The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-27

tract from that state with his employers.
TALK ABOUT woMAcK.
The New York World charged, In July,
1880. that the Superintendent OF fupilS
instruction In Virginia had De-n cor
ruptly influenced by the American T1ank bIHs S,s
close friend and conhdaat, had Deen tia
Indicted i'm Washington for paying $,yp
in bribes 20 an Official OF that state. Mr.
Massey felt called upon TO reply 70 'so I
Worlds article I'm a card puDhsnen III
the Richmond Dispatch, but ne did % no.
feel called upon to bring libel SUIT
against the World. .,,.. NIL
Mr. Thorn: was there anything hDel-
lous in the Worlds articleY' ,.
Judge Heath: Yes. the most eminent
iurist that ever sat upon the Dench III
Virginia held that any publication lnat
cast contumely and discredlt on VIZ I''1t
certainly threw discrcdit on MT Masses,
Mr.. Thorn said yesterday that MI. Mas
sey. accompanied by his WIFE attended
an educatlOnai convention IN toronto
Canada, and that Womack. indicted as
the bribing agent of the book company
was his companion. We charge inat th'
expenses OF this trip were PAID by NV9-
mack. What return did ne hlahr,
Issued a circular stating that the 1iaPn-
ic COPY book. which he had pcfmlteh 10
bo used although the Spenccrian hdd besh
adopted bv the School Board. coula DC
used only for a year longer, as the 3i.ms
Ttrldn WAS tho Only copy 20
TO be used by the board.
Mr.. MassEY's FINANCES.
We have followed Mr.. Massey from the
incipicncy Of his supeflntcnoehcy, lh L,,}i
and shown you the various ups anu
downs Of his financial fortunes. during
part Of 1890 ne WIS flush with money
vet his bank-account showed thal 'ill5
money had been lost in specuiatioh, anu
we will prove that when this became Il
fact he was absolutely without money.
In 1894. twenty days after the adoption
Of the 1894 list OF books ne uepoSlten ~
bank 10 the credit Of his Wiie lhe =, sun ~ "
81 OOD i'm cold cash. He says thdt Sz,vH OF
tbis money was his wifes; mat shc WaS
an heir OF McCroary, of Alabama anu
a member Of the firm OF Mccleary
Co. Of that State, and drew the Inon,s
ont and brought 81 20 Charlottesvlile, ana
he made M the difference between
mat amount and the amount hceneu
for the purchase Of the property thele.
We will show you that MT Mass,S
father died In 1861, leaving hVe sniiuIen l,
and an estate Of about $1,000. which con
sisted largely Of slave property ana 'ldl '
i'm 1865 there was a distribution OF the
estate. Mrs. Mccreary getung ohc-'iiil nl.t -,
and the residue, the chlluIeh Y'l's re- li,,,, ~,
each. and that there Is no record OF any
other subsequent distribution, ana lut-
thor that according to the sworn state
men of j. II. McCreary. I'm lAl, the Naiue
OF the estate Of the firm OF McOTedig
a Co. was but S',1"
Mr.. WISE As 4 "RETREATFB.'
CAPTAIN Wise followed Judge Heath.
He began with "A facctious allnsioh 10
Mr. 'rhom's characterization OF him as "A
retrcater. and informed that gentleman
that ne i'm the end would ma tnat
plaintiffs counsel had been Pldylns
iniun' on them. that like poor custer,
the plaintiffs side will find, that In place
of the enemy being on a retreat lna'
massacre is on hand. ,.,- ,.,,,.,
Referring to Ginn * Co, the book-house
Of which Mr.. Byrd. one, OF the 91leilu, w.,
yvouidu't say that CHM Co. or lhe
American Book Company. are thleNes,
ne would say that II taxes tiiel ~
rstcb "a thief" that the plaintin at
tornrv can say all they want about the
defence getting information from Slhi ~
60: that IL IS a fact that they dlu set ~
from CHM a Co. and the defence "oulu
like 10 20 back and get more, tna' @ @.il,s
,~ou1d IKE 10 prevent Mr.. Massey from
making $1,000 more. the amount su''
for. out OF this matter 49,, ,,,..o,.
Contain Wise said he believed Massey
was bribed, and he thought ne Nas ie"i's ~,
said. did not put that money MhiSn
Tu.ge Heath referred TOY IN bank III the
orainarv wav 1t would be shown that
he went into that bank, and IN place vi
putting It 10 his own crt1ls, rt nt - tbe
certincate of deposit, and IL Went 10 'n1
accouut of certificates OF deposit huu
Ic carried that certificate around IN ms
nocket so that If you had gone theIc
YOU couldn't find that ne Rtu laso, ans ~ iSoo
I'm bank. and the pauper Massey lh y'o ley"
bocomes suddenly rich, ana theh iiOlii
1So1 10 1884. with only SloV ~ .. PAIN az
the time, and then again IN lS9f ne 'o.ii, ri1,
mn again and deposits So'Voo a' '"P'
W. win show you that four judgments
we've given against him which lmperlle,1i
his ash Lawn farm, ana ne st,ipPt ',,.,', ~
Itn,ealf ike any one else VINO utSii'S ~ ~
escape the execution OF JuIsihors, ~, 60 a.,
Nou won't hear the Suggestion ioili @ 4
side that Mr. Massey hasn sot ~" ~
Hc has lots OF It, omai amd - hi his mental
ahji,tv ne would be very great man. ou''
as il is. he is a very Dau man.
raq wIs,-MAssgY CONTEST.
IL could not have made any money
80 20 bts salary as Auditor. Aiter ihat
~ V Nfaese,o and | (Wise) locked hoi ~
Sor ongressman-at-large He was poor
and needy then. lie alltIMaluuS, fro,,,
he LAeutcnant-GoVerhor ol ~, ,so viii
"a fnancial standpoint. Ihen We W. w
eroxv Won that he appealed LOT 'ne 70. -
sl'o" ,in ~ Sunerintendent of Public lnstluc-
ion on the ground that ne hdu III tS,ata
ished himself IN the seINi.e vi StE,,t s,ef
Then ne got %o", an ~ alhow' who had
IL from the rascal al ms eipo"' W."
F'irvho Attendants viii show you; ten,,ee-
,,,an of the Jury. that the plalhtnh III 'als ~,
suit is by no means ma ma taking. that
of bribery. nor giving anu taNi,s 'ssnafor ,f,
a, " ,,'anted to be a United states sena'o'
ma offrred 10 pay "A man, hlii's.V' ,'s .or "
a." ~, Noerei money TO vote ior MN 4oi
that position.
rHs bridal TRIP.
We will show you something .a,le1 apo9, on l''s
..','o,line exnenses; how ne traNcileI on
srce mass and charged MS idlilo"u aif
,,n 70 the state; that IT Woula na'S &c P",N a,
Virginia 10 have purehasea MN Mn q" ,nan
,,,sion ticket at half price, rathtr tnsh
e,.,' - rad him travel for nothing lnal ne
no 10 '',oNorSt,tutionaily a brihe-taker' that II
is a weakness in his moral hatutc s,' tn"e
he has been charged win rasc"itsf f,,,sa S,,iD'
20. ,,tth bribery, not only III NHsllla'
80 80 The New York World. We nave
bcerd about oscar Wilde. lie piouSnN a
III, and oscar is now in the pen. oscar
s,..n, with bie people In England, anu MI.
Massey has been going Win DIS po0''e
here. .. .t,+ ,,,hilc Wouack
~ o"rtsin money In his pocket Mr..
MASSEY did exactly what Womack wanted
Nm 10 do. Massey got $40 IN
lS Il p oo iS. ss in '1s5saq isS prices @ rad gone
,1 xo'''d and he got 5000 He agreed with
NJ rrhom that IL would be terrible
thin, TO Mr. Massey II the case goes
against him. hut he does not agree win
I'm that the defence can suffer like Mr..
IN ,,nsse.s e n the case goes against them.
IL ia the defence would show that the
airocfcrs Of The Pilot Company knew
rothing of the publication OF the Missey
article. ard that they are not respohsi.
lie for H. that one cf the concluons OF
Nir smalrs taking the Pilot was that
H. vas moi 10 be intcrfored with In his
dcrarfmcnt while acting as managing
editor OF tho Pilot. and II they were