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Richmond. Va, June 19.-Rev. ]. Z.
II. Riddick is safe in the penitentiary
here. The case was disposed OF n.
Lawrenceville to-day. r. B. Davis.
Riddick's counsel. said he would not
ask the court to consider the former
motion to set aside the verdict and the
sentence of three years in the peniten-
tiary. No movement will be made to
get Riddick in an asylum. He Will
serve his time in the State prison.
Counsel asked that. in view of danger
OF violence from the friends of DIR w
III. Temple, the murdered man. b. som
at once to Richmond.
CARD FROM ATTORNEY BUFORD.
Mr.. E. Z. Burord, commemorative
Attorney, to-day came out in the fol-
lowing card TO the Richmond Dispatch:
notice that several of the naners of
,ne state are under the impression that
the verdict in the Riddick case was the
result OIL agreement between counsel for
MT. Riddick and myself. / think this
impression is due to an error in your
report of the finding OF the verdict. and
/ Will be obliged if you will permit mo
to correct it through your columns.
My opinion was that the crime was
clearly murder OF the first degree il the
act OF Il sane man, and that Mr. Rid
ulcks irresponsibility was not establish
Gu III accordance with any of the legal
tests or insanity. / advised the Jury
however. that the safest verdict wouid
be Tor murder in the second degree
| with eighteen years in the penitentiary
| ana that If insanity should be clearly
| developed, the prisoner might then be
transferred to an asylum. On Monday.
Vhc llth, when it was thought that the
jury would be unable to agree. MIR Do-
Wis. OF counsel for Mr.. Riddick, asked
me II there was any basis upon which
we could agree. l told him that 7
would be unwilling to anything but n
verdict OF murder in the second de-
gree, with long term OF confinement
III the pcnitentiafy, and so stated TO the
jury when Mr.. Davis suggested n COM
promise verdict.
The verdict. like all such compro-
misses, Is satisfactory to no one-not
even to the jurors themselves. With
out intending any adverse criticism n
is fair to say that sucn an anomalous
verdict was the result of an unfortu-
nate and accidental selection of some
men as jurors who ought not to have
tried question of insanity.
Yours respectfully,
'E. p. BUFORD."
The meeting of the Dover Rantist A.
Soclatloil, which will be held at Will
i!ainsburg July 10Th, is interesting i'm
advance al the Baptists OF this CITY as
o matter will come up which is of vital
lnpoLl.nce 10 the organization of the
When that body met in Richmond
last year a resolution was adopted
providing that no church, any OF tho
members of which were engaged in the
flqucr traffic. should hold fellowship in
the association.
This was aimed at the First Bantjst
Church here, at least one of whose
members handles liquor Wholesale This
church mas made no movement to get
rid or the offending member, and II is
understood that when the association
meets ut Williamsburg the question viii
be brought TO an issue. and the church
given the option of withdrawing from
me ASSOCIATION or purging its rolls
The member in question Is a most es-
Unable citizen, apart from his bust
ness. and is understood 10 contribute
very literally to good works of every
kind The First BAPTIST Church is one
of the wealthiest and most powerful in
Richmond. hence the great interest
IN the matter both here and
throughout the state.
ASSESSMENTS FOR 1900.
The books OF the Commissioner OF the
Revenue of this city for 1900 shows the
assessment for the year. exclusive of
the railroads, to be S24,41495S
Last year the assessment amounted
TO SO ,3S1. making an increase of
$1.5S2,577 for this year
The railroad ass ssment last wear
amounted TO $1.66S, 562, and this viii be
largely increased this year. The r.. f.
and =. and the Richmond and Peters
burg are not subject to assessment ac-
cordinE to act of the Legislature.
HE IS ITO YEARS OLD.
One of the census enumerators has
discovered n negro man residing Just
outside of Richmond who is 40 years
old. The records in the negro's pos
session satisfied the census man that the
story as to the age is true.
A GUARD FOR HAIRSTON.
Governor Tyler has ordered the Roam
oke Light Infantry Blues to go to Mar
tinsvi!le as an escort to the negro
Charles Hairston. who is to be executed
tomorrow for criminal assault upon a
white lady of Henry county. The local
military company at MartinsVille will
aSsi-t Al-.. L.