Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-23
This the Great Feature the Testi=
mony Adduced Yesterday
The NEGRO. SWEARS AGAINST THE ACCU USED.
onOecasion Of an Election Dinner--A Number Of.
Witnesses Testify that Court Had Not Been
Adjourned When the Judge CoWhlded
Or. Crawford on the Court Green.

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Into the very heart of the Campbell
inquisition the prosecution ground Its
way yesterday. Step by step, with In
finite pains. the peoples counsel plough
ed their way to the core OF the cause, and
when the session had concluded even the
whilom friends Of the accused jurist
had to admit that his case looked as
black as the background of a Dore paint
ing. +..
Curiously. almost weirdly, at times.
was the evidence unearthed which SO
gravely reflects upon the defendant, and
when the proceedings were concluded the
members Of the Legislature and the
spectators who, all day had followed the
impressive developments, asked each
other would it be possible for the defend
ant to shake off the frightfullyz damag-5
ing coil that had been wound about him.:
Could he discouptenance the evidence
given Fby ministers of the Gospel, court
officials, prominent lawyers. servants,
and the whole heterogeneous horde Of
witnesses who piled up incident after
incident, act after, act going to show
that the subject of the inquisition was in
no wise fitted to hold that most honored
OF all positions in a Commonwealth, the
judge Of the faults, foibles, and crimes.
of his fellbw-men.
No laynlan dared answer this query
and the serious mien Of the committee
seemed to indicate that the members had
been seriously impressed by the testi-
mony, perhaps more potently affected
than by the evidence of any previous
session.
The defence had not been idle.
Every inch of the ground gained had
been fought with stubbornness.
RepIete with Aniilerstonian incident
and Conrad epigram was the evidence.
Every point made by the prosecution was
artfully met and cleverly waged, but the.
facts were there. and with the material
at hand it was not possible for Major
Conrad with all his acun1en and almost
marvellous cunning to do other than cast
shadows of doubt. And these shadows
left no great area Of shade In the light
Of Rev. DR.. Gray'ss testimony, and that
adduced from several other witnesses.
Had Influenced the Jury.
Judge Campbell had Influenced the jury
that acquitted him, and they had prom
ised to return a verdict of not guilty;
Judge Campbell had secured Whiskey to
influence voters in the Flood election;
Judge Campbell had sent a negro to buy
Whiskey. and gin on the Sabbath when
Its ve-1 sale was illegal "a any day;
Judge Campbell had held the note of a
negro servant; Judge Campbell had gone
out to cowhide an aged minister without
even the formality of adjourning his
court. after threatening him: these and
other contemning things were piled Eup
against the defendant like the stories tof
some modern skyscraper.
And he sat there; like a man carved in
stone; giving no sign of emotion, no in
1ication of the inmost pain; that must
have been his.
It was from Alpha to Omega, a field
what opinion may be held of the de-
fendant his attitude, assumed indiffer-
ence, or otllersWise, could not fail to 5ex-
cite respect, if not admiration.
There is not one man In a multitude
who could nave undergone such an ordeal
without giving some indication that he
was touched to the quick.
But the closest observer could have
found no trace of emotion on Judge
Campbell's face.
Major Conrad glanced at his client every
now and then with those penetrating eyes
OF his that witnesses say pierce like a
rapier. but even he could apparently find
nothing in the deneanor of Judge Camp
bell to indicate other than that he was
not at matinee. When the witness,
Brown. testified that he heard the jury
men say that they had promised Judge
Campbell to acquit him, the latter's face.
was far less concerned than that Of the
witness himself.
So it was throughout the day from the
time he took his seat at the counsel table
and busted himself about his papers until
the days work ended. But once did he 4
indicate that he had more than fitting
interest ia IA. ,r,asSine ~
Evidence Surprises Him.
That was when just before the pro-
ceedings were concluded, Chairman Duke
here on Monday. Major Conrad started
to answer, when the defendant interrupt
ed him and said he had been promised
ample time to summon his witnesses here.
and he did not know whether it would
be possible to get them here by that time
He said some Of the evidence had been
a surprise to him and his witnesses were
scattered all over Amherst
Chairman Duke quickly quieted his fears
on this subject with the statement that
the committee did not intend in any way
to hurry him, and that he would have
ample time to summon them.
4 Entirely content with this, the defend
that he wanted to have time to consult
with Judge Campbell on this subject, as
he did not think he would attempt to
meet much of the testimony that had
been put in against him.
The resume Of the evidence reveals SEN
Of the first water, and en-
hances the belief thai there is a yellow
streak through the Amherst terra frma.
That "a jurvman in the twentieth GEN.
tury could stand at an open window and
threaten another juror. under penaltySof
death. to bring in a verdict. seemed, on
the surface. a trifle absurd and prepos-
ferrous, and perhaps would not have been
seriously considered had it<not been par
tally supported. and su5stantiated by an
afflidayit and the testimony. Of other wit
nesses. The evidence Of the negro Wit
ness Rose, would also be taken by the
committee cum grano sails, but for the
fact that 1t was supported by other wit
nesses.
But the evidence OF the Rev. Dr. Gray
would seem to forever tat rest the
question Of adj djournment at the Crawford
trial. The fact that the witness had
listened for the court crier's announce
mentsof ad1onrnme and when he had
not heard it, had called the attention OF |
q friend to the fact that the court had
not heen forma IIy closed l fsss SJpnjf3ca nt