The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-03
Ar FEVER HEAT.
INCREASING INDIGNATION OVER
THE RECENT ARRESTS.
Impetuosity Restrained with Difiicuity-
Belief that Malone IL Striving to Excite
Disturbance in Danvilie e-Anothcr War
rant Served-The Ease sent On.

D,NvuLr. Va. November p Special
The excitement here has been AT fever
heat all day. and il required all the persua-
siye powers Of cool heads To hold the more
impetuous boys down and prevent an out
break.
An Overlooking Democratic meeting
was held nj Masonic Hall last night. which
was addressed by fNe or six citizens. all OF
whom warned their hearers 10 keep cool.
and told them Malone. ~ matters now
stand. is beaten. and beaten badly. and his
only hope i tO raise row in DdnNllle. To
accomplish that he had sent his commits
sioncrs and marshals here to arrest regis
trars and Judges of election ON nlmsy
charges made by United states supervisors
who acted i'm the election last fall. that they
had intimdated voters. &c.
INCrrING DISTURBANCE.
This had been done in the hope that the
people would be goadcd 10 the point Of re-
sistance. The people were urged to keep
cool and not let their Indignation get the
best Of them. This morning District Attor-
nev w. T.. Craig reached the city. lie I'M
mediaiely held caucus with Commissioners
". Il. Tinsley. Of I.ynchburs. who has been
here three days. W. -. Coleman and \. 4.
Lewis. Marshal Mills and others in the Gus
cd a warrant of arrest on Thomas \. Fox.
registrar Of the First wanl of this city.
charging him with intimdating and hinder
ing voters on the 9th Of November. lN>S.
Fox was ordered to appear before Commits
soner Tinsley at 10 O'Clock. He was there,
accompanied by half the lawyers in town
and "A hundred or more of the best citizens Of
the town.
MOCK COURT ORGANIZED.
While waiting for the august commits
sioner and the grand eloquent attorney. the
BOYS. in order to show their supreme con
tempt for the farce. organized mock court.
and Fox. who il an undertaken was duly
indicted for hiding the registration books IN
"A dismal coffin Of his own make. where no
stiperstitious negro would be- liable To look
for them. When the commissioner opened
his court the warrant was read. IL bore
date October 3lsi. and was issued on the
affidavit of :. \. Patterson, who was United
states supervisor last fall. which affidavit
was dated November :. l>SS.
Defense moved Ia quash the warrant as not
being supported by Patterson's affidavit.
I'm the argument Colonel tabell demanded
Of Commissioner Iinsley 20 know why the
warrant was not issued until nearly year
after the affidavit was made. The COM
attorney said he would answer.
Colonel Cabell said: II am not asking
YOU. am speaking to the man who issued
the warrant. and j. therefore responsible
for it,
Craig said he was responsible ftr il.
Mr.. j. 4. Harrison. of the defense. then
spoke. lie denounced the action Of these
satraps. and demanded TO know why they
came here on the eve Of "A state election 10
harrass and annoy these people.
I'm reply. Craig said the reason the war
rants had not been executed sooner was
because the men in power M the time the
offer sees were committed would not prose
cute. lie could not have paid higher
tribute 10 the memory Of the lamcntcd Judge
Henry 4. Allen. who was district attorney
under Cleveland.
The commissioner o,erruled the mOti0h 10
auash the warrant. and went on with the
trial \ lot of negroes were introduced a.
Witnesses ~ Craig. together with two men
whose skins only are white. The testimony.
though apparently cut and dried. varied IN
very important particulars. The defense
intiaruced but two witnesses and offered
no argument.
SENT on 10 THE GRAND JURY.
Tho Commissioner sent Fox on TO the
Grand jury under $500 bond, when Wa-
furnished i'm exactly thrcc-puartcrs of "A see
ond. II j. not known if any more arresi-
are to be made, but it is supposed tho re- VIII
be several more.
OVERLOOKING MEETINGS TO DENOr NCt
THE OUTRAGEs.
Monster overflow meetings were held IN
Dan,ille and North Danyilc tonight. The
hiob-handed measures of the deputy mar
4 .f.... .f,tt handled
the numerous speakers. Big meetings wer'
held to-day at nearly every precinct in the
county. lttsylyania j. all ablaz- and sicl
enthusiasm was never known before. The
arrest and prosecutions OF election judges
have rec0iled ON MahOne and will be wortl
thousand votes to Mckinney, Tyler an1
scott.