Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
TWO MEN SEL[CT[DIB0IDY FACES FOES.
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EpuneeHtandE piercing-enOnEhato to penetrate
my armor- They had little effect upon
Judge Ganhpbe howev ar II g went deep.
" int Judge Campus rs al y1ns4 bare
every n'is-smove ne IS charged with al1ay-
Ing made on the Legal chess board.
Major Conrad objected to. many Of Mr.:
Ssrode's 8utterances, but in vain. Twice
Mr.. Strobe was interrupted by Judge
Campbell g counsel, who desired to know
If Mr. strodea posei to go into the
Judge private character
Mr.. Strobe replied by calling the COM
mittee's attention to. q former inYestiga~
ton Of charges against another judge
who had been charged with gambling,
in; which the Judge was oh: rged with vio>
lating, not only the law, Lutg his oath Of
Office.
The speaker laid great stress upon the
fact that Judge Campbell had precipi-
tated some Of the charges against him
BY DECLARING that JUICE on the bench
isssone character and a,judge of the bench
is another.
In relation to the Crawford incident,
Mr.. Strobe said that In 1888 Amherst be-
came a dry county in local option
election. The liquor business was aban-
doned, except in one case, when "a man
closed his bar one day and opened drug
store the next for the sale Of liquor. At
the next election. he charged, this shrewd
gentleman worked with the ministers in
order to keep the county dry SO that he
might continue his illicit business. The
man was finally brought to court, and
twenty witnesses were summoned
to testify that this illicit business was in
existence. Judge Campbell presided over
re court. Judge Campbell refused to do
his duty and put him out Of business. The
Circuit Court had reserved his decision.
Day. the whileom druggist, was later
convicted o. selling liquor without pre-
scriptions. 1e afterwards became identi-
fed with the saloon men, and as an cleo
ton Judge, henchman of Judge Camp
bells, was caught In the act Of stuffing a
ballot-box
Mr.. Strobe said that he would shaw
that Day and Judge Campbell were the
cleverest possible fellows: that to use one
of the latter's own classical phrases.
they were S thick as two cats in bag .
"A Sensational Arra1Enment.
Mr. Strobe then proceeded to. arraign
Judge Campbell after the most sensa ton
al fashion. Hesaid that he would proof,
beyond the peradventure of a doubt. that
Campbell had packed the grand Jury in
his own interest. The trial was ira
vesty on justice. The jury was packed.
and there was never chance of a fair
trial. There had been some talk of inn
eaching the jurors.
1--WE shall shaw said Mr. strods.
that between. the evening Of the day of
the impanelling of the Jury and the
next morning, it came to, the ears of
these juryuen that they might be i'm
peached. We haves witnesses who will
testify that the jurymen discussed this
possibility. and they agreed among them
selves that If any effort were made to
unseat them. they would cut and shoot
their way out OF the court room. =
Mr.. Strobe painted a vivid picture of
the trial, which, he said, was, nothing
but the merest farce. Judge Campbell,
he declared. had carefully arranged his
clique, and one of the most startling In
cidents in this connection was the fact
that the jury Joined in the applause over
the verdict
Strobe took up the specification as to
Judge Campbell's fitness as a Judge. He
declared that he was utterly unfit for
the position. The Judge had attempted to
sell some of his land in Amherst county.
he charged, using his office to further
that project, and he had done, many 9TH
er improper acts. -
Mr.. Strobe closed his address. the de-
livery OF which had consumed about an
''H1T- IT. Will ES'eIOId-
ton, Ii which he earnestly requested the
col.mltee not to limit the witnesses and
to permit him and his associates to pre-
sent the witnesses, so that the investiga-
ton might be prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent.
When Mr.. Strobe took his seat. there
was low murn1ur from the spectators In
s,le hall. indica ting that the clean-cnt and
forcefu, speech had made deep impress
sion. the half-uttered expressions Of
the audience were quickly hushed.
Chairman Southall remarked that his
understanding was that the witnesses
were to be limited to the number OF
ten.
Judge CanpbelIs counsel, Major Con-
rad. then said that he desired to make a
brief answer, but not an argument, in re-
Spouse to Mr.. Strode's opening.
Major Conrad was mystified. He rose
slowly to his feet, and it was fully two
minutes before he opened his mouth.
Smooth and suave. he was evidently In
admirable form for the task before him.
like well groomed hunter on still
morning.
Hes could not, for the life of him, he
said, understand the scope Of the inquiry.
L He did not understand just what Judge
Campbell was on trial for. Had Judge
Campbell committed murder, it would
hardly be in order to try him on the
mum erous specifca tons which the other
side had prepared
Mr.. Strobe interrupted Ma jor Conrad
to say that he had just received tele-
gram from Mr.. Hart, the stenogra pher,
who reported the court trial. saying that
it would be inconvenient for him to tes-
tify before the committee. Mr.. Strobe
asked that the transcripts Of the record
be admitted IN evidence. Major Conrad
said 1t was entirely agreeable to him,
and then launched into what he termed
his answer
Beautifully Clothed Defence.
The answer was a powerful argument
and beautifully clothed defence of Judge
Campbell, Passing from the nysttf1ca-
tior oyer the inquiry, Major Conrad took
up the preliminary incidents that led up
eto the trouble.
There had appeared. he said. IN q
4newspa per. an article citing the fact that
a. druggist had, sold twenty-five barrels
of indicated whislsey. This druggist had
been tried and acquitted by jury a nd a
Judge who seemed to have curious idea
of the law. It appeared that this court
had bean doctored as much as the Wl1is-
key .szs5as.
Now. gentlemen said Major Conrad.
that article was not written by any ir-
responsible reporter. It came from man
sanatifed with the holy oil. ordained to
the priesthood. an humble follower OF the
Saviour. the Rev. Mr.. Crawford. When
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