The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-02
MORE ARRESTS MADE
MY UNITED sTArEs huTHoRITIEs
For Alleged Irregularities on hes'''f"''0"
NJ. xx.rrant. sworn Out for Negroes
CHARGED with Registering Illegally

.scos,s seern 20 be getting prevalent III
,o,,t,caI circles. and things are assuming
,,,oreeting phase. That the Repuoh-
=. ,n,ond 10 Law hands on every Demo-
graf who commits the most trivial o'ehSe'
soe,os an assured fact, after the pro-
ceedines Of the past two days.
Nr phillips case had scarcely been as
,,sod Of tefore Mr. y. +. Shepperson'
~oe,strar AZ the Second precinct Of Gay
ward. was dealt with in manner similar
20 that Of Phillips. a warrant was s"or"
ont against Mr. shepperson on chalse
Of having refused 70 register ueo' -
Wood. the latter having been cohViO'oU D'
netit larceny. FOR which act ne was W.
Shcppcrson claimed, disiranchlseu'
NJ shepperson was arrested Monday al
,e,noon by Deputy Marshal George W.
nuosberrv Jr.. and had hearing yrSle'
a. morning at 10 o'clock before oih'ou
states Commissioner NJ. L. Iieasah.S.
The warrant charged that Mr. ohepper
son refused to transfer one Heoise " V|.
IcoleredD Messrs Meade liaShAs AM
Y Meredith represented the prisoner, az
District Attorney BristOw appeared 4oI
the Government. a.. ,o..or
wood said that he had moved from Gay
rgard 10 Jackson ward and that When re
oppliod TO Mr.. Shepperson Tor tfan"1el
or Saturday evening he WAS retused' on
the ground that his name was on tne i.St
OF those who had been convicted OF pe.I
larceny. and consequently had no rlSht 10
vote. Wood claimed that he had never
been convicted Of any offense.
CONTRADICTED HIMSELF
When Mr.. Meredith questioned Wood,
the latter contradcted himself hatly, ana
even Judge Bristow himself conceded
mat though Wood had had an opportu-
nifty 10 prove that ne was not convicted
he had failed 70 do So Messrs. j. b. New
ell. J. B. Gwathmey and Neal were IN
PRODUCED to show that Wood had been
given an opportunity TO prove that his
name was not on the dsfranchised llst'
but that he had not done so.
The case was submitted and the Com
missioner sent il on TO the grand Jury,
and the accused was bailed in the sum OF
$500 on his own recOgnizance.
TWO OTHERS.
The case Of NTH. II. wilkins. registrar
al the First Monroe precinct, and that Of
Mr. w H. Moseley. Democratic challenger
at the same precinct, who were arrested
bv DEPUTY Marshal DUesberry, charged
with maliciously and fraudulently re-
fusing to register William b. Martin and
William Thomas Green Doth negroes),
came up.
There were two charges against each.
Martin said he was thirty-five years old,
and had never voted. The grounds on
which Mr.. Moseley challenged these ne
groes' right 10 vote was the same as
the one claimed I'm the case Of Mr. Shop
person-that the negroes had been con-
victed Of crime.
Martin too, did not prove that he was
not the man so convicted, and left the
precinct saying that he did not care to
vote anyhow.
William Green, who also brought
charges against these gentlemen gave
his name at the register as William
Green. and as the disfranchised list con-
tanned that name, his right to vote was
challenged.
Later in the day Green's father came
with him TO the registrar and wanted to
know why his boy, William Thomas"
was not registered. lie was told that the
son when he presented himself said his
name was William Green. The old man
replied: eyes. il is; William Thomas
Green" Mr.. Moseiey now challenged the
vote on the ground that SO many names
had been given that it was apparent that
the man was trying to register fraudu-
lently and Mr.. Wilkins declined to record
the name.
a CtOSS w At(1SA-N l.
Messrs. Haskins and Meredith again
appeared for the accused and called on
District Attorney BristOw to issue a
warrant for Martins arrest, who had
without doubt committed perjury I'm his
testimony. This the District Attorney re-
fused 10 do, saying he never swore out
warrants himself.
Before the day Of registration Mr.. VII
kins made canvass Of his district 60 get
the names and residences Of all the per-
sons OF voting age. When he went to
this man Martins house. Martin said no
man but himself lived there on Satur-
day young negro named Randolph made
application to register, and gave his resi-
dence the street and number Of Martins
house MI wilkins investigated the case
and found out that Randolph did live
there. and that Martin had deceived him;
30 Randolph was registered.
The cases were sent on the grand jury
and each OF the gentlemen was allowed
bail in the sum OF $500. " IS. G. Y.
Meredith, Meade Haskins anu j. l.. Nc
Kinney going on the bonds.
ILLEGALLY REGISTERING.
As soon as the cases were disposed
OF, Registrar Thomas a. Richardson. of
the Third precinct Of jefferson ward,
swore out warrants for the arrest Of
George w. Davis and II. Y. Lawrence
both cOlored, charged with illegally re-
Clustering. Both men gave as their resi-
dence places in which they do not re-
side, and where they were not known.
Hon. b. b. Munford accompanied Mr.
Richardson when the latter asked for
warrants for the arrest of Davis and
Lawrence. 1t is understood, however
that one of these warrants was with
drawn the accused having given salts
factory proof that his intentions were not
TO violate any law bearing on the case
The other case will probably come up
to-day.
During the next few days lively times
may be expected in this direction. Since
the Republicans have started out on such
grand arresting act the Democrats will
probably follow suit and lay hands on
quite number Of the negroes who have
been voting from time TO time with lit
tie or no positive proof as TO their legal
rights in so doing.
JUSTICE JOHN'S COURT