The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT
,oUnrn DrArH oocuhs ~ ooNNho-
y,oy WIN THE oADor oAshs'
xnorles Loses His Father ana the
~.,.,ua. 10 go over--Ths Next Torn
oocns Third Monday In May

.rA. second day OF the trial OF the III
-, AGAINST s. $. CABOT VINO Is
- .'.-,.A ,yi,h embezznng S7si, which he Is
"a - have collected from A. "'f"'onn
,'', ,No five oak plsuney Company IN
~, bnt failed to turn over opened
,ns,,ra,v mornins promptly st " 0 e'0es
ye'''' ' - court before Judge 5. b.
VIII 80 have been
-, witness on the part OF the prose-
'ne 81 - >. failed to materialize when
,,s r,r,e was called .u.s - ,ns
NJ ~ .'' Gazon was then caIieu 10 VIZ
.,."6 He stated tha' nc MP a. "a
49,. ,, is0o east Broad street "n" ''ssu
TO- E,irS business there IN ms oMn
oee' S,r about two years durlns ""iV"
80 .. has been a customer % Nhe 80
u" D,s9llery company. lie pV"sn' i"S
va" sloay-s through their agent Sr.
49,, and got them on -FOUR months
80 80 He hen psid in cash. He was al
, ~. for freight by the accused, OUT
,., .,. r,relve any fixed discount from
,,-, de- Was always allowed Tor freiSht'
&C, The bills stated sales at Clncih-
ca delivery. Witness was shown
..f,- o. bills. which he thought ne
.l d, fD,, after certain allowances Tor
5"-'..s. Mad been deducted, while they IN
r.,re recaipted by the accused as
cunt" one bill shown was Tor
....'s While the receipt on account was
r-- U1 but witness thought ne
'.. o., have given him more money at
..,,e AS that ne received a receipt
'"', y..erever ne paid mis- bill within
tn,r,y days he received discount
,r,r,.rive HIS owN INT RtsT.
u-,.,..s who speaks only broken En-
..,-t .agsed a good deal Of merriment
..., De described. how ne tried TO save
..,~o, and how I'm some instances Mr..
,.- Ar stated that he would only receipt
, Nc after certain additional payments had
,.,sr made and witness usually agreed to
a, so when he thought 1t was right
r-,n the statement sent him by the
cincinnati concern he learned that his
amounted to slOl0. while
the ledger showed the sum Of N.44O.9O
n.luding some subsequent purchases.
Witness was at this juncture turned
,ver 10 Mr.. Chas. V. Meredith for cross
,xamination. and stated that he had
brought with him part Of the bills receiV-
q from the Live Oak Distllery Company.
Az the request OF MIR. Meredith. recess
vas taken TO enable witness to produce
he other bills. Fully an hour had
,lapsed before witness returned ana
,tated that he failed TO find the papers
10 looked for He could not find any
Ills prior to January 81, 1893. but was do
ng business before that time, his part
lership having been dissolved in October,
s92.
STRANGE FATALITY.
Al this time Judge Witt invited coun-
sci TO a conference in an ad1oininS
Dom, and after short consultation, the
,ourt announced there seemed TO be a
strange fatality connected with this
,ase. one Of the jurors. Mr.. Knowles,
lad Just been informed OF the death
II his father, Mr.. John II. Knowles,
IT. Upon consent Of counsel, Mr. Knowles
vas allowed 10 so home, and cautioned
not 70 speak In regard to the case to
anyone judge Witt then turned the
1ther eleven jurors over TO the custody or
two deputy sheriffs until the return OF
Mr. Knowles.
Mr.. T.. T Conrad, who had been Mr..
Cadets bondsman before, was then sent
for. in order to be asked whether he
would go on his bond again, so that Mr'
CABOT might be released until the return
Of the juror.
Al the witnesses were then dismissed
until tomorrow at noon. shortly after
wards Alr. Conrad appeared and agreed
20 90 On Mr.. Cadets bond in the sum OF
81 900 until tomorrow. Should the case
have TO he continued again tomorrow the
ssne arrangement will be made. This 10
the first time that Judge Witt has ac-
cepted bail while trial is in progress,
but, under the provisions OF the Code, he
has a perfect right to do so.
This Is the fourth death which has
aken place In connection with the case
'ince proceedings have been commenced.
he other three being Mrs. Cadet. Mr..
fost. the bookkeeper Of the Live Oak
)istillery Company. who began the pro-
eedings. and Miss Schmidlapp, the daugh-
or Of the president OF the company. The
efence is laboring under a decided disad-
.antage, for. as Mr. Meredith told me yes
cray morning. he fully expected that
he Indictment would be taken up first,
s agreed upon by counsel. which charges
he accused with the embezzlement Of
ertain money collected from V. Donati
. Bro Mr. Meredith had made all his
For that case, land was
therefore, greatly surprised when he
Earned on Friday evening that the prose-
ution had changed its front and decided
b take up the Girolami case first.
PosrPoNISG THE NEXT TERN.
In view Of the fact that the CABOT case
i'll take up at least several more days,
Judge Witt yesterday entered an order
Ostponing the May term of his court
nth the third Monday in May. Authority
By this order is given Ia section Sl26 of
he Code Of Virginia, which reads as
blows:
Sec a26 II term Of court is TO end dur
lg trial Of case, etc, trial may go on
nt.l concluded IL call be in corporation
1urt Judge may postpone commencement
2 next term. II the term of a court is
b end pending the trial therein of any
use. civil or criminal, it shall neverthe-
.ss be lawful for such court TO continue
be trial until the same is concluded,
nd the case disposed Of; and II such case
% 90 corporation or hastings court
he Judge thereof shall have the power,
By az order entered In court, TO postpone
ne commencement of the next term or
ne said court 10 some day designated by