Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-16
THECITY BY THESEA
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CAN
MONS YOUNG WEE
WIN PROBABLY Lead 10 a Legislative
Observation-Disclosures and Lcgis1a-
TORS I'm Favor OF 1.-THE Schooner
Brfggs-Fine Building.

NORFOLK, VA, November 15.-(Spe-
cial)-The case OF L. Guy Hall, Joseph
p. canno and William Smith, who
have been twice convicted of conspiracy
against Mrs. Lillian Balm Cannon, wife
OF one OF the conspirators, for the pur-
pose of manufacturing evidence TO DC
used In a divorce suit. which the young
husband proposed TO institute VIII leau
TO a legislative enactment this winter.
| The crime Is an entirely new one In TINS
State, and this is the first. conyicton'
IL is said, for a similar offence anywhere
within the United States in years.
The statute provides no adequate pun
ishment for it, and the common law
had TO be resorted to by Judge Hanckel
in sentencing the prisoners.
Public sentiment has been Thoroughly
aroused by the case, and lawyers ana
mauhers Of the Legislature here advo-
cate q statute specifically defining the
crime.
EXPEDITION WAS SQUELCHED.
The suspected hlibustering schooner
| Donna T. Briggs, is still tied up at the
wharf of the Nottingham q Wrenn com
many. of Atlantic City, where she mas
been under the surveillance of the Irea-
sury Department officials for the past
month. II was not thought by the gov
ernment officers that the captain Oh the
Briggs contemplated a voyage 10 Cuoa'
with his sailing craft, Dut thelr
%supposition is that he INTENDED
taking on a cargo of arms ana ammu-
milton here. slipping out the capes ana
delivering the cargo at sea 10 some MI
clustering steamer. This wouiu nav
had 10 be done under the very nose OF
the North Atlantic Squadron, whlch was
engaged In feet drills off the capes at
the time the Briggs was ordered de-
tanned. II such was the case, the enter
Prise was nipped in the bud, for the
munitions of wal were never taken
aboard by the schooner. A custom
house officer remains aboard the sus-
pected craft night and day.
limited States Marshal Cross formally
ibelled the Briggs yesterday, the papers
alleging that she has violated the neu-
trality laws. This case will be called
at the December term of the federal
Court. probably on the 10th. Should II
be decided against the vessel, 1t Will pro-
badly mean that she will be confiscated
by the government. 1t is understood
hat Calderon Carlisle, the attorney Tor
the Spanish legation, at Washington,
has as witnesses, two former seamen OF
the schooner.
A FINE BANKING-HOUSE.
The huge skeleton Of the Citizens
Banks elegant new building on the site
of the old St. James Hotel, Main street
near CRANKY, is rapidly going up. Inc
network of girders, cross-bars, ana
columns is now three stories high. Most
of the material is already here, n the
work of putting the skeleton together
is not difficult. and is being done with
great expedition.
Huge derricks have been erected on
top. and the heavy steel columns which
form the principal supports are hoisted
up easily. The foundation OF the build
ing is one of the finest known to archi-
tects. When complete, the structure Will
have cost 5000 and will be one of the
handsomest banking-houses in the South.