Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-06
THE PAGE CASE.

To the Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
1t appears from letter from Berry
vile in your issue of the Both ult. that
though w. B. Page had been declared
mot guilty" of the charge for which
be was tried by "a Clarke county jury,
it was the opinion of an unbiased pub
lie that be would eventually be con-
victed. Now, Mr.. Editor, am citi-
zen Of Clarke, one of the unbiased pub
lie and we do not concur in this opin-
ion, and in saying this we but voice the
belief of large part of the unbiased
public, and certainly of all those with
whom we have conversed on the SUBJ
iect. One of the charges against Mr..
Page was the forging of r. D. Aliens
name. This came on to be heard in
Charlestown, and Mr.. Aliens sigma
ture was shown to be genuine. Another
accusation, and the one for which he
was tried in Berryville, was the forg.
ing of the name of his brother-ln-law,
A. S. Lippett. This case was tried be-
fore a Jury equal in intelligence, in
comprehensiveness in the desire to do
Justice (Which was all that was asked of
them) and in every particular to any
ever impaneled, and the verdict mot
guilty" rendered according to the evil
depce and facts. Mr.. Page is accused
of other forgeries in Clarke; we under
stand these charges will be quashed.
Is this due, think you, because an I'M
biased jury cannot be found in that
county to try them? Is it not to salts
fy the animosity and vindictiveness of
a few who are said to have lost by him
and of others who never even risked
dollar for him, that this gallant old
Confederate soldier, who has carried in
his brain since 1864 yankee bullet,
this poor paretic flor such he is if the
hypothetical question submitted to
such eminent physicians as Conrad,
Page, Mccormick and Love be true)
is to be taken to Winchester for
trial? There were other phases in this
case that an unbiased looker-on could
not fail to see, how when these noble,
generous, true, friends (O found out Mr..
Pages insolvency each, in his turn,
marCUGu lOI hAtu ACCCifiuB Ills Occu Vi
trust, making himself trustee, thereby
receiving not only his amount in full,
but 5 per cent. commission on sale;
how these devoted friends kept quiet
and remained so true to the boy, by
whose side they fought in the days that
tried mems souls and how hard, upon
a summons from the court, it was for
them to be forced to tell tale that
would convict VIM. B. Page; how his
sister, without consultation with her
counsel. and to save, as she was induced
to believe, her demented brother from
disgrace, gave to learned and honora-
BILE lawyer, an attorney for a wealthy
corporation, deed of trust on her sole
real estate, her heritage from her
father. Unlike these "shylocks; was
the real genuine friend who, though a
LAWYER and heavy endorser for Mr..
Page, declined to diyulge the admis-
sions of his client and remained true
and loyal throughout. fit is a salts
faction to the prosecutors of this be-
nighted, insane Confederate soldier to
disgrace his wife and children by
sending him to the penitentiary, we
think they must go beyond the borders
of Clarke or Frederick counties to find
an unbiased jury. We think the yer.
dict in this county is a most popular
one, as there seemed absolutely no
evidence for conviction. x.