Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-10
ASSENT ON
-. As -Four Charges Of Forgery Certified
to the Grand Jury.
The omeer1. After a Long Drive
over Muddy Roads, Fail to Find
Their Man--strons Evidence
Against the comm,..ioner.


Burnley Taylor, the Commissioner OF
me Revenue for King william county,
WIN go. before the Aprii grand jury with
tour charges Of forgery TO answer.
He may have. company In this un-
pleasant experience ~ the city authorl.
ties succeed in getting hold Of George u.
Terry. another citizen OF King William.
ana friend OF Taylor's. for whom a
warrant was issued on Friday, as told
exclusively IN yesterdays Dispatch.
The most sensational feature OF yester-
GAYS developments In the matter OF
money being collected out Of the state
Treasury on fraudulent orders for the
support OF iunatics kept in private homes
was the return to the city muddy. rest
broken. and empty-handed OF Sergeant
Tomlinson and Policeman Gibson. who
went down to King William the evening
before to arrest Terry.
The officers were naturally chagrined
~ missing their man. but they were not
greatly surprised. as Terry had been given
abundant warning and time to get out
OF the way. If he desired TO do so. The
Ncnt just a Jay 100 batcs VI ~
least. the day that he was not at home.
TWO MORE WARRANTS SERVED.
There were two more warrants served
on Taylor yesterday. as anticipated by
the Dispatch. One charges him with hav-
ing uttered a forged order from tho
County Court OF Dinwiddie purporting TO
~ s..awn and atrested by j. IL. Young,
Deputy clerk, in favor Of J. NJ. Phelps
for SiJ, for the maintenance OF lunatc
named Rosa Lee. The other purports TO
emanate from the County Court Of Gull
pepper. and to have been drawn and at
tested by W. e. Coons, Clerk, In favor
OF J. NJ. Turner for si56 for the main
tenance OF Jane Mills. also a lunatic
The Taylor case was called IN the
Police Court yesterday morning, out IN
the absence OF important witnesses for
the prosecution. Mr.. Smith had the ex-
animation continued until the afternoon,
when Justice Crutchfield held special
session for this purpose. The defence
made no objection TO this arrangement.
The white chamber was crowded with
spectators.
THE PRISONER IN COURT.
Taylor was brought into court shortly
before o'clock. and was Joined by his
counsel a few minutes thereafter. MT
Smith was on hand TO conduct the prose-
cutlon. and Colonel Morton Marye. the
Auditor OF Public Accounts. sat beside
him and offered suggestions from time 10
time as the case progressed. The wit
nesses for the prosecution were all called
and sworn. Mr.. Smith stated that there
were four warrants against the accused,
and suggested that the cases be bunched
and examined into all together. Mr.. Car
ter OF counsel for the defence. consented
20 this arrangement.
The examination was then proceeded
with. and lasted but a short time. The
first witness called was Mr.. W. Il. Coons,
Clerk OF the County Court OF Culpeper.
The order purporting to have been drawn
and attested by him was handed him, |
and he, al a glance, declared IL 10 be |
a forgery. He further stated that no |
such order had ever been entered by the |
Culpeper Court The defence did not |
care 10 cross examine this witness.
Mr.. II. S. Wallerstein, of the firm OF /
s. Ullman's Son. in this city. was next |
called. He stated that he knew Taylor |
personally. and. glancing around the |
courtroom, pointed him out. Witness was |
handed all four of the orders which Tay-
ior is charged with having forged. and /
he Identified each as having been eashed |
by himself for Taylor. who had given |
them to him in trade. The Culpeper war
rant was presented to him in January by /
Taylor in person. The accused. he said. |
asked for so in cash, purchased goods, TO
be paid for out of the order, and request
ed that the balance. amounting to sl3, be
deposited to his credit In one OF the
title and trust companies here. This, Mr..
Wallerstein said, was done, and he had
the warrant cashed at the State Urea
surers Office In reference to the other
orders, witness testified that the one from
Prince William was presented by Taylor
in person. the Dinwiddie order was sent
IN q letter from Taylor. by his clerk.
and the King William order was sent by
Taylor In letter which he entrusted 10
a colored man. Each OF these papers was
accompanied by an order for bill of
goods. TO be shipped TO King William
Courthouse. The witness was subjected to
q short cross examination. but his testi-
mony was not affected in any particular.
FEW QUESTIONS ASKED.
The other witnesses were disposed OF in
quick succession. and none OF them were |
questioned by the defence. b. c. Garrett,
Clerk of King William Court. who by |
the way. was the successful candidate for 1
that Office against Mr.. Taylor two years
ago, next took the stand. Being shown /
the order purporting TO have been signed |
by him. he pronounced II a forgery, and |
stated that no such order had ever been |
made by the King William court.
He was followed on the stand by Mr.. |
u -. T..
He asserted that the order which ap- |
parently emanated from the Dinwiddie |
court. was spurious. and said no such |
person as j. II. Young, whose name was |
signed 20 the order. was ever employed |
as deputy there.
Mr.. Edward Nelson. Clerk OF the Prince |
William Court, pronounced the order pur- |
porting to have been issued by his court |
as spurious and having been forged.
The Commonwealth then rested its case. |
and the defence stated that they would |
introduce no witnesses The case was |
submitted without argument. and the |
Justice at once certified IL to the Hastings |
Court. |
BAH. NOT ASKED FOR.
1t had been stated before the exami- |
nation that bail would be requested. and |
that the case would be taken before Judge |
Witt on writ OF habeas corpus, with a |
view 20 getting bail. In event that Justice |
Crutclffield refused II. No motion was |
made. however. and the prisoner was re- |
manded TO jail. A consultation of |
his lawyers was held in the Circuit Court |
room. and II was learned afterwards that |
they decided to sue out a writ of habeas |
corpus Monday. In the mean time their |
Client will remain in Jail. While his |
lawyers were In consultation, Taylor was |
permitted 20 go into Comnnonwealth's- |
Attorney Smiths office. where he met his |
vile. lie spent an hcur or more with her. |
after which he was conducted to the jail |
by Deputy Hlll
ON A FRUITLESS MISSION.
Yesterday morning the Dispatch publish |
ed exclusively that Officers Tofnlinson and |
Gibson had made another trip after n /
King william man, who was wanted for |
passing similar orders to those for which |
Taylor was arrested but at the request /
of the authorities the name Of the party |
was withheld. George b. Terry, a lumber
dealer ard saw-mill proprietor. was the
man wanted. but the officers returned to |
Richmond yesterday empty-handed
The warrant for Tsrry's arrest was
sworn out before noon on Friday, and
off3cers Tomllnson and Gibson left on
the $40 y. NJ. train to execute H. They
went 10 Lestof Manor. and drove from
there 70 Terry's house In private con-
veyance. Mrs. Terry told them that her
husband left In the morning to see Mr..
George p. Haw. commonwealth's Attor-
ney OF Hanover. who was his counsel in |
certain matters. The Richmonders con-
tsnucd their inquiry. but without avail. |
and had finally TO give up and come home.
Sergeant Tomlinson said yesterday that
ne had no doubt about catching Terry,
.,4 A. fo hal ~. /