The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-05
REGARDING
CONTROL | /
COUNCIL 1,
No Proof Before Investi-
eating tin Committee. GO II tee
GIVES OPINION,
OF @. E. T: FISHER /
Major Martin Not Impressed by.
the New Workers. ..5
veeracity.
CAPTAIN A. PIZzINI
NOT ABLE 3 | TO. ATTEND
5Messrs. Meredith Manning, Be-
miss and Martin the Witnesses
Examined Letter Read
From Judge p. G. Rich
ardson as to Statements
About Major Martin.
CAPTAIN "A. PIZzINl
NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

No new evidence OF startling nature
was brought out before the Municipal
Investigating Committee lastanight,pa as q
result OF Information furnished by Mr..
c. Manning, Jr,, on a former occasion.
Hon. Charles v. Meredith. Mr.. T.. l.
Bemiss Major N. NJ. Martin and Mr..
Manning were examined. Messrs.$ Meredith
and Bemisa testified that they were NOR
|tlly certain that crooked work was go-
Ing on In tho Council while the fran
chisc fight was pending, but they had no
specific recollection that Major Martin
had said in their presence that he con-
trolled votes in tho Council. 2
!. Major Martin testified tha t he made no
such statement. lie further said that he
would not believe any statement, which
Mr.. George II. Fisher, Of New York.
would make ISL IA l}4i 4 5s5
Mr.. Manning was Il on i the stand for
some time, and was cooler than on tho
previous occasion, when he appeared, He
said he had Invest ga ted the matters he
had referred. to then and rad found that
|@they were based Jon ri1n1 orFi salh heSs Old DC
[ mot 1titnk II proper TO bring them before
tho committee He apologized for any
fliasty language he may have used TO tho
committee, and said, 1t was; meant for
Chairman Minor and City Attorney Pol-
lard, whom he thought \; had mot treated
HIM altogether fairly. ii 81
tgIts is likely that another Getting of tho,
committee will be held tolSsexan,ina
Messrs. +. Z. MontagueNan a. Piz-
zlni, Jr..5 who were summoned, but who
could not appear last night. s
MR.. MINORS STATEMENT
Tho meeting was called to order at! 8
o'clock by Chairman John b. Minor. Afr.
Minor made a statement In reply to the
lecture Of Mr.. Manning the other night.
and he said he and the City Attorney had
examined privately ten witnesses for
every one put on the stand. and many
OF them had been excused because they
knew nothing lwhichswould aid the com.
mittee In their investigation.
81 .fCon,monwealth's Attorney Richardson,
who had been summoned, sent u letter
asking that ho be excused on account
OF an important engagement which took
him out OF the city, Z. a
Mr.. /. RICHARDSON'S LETTER.
The letter was practically the tcsu-
mcny which Judge, Richardson wouldl
have given had he been present, how:
ever, and 1t went on to explain as 70 tho
allegation OF Mr.. Manning that during
the recen. grand jury invest cation g
gentleman had approached judge Rich-
nrdson and In an excited manner asked
|Fifthc attorney had received n letter from
New York Of damaging nature COIL
cerning him.
Judge Richardson wrote that Major NJ,
vi. Martin had approached him and ask,
ed II he had received a letter from VII
son, OF New, York. referring TO him
(Martin), and he told him. no had not.
Major Martin did not appear excited.
though he was apparently interested lie
requested Judge Richardson II ne, did re-
ce!ve such e. letter to examine him (Mar-