The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-10-23
HUSH MONEY.
Justice Richardson's Informant as
to the Gambling Operations.


to the Gambling Operations.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Page sends the follow
ing to the State, dated October 21:
Il did not read the Dispatch yesterday
until was leaving the city; consequently
did not know that Justice Richardson
had been interviewed. So soon as did
read it. however, stated to a citizen at
the depot that the Justice would have no
difficulty in producing his intormer, ana
then had made up my mind to relieve
the Justice of any unpleasant position
that he might feel himself in. | therefore
saw TO you that | was the informer alluded
to by him, and | desire to state further
how the matter come about we were
talking one day about the Dismal
Swamp Lottery, and | think both ex-
pressed the opinion of its being illegal:
During the conversation stated
to him. never believing that it would be
heard of again, that an old friend or
mine informed me that it required vast,
or large outlay of money to keep 1t up,
as they were bled freely, and that the
gamblers of the town were bled just
as freely. He further stated to me that
he paid to one party as much rs MY doI-
lars per month. and that he was high OIL
ficial and that high official mot now IN
office) although paid his salary by the
State, required him to cash it for INN IN
advance: that he got along very well with
this gentleman until some party or parties
in Alexandria employed special counsel
TO push the case against the company.
This conversation occurred about year
Tor little more) since. This converse
tion with Justice Richardson was about
both Dismal Swamp Lottery and gam
bling, and while he may have understood
the money to have been paid by the
gamblers. | INTENDED to convey the
impression, as | received it, that 1t
was paid by the lottery company l ana
not understand him as saying that either
the fifty dollars per month or the advance
of salary was paid or made to any city
official. but Justice Richardson may have,
and no doubt did so understand, for |
think it more than probable that ! said
a high officer in this city, meaning that
the money was paid in the city. The
Justice and myself had several talks and
think the last one on the subject was
about the Sd of September last when !
laughingly told him that ! saw there had
been a raid on the gamblers during my
absence from town, but II seemed
they did not get much, and that l
had been told by one Of the sport
ING men they had notice OF the
raid two DAYS before it was made. While
! was absent from the city, in another
city. | met two men whom | knew some
wears since as sports and citizens OF
Richmond, and being surprised to tnd
the sports i'm that place, | asked what they
were doing there, and was told by one OF
them i'm the presence OF the other that
they had to leave to prevent arrest ana
that the coming houses had been raided
but that they had notice two days before
it happened that the earthquake pre-
vented it the first night and that they lett
town the next day.
AS to the rigid cross-eXamination, /
suppose spoke % that before a dozen,
and ! was justified in this think, by
the fact that one of the very witnesses on
the list had to be brought before the
Judge twice before he could be made to
answer. think this answer will be SUI
ficient. and let the blame rest where II
may.
II do not wish it understood that | told
Justice Richardson all that have written
here, but that the many conversations |
had with the other parties was the basis
of what | did say to him.
VERY respectfully,
SAMUEL Vi. PAGE