The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
Found Not Guilty of Malicious
Assault ON Rev. Crawford.
WILD SCENE IN COURT
Men and Women Hung About
Him and Cried.
A MASS-MEETlNG WAS HELD
Judge Campbell Endorsed. and Reso-
lutions Passed Commencing His
Counsel the Court and Jury.
Though After Midnight, the
Meeting Was Slow
to Adjourn.
A MASS-MEETlNG WAS HELD

II Aurd the widest excitement and en-
thusiasm Judge Clarence j. Campbell, Of
the County Court of Amherst, was at a
quarter OF twelve o'clock tonight fully
acquitted Of the charge of malicious as
sault upon the Rev c. H Crawford, Of
Richmond,
AS the final verdict of the jury was
read yells. shrieks and loud huZZahs rent
the air The Campbell element was in
the vast majority and it gave full vent
TO its glad feelings. Judge Campbell
stood the central figure Of highly
wrought up throng and calmly stood 1t
all while his friends bore around him and
yelled hurrahs. shaking hands and gen.
orally bowling congratulations Some
hung upon his neck others, men and wo-
men pushed and pulled in vain effort
TO get at him
The discharged prisoner was visioly af-
tecte15. and as for several lady relatives
who had waited patiently to ha1:' the
verdict. he embraced them all with tears
in his eyes Then nearly midnight,
though it was. the sound OF the court bell
rang out upon the air. and Judge Camp
bells friends gathered together and held
q meeting.
CAMPBELL ENDORSED.
Resolutions were adopted; resolutions
condemniag the so-caled persecution of
the acquitted and resolutions unanimous
ly and heartily endorsing the judge him
self
The yels of the excited gathering
could be heard a mile off when the vote
upon the paper was taken There were
cheers for Judge Campbell, for Judge
! Wood. for tho Amherst County Court
for Mr.. T. c. Payne, one Of the defense
lawyers. and for others.
The crowd was large and knew not
when to stop so excited and so overjoy-
ed II was Many of Judge Campbell's
etauachest friends We're there.
AT first it looked as if there would be
no agreement upon the verdict. The
3uryrnens retired at 8 O'Clock and at I'LL.
Tiled out with the announcement that 1t
could reach no decision. Eleven We're for
1couittaI and one for conviction on the
charge of common assault. IT was
plain hung jury. and it locked as though
there would be no relief and the trial
ether gone all over again or tle JURY
held together until Monday
Bnt when the jurymen had retired
second time and had again reappeared
,,non .he scene eversthing was settled
,rba verdict was Not Guilty" Then
uame the pandemonium of applause. The
man who tied up the jury vas MI. a =
woodroof VINO declared later, When ne
ehook hands with Judge Campbell with
,1l the rest that he did it because he
ronscjentiouslv thought III" accused
Guilty. Of common assault. But he halaiiy
went over to the majority
Tho other eleven members of the jury
we're; Messrs. Lewis 5. Hamilton. Wal.
ter Crist, p II. Hairless j. j.. " "atts.
seaed crawford. John D. Phillips. Jr.,
raorco N Foster. Nicholas Pryor. ".
NJ Burford. II Dug. Lane and II; e;
Carter. ,-c go
THO third day of the trial opened with
q continuance of the case Tor the oe-
<enae Late yesterday evening MI T.. ,.
ware Dr. W- a. Richardson, Mr. y
~ rI.nrer Mr.. W. II. Camptsi. Mr.
1,,in- Stinnett. Mr. W. II. Turner, Mr..
ctarev Mr.. H Starey Mr.. w P
M ". S Carter. Mr. Charles
snaes and Mr.. w R. Pendleton had
h.en nlaced upon the stand. and thls
-,orninr Judge Stephens Adams, OF the
coun,y Court of Campbell. Mr. hiram
Turner and Mr.. {. ". Jones were aooea
ITO the list.
The testimony Of these sehuenaeh vas
t,4eresting in the extreme, but there are
tsrae or four points which as matters
~ iyonortance far transcended the
Others several of the witnesses testified
enorhstically that Judge Campbell. an
,ba end OF the contempt proceeding had
f adjourned court in proper order. ne
Commonwealth had introduced witnesses
4 tvho could only say that they had hot
/ hoard the Judge give the order 10 ac-
/ tourr: the witnesses for the defense en-
| This point stated most en1phattcallS, fhat
! rho, had heard tho order givcnf and
hence the persuasion IS toward those
who could give direct testimony. and not
toward those who could only say mega
lively that they had not heard the words
OF the Judge.
CARRIED WHIP IIABITUALLY.
Again it was shown that Judge Camp
bell was IN The habit of carrying the
little riding whip with which he struck
Mr.. Crawford. and did not procure it for
hny special purpose. Moreover. 1t was
stated that when the assault occurred
DR. Crawford advanced to Judge Camp
bell with outsuetched hand before the
first blow was struck.
CAMPBELL TESTIFIES.
The closest attention was given to Jud5o
Campbell, who was next sworn anu placed
] upon the's stand.
He began at the beginning and set
forth how he had read the article in the
1 Christian Federation written by the Rev
/ Mr. Crawford. and had thereupcm issued
rule against him for, contempt of
court, for limiting that the judge of the
court had been bribed. He reviewed the
case. which is we'll known to the pub
lic. and showed how he had dismissed
the charge against the minister even
before the trial of the contempt case
He said he had decided that on a tech
Ala not constitute contempt. though the
snsur, embodied in the language used re-
.nai:7ed tho same.
NEVER INTENDED IT.
Juare Campbell declared that he had
c.yer intended to make the matter a
srr,onal one He had tried the reverend