The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
Spicy ColloquyWith Alderman
Bahen Follows. NJ
VEIN NBRUNN, GASSERAN #
GUIDE ARE EXAMINED
Officials from the City ngineer's Dye-
partment and One from a Bank to
Be Examined To- Q az Case 5 80
Likely to Goto the Jury Be- 3
Y. fore Nlght-Evide ss
Yesterday.

KIT With counsel for the defense and pros
#ecutlon stubbornly contrasting every inch
I Of ground. the admission Of the slightest
bit Of testimony offered by the latter be-
Ing bitterly opposed by the former, the
trial Of j ohm NJ. King, former Alderman
( from Jefferson Ward, charged with hav-
ing q accepted q bribe, rocked through yes
terdays afternoon. Three witnesses, gem,
orally regarded as the strongest the
prosecution has, & Nlessrs.E Charles Gasser,.
j.. G. Il Weinhrui1 and j. "a. Guide, were
examined before adjournment was taken
last night at Z o clock The case will be
resumed this morning at II q clock, when
Mr.. Taylor stratton and Others con-
nected with the City Engineering De-
partment, will be placed upon the stand
by the Commonwealth. In addition sew
eral bank officials Will probably submit
their evidence. it's quite probable that
before nightfall this afternoon all OF the
testimony will have been card and the
case be in@the hands of the jury. Wheth-a
er verdict will be reached remains to-
be seen. a III. .53s 5f5s III sf4s
a4 While the evidence submitted yester-f
day BY the witnesses was not a all SEN
sational III view of their timony be fore
the Police Court, the trial yesterday was
not without sensational lures and eX-4
citement sufficient to satisfy even M the
most ardent admirer Of things thrilling.
Before the introduction of any testimony
and even before the jury had been elll-6
5panneed and sworn It developed that
there exists an nfimpression In the mind
OF at least one citizen, the Common
&wealth's Attorney, that an effort has
been made to tamper with the jury
This resulted in a rather exciting and al
together sensational clash n the e court
room between Alderman James Bahen$
and Mr.. Richardson. III
SENSATION SPRUNG.
5it While ttI>S work Of drawing the jury
was yet going on there fell like a bolt
from the blue an objection to a juryman
on the ground that he had been ap-
preached by Mr.. Bahen III the interest
of the defendant. 8.i
Edward Donohue, one OF the men VINO
had been drawn on the jury list, was
called Mr.. Richardson asked MIN u ne
had not been approach ched by Alderman
EBahen in regard to the King case, tne
Commemorative, Attorney SO forming hls
question MS to convey the impression that
the mem Der Of the City Council had coT-
pltmented Mr. Donohue upon being on
the Jury, adding that he was sincerely
glad, because lie Ind friend (mean,ng
evidently I<ing), who would come up LOT
thai IIe asked that the 1juryman be-
light on this acquaintance. sSf
The Til,ryman admitted having spoken
"a Mr.. I3ahen, but added emphatlcally
that the conversation took place pe1ore
he was drawn on the jury list judge
Ingram promptly ruled thatl Dononhe
wa not a proper person 70 serpe} ~ M tl'e
trial of the case,
Judge ingram instructed the Common
5weaIth's Attorney to investigate the case
and 1T may again crop out.8 Whl,e sllle
; court was at the noon recess MI BnteI
80. II ,i,o r1cn, n nd
po,ltiyely that he had spoken to Don-
fohue. Do ,,a
Of Broad Street. who was on a panel LOT
this case, didn't ypm Mr.. Bahen2' asked
Mr., Richardson. A.
,Ihen Lewis lied" Mr.. Richardson IS
rarorted to have replied after which the
conversation ceased. 5g
Alderman Bahen was a member or me
old Street Committee on which hmg
served ser and where the alleged bribery
lhappened. II
MI. Richardson was asked last night
os ia the progress he had made IN the
Investigation of the supposed work on the
i,,rv but he refused to discuss the mat
m ter. sta ting that he would report alone
to the court nbout the atfair.
= MUCH ARGUMENT.
The trial. when It was finally com
menced ahoupded ~ contests betWeen
~, attorneys over the admission OF tes-
timony and to tho mind OF a loyman 1t
looks very much MS II King and his
counsel drew first blooU out Of the fray.
Judge Ingram decided ono Important
point. and 1t promises to amount to a
good deal In tho hearing of the case, and
may have an important bearing on the
final result, he ruled, after hearing
lengthy argument from Messrs, Wyndham
Meredith ana Hill Carter. representing
King, and Mr., p. G. Risharison, actins |
an prosecutor, that no evidence of other
alleged bribery on part Of tho defendant
exceptthe crime refcrred to i'll theindct-
ment could be admitted This prohibits
the CommopWealth's Attorney from at.
tempting to show that King accepted