The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-28
THE BuNC0 CASE
OF Mr.. GALLOWAY
William Lowery Was Sent on to
the Grand Jury and Ba.
Refused.

William LoWery, who WAS arrested ten
Gays ago on the charge of having bun
coed ]. H. Galloway out of $500. was given
q preliminary hearing in the Police Court
yesterday afternoon and sent on to the
grand jury.
Mr. Harry NJ Smith, counsel for Low
cry, made a motion for bail, but Justice
Crutchted overruied the motion, and the
accused was remanded to Jail.
The case was called at the conclusion
of a lengthy docket, at 2 o'clock, and it
was 3:15 when Mr. Smith arose and sad
that he felt that il would be useless TO
put his client on the stand. as he believed
it was the intention Of Justice Crutclfleid
10 send the case on. anyway, and he
asked that bail be granted.
Justice Crutcltisld said it was not n his
province TO grant bail in such cases.
The first witness was J. II. Galloway.
He told his story substantially as has
been printed except that he stated on
the stand that the man Stanley, who had
Steered him up against the other men,
hau borrowed so from him with the prom
is: that he wonld return it that evening,
giving him an alleged due bill on the bar
keeper at pore's bar-room. He said that
lloWery Was the man who was passed off
rs The balkeeper and he was the man
who gave him the due bill.
"On the Monday morning after T had
drawn my s5Ot,' said Galloway, STANLEY
said he would pay me the $50. and for me
10 wait Tor him at the Lexington Hotel.
/ waited ABOUT ten minutes, andSgot tired.
and then l went down toward tfle saloon
looking for him. saw him standing near
the door of Dore's saloon, and went up
and asked him for the $50 He said he
would pay me if / would come in. didn't
want 10 go IN, but wanted my money, so
j did venture inside
When we got inside saw Lowery.
whose name | did not know then. and
man they called Yank. Yank was a tall
man with light hair We got to arguing
about the money. and somebody said that
q osi't nave any money. any way Yank
SAD he had more money than 7 had, and
exhibited, roll Then 1 pulled out my
500. and as ! did so, I.owery grabbed il,
fank picked up his roll and they both
ran out the back way Stanley said we
We're robbed. ana ran out the front door.
| met policeman on the street and told
nm mad oeen robbed, and he told me ne
couldn't do ANYTHING, but for me to go
up to the chtei's Office. I did go up on a.
trot and told my story, and the detectives
went to work the case
Commemorative Attorney Richardson
asked him II he were positive Lowery was
the man.
aii 80 : " -, ne Ecpled. He had z
black moustache on when saw him then,
but iie is c,ean-shaven now i know he is
the man, for he was standing behind the
bar
The next witness was Barkeeper5 w. r.
Acree. He said that he knew nothing
about the affair. so far as the money Was
concerned. IN fact. he paid no attention
to the incident until Galloway came back
there with the detective. when DE recalled
the fact that Galloway. Lowery and two
other men, whom he did not know. were
standing in the bar that morning. carrying
on an animated conversation. He did not
know what they We're talking about, for
he was standing atzthe cigar stand in the
front OF the bar, while the party was in