Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-16
SMITH IS ON TRIAL.
The Gold-Bfick Ken ArraiSnsd IN II.
HenrlcO County Court.
JURY FINALLY sEctRrn
All Things Ready for the ue.,t.
of Evidence NJ 10 O'Clock I'M.
Observation-Disclosures from ~.
lance.

The long-contlnued case Of Thon,.s t,
Parker alias Francis lockwood snrs
etc. was called in the Henrco coa,..
Court. Judge Wickham presiding. ya.,,.
day. The prisoner was srralgre1. nis,..,
mot guilty" to the charge " sv.nlr.--
Alfred ". Withers. ~ Gloucester c-g-,,
out OF 500 In a g0h-brick irsns,c,,-
and the work Of securing jury wss ,,,,
into and completed during the Gay.
There was lsrge assemblags % fr.s-l,
and acquaintance Of the accused .n tss
courtroom. besides a number ~ rr-.,,,
drawn by the curiosity that me case t,,
attracted.
THE PRELfMlNARIEs
The prisoner was brought into the r..-,
promptly al % O'Clock. ami took Ola,
beside hts counsel. Messrs. T.. %. WsrI..
burg and Hu Carter lie was n.ry
dressed in a suit OF gray tweel vor. ....
naculate linen and a black rccktr ma
cvlncod much interest il the rrocr.I.r..
To his left and n little % DIS roar Il.
Mr Fred. Dumont Smith. " k1r1e
cousin Of Smiths who is also 7n attorney
and. although ne asserted that Dr. pr..f
not take any part IN the trial. d. pII r..
main wiki his knsman unti th. cs.. il.
concluded. Messrs. II. 81. Smith De-
Conway r. Sands. and +. b. Tt.mas.7
were on hand as the represeDtattes q
the Commonwealth.
John r Norris. the granger detective
sat al the bar near Smith and up
wsle carried on quite an animated con.
versation with him. Shortly after snHs
entered the room the court con-.
yened. and when Judge Wickaam ss.
cended the bench Clerk WaIl
commanded Smith 10 stand up The
Indictment was read o. him ana ra
usual question. what say you-are Sol.
guilty or not guilty. was prop0m..f
70 him. He replied In a distinct toue "Not
guilty
MOVED To QUASH
Mr.. Wendenburg moved 20 qlash ne
venire faclas and the return. o. being .r.
derstood that the list WIS made no
By the Judge and not drawn from ne
box. The motion was oyerrulei. arI ns
Sheriff was allowed TO amend his return
To this the prisoner. through bis counsel.
excepted. Then counsel for the defence
moved 10 quash the amended return.
the prisoner excepted Mr Wenl.rtIT
next moved to quash the panel wh.cS
was also oyerruled and again exceptions
were taken. ThereupOn the Common.
wealth. through Mr.. Smith. asked that
the venire be quashei. which motion Pho
Court sustained. To this the prisoner ,k.
cepted also.
\ venire fecias was issued fer a new
panel, and Mr. Wendenburg moved D
quash the second yenire and panel m.A-
ing the Old writ a part OF ne ueR.
This was oyerruled hy the Court. 70
which action the prisoner excepted
Sheriff solomon promptly summoned ne
new panel. and the work 81 securing
jury was gone into. Messrs. J. Samuel
Brauer and +. Shipman had expressed
opinions and had preJudices either i9r ~
against the prisoner. but thought they
could give the prisoner fair trial Nr
Smith objected 20 their serving. aul tho
Court refused them. whereupon Doe ae.
fence again excepted.
Thirteen jurors IN all were secured. ana
a new tales was issued II was made Pc
turnable az $50 O'CLOCK. and 40 2 O'Clock
the court adjourned until that time.
THE JURY COMPLETED
When this panel was called In the jury
was completed. the following being the 20.
suit:
W b. Grover. James Phillips. j. g.
Schermerhorn. Robert Manghan. ~ g.
Booker. +. T. Maynard. A. }. Smith. b
l.. Christian. Jacob Feitig, a. j. Wa. A.
J. Dei,rick. John b. Tiiler John W War
riner, Thomas Guy q. VI. H1..laN
Thomas : Rogers. The last FOUR aefe
stricken on by counsel for the defence
Court then adjourned until % O'Clock
this morning. when the examination ~
witnesses will begin. Among those fsrs
who VIII go on the stand against Parker
alias Smith are Messrs. Robert Borar 9
West Virginia: John Fisher. ~ Canton.
III James Johnson. of Upland. Ind. and
Detective John T. Norris. ~ SprIrg'sA
O.. all Of whom. save the latter the ace
cused is alleged to have swind.ed " large
sums.
Among the witnesses absent when che
list was called were Caps and Mclean.
Of Norfolk. the sporting men. whose
names were mentioned 10 connection with
the affair.