The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-14
ELECTION TRIALS.
Moa CASES HEARD BEFORE UNITED
STATES COMMISSIONER PLEAsANTs.
TWO SENT on AND THE RESI-
DISCHARGED
tSrFEYsrING vrEIING OF THE BAR
A. .OCIATIoN.
Proceedings la Various Courts IN
oral Of Mr John u Davis Notes
aud Happenings I'm and
About she ely.

United states Commissioner Pleasan's
MAS Yesterday engaged IN hearing me
eof William J Gentry and John Fin
merry. Judges of election ~ the f0urti
nreciucf of Jackson ward, on Seven
ifenih street. and Henry A. Kobe, Dem
ocrsiie supervisor, for hindcring, delay
inc and oh.tructinF voting 40 this pre-
o.nci lesl November
The prosecution was represented by
Colonel Cailctt Gibson, United State
attorney. and by Mt Floyd Hughes
The defense was represented by Messrs
G. y. Meredith, Meade Haskins, and A
Il Cligon
The nr-t witness was James H. Barrai'
fcolore8l lie said he was coming down
Seventeenth street the night before ih'
election in company with Frank Mann
and hc passed Mossrs Gentry and Fin
neftv Vho were standing together ON
Seventeenth street where Nenable street
stop. ID was dark. As they passed
Nc.sr- Finncriy and Gentry, witness
heard Fiuneriy saw TO Gentry, " We mus
yofc these uigecfs slow tomorrow, &c
which Gentry replied. Al right
Frank Mann .c0loredl was then called
lie said hcliycd 40 1919 Buchanan street
Uem came down seventeenth street with
Barmie Saw Gentry and Fmncrty stand
INK together heard finneriy say 10 Gen.
TN. "l want sou 10 vote them nigger'
slow tomorrow Witness stopped
went back and slid "lll see YOU about
Thai tomorrow 81 live
I'D 10
hear Gentry make any reply. lie did
not stop 0ut turned his head ana mad'
fherentrt linnerty above quoted.
q "ls no' This ihc first time YOU have
ever made tac statement, ] ii see you
about That tO.m0uOW, If i've
The witness moved uneasily in his
chair and hgmmed and hawed, anC
finally ,a.d.t wos
y Did not YOU testify before The
notary n the Waddiil-Nise contest tina
yoll reply was, Are you voting nigger
t0.n.-htf
Ai,e more hesitation he said he di
@. Nas not that your only remark Z
eli THINKS DO was.'
lie was cross questioned at length anC
got himself much mixed mp, al time
creatnr laughter at his squirmiug
Ar A. n kaufman, candidate on TIT
Republican ticket for House oi Delegates
was tle nest witness lie describe,
infinitely tAcp0iliBg place lie bad free ac
ces. o. ihe room. and saw no one obsiruc
voter. while hc was there
Mr. J, Smith. tcsiiDed as 10 the ar
jest of one voter Harris by name, az th
order of Kobe, the supervisor kolb
WAS more or less drunk lie had free &C
cess t1 the registration books
jaime, d Rankin, the Republican iudg'
Oi the election. testified that the Othe
judges. SD far as he could see, did OBJ
Dc.i they could know nothing asaius
them kolbe asked questions and chal
lcngci voters tie was not drunk, bu
had been drinking. Ii was much harde
10 vote negroes fast than white men, bee
cause there were so many more negroe
and numbers of the same name. Voter
were voted a- rapidly al The last election
as az any Presidential election before.
4 number of other Witnesses were
called. bat they either knew nothing o.
gave uo evidence That was new.
a recess was taken for diuner, afte
which ihe examination was resumed.
Mr. Reilly, Republican supervisor a
the Fourth precinct testified that Nj
Kobe hindercd and INSTRUCTED ia
voting as much as possible. The wit
ness, wh,n asked 10 whom he had mad
his statement. said that he could not re
member any OF those 10 whom he ha
made ii but on being asked whether h
had made it to Mr. Hughes, he admitte
that he had
Mir Peasants then had cOnsultatio
with Mr.. Hughes and Colonel Gibson
after which he stated that it would no
hc necessary for the defendants to in
uOduce any testimony, but MI hOlb'
desiring to make q statement, was a
lowed 20 take the stand. He denied a.
the statements made about him
Finally the Commissioner decided
send on Mr. Kobe and dismiss Messr
Gentry and tinnerty Mr. Warner
Fleming went on Mr.. kOlbe's bond.
il t. understood that the United state
District Attorney and the counsel fc
the defense have united in asking for
special grand jury TO meet about IL
DIST of February, and have "a trial earl
IN March Colonel Gibson said that
thought 10 was time the election law
should De clearly and distinctly COZ
strued