The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-25
1HE NASSEY-PL0T SUIT
Judge Heath Concluded His Speech. HG
was FoI.OgGd BY Judge stGig
NE0 KA]E A BIG SPEECH
III OIL lho Evidence Reviewed Win superb
Ability.
YlLL FINISH BlS SPEECH THIS Ja0RFIAG
fhe Discussion was Intensely Inter-
esting. The Lawyers Are Well
Matched and Contest Every
Inch of Ground. Mr.. Wise
Will Likely Speak To-Day.

When the court convened yesterday
morning there was present larger
audience. There has been decided
Increase in the interest since the argu
Neut began.
There was some little delay occasioncd
by reason OF the lnteness of one OF
the jurors, and 1t was nearly ] o'clock
"heu the court got down 10 business.
Yhe weather being much cooler than
chan that of Tuesday. the lawyers
tpohe with moro comfort and enthusi-
asm. The jurors could keep up with
The case with less exertiou.
Judge Heath resumed his argument
and spoke about two hours.
Referring TO the charge that MIR,
Womsck paid Mr. Massey's expenses
so Canada, as supporting this charge
Judge Heath snid that IN 1880 Mr.. Mas
aey put on the hook list the Graphic
copy book; that although this Is cir
cumstantlai evidence, QUO OF the most
important cases known tint of Cluve-
cius-was decided upon circumstantial
evidence. and the accused was hanged.
Mrs. Massey stated that Mr. .Womack
paid the bills on that Canadian trip;
~hy was 1t not shown by the pnIntiit,
In the evidence, that Mr.. Mnssey after
wards returned this money so MIR.
Womack?
He then told of the deposit in bank
OF $4,000 by Mrs. Massey after the
book adoption in 1894, about the time
of the purchase of the Charlottesville
property, and held ihat the estate OF
Mrs. Massey in Alabama was not such
as would account for having tho sllege
g. 4J0 which she ls SAID to have
brought to Virginia; the most of which
went into the purchase o! tho Char.
lottesvllia house; that the testimony of
aer brother. Mr.. McCreary, was of
euch vasciieting character AS not to
carry conviction to a jury's miud
Why should Mrs. Massey have gone
TO Alabama to get this large amount
of money Cand travel long distance
With 1t on her person) TO put into the
property ut Charlottesville, when her
husband according TO the evidence hnd
more than enough III tho iron drawer
tc pay for the property.
lou know that II Is Mr.. Massey's
besettiDg SIN to love Interest, yet he
was according to the evidence Keeping
this 80. 600 IN secret iron drawer ANA
not pntting it out ut interost This
zoo, when, ns he says, the MnuZe debts
had died of old age. They had accord.
ing TO his theory been dead for two
years, during which lie could have had
ihs alleged h:don money OF his ont on
interest without any fear OF Judgment.
do not believe the money was where
Le said he had it.
THE PILOT.
Referring to the organization of the
Pilot Company, Judge Heath said be.
cause Messrs. Zachary, Gibbs, uumph.
fles aud others were officers of the
Pilot Company does not make them
fable, but to make them so it must be
shown that they personally partici-
gated in the publication. lie cun-
tended that they did not participate III
1t; that MIR. Sheldon and MIR. L. G.
White took the caution 10 go and see
Mr. Small about the publication i'll
order to avoid trouble; that Mr.. Shel
don thinks 1t was the day before TIE
publication that they went to see AIr.
small, while MIR. Small thinks it was
The dav after tho publication that
Messrs. Sheldon aud and White came
TO soc him. 30 1t before or after, 1t
6ho"s that they are Innocent. because
al 1t WINS after the publication, then
thcy could not have known anything
about the article before its publication.
No one of the defendants other than
hessrs. Small aud Byrd participated
III mo puolicatlon oil the article IN
question; mono of them. except Messrs.
hlbhs and Zachary, knew that MIR.
Massey was to bo connected with the
exposure IN the publication. IL would
DO absurd to hold directors liable for
everything that goes into newspaper;
20 do so wonid keep tho directory con
finuously III session. and no one would
be newspaper director.
Judge Heath said that il was not of
special significance that Gov. O'Ferrall,
Gov. Mckinney mud Attorney General
Scott testified IN MIR. Massey'a behalf;
not moro significant than tho tesiI.
mony of other good citizens--thnt the
man should magnify the Office aud not
the onice magnify the mHu; that Gov.
D'Forrall sat III court aud heard Mr..
&assey sell that his (Massey's) account