The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-21

Leaves the Defense to Captain
Berkeley.
The Hastings Court opened at $50
o'clock yesterday morning and Juror R.
A. Houl having recovered from the at
tack of sickness the trial of James G.
Richardson, A. Perry, D. D. Kennedy,
S. w. Fuqua, Walter Davis and Brown
Myers, under Indictment for rioting
September 90, was resumed. The first
witness introduced was ex.Chief OF
Police M. G. Morris, who said he saw
Fuqua, one of the accused. throw stone
at the jail door. He saw him again be-
tween 10 and l o'clock. He heard
Richardson say that he would rather
have Mayor Trout than the negro.
Officer Merriman was the next witness
and he testified that he saw Walter
Davis, J. G. Richardson and Abe Perry,
who were standing by the jail door on
tho right in question. He heard Richard
son say that the people were a set of
towards and wouldn't pay any attention
to anything he would say.
Policeman L. Johnson next testified
as follows: II was standing ut the jail
door on the west side; saw stones
thrown at the jail door; the attack was
made in the neighborhood of O'Clock.
The stones came from back of the
crowd. l saw Walter Davis, D. D.
Kennedy and Abe Perry; they were not
throwing any stones, but were hallooing
about getting the negro; don't remem-
Der seeing these three parties after the
shooting. l saw Richardson afterward
talking to the crowd; he said If they
would follow him he would get the
negro. Richardson was making O speech
on the sidewalk in front of Hotel Ponce
De Leon. Eight or ten persons were
standing around him"
Station House Keeper j. II. Williams
was plac ed on the stand and stated
that he saw Walter Davis and Abe Perry
there that night. He didn't see Davis
until after the shooting, when he came
into the station house in company with
four or five others, and asked for the
prisoner.
Police Sergeant A. 81. Griffin stated
that he saw the attack on the Jail about 8
o'clock the night in question. He saw
Walter Davis throw brick against the
window which WAS the first one thrown.
The witness caught Davis and tried to
put him In through the window when
the crowd took Davis away from him.
After the shooting was over he saw
d. ID. Kennedy near the jail. Witness
picked him up from the ground about
four feet from the west door of the Jail.
AS one of the grand jurors was sick
the grand jury was then dismissed until
this morning.
e r. Woodward, who was on the
stand Saturday, was recalled, and stated
that on the evening OF September 90
he saw young man named Bishop,
supposed to be the son OF the injured
woman, and heard him make some in.
cendiary remarks.
A. j. Schancks: 81 saw Walter Davis
in his shirt sleeves in the crowd saying,
Come on, come on I saw Richardson
in the crowd on Campbell street near
the jail. l saw him on the steps Of the
courthouse making speech to the
effect that il the mayor wouldn't tell
where the negro was they would go to
the Ponce de Leon, get Mayor Trout
and hang him. Mr.. Richardson was
pretty we'll Sin his cups I saw Rich
ardson again on September 25 and
heard him say that he had no regrets,
and by -- he had no favors to ask for
what he did ON the night of the riot.
j. G. Rawn testified: cat the time of
the firing I was in front of Nelson 81
Myers, 1 saw two men immediately
after the firing whom afterwards found
out were Mr.. Richardson and Mr.. Ken
nedy. Mr.. Richardson's idea seemed to
be to get Mr.. Trout and he was asking
the people to get the mayor. Kennedy
was one OF the men who proposed to
pull down Mr.. Watts when he was max
ing pacifyiDg speech. He was very
positive that Kennedy was the man.
The witness was not sure of the exact
words used by Kennedy but they were
of the nature of melting riot"
j. II. Walthall's testimony was to the
effect that he saw James G.. Richardson
later In the night and Richardson was
saying that they must find Mr.. Trout
and force him to tell where the negro
was. just then some one came up and
said Mr.. Trout was at the Ponce de
Leon hotel and Richardson and some
others went to the hotel to see If he was
there. Still later in the night heard
Richardson say that he wanted 100 men
to give him their names and they would
&c. to the depot to keep the negro from
being taken away on the train.
j. L. Curlin: saw Abe Perry in the
crowd that night. First saw J. G,
Richardson in front OF the. courthouse
after the firing. He was asking the men
not to run"
w. P. Moomaw stated that he heard
Mr.. Richardson object to the militia
being called out. Richardson, he said,
was wild talking man when drunk, but
was entirely harmless.
Police Officer w. j. Rigney saw
Walter Davis in the crowd. Also saw
Mr.. Richardson. He was TALKING in a