The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26

the demurrer and rejected the special
Meas, whereupon the defendant attorneys
moved to uuash the venire facias under
which the petit jury had been Summon
ed. This, too, was overruled oy ouuso
Ingram, after which the work OF se!cct-
Ing a fury was gone into.
az O'clock yesterday afternoon: an
I'd ionrnment for dinner having been
taken. the jury had been made P. "
Is composed as follows:
D, a. Brown, Jr.. Joseph L. WoodI idgee'
C., f. SeIsel, Andrew Wray, Charies op,-
Ger James O. Richardson. William Is.
pizzinl. II. S. Jennings. v. Donati, Manly
3. Ramos, j. C. Puckett and Albert
Greentree.
GAssER FIRST WITNESS.
The witnesses. those who were present.
hoth for the prosecution and defense, we .
sworn by the clerk. after which charles
Gasscr was called to the stand. lie TOOK
chair directly In front Of the jury anu
almost within touch Of the prosecuting
attorney.
The usual questions about his ma me
and place of residence We're asked me
witness. He was then asked II h. knew
the defendant and replied IN the aitH'''a-
tive
Captain Gasser was closely cues ioned
as to his relations with the defendant. Il g
said that $4,000 was appropli lated N inc
budget OF last year for street Improve
ments, this fact having been communi-
Gated to him by Mr.. King, who said that
he wanted 10 per cent. Of the amount.
Captain Gasser." said NIT. Klcha,rd.
son, tell tho Jury whether In the past
twelve months, that is, prior to the find
ing Of this Indictment, the defendant, -.
NJ. King. accepted any money from ye1
to influence his vote. Il
MUST BE SPECIFIC.
Mr.. Meredith objected on the ground
that there was nothing specific In the
question, while the defendant had come
Into court prepared to d1stroVe cef-
tain specified accusation that ne had en-
tered into an agreement to accept SW
Mr.. Richar dson said he proposed to es-
tablish certain pertinent fact and would
offer additional testimony along the same
line for the purpose. But this failed to
smooth the surface OF the proceedings,
and both Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Meseath
arose to strenuously object to any such
evidence. 1t was deemed wise that the
jury retire. and this was done.
FOR an hour the three attorneys dis.
cusscd the proposition. Judge Ingram
paying the strctest attention to the ar
guments. Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Meredith
used a dozen or more law books 10 cite
reasons why the Testimony should not
be admitted. while Mr.. Richardson used
nearly as many In attempting to prove
that 1t was admissible Finally, Judge
Ingram sustained the obiett.on and the
jury was brought back to the room.
After Captain Gasser had been on the
stand for neatly two hours, both sides
announced that they were through with
the witness, whereupon Juryman arose
In the box to ask II Mr., Gasser knew,
Of his own knowledge of Mr., King ever
having received any money The wit
\ H. Jl.l 81 1ar q or, hr,o,>
say and he was not permitted to tell
Of this,
j. A. GUIDE was next called, He was
by far the strongest and most import
ant witness on the stand during the az
ternoon. lie told his name and business
and related his acquaintance WIN MF'
King. @ 5
Mr.. GUIDE told about the paving con.
tracts and the dealings OF the three con-
tractors, through him, With King,
'Did you ever give the defendant any
money!" asked Mr., Richardson.
II did" as
-Four isM ' hundred and ntsy dollars"
''When?" III
ION June 10TH"
Mr.. GUIDE explained that about $40 81
the money came from MI We|npruh ~
the form Of cheek, Which ne ma 9
anSII he look II straight to the oilice OF
Mr. King On East Cary Street, near
Nineteenth. lie added that he drew s47f
from the bank. as he needed some cash
iiere MI Richardson produced Q check
and asked Mr.. GUIDE y ne naa syer seen sa
af1,rn,ative. the witness stating that he
had drawn the paper himself On ~ JH tIs
10Th II Was for $40. and was on e.,s
First National Bank. He said the money
had been given bia In Die,
THEY IMP g Sa.srs cs...r
Mr., GUIDE told q BOW Messss ss''''