Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-20
THE PICKER TRIALS.
GREAT INTEREST THEREIN AMONG
HIGH OFFICIALS.
COLLECTOR DEYHELS REMOVALS.
Victims Not In the Classified Ser
vice-No Opinion I'm Brndy Cases
North Carolina Marshalship Case.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. November H.
special. 1.-THE greatest interest Is mani
tested by Attorney General McKenna,
Assistant Attorney General Boyd, and
other officials at the Department OF JUS
tice In the trials of the Olive Pecker
mutineers, soon to take place at Nor
folk. Colonel Boyd, who has seen copies
OF the indictments, paid high compli-
ment to District-Attorney White. for the
admirable and effective manner in which
they are prepared. ''They are model
legal documents" he said, without
defect. flaw, or irregularity."
owing to the importance Of the cases,
Judge Golf or Judge Simonton. or both,
will occupy the bench with Judge
Hughes. The trials will probably take
place as soon as the counsel for the
prisoners have had sufficient time to pre-
pare and mature a line Of defence. So
licitor-General Richards, Of the Depart
ment of Justice, may go to Norfolk when
the trials come up, not to take any part
i'm the prosecution, but on account OF his
own personal interest in the cases and
that Of the department. There Is every
confidence In the ability OF Mr.. White
to conduct the prosecution.
Inquiry at the Treasury Department
this morning as to the status OF the two
men removed in the Richmond custom
house by Collector Bethel resulted in
ascertaining that they were not in the
classified service. Reference to the book
containing the list of officials in the GUS
toms service in Virginia showed that
both Jones and Knorr were recorded as
"laborers." The action of the Collector
is sustained by the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and il is not likely that an
appeal to the courts will result in any
thing favorable to the men who were
removed--though, without cause, or a
hearing. as in the civil service cases.
PRESIDENT AGAINST SPOILSMEN.
The Solicitor of the Treasury, 1t is I'M
derstood on good authority to-day. will
not deliver any opinion in the matter
of Collector Brady's appointment of
deputy collectors. The fact that he will
not give any opinion in the matter is
due to an intimation from Secretary
Gage that for the present it Is deemed
best to accept the construction of the
law made by the Civil Service Commits
sion. 1t is asserted upon high authority
with the commission, and that his in
fluence has been exerted to defeat the
spoilmen, whose effort has been to
thwart the execution of the law.
In his message to Congress, it is said
upon tho same authority, the President
will not only support the law, but will
urge a vigorous execution of the law,
as indicated by the Executive orders
based upon II.
N. C. MARSHALSHIP.
Complications growing out OF a recent
trial before a justice of the peace in Ra-
leigh make an immediate change in the
marshalship Of the Eastern North Caro-
lima District almost certain. The term OF
the incumbent does not expire until
January 10, 1893.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Jacob Reinhardt and Miss Rein
hardt, who have been visiting Miss An
ME Louise Reinhardt, in New York, ar
rived here last evening, stopped at the
Metropolitan, and left for Richmond by
this afternoons train.
DR.. James NJ. Warren, II. NJ. Wise of
Bridgewater, Va; Hon. Marshall Nc
Cormick, Of Berryville, Va, and Mrs. F.
C. Long, and Miss Long, Of Erold, Va,
are at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. Lewis Mnnigerode and wife are
In the city, but will return to Richmond
about the middle Of December, when
Mr.. Minnigerode's business engagements
here terminate.
o. p. II. Council, Virginia; c. l.. Young
and wife. Norfolk. Va; Edmund Pendle-
ton. Richmond; Misses Myers and Simon,
Richmond-The National.
+. A. Goodwin, Manassas, Va; L. e.
Simpson. Richmond. Va; j. b. Buhrman,
Gala ,Va.-The Emerich.
Mrs. II. Lane. Fredericksburg, Va; T.
S. Kellar, j. NJ. White and wife. Char
lottesville, Va; S. w. Letcher, Virginia;
Mrs. NJ. n. Williamson, North Carolina;
A. A. Booth. Richmond-The st. James.
c. E. Duncan, T.. G.. Duncan, North
Carolina--The Jefferson.
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class postmasters
commissioned November 18th were: Exam
o. Griffin, Woodland. n. C.-money-or-
der Office Alexander J. Jones' Glendon,
n. c.; John A. Tyrrell, Auburn Mills,
Va. William C. Rixeyville, Va.-not
money-order offices.
A new office has been established at
Leg, Wise county, Va, with Absalom
Clay as postmaster.