Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-01
UP ron RoBBIxG wALDMAN.
Rice Charged wiah stealing Money
in the JafI-saioon Men Fined.


With the throng brought up from the
city fail In the usual conveyance yester-
day morning were the figures Of plain
TN. an accused, and several witnesses.
They were all prisoners in the jail, any
how. so the authorities had little difficulty
In serving either warrant or summons.
John Rice. who is serving term OF
six months for petty larceny. was the
accused. and John X. Waldmani the
famous pension fraud, was the plaintiff.
Two other prisoners. who turned out TO
be unimportant Witnesses were also In
the court, and essayed 10 I'LL their re-
spective roles.
Rice was charged with stealing 81 In
currency from Waldman. which was In
the pocket OF the latter's coat, hanging
i'm his cell. Waldman told pititul tale
about attending the Sunday services IN
progress at that time, but, upon suddenly
turning around. and CHANGING IN ms cen,
he saw Rice in the act OF taking the
money. Waidman claimed TO have been
unusually kind to Rice, and had given him
money often. sometimes even as mucn
as a dollar at n time. Rice contradicted
this statement, and said he had been
Waldmans slave ever since ne had peen
i'm the iail. Rice went on TO say that
when Waldman received his last check
from the United States Government he
brushed II across his face, and said:
That's what l got for killing you south
ern people" This caused change In me
entire scene, and Justice Crutchfeld
peered through his glasses with set
look upon his face "And, so that's what
YOU got for killing rebels Is it?' said
the Justice. ewith terrific force, and i'm
mediately continued the case until to-day
10 allow Rice time to produce several
important witnesses from the walls OF
the jail.
John w. Saddler. Bonnie Jones. and
Grant Harris alias General Ulysses Simp-
son Grant, the three negro urchins who
appeared Monday morning for petty lar
ceny, but whose case was continued,
were UP again yesterday All the blame
was on poor Bonnie Jones, and General
Grant announced his own innocence in
most pronounced tones. John Saddler
and the General were sentenced to twelve
months Imprisonment few days ago
on another, but similar charge, so the
Justice lust put Bonnie in with his asso-
cIates for the same twelve months. Ben
ME broke into the soda-water factory or
A. Klevesahl, and stole two monkey
wrencheS.
Patrick McDonough, charged with SELL
ing liquor in his bar-room last Sunday,
produced six witnesses yesterday morn
ing. who experienced little difficulty in
establishing Pats innocence, and so the
Justice promptly dismissed the case.
John Campbell and Reuben Nelson,
charged with selling liquor. on Sunday
some time ago and whose cases were
sent back from the Hastings Court, under
the new law passed by the last Legisla-
ture, did not. however, fare so well. They
both pleaded guilty, and were fined SO
apiece The case against Daniel Leahy,
charged with the same offence on Feb
ruary 10th, was continued until to-day.
The Justice dismissed the case against
| John McLevy. who was charged with
! 6tealng a few eggs from j. +. Bowersox.
! There was no evidence against the &C
| clieed.