Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-01
ARE MISSING.
NOTHING TO SUPPORT CHARGES
AGAINST o. VI. ANTHONY.
PAPERS HAYT BEEN TAKEN.
Becker Case TO he Drought Up
Captain ward" VIII he Indicted
Term.

ut the term OF the United States District
Court, which begins tomorrow, is the
/ charge Of violating the internal revenue
laws registered against o. II. Anthony.
The case is almost unique. The ac-
cused was indicted November p. 1896, by
the grand jury, and a second indictment
was found against him at the next term
OF court.
There were two charges-frst. that he
failed 70 keep a distiller's book; and.
second, that he made false entries in his
distiller's book.
Several attempts were made 70 arrest
Anthony and bring him 10 the bar, but
they were Intellectual. The marshal and
his deputies gave the matter up in des-
pair, and the internal-revenue authorities
regretfuly decided that the matter could
wait.
DEPUTY BENDITs EASY CAPTURE
When the new administration came in
Marshal Treat decided TO bring the man
in at any cost, and Deputy Bendit at
last succeeded I'm making the arrest.
Every one was surprised az the readiness
with which Anthony consented to come to
Richmond.
But the most surprising thing OF all is
that the District Attorney finds that he
has no case against the accused on either
Indictment. The first charges him with
not keeping a dlstlller's-book, but there
are several OF Anthony's letters fled
away in The Iuternal-Reyenue Depart
ment asking for a book, and the request
was not granted. This was during the
last administration.
The second indictment charges Antho'
ny with making false entries. The Dis
trict Attorney has lately made the dis
covery that every scintlla Of proof OF
this charge has been distracted from the
acknowledgements Office. Not a single line
remains to fix the charge, and so it drops
to the ground. The papers have evidently
been missing for some time, and 1t is
claimed that they were taken before Col
onel Brady came into office.
THE BECKER CASE.
Morltz Becker will be brought to trial
at this term, charged with obtaining nat
uraiIzaton papers through false state
ment AMI he is also charged, together
with Samuel Stern and NJ. Rosenbloom,
with conspiring to obtain naturalization
papers on a false oath.
Other cases TO be tried are United
States against John Green, violation Of
postal Laws; United States against Moses
u. Proctor, transferred from Alexandra,
violation Of interual-reyenue laws; United
States against Captain Ward" charged
with impersonating a United States oiii-
GER Ward has been adJudged insane, but
will be- indicted; United States against J.
A. Wiugdeld, violation of internal-reve-
nue. laws; United States against J. L.
Bell, violation Of acknowledgements laws.
GRAND AND PETIT JURIES.
The grand jury for the fall term Of the
United States District and Circuit Courts,
Eastern District of rglna, will be COM
posed as follows: ]. w. Hawkins, Peters
burg. Va: John H. Hill, Petersburg. Va;
William Ellis. Petersburg, Va; Thomas
II. Bond. Petersburg. Va; Willis Wilson,
Chase City; Michael Lawles, Boydton;
II. j.. j. Baskerville Goodies Ferry; w.
p. Field, Midlothian; J. ~ Jennings,
En0n; Lewis Foster. Sublett's; T. J.
Fades. Pemberton; r. /. Mills, Bula;
Andrew Clarke. Cardwell; j. G.. Cook.
Sassafrcss. william Taliaferro, Ordi-
nary: Robert J. Davenport. wood Cross
Road: Sandy Wyatt Poplar Mount; y.
u. Bate Rural Bower; Harvey Terry,
Mang0hick. Milton Bond. Weams; W.
%. Green. Burkeyille; j. p. Williams Pow
elton; Joseph Haag, Richmond.
The petit jury Do be made up as fol-
lows: Leigh Crutchleld. $. H. Bendit,
Lewis Porter. ". +. Odeu, James II.
Peacor. T.. H. Smith, T. r. Maynard, L.
a. Waddm w W. Palmer. Richmond;
VI. 70. owens r. Walter Talley, w. w.
Adams. Soldiers Home; y. j. Blake.
Etna Mills; O. +. Hinton. Aubrey Il.
Dean, Petersburg; II. a. Wilburn. Farm
Vile; W. b. Jennings, Sims; j. l. Rich
arGs0n Plum Point; Andrew Nelson,
ManeOhicIl: Roland Jones King William
Courthouse; J. W. Baruck. Freeshade;
Randall Burwcl Rio Vista; j. l.. Lar
kius, Achilles; h. II. Touy. Manchester.