The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-02
THE Campbell TRIAL
and Scenes IN court
cCon4nued from First Pase.)

| LonAn1led from First PaSeJ
than one nor more than ten years. II
| Of unlawful assault, his punishment
| should be fixed at not less than one
| nor more than five years In the penlten-
| tiary or confinement in 5ail for not
| exceeding twelve months and fine OF
not exceeding $500. It Of common as
| sault his punishment should be fixed
at confinement in jail or fino or both
THE INDICTMENT.
The indictment charged Judge Camp
bell with the first malicious assault, but
Mr., Evans stated candidly that the evil
dence as he understood it. at present,
did not sustain this charge. Judge Camp
| bells action could be construed anywhere
| from common to unlawful assault, but
not as felonious Mr.. Crawford
had been dIsfgured, but was
in no danger of his life as must be
shown to establish the case felony.
Mr.. Evans gave an account OF the as
sNult as the defense understood it and
in that he would attempt to show that
| the occurrence was permedIated.
| An able reply was made by Colonel
Christian. attorney for Judge Campbell.
He declared that the law provided that
| the accused must have intended to MAIN.
diso BILE. disfigure and kill before he could
| be convicted. Even II unlawful assault
the instrument used by Judge Campbell
| on Mr. Crawford negatived the suggestion
| that he had any such intent as this. 1t
| was small riding whip hardly capable
| Of injuring a child seriously. The as
| sault Of Judge Campbell had been, II
! anything. misdemeanor. and IN all
| probability justifiable misdemeanor.
TRIVIAL CASE.
| The case was a trivial one, he said, and
should have been tried before magistrate
| al the cost Of $3.50 instead OF as now at
great expense. What offense his client
was guilty of? Colonel Christian said
was justiaable; Judge Campbell had been
grievously insu1ted and the man who In
fused to apologize. still Judge Campbell
had decided to let him go and not pay
| more attention to him.
Later after the trial when Judge Camp
bell stepped UP to Judge w Il. Mann
| his friend, to shake hands with MIN. 1hr'
| forward and extended his hand: Astound-
ed at this additional insult. Judge Camp
bell stepped back and in the neat e 81 pas,
sion, struck the right reverend gentleman
with small driving whip
A REBUKE.
! r. was alrebuke, not an effort to MAIN,
| disable disfigure or kill. Judge camp
hell carried in his other hand large
stick and withal had hard list; with
either he could have done serious danaSe
RI Mr. Crawford. If he had desired. and
vas the construction the defense placed
upon the assault. Colonel Christian APP
pea,ed to the jury to do thir duty to
| the accused, who was beng persecu, %. ne
| asked that no difference be made over
the fact that Mr.. lCrawtord Is d nii,ltsees
! of the Gospel. All revered the Genuenlsn
who gave their sacred ministry, but thelr
| calling gave them no privileges over their
| fellow men. Moreover, the courts or
Virginia and the penitentiary stripes gave
evidence Of the fact that IN the ministry
as we'll as in other lines of life there
are wolves in sheep clothing.
| Mr.. Crawford was a preacher himself.
but he had made a grievous mistake pc
cause his insults to Judge Campoeii Were
! attacks upon the honor Of the JUDICIARY
| of the Commonwealth OF Vlrslnla.
| MR.. CRAWFORD ON THE STAND.
| The first witness called was the Rev
Mr.. Crawford, himself, in making his
statement. he gave an account or the
| contempt proceedings against him. and
told how he had been tried and dis
missed by Judge Campbell He then
! went on to tell Of the assault after the
| trial for contempt. He went down the
courthouse steps with Judge Mann ana
| two local ministers there-Messrs- carson
and Wiley-and a few steps from tne
door met Judge Campbell. who shook
hands with Judge Mann. Mr.. Crawford
said he felt that in common decency he
rad to observe the presence OF Judge
Campbell, and he offered his hand Judge
Campbell overlooked it accidently or pur-
posely, he did not know then
The assault followed after Judge Camp
| hell had made some reaar about the re-
fusa1 to apologize. The minister
was struck in several 3aces. He sx-
| hibited his hat, which had been cut by
| the whip, and his cuff. which had marks
| upon it. Mr.. Crawford denied most en-
patically that he approached Judge
Campbell in a sneering way with sar-
| donic grim
CROSS -ExAMINATION.
The cross-examination of Mr.. Craw-
| ford was one of the most interesting fea-
| lures of the trial. Once or twice the wit
ness exhibited some feeling. and he was
moreover sustained by the court. He was
asked by Mr. Payne, of the defense,
whether or not he had done anything TO
| nrovoke the assault by Judge Campbell.
| and he answered that so far as he knew
he had not.
The article in the Christian Federation
which caused all the trouble was re-
ferred to, and Mr.. Payne handed Mr.
Crawford a copy of the paper and told
him to read from it. With a remark
that he was not the clerk OF the court.
he declined to do so. On another occa-
| sion Mr. Payne said something to the
! effect that Mr. Crawford was minister.
and was conducting a side show with
his paper The reverend gentleman at
once turned to the presiding judge and
| objected to the language used. Judge
wood held the objection to be in proper
order and advised Mr.. Payne to that eff
feet.
CAMPBELL INTERPOSED.
! At another time Judge Campbell at
tempted to break In and say something,
but he was checked by the Common
| wealth's Attorney.
| On the whole, the examination of the