The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-14
4 Lively Tilt Between Lawyers in the
Goodman Trial.
4 NIGHT SESSION OP The COURT.
Judce Duke and Colonel Craig Lock Horns.
Tho Railroad Men are Standing by
Captain Goodman.


evidence is true. he Is as much entitled
/ TO his liberty any man on the jury.
| He doubted the credibility Of Henry
! Noodv's testimony, which is very mate
rial since IL Is relied upon by the prose-
! cution as ah account OF the shooting
scene. as corrbborated by Mr.. Branch and
! by j. l.. Marlin
! "Do you tell me-" continued the speak
ar that Henry Moody stood Ike a
! statue OF Thomas jefferson, with his mana
/ ON tho Rat rack and witnessed the shoot
! ingg I know the negro character. Have
| eaten green apples with negroes, gone IN
! hatbfnfe with negroes, and slept with
nv old black nanny, God bless her! ana
/ | know that If | should pull out pistol
now and begin shooting, the dldappe,s
ON the Rivanna river would not hlde
| their heads as quickly as the negroes N
the gallery would get out and dust.
He reviewed much of the evidence,
reading and analyZing Parsons letter. lie
/ argued from expressions I'm the episue
/ that Parsons was simply pursuing Good-
man. and not performing public duty
! Advertina 10 Mr.. Letchers reference to
the finding of the jury in the first trlai'
| he said: Il will tell you the reason LOT
| that verdict. II was because IN twenty
| five instructions given to the jury there
were. as the higher courts had decided,
thirteen errors. And there was much tnat
! the defence was not allowed to prove
! and at least nine witnesses were allowed
! to 5estifv 10 matters that were not IN the
case" He would not have been surprised
at the first trial if the verdict had been
for murder I'm the first degree.
He paid his respects to Colonel Craig.
| 81 hope" said he, never again TO see
| the dignity Of the Commonwealth so low
! cred as il was when Captain Goodman
laI
! for the prosecution in their cross-eNah-
! iuation of the prisoner The voice OF the
! attorney filed the courthouse with
great roar. and could have been heard
a half square away.
Returning to the Parsons letter. ne
said:
II would allow much to be said and
| written against me personally, Dut "heh
II comes TO her whom | have sworn to
protect and honor. and the children God
| has given me, ! pray that L may never
| be put I'm the same position that Good
man was"
JUDGE DUKES OPENING.
The first speaker this morning upon
! the opening of court was Judge X. 7.
! W Duke, Jr. In beginning the Judge
! referred TO the death angel hovering
over mis- own little child when the trial
first began, and to the fact that his faith
! or had been ;t 7en- offending her who
| had given the speaker life and love-"
During the pathetic recital the prisoner
and his wife were yisibly affected. and
there We're few dry eyes in the court
| room.
Referring TO the evident sympathy of
! the crowd with Goodman, the judge said:
sympathy has something to do with
this case. Human sympathy is so close
! ly interviewer with the warp and the
Ff.Vaasa f.Al
! The counsel for the prosecution In the
last judgment will hardly stand up and
say we demand no sympathy"
He denounced paid prosecutors in allu-
sion to the employment of Colonel Craig
and Mr. Letcher by the Parsons family,
and said that the spirit of "hounding,
! which manifested itself in the Parsons
letter. had followed the prisoner down
to the present time. Every line of that
letter showed "A purpose to ruin a man
who did his duty.
NASH DENOUNCED.
He dealt severely with Nash, whom he
called a liar, and referring to Moody
Branch and Brown he said that negroes
and pistols mix about as well as water
and oil, and averred that these witnesses
contradicted themselves. Martin, the
other witness Of the tragedy, was so
scared he could not tell just what did
happen. Judge Dukes speech Is pro-
nounced by those who have heard many
OF his efforts, to be the best he ever
made 1t helped the prisoners cause be-
yond a doubt.
col. CRAIG.
Colonel Craig followed Judge Duke. He
married with much skill, the thrusts that
had been made at him as a paid prose-
cutor. When he saw Niche. Baldwin
and Stuart. three bright loyal stars Of
the Staunton bar. taking part in prose-
cutting criminals he thought such re-
mark was complimentary. He intended
TO do his duty I'm this case, regardless
of all the Dukes OF AlDemarle or OF Eng
land.
He was employed by the Parsons
family. he admitted, but under the prac-
tice of Virginia courts If the Parsons
family had not employed counsel they
| would have been censured.
He began By pretty tribute 10 Mrs.
Goodman, and thea followed later with
a severe denunciation of railroad cor
| poratlons, saying that things had come to
a pretty pass if railroad officials should
not be reported for neglect OF duty.
RECTAL. OF CAPTAIN GooDMAN's MOVEMENTS.
CAPTAIN Goodman should have insisted
upon an investigation OF the charge con-
| tained in the letter. They could easily
| have been proven true or false. Colonel
| Craig then went into "A defence or Nash :
evidence, about FILLING him with holes,
following it up with a recital of Captain
Gocdman's movements UP to the time
OF the tragedy.
"Why did Goodman" asked Colonel
Craig. "in a well lighted lobby take his
valise into the library in order to take
out the letter? Aad why should he nave
invited Parsons 10 go on the porch!
TRIBUTE TO MRS. GOODMAN.
Colonel Craig's arraigr ment of the prls-
| oner was very earnest, and even caustic
He paid a very pretty tribute TO Mrs
Goodman's conduct in standing by heI
accused husband but said 1t was one oi
the consequences or crime that the iillo-
cent must suffer with the guilty. Colonel
Craig blundered when, In speaking OF Ut
Hatcher's testimony TO the good charae'
ter OF the prisoner, he said that gentle
man had rendered a similar service 10
| Claverius.
VERDICT EXPECTED TOMORROW.
II Is not expected that verdict will
be reached before Friday.
IL was stated this morning by reliable
member of the fraternity that the Broth
erhood of Railroad Conductors, OF
which Captain Goodman is a member, had
| furnished 1850 to defray the expenses
OF two trials, and that 1; would be Will
ing TO furnish money for another trial.
| IL such was necessary.
| Justice John Crutchfield, OF Richmond
was In court to-day.
|