Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-13
ArrivedW Major Conrad. His.
Counsel, Last Evening.
CASE OPENS TO-M oRRoW,
subcommittee May BE Sent 10 Au.,-
herst to Limit witnesses.
TO REDUCE SCOPE OF ENau1RY.

nut 6QmS SpCC1llCa11Ou3+E nave
Been Rnled Out ns Irrelevant
State will Not Regard Expense so
That the Ends Of Justice are Con-
aervcd-Brilliant Legal Battle As
aured-Mr. Strobe and Judge Low
ing, Counsel for the Petitioners.
are at Murphy's - defendant
Warmly Greeted by Colleagues.
Judge Clarence J. Campbell, Of Amherst
county. whose action in striking Rev. G.
Il. Crawford with whip at Amherst
Courthouse, last summer, is to be the.
subject Of legislative inquiry, is in: the
city. stopping at the New Ford.s Hotel
Major Holmes Conrad, Of Winchester.
Va, Judge Campbell's counsel, is also in
the city, at Murphy's. 1t was authorita-
lively announced last night that Major
Conrad, who Is one Of The most d4slln-.
guished lawyers in the South, has been
retained by the defence in this well known
case.
At Murphy's Hotel is Mr.. Aubrey e.
Strobe, of sLynchburg, formerly OF AM
herst one OF the counsel for the prosecu-
ton in the case. Judge j. Thompson
Brown, OF Nelson county, who, with his
law partner, County Judge VIC. Low
ing, of Nelson. win also represent the petit
TONERS or prosecutors in the case. Judge
Brown IS visiting friends here. Judge
Loving is expecled to-day. il
There are in the city already several
well known gentlemen who are con-
necteds with the case as witnesses, or are
interested in it for other reasons. Among
these are Judge E. N.TWood, of Fluvanna,
who presided in the Amherst County
Court when Judge Campbell was tried
on the charge of assanlt and acquitted
there late last summer. He is at:the New
Ford's, as are Colonel C. B, Christian,
and Mr.. T. c.. Payne. OF Amherst, who
We're counsel for Judge Campbell in the
court trial of the widely advertised as.
sauIt case. Judge Stephen Adams, of the
County Court of Campbell, one OF the
best known gentlemen In the State, is
here as witness in the case, having
been summoned by the defence. Judge
Adams was in Amherst when the assault
occurred.
Campbell Confers With Conrad.
Judge Campbell and his counsel had
brief conference last night at Murphy's
soon after Major Conrad arrival. Moth
ing definite has yet been decided as to
the procedure in the case, nor has either
side given out any statement for publi-5
cation So far a S Geternined UP to Lhis
time. the Courts Of Justice Committee
of the House of Delegates, to whom the
investigation was referred, has not defin-
nitely outlined the scope of the inquiry
Its original decision on this point was
that 1t would be limited as far as COM
patibie with a fair hearing of the charges
to the statements contained in the me-
mortal to the House and referred to the
Courts OF Justice Committee. These me-
MORALS are from the bars Of Amherst,
Lynchburg. and Nelson. and were pre-
sented to the General Assembly last sum
mer, but Immediately referred to the COM
mittee
subsequently. within the past week,
In fact, TIE counsel for the prosecution
forwarded a list Of specifications supple
mentary to the original charge and re-.
citing a number Of other matters anterior
to the attack on Mr.. Crawford by Judge
Campbell. The committee has dicussed
these specifications informally, but has
yetetaken no action. While no authorita-
tive statement has been given out by the
committee. the impression prevails that
the counsel for the petitioner will ask
leave to appear before the committee to-
day and argue for the admission OF the
specifications, with a view to broadening
the scope Of the inquiry. In that event,
Is presumed that counsel for the de-
fence will be given an opportunity to
reply, and would thus engage in the open
ing skir1nish Of legal battle that pz om-s
ises to be brilliant one. The attorneys
for the petitioners are all well known law
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