The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-16
"WhGrt Did You Get III" is The Burden
Of Captain WiSe'S Song.
THE WITNESS EXHIBITS CONFUSION.
uhr Persistent Lawyer Presses Him
Hard a. to where lie Got Certain
Money -WingGcid Scott Nay ies-
tify Damaging AhidaVits
Ecad-Gig crowd
Present.

great CfOWu WtlCoiutt "'''' '''''-' 80
the CITY Circuit court this m'rnins
greater. if possible than was packed ana
TANNED in the room, wind' VS. ana nan
way ON Saturday The pleasure derived
from the proceedings by the spectators
VAS enhanced to-day by brisk breeze
fIcm ihc cast
Among the first en- prominently con-
noctcd with this case 90 put IN an app
rcarancc was colonel Nadiy IT, James.
,,x- rfnrte.nfIfite from Franklin county.
who sv0io that Mr.. MASSEY attempted
~ hrfnn him. and whose testimony wa
uffarkfl ly the plaintiff. who put
number of witnesses ON the stand %
t.stfs tNat they would not believe him
Oh oath The Colonel was accompanied
his county who Will. 80 Is said. throw
lsnt on lhe testimony of the plaintiffs
witnesses from that county
IA-G0FcrnOr Mckinney was another
early arrival. and SO was Captain John
.. Wise and Judge James h.. Hca.h.
counsel for defendants. Judge Benjamin
u. Gunier. OF The Eighth judicial circuit
also came iu early. and was invited TO
seat or the judges bench, near eA-
Go1 1cln0r Mckinney.
MALICIOUS TN. SAYS aiE. SCOTT.
The readers of The Times viii rc1nlm-
her that few days ago Nr. Massey u
Als testimony with reference TO shat OF
eN-Deltsaie iarr, OF latrlcF county, Who
said hc Aldsseyl had att smrttd 10 lrile
min while le was d mcmIer of the LcLis-
lature, said he had only rendered the
money tO Ar. farr as loan, Out OF
interest excited ln AIR. PdI by a state
rncui OF IBIS struggles and condition made
90 him lAusst4J hy Mr Wlugfclu Scott
who was suptrntend ,ut of the pcuiten-
diary al the time. just prior TO tine opcu-
.ns of the court this morning Captain
Wise came over 20 newspaper row and
handed thc reporters the following tele-
gram.
Richmond. Va. July H. 1885,
Captain John = Wise. Norfolk. Va.
Letter received. statement is a mali
ciOus lie. 4 viii come Immediately if YOU
want me. Let me huOw hy GO days mail
OsiguedJ WINGFlELD SCOTT
of course llr. Scott VIII be summon
Judge Prenus came in thirty minutes
late, his train from suffolk arriving that
much behind time. Court opened at ll.O5.
with Alr. Massey ln the witness chair
The following -iyiltc5 were eXch lnsed.
WISE TACkiEs MASSEY AGAIN.
Captain Wise. Good morning, Mr.. Mas
scy.
Dr. Massey. Good morning sir.
Captain Wise. 81 hope you spent plea
SAINT day Yesterday
Mr.. Massey: / did not, sir; L was not
very we'll yesterday
Captain Wise then scraped mass of
papers and BOOKS together, hufredly
sorted t1cm out. and cleared his throat.
Suppressed laughter among the specta-
q.
tain Wise for his ola foe now gave place
70 silence.
captain wise askfl witness 10 DYsi, ,..,,
many questions about his expenditures
ana income from 1851 20 1922 l.tIusife.
Witness answered that ln 1885 MS HilaiieVs
were apot, tAhdua' a''i' ,..,.,... 90 L.
seph ~ Massey, brother of AR; 4 Massty, ..i,.,
Which slatsN tnat thy VI, 49,. ,' '7i,,
60 anu lalu 2ut i9t ~" ~, H. h. Nioesa'v
tolii ot ", "lii- ma -,t M 49,. ms
convey led 10 Num-, nun, JOS, ,sat be Iosenh
y, ,ei't 'N1n 80" ',d a',d bfs ,,oifntssp debts.
81, ~ -'"9a' st. ts-t
su,'i' Up ,9 NAY ls' ,f~ Massey is that
ai,,ain i..',l,., "'.'. lr'...., ,,Y"' -''''
A.. Yes. sir. .,-, .,,-,.
q You ieeelvea, '4en oP ,,',,~s ~ io'' af ihat
j.. e'',,' anu r.yts1s9i Nm. 1ir Massey. II
t..le Na7 '.un - ->v", ,,s LA I'm lS7i tcn
49, ,-,, er,, 3, v,se fnat Won never
s.v.5 a csot Won have said that in 1856
cav D'ig 10"
Hou d,d nlt nave a aoii"I' nod. e., ,n,
=. N.' "''., , .',,
pielneI. Wts o",t .'' ,., sv,or, Nh.
captain lse, lou NV o,,'G, ~ ali
MASSEY ,Ndl 9o" iat 1-' 1 r,,t ,oi'
tne .folis oi ii,t, s. iar",. ,,, o.'' o,,t ~ it
saved about Nlfp per year .". '-
rn1 mat ms prom was Hitn' Hi,.tos,illc and
oiher property WIN You swear 1, tnat ,.,. yoa
turned any of th' pronis iith lii'a i"i III
over 90 your brother?
A. ! Won [ swear 20 any l.'lh. 1i3o
-. VIII you say lpellNe4 .9," "lI- a..
s.. ] won't say positively did give l
10 nm. . d.,
p well why ill you gay a', 49,. ~
thc hrst instance on aiiltu tnte ~ ~
lra YOU had very niue cdsh' oWlHs Il"
the expenses incurred by you IN contest .,.l.
ing tnc congressional cieelio'' - "'' ''''
to .,. %
A Yes. sir. ] paid the lar5ef poI't'i "l
the expenses OF contest. IT aW'.H',H 10
about s. N1 paid iN me, hut Z haH h"t
paid it an at the time that the repoi /
that YOU have read from was taken. J
hal PAID part ni IT, anu lall ti' , uH
ante aiitfWafis some 1l III was ~"
me nN friends. part OF II was anpio-
Irinttl hy Congress.
MIR NAn'i1 h'"n INfH7fn.
Captain Wise. I'm 1856 Colonel Narvc.
state Auditor. certified that YOU stated
iu your assessment that YOU did not have
"a dollar OF cash. yei you say now that
you had $3.50 loaned 90 Mr. 'aDel on
Interest How is that2
A. ! confess that in giving I'm my prop
erfv 90 the assessor ala not give in my
cash. IL may have been wrong. but
81 SO let him that is without sin cast
the FIRST stOnrf and do not think there
Will lc many windows left in Norfolk.
CAPTAIN Wise. But YOU did not have
this cash in hand You had il loaned
ON ON lntcresf9
a / consider IL the same as cash on
hand
o. Nv Massey as YOU had nothing on
hand in lsSs' where did YOU get this 81 200
a. loan in 1852
a. / made it on my farm that year