is satisfied
and will not pursue the matter any further
Mr., Wise have never said one word to
General Imboden about his feelings. My
argument bas not been framed upon any
conversation of the kind with him. The
most / have said in that direction was that
considered him vindicated, and quoted :
Let it alone. 1t is very pretty fight as 1t
stands."
The Police Justice intimated that if Gen.
eral ImbQden would say that he would let
the matter drop where it is that he would
discharge him; that was his course when
Mr. Cabell complained against Messrs. Roy.
all and Wise, and when the two gentlemen
diselaimed any hostile purpose towards each
other. III ---..,ss. s,s
Mr.. Wise replied that that would be put
ting General Imboden in very unfair rosi-
tion, ard that he bad as we'll acknowledge
the right of the court to bind him, over to
keep the peace.
MIR. Wise further said that the matter be.
tween him and Mr. Royal was very differ
ept one; that he never had had any difficulty
with Mr.. Royal, and never expected to-.
The Police Justice: am very glad to hear
you say that. I was about to issue processes
against you both.
MIR. Wise, after consulting with General
Imboden, declined TO say whether or not be
would pursue the matter with General John.
son any further.
BOND REQUIRED.
The Police Justice spoke of General 1m'
boden as an honorable and chivalric man,
but announced that he would be compelled
to reduire bond Of him to keep the peace in
the sum Of one thousand dollars.
Mr.. Wise indicated his purpose to ap.
peal.
The Police Justice said the proper way
was for General Imboden to give the bond,
and then appeal to the Hastings Court to be
discharged therefrom. he could do that, or
refuse to give bond and be committed, and
then proceed By writ of habeas corpus.
Mr.. Wise, for General lmboden, declined
to give the bond, and the Police Justice in'
structe9the clerk to prepare mitinauS.
Mr.. Cabell informed Mr.. Wise that be
could give no more time to the case thai
day, and that if Judgment was entered ther
General Imboden would have to remain ir
Jail until Monday.
On this account and by consent sentence
was not entered on Saturday, and the clse
was marked "continued" until to-day
though the Justice has fully made up hi:
mind. General Inboden gave surety for his
appearance in the sum of one thousand dol
lars, With Mr.. Stearns as surety.
Itis we'll understood, as it has been since
Thursday, that tile Police Justice has ne ides
of changing his sentence, and that Genera
Imboden must give bond to keep the peace
or go to jail unless released by higher power
General Imboden thanked the Police JUS
tice for giving him until today to get out
| writ OF habeas corpus, and said that ne wa
| fighting this thing on principle. " @
The steps usual in hdbeds corpus case:
were taken by MIR. Wise on Saturday. Thi
| morning General Imboden will be formally
delivered into the custody of the jailOr, an(
no doubt in few minutes thereafter wri
| will be served upon the jailor commanding
him to produce General Imbodep before on,
of the judges Of the city, by, whom Police
| Justice w nite's decision evil be reviewed
and either annuled or affirmed.
CowHIDISa AFFAIR AT THE OLD MARKET
Saturday evening Mr.. W. +. Webber, wh'
is engaged in peddling tobacco in this city
attacked Autoni Lorenzo with coWhide a.
The lalter's peanut.stand, near the corner 9
Seventeenth and Main streets.s Webber, i
appears, is unfortunate in his relations will
his wife, and he attributes bis infelicitles t
the fascinating Lorenzo. Recent events hay
demonstrated to Mr. Weober's satisfaction
That Mrs. Webber Is subject 70 the influence
of Lorenzo. and that she !" loves not Wlsel!
INT too weil.n So on Saturday he procured