The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17
GOLD untCIs SMITH.

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The Man who swiudlrd nm ohio County
Farmer la, to Find $50, 900 Hail Or
Stay IN jail.
Frank Smith. alias ZOO Cartwright,
who some timo ago awindlcd M Ohio
county farmer out Of S20,0OO. had n
trial on tho 10Th Of April in the city oil
Richmond, Va, before tho county court
OF llcnrico county. Tho Jury after
bOing out seven days failed to agree,
mud was discharged. Judge WickhaIn
sot tho timo for II now trial May q. By
n law of tho state Of Virginia tho pris.
oncr can demand n hearing before tho
judge Of any county Ia tho state upon a
writ OF habcas corpus, asking the au.ho-
ritics to show cause why no is not nd.
mjttod to bail, which tho following item
from the Richmond Dispatch explains:
Frank Lockwood Smith, with all his
other names, handcuflsd 10 Deputy
Sheriff Low Fussell. and accompanied
by a largo number OF lawyers, witnesseH,
aud o,hors interested In tho recent gold.
brick transaction, loft by tho Atlantic.
Coast Line Friday morning at 300 to
appear at tho county court OF Greenes-
viIle on n writ OF habeas corpus.
Saturday no was again in his lonely
quarters IN lIcnrico jail.
Bail was offered him in tho sum OF
$4,000, and as tho court would not re-
duco the sum, Parker. alias Smith, and
his counsel and friends, after consulting
among themselves, determined not to
make an effort to procure tho security
required by tho Greenesville county
Judge.
Tho attorneys on both sides spent
some timo arguing upon the question as
to whether tho prisoner could make au-
plica,ion for bail after 1t had been re-
fused by the court at Petersburg. Mr..
Smith argued that II the prisoner wa.
allowed TO do 80 he might take the case
all oyor tho state and make largo cost
bills for the commonwealth.
Other counsel spoke upon tho ques-
ton, and Judge Darham de%cidedlthat
the prisoner was entitled TO the writ,
and that the previous action OF Judge
Mullen in refusing it did not preclude
the defendant from applying again and
before as many judges as he saw fit.
Judge Barham stated that the case
was one OF grand larceny, and that it
was his right to bail the prisoner, even
il he knew that he would not come
back.
Mr.. Sands said he was prepared to
prove that the defendant had skipped q
bail bond OF $4,000. and that the gov
eouor had a number Of acquisitions for
him.
Judge Barham asked for the evidence.
Mr.. Evan X. Chesterman, private Sec
rotary to the governors; Mr.. Crawford,
superintendent OF the Identification
bureau OF the Cincinnati police depart
ment. and Mr.. Mann. 5. Quarles, OF tho
Virginia Trust Company, were placed
upon the stand. The latter was present
for the purpose OF going on the bond OF
the prisoner, and latter the evidence
identifying Parker alias Smith with the
gold brick transaction had concluded,
and the court had determined that
Smith was entitled to bail, Mr.. Quaries
was questioned as TO how much bail he
was prepared 10 furnish.
Mr.. QnRrles answered that his com.
pany had a capital Of $4,000 and 4 sur
plus OF $4,000. but he could not say I'M
til he had conferred with the counsel
and others for the prisoner what he
could do.
Judge Barham said that there was no
doubt that tho prisoner was the party
charged with the crime in ilenrico
county. aud also tho one wanted in the
state OF illinois, and that he would al
low tho prisoner bal! in the sum OF
$4,000.
Everybody was much surprised, and
the court took n recess At 3 o'clock until
4 O'Clock to hear the answer Of the de.
PENDANT. 1t was nj the latter hour tina,
counsel for the defense netitioned the
court to reduce the bail. This Judge
Barham would not do. and the prisoner
was remanded 10 the custody OF Sheriff
Simon Solomon. Of flenrico.