The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-22
MIR. TI1KlSSON
GIVES HIS SIDE.
Replies to the R ,' Of the
Grand Jury.
He He SPEAKS OUT IN COURT i.
Hr. Augustine Royal Makes Reply and
Tells Why the Reprlmand Was Ad-
ministered-News OF the
soutbside City.
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,


been the cause OF much comment
Mr.. Augustine Royal, who was FORE
man of the jury, made the report 10
Judge Witt that owing to failure on ttie
part of Mr.. Atkinson to have the lno1ct-
ments before the jury that body han peen
kept waiting. The court was III sessioii
yesterday for the greater part OF tiie
day, and after reading in an afternoon
paper an account Of the incident the Gay
before Mr. Attllisson asked permission or
the court to make a statement In detense
Of himself and to his felloW-citizens.
He said he had gotten out of a SICK.
bed on Monday to attend court ana a 1ter,
re "a ching his Office there were Two per
sons whose evidence he had 10 JAKE ~
| prepare the indictment. MT. AttfS ''s,u
called the attention of those present 20
ti,a remar,Sah,e time made by the jury,
and said they were only kept waiting Tor
seven minutes.
IT have been onrnonwealtlls attorney
| for seventeen years" continued Mr. AZ
| lissou. land for the first time nave
! been rehl1ked for failure Of duty Ar0 W
| not think j have neglected any uu.s ~
| this case. have been a resloent % MAJ, ~
| chester long enough Tor the l'sel.l,,-,,,
| know me. and feel assured Lhey VIZ
| hear my side Of the case
NOT UNANIMOUS.
| When the report was made by the jury
| il was said by Mr.. Royal that 1t was
| the unanimous vote of the men. MI. 49,.
| kisson claimed in his statement lhdI '"o
] of the jurors had told him that tney were
| not in favor of the reprimand.
Mr.. Attkisson paid a high tribute to the
| Jury. and said they had gotteh ln'ous =
| with their work very quickly.
| After Mr.. Atkinson had spoken' ~, :
| F,oyall. who was in the court, asked the
| privilege of addressing the court rms
| heinr granted, he said he was OF me
| oninione that the ComnlonWealths Attot--
nov should have had his indictments
ready. And as to the two men VINO hao
| told Mr.. Attl1isson that the report was ny
unanimous, he said it was stra1lse LID.
they did not say something When tue re-
mort or reprimand was made IN opsn
court. At that time, he SAID, theIe Was
not a dissenting voice against the he-
bulie. ,,rr+
Mr.. Attkisson says he feels deeply hure
about the matter, but is OF lhe opA''to'1
that it IS a political fling.
SHOT AT NEGRO.
Residents of Eighth and Balnorldse
straets were startled yesterday AFTER
noon blythe report of. pistol shots IN
rand succession, "A negro was seen nee
ing and Mr. A. 81 Wright. the lnVlnc1ole
policeman, was hot on the trail with a
smoking revolver in his mana. W.
Wright did not hit the negro, OWING TO Tue
distance between them, and 1or d .iiiie
If looked as though the negro. was gong
to slip the officer, and had gotten en-
tirely out Of sight But Mr.. Wright IS
not n man to give up q chase, so coupling
back on his tracks he found the prisoner
hidden beside a. house at Ei2hth ana
cambridge Streets. He was soon taken
to the station-house and locked up. The
charge is highway robbery. he gave his
name as Bob Smith, and was charged
with beating Henry Green and taking a
sum Of money from him. The parties
were shooting Crap" and from what Is.
Learned Green had won all the money,
when Smith jumped on him, and after
beating him very badly, took the money.
Officer Wright was in the ne1ghborhood
and took a shot at the fleeing fugitive.
STREET COMMITTEE.
Tho Street Committee met last night
in the Council chamber to consider the
application of the Richmond Passenger
and Power Company to put in a curve
at Seventh and Perry Streets for the
use of the cars of the Richmond and Pc
tersburg line. Those in attendance were
Messrs. J.. NJ Nunnally, r. c. Broaddus,
and AL w. Fair. Messrs. A. B. Gutgon
5 and w. S. Dimmock, for The Passenger
and Power Company, were present The
company asked for the right to construct
a curve at this point, and ON examina-
ton Of the chart it was discovered that
another curve would have to be made at
Cowardin Avenue in order for the cars
to get from the south-bound track into
the tracks of the line at the fountain on
Hull Street. In the storing of the Hull
Street cars in the sheds the curve or
cross-over at Seventh and Perry Streets
will be of much convenience to the COM
pany. At the present time the cars Of
the Hull Street line are forced to so
around on the BroolSing line to get into
the sheds at night. The committee de-
'cided that they would like to see the
proposed curve, and a meeting was called
for this afternoon at 4:s0 o'clock. when
the company will know if it can con-
struct the curve.
DIR. SMITH LECTURES.
Under the auspices Of the Young
Mems League and the Young Ladies'
Aid Society of Bainbridge-Street Baptist
Church DR.. w. r.. L. Smith, Of Rich
mond delivered a. lecture last night on
the Fall Of Quebec at the church,
The lecture was i'll the basement to the
church, and one of the largest and most
appreciatiye audiences ever seen there
DR.. Smith is a man of fine delivery, and
held his audience from the opening.
Lectures of this nature will be of FREE.
quent occurrence by these Leagues of
this church now, and much benefit will
be derived from them.
The greater part of the day yesterday
was consumed in the tria! of Earnest
Miller and one Jackson, two negroes
charged with breaking and entering the
house of Mrs. Swan and carrying away
a sum of money and a watch. Miller was
sentenced to six months in Jail, with a
fine of 500, the jury being out for sew
eral hours.
jackson was. sent to the penitentiary
for five years. in this case the jury be-
ing out less than fifteen minutes.
Court will be iii session to-day and to-
morrow, with Judge Witt on the bench.
FIRE DOG DEAD
Alex the fire dog. is dead! This sad
incident happened yesterday morning.
'A,ex'' was known all over the city as
volunteer fireman. and. had Eeen $regu-
-1arly attending every fire for ten years.
He was owned by Mr.. L. D. Waymack.
and was valued very highly. This dog
has been known to climb a ladder a high
nv fS~rS,k