The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-14
ALL THE EVIDENCE IN
TUg syRCIE C4SE WIN BE CON-
cJUDED TINS MORNING.
Mr.. Hill Montague Testified for the De-
ence,and No Other witnesses were
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To-day.

All the evidence in the now celebrated
svrcle case wa gotten in shortly before
= o'clock Yesterday afternoon and arsu-
,,,art will begin this morning at
o'clock. The defence, contrary 10 gen
oral expectation only put one "i'heSS o''
,,o stand although they had sumhon''
80 ,,,r,her. That witness was MI
nan ,,ontaoue. who was one OF cou'sei
for the defence. lie made " 'io'
cei,ent witness. and detailed win 0''0
a.1 an e,,dent desire to give al the ia
forn,a,ion in his power the prihcip''
- 10 -, smithers' precinct on Octo-
Der 2ith last. .ho stand yolun-
.ii. III 'a ,,i,h mis- own consent was PUT
,brouyh a thorough cross A'i 49,,
'. s'.' ,,,,r.,oI for the prosecution. lie az
.,.a,od ~ everv query To the best Oh MS
o''Vi,,y but when Captain Gulsoh a9A11
tf,, tbe direct question Nhelh'i 90
honest truthful man, ne "ou'u S"'
Mt tbere were TO dilatOry tacucS pun
sued bv Registrar Syrcle' ne was P'lOe,
i'm q most embarrassing posi'ion' CO
could not bring himself TO say posl'i'eS
that such mad not been the case.
FIVE VOTERS REJECTED.
when the case was called, shortly be-
fore ~ o'clock, Mr.. Randolph Wnh"ils
anaiu took the stand. ana ms cloaS %
animation was begun by Mr' 'uap',
N, ,viiisns went over the ground
covered by his examination y'S'ei""
as given IN The Times, with soou
a
bonr az which the polls were closed, ne
eaid h. was perfectly satisfactory 10
bim bv his watch. lie said that dur
inc the time he was at the polls IN the
afferuoon twelve cases were consldeied,
of which ave were rejected, ana none OF
tho ,tses were disposed of with business
like dispatch.
ln reaafd to the case in point, that OF
Mos JENNINGS. Mr.. Williams testil'd
that ho could not say whether Jennings
had applied for registration or NOT as
ho did not know him when ne saw hlih-
The witness declared. when asked about
the amount Of time which should be con-
sumed in registering an applicant thht
five minutes was all-sulficient ln any
event. and in some eases two minutes
was long enough.
Mr.. Williams was questioned regarding
the portion OF the report lh y'9'r' p"s
Times where Mr.. Montasue is Salu 10
nave remarked 10 MT NililaIhs 81. o,''i'i'-
ers' precinct on the evening OF October
2ith. referring to Tom. Wallace
"Why, Williams YOU don't want this
man 10 register
Mr. Montague wished 10 know whether
the impression made upon Mr.. Williams
mind by this question was that he was
Joking or really did not want the man
to register. Mr.. Williams. when pressed
declared that the latter impression had
been made on his mind. tie refused 10
say whether he thought the questions
OF representatives or the SILVER party were
asked with intent 10 retatd nia'.ers.
in he witness held his own. Nr. Hugh
Anfrin, was put ON the stand. He was
only permitted To testify as TO events
which occurred botwoent u and l230
o'clock ON the 2ith. when Moss Jennings
was admitted TO have been at Smithor5
precinct.
The witness testified that during that
time the appeal of Ben Daniels was be-
! inc nronared and registration WAS sus-
nended
Mr. Antrim oorroborated the statement
81 NJ Troat that Afr Svrcle had re-
| - d, t.l.,,,- f,,,,, t,,,IoraI h, hin, AN
fftfr,1l aud that AfrWfHwfIe when asked
60. .,,t,.ioo ro,,nsallad its reioction After
| IL. ~ 49,, ar Gffasn minutes said th.
,,.f,,.es Mr. s,rcle accented "A nrintcd
form prosented bv Mr.. Treat. and the
onnoal was finally completed after con-
si,minu au tuconscionable long time.
Gaming down to the particular case in
,oi,t NIr Anfrim was asked whether he
/ co,,ld suvssr that Mr. Svrcle had unlaw-
fullv rejected from registration Moss Jen-
nings on October 2ith. The witness re-
piled that he could not swear that such
rejection had taken place. unless the de-
| drction was made from the general de-
law i'm the proceedings.
| or-rsrDr rNTERFrRrNCr.
MI waiter Dous'a7a, 'lo HeN' "l'''e'''
! declared thdl Ht HHn Ho'Hlhs =" S"S
| against Mr.. Syrcle IS conduct but thdt
| there We're four men from the city who
materially delayed the proceedings by
always repeating the questions asked by
| the registrar. and thereby consuming ter,
or fifteen minutes in the registration Of
| each man. In the case of white mon.
| the witness said. much fewer questions
were asked. and they Were registered
with but little delay
In replying to question by Mr.. Wise.
| tho witness sald that Whlle ne ana not
charge Mr. Syrcle with delaying the pro-
ceedings yet, as FAR rs he knew. the reg
| istrar had not demonstrated with those
outside who were causing delay by ask
| iuV questions