Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-30
Developments That, Though Not In
porlant, Add New Interest to It
EXPLANATION or DEPUTY LARrs.
silent with the sheriff, hut ID" MOI
Talk with the Jury-Mnttcrs '""-
Corning Ncssrs. Philips an" "'
ricb-I,abcns Corpus Proceeding

Court
I, hecamc known during the day that
| Nr phulips. one Of the twelve WIN
could not agree as TO the term Oh I'M
,risonment. visited Smith in his cell on
| ,be day previous to his being draftea on
the Jury; that Mr. ". T. Larus, deputy
| clerk OF the County Court, spent n's"'
at the hotel In the room with the jury
| while they were celebrating upon yer
diet. and that some one approacheu MI
u. c. Richardson in the courtroom WIZ"
| the Jury was being empaneiled, anu ' li%
| taking him for one OF Smiths COUNSEL
| told him TO get Dietrich on inc jury
he's all right. , ,,oir
These facts might appear upon theit
,ace as be,ns suspicious, but thorough
| inouirv led to simple and satisfactory
| examinations. and IL Is not likely ihat
| ANYTHING will come of them. y Dispatch
| reporter sought Judge WicAham 10 III
ouire if there would be an Investigation
| but he was not in his Office
MIR. PHILLIPS'S VISIT.
Mr. Phillips. who is well known around
the county courthouse, called there on
! Sunday-ts day preceding the u!aI oi
the gold-brick case-ani while cohNers
ing on ordinary subjects WIN deputy
NHQllYT
| TO see Smith lie replied in the ANNA
| tive and was shortly thereafter taken
I'm 10 the cell where ne remained ABOUT
| five minutes all OF which time Mr. NoeS-
ler was with him. Nothing whatever was
| said about the gOld-brick case. ana oIiiy
ordinary pleasantries were exchanged.
In reference to the visit of Mr.. iarus
70 the hotel there appears To be ap-
soluteiy no ground for any suspicion oil
l. IL
| terms with Deputy Lew russell. VINO
had charge of the jury for the first few
| DAYS of their confinement and on the
saturday night after the Thursday on
which the case was given 10 the jury
| he called at the hotel after supper ty
appointment with Mr. russell. ana the
two went ont together. leaving sheIiH
Solomon TO keep guard over TIE jury.
! They returned to the hotel about E.dp
o'clock. and Mr.. Larus started 10 take
leave OF the Deputy. Sheriff solomon
| told him that as the cars had stopped
| running. and his home was I'm the eN-
IRENE end Of the city ne had better
remain AT the hotel for the night. and al
the same time the Sheriff offered 70
share his bed with him, which Mt larus
accepted. He left early in the morning
and to Dispatch man who called upon
him Yesterday he said positively. as
Old also Sherin solomon and Mr.. Fus-
sell that he at no time spoke TO any
of the jurymen in reference 10 the case
being considered by them, nor dld ne
hear any OF them allude to II.
As matter Of fact. the jury did not
discuss the case that night. and, as
shown by the official utterance OF tore-
man Christian. the vote taken by the
jury on Friday morning previous TO MI
Iarus's visit was identical In every re-
spect with that taken on the afternoon
before their discharge. This proves that
Mr.. Iarus's presence could not have had
any influence upon them.
NOT JUROR DIETRICH.
Il transpires that the Dietrich referred
| 10 ,y the person who approached Mr..
Richardson was not Mr.. j. J.. DIETRICH
! who was afterwards empanelled, but an
| other man of that name.
Mr.. Richardson said 10 a Dispatch man
yesterday afternoon that he was staining
! i'm the courtroom while the court was
| engaged in securing a jury. when he
was approached by a man whose race
| was familiar. who laid his hand on his
| shoulder. and taking him 10 one side
! said: Dave, you get DIETRICH on that
| Jury. He's all right" Mr.. Richardson
! said he was completely taken by sur
| prise. and replied. What do you mean?
| guess you are barking up the wrong
| tree"
| "Ain't YOU one OF Parker's counsel?"
the stranger asked. and upon being in
! formed by Mr.. Richardson that he had
| no connection whatever with the case
| he turned abruptly and left him. Mr..
| Richardson said he did not know thu
man except by sight. but he was under
| the impression that he was a frequenter
| Of the Henrico County Court, and that
he had seen him quite frequently.
HAD MADE A WAGER.
The sequel TO this interesting episode
| presented itself yesterday afternoon
| when DEPUTY Noegler made TO the Dis
match am explanation which fully exone-
rates Juror DIETRICH and removes any
| suspicion that might rest on him.
| Said Mr. Voegler: Another Mr.. Del
| trich-not the one who served on the
| jury-came into the Jail Office about two
| weeks before the Smith trial and re-
| quested TO be permitted to see Smith.
| He stated To me at the time that he had
| made bet Of SO that Smith would
| never be convicted / declined TO admit
him to Smiths cell, and he took his de-
parturc. On the day on which the jury
| was secured a man whom | did not
| know came to me in the courtroom and
asked me to get this Dietrich on the jury
| / told him that | had nothing In the
world to do with putting any one on the
| jury. He then turned on his heel and
left me, and | saw him shortly after
wards engage Mr.. Richardson in CONVEX
saton. | deem this explanation due Mr..
| Jake DIETRICH. who served on the Jury
| He was at work M Goodman's broom
factory when 1 summoned him for the
jury. When the second venire was made
necessary Judge Wickham asked me II
| knew some countymen who worked
near the courthouse whom | could SCI
| al hot
were number Of Detrichs employed in
the city, whose residences were in the
county, and ii then occurred TO me that
Jake DIETRICH was accessible. and | men
toned his name. As result he was
summoned and empanelled. but his be-
ing secured was absolutely due to no out
side influence.
WHAT THE PRISONER SAYS.
The Dispatch man called on the pri-
soner Smith yesterday afternoon and
asked him what he thought OF the in
situations against the jury who tried
him. He laughed heartily at the idea
and said 1t was preposterous. Said he:
The lowest man on the jury was for
one year in the penitentiary. IL would
have been very foolish for me 10 have
attempted TO bride jury TO send me 10
the penitentiary for one year; don't Won
think so? IL / wanted 10 do any brib-
| ING Noulu bTlDe LOT an dclultal, not for
Il conviction"
THE HABEAS CORPUS.
| special to the Dispatch from En-
poria states that Judge Barham issued
the order In vacation yesterday for the
writ OF habeas corpus commanding tho
Sherin or Henrico to pIsduce the body
or Frank l.. Smith before him at the
Greenesville county courthouse on the
10Th OF May TO show cause why Smith is
detained IN custody. The writ was mailed
TO Mr. Wendenburg, and will probably
be received tomorrow
The fact that application has been twice
made To nonresident judges for bail for
| smith, when we have here in Richmond
Manchester. and Henrico 60 many Judges
who could pass upon such matter has
given rise TO the question why this course
Is followed. Under our law il is entirely
| optional with prisoners counsel before
what Judge he Will swear out writ of
habeas corpus. He has the right TO 20
10 any section Of the State, and the ex-
pense occasoned by the attendance of
witnesses has 10 be borne by the Com
monwealth.
THE RANDOLPH-STREET BAZAAR.
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