The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-28

toe. could not have been hit by the
guards. This man was seated In porch
on the south side of Main Street, Inc
guards fired in the direction OF the iort !.
The man was struck by huckshot whlch
the guards didn't use. II lie prooanle,
the witness thought that he was shot
from the crowd standing on the norm slde
Of Main Street. when 1t shot at the car.
This would seem to show that guns were
used by the crowd,
And this. 1t appears further, Is an I'M
portant point, OF which more was to be
heard Mr.. Meredith started the witness
or in a new direction and Mr. Hunter
started to say como rather interesting
things, when counsel for the defense
halted him. Mr.. Meredith insisted and
with view to show that 1t was proper
evidence, started to indicate what the wit
ness was about TO say, but objection was
made to this also. Mr.. Meredith, whisper
ed with the Judge and the latter an
no,inced that he admitted the evidence.
More discussion arose. but the Judge held
to his decision
Mr. Hunter thereupon proceeded. He
said, as he said before, that he took one
of the wounded hen into the house and
gave the man some aromatic spirits OF
ammonia and a drink Of whiskey. He
thought the man was fatally wounded and
was going to die. While they were In
the house man knocked at the door
and came In hurriedly He glanced around
and then turned to the wounded man:
"iIatc YOU 81. it? HIVE y,u ct it7"
he asked.
| pistol?' asked Hunter anxiously, OF his
| pnt,ant.
Not now" the man replied. II had
one. but ! gave 1t to my partner"
"I'll tell you why asked him about tho
| pistol" said Mr. Hunter. to the Jury. con-
| fidentially. 81 thought he was going to
die and didn't want him to do 60 with
! a gun on his person"
| The courtroom smiled.
You thought It might impair his
! Mr.. Smith. interrogatively.
The courtroom laughed.
Didn't Take It as Joke.
Following Mr.. Hunter came several 9TH
or witnesses whose testimony was de-
| signed to show that state OF disorder
were called out. Captain ]. B. Moore
gave an account OF trip he made
around he Reservoir loop on the first
| went on the strike. The chief feature Of
his testimony was statement of the fact
that when the car reached the Reservoir.
/ crowd of men were standing across the
track, blocking its way. Several OF them
jumped upon the car and asked the
motorman to leave the company. assuring
him that they would pay his way back
home One fellow stuck a greenback into
his hand. Still the motorman hesitated
and It looked at one time as II he would
| go on down the street with the car and
the money. Finally however. three or
/ four Of the men caught him around the
shoulders and succeeded In pulling him
off. Another man in the car, evidently an
employe OF the company, took charge OF
the breaks and the car went on down
town. The discussion was chiefly over
the method used by the men in getting
tho motorman to leave; counsel for the
company endeavorng to show that 1t was
by force; counsel for the defense that II
was by persuasion. Mr.. Moore finally
stated that it seemed to him that the men
tried to persuade the motorman and that
when he still hesitated. they backed ur
their argument by force.
Mr.. Ernest Wells, assistant counsel for
the company. was Introduced. The CHIEF
part of testimony Of Mr.. Wells was a
confederation of what had been said be.
fore by Major Martin with reference to
the conference with Judge Wickham and
the sheriff at the Reservoir. Mr.. Wells
stated that they We're a party OF gentle.
men discussing very serious matters anG
that he did not take as a joke the re.
marks made by MIR. Solomon with refer
that while he was there 'fooling' with
the company, his opponent was out cleo.
tionecring among the strikers. Counse
for the prosecution asked the witness
specifically II he took this seriously as
one Of the reasons why MI. Solomon de
clined to call out the troops. Mr. Well:
said that he did and that he was sur
prsed to hear such reason given
Whether or not the sheriff meant the re-
mark for the Joke was a matter which
the sheriff himself would have to say
The witness. was questioned closely by
Mr. Smith about the number of cars rur
Just after the strike. and about othe,
matters in this connection, but he repeat.
edy stated that these We're affairs which
lay within the management of the operat.
ing department of the company and that
hal ynH, k11xv III.
Other Witnesses.
After Mr.. Wells left the stand. Mr..
Fairfax Christian, was sworn: He was
night of the big trouble there and he
gave an account OF the affair as he saw
It. There were several cars standing
was Numerically rocked Shortly after
1t left Lombardy Street there was an
the car fell wounded The witness saw
people go forward and pick the injured
little farther beyond the firing from the
) car began. The second car then made
an attempt to go up the street. More
witness knew there were &c no shots l. from ON
the crowd. The guards on this car also
fired into the crowd, which gathered again
as Stones sos a %Se
car went on up the street. and also
fired. but after It had gotten some little
distance In the county. Il So far as Mr..
Christian could state there were no stones
thrown at this car and no shots from the
crowd. Mr.. Christian was a little below
Lombardy Street and could say nothing
as to the efforts Of the county police to
preserve order on their side OF the line.
, He could not say anything one way or
the other here. He did not see any coun-
ty officers and would not have known
+ them II he had.
The last witness of the day. following
Mr., @, l.. Fairbanks, who made state
J ment concerning some minor disorders,
was Mr.. Jack Moroso, of the News
Leader In the course of bis work In con-