Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-16


great deal Of interest ia the TRIAL Of Judge
ISCamphelI, and great Deal OF disorder
Throughout the whole proceeding. There
WAS no effort made on the part Of Judge
Wood to keep order
Again taking up the trial OF Rev. Dr..
Crawford for contempt, he asked:
| Did you hear any order OF adjourn-.
Inent q,
There was no such order
Don't you know that when there Is q
bell on a courthouse 1t may ring dozen
times day and the judge and the court
officials may not hear 1t. while forty
people In the court room will o.
4 do SO, sir. but Judge Campbell gave
| no order to adjourn court I was nearer
to him than any one in the court room,
EXCEPT one gentleman, and he gave no
such order ss
The witness testimony on this point
could not be shaken.
..Are you and Judge Campbell friends?'
eve were up to about a month ago.
when he impanel1ed grand jury against
my brother. the commissioners OF Internal
/ revenue -
A Startling Question.
The next question created small sem
satfon.
did you not XIII one Of Judge Camp
bells connections?'
81 did, SIR
Did that not affect your friendly rela-
! tons %
Il think not. SIR
Major Conrad looked at the witness.
! with . pronounced sheer, and smiled. sar-
casticalE.
ooh" said he, "a little thing like that
doesn't affect friendly relations up In
Amherst.
ut did not with me" said the witness.
The Amherst sheriff gave some very
important evidence about the impanel-
| ling OF the grand Jury. He said there were
| none OF Judge Gamblers enemies on the
| Jury. There were some Of them summon
cd, but they refused to appear. Several
OF the Jurors were refused because they
were Judge Campbelrs clients.
IN response to a query. the witness said
the people Of Amherst had very poor
opinion CT Judge Campbell
How could they have thought anything
else Of judge" said the witness. when
he summoned an old man for contempt.
and when he could not hold him, took
him out and cowhided him Or
In, rehuttal In answer to queries pro-
pounded by Ar. Strobe. the witness said
! that he killed the man he referred to
! In street duel.
rs it not fact that you were dis
! charged by the magistrate for this offence
without even being sent on to the grand
jury?
did not Judge Campbell object to your
taking care OF the jury In his case, be-
cause OF your unfriendly relations with
| nin?" interrupted Major Conrad.
rio did not, sir. He objected because
| ! was a Witness"
At 2:c6 o'clock the committee took a
recess until $50 o'clock.
at $40 o'clock, when the fvestigatfon
| was again commenced. Irving P. White
head. citizen Of Amherst all his life. and
| q practicing lawyer at the Courthouse.
for six years, was called to the stand and
added to the already sensa tional evidence.
a question trespassirg upon the consisten-
! cy Of Judge Ca1npbell's counsel at his
| trial, was asked by Mr.. Strobe.
The committee" promptly announced
! Chairman Southall. does not wish to hear
any statement of Judge Campbells coun-
| sci without Judge Campbeifs consent.
I Judge Loving made a strong argument
on this point. He said that Major Con-
rad had emphasized the fact that this
| was not trial; that it was an inquisltion.
/ He wished to show. he said. that the
/ court room was packed with Judge Camp
bells friends, and going back to the old
| trouble. was a farce. He did not think
| that, in view OF this fact, the rules OF
evidence could be adhered to strictly.
/ The chairman listened TO another pro-
! test of Major Conrad, and decided that
/ this evidence could not be admitted
| Asked about the jury list, the witness
| said he heard Iudce Wood inquire about
| 1t in the clerks office, and to the best OF
| his recollection, Mr.. Sanders, the court
| clerk, informed Judge Wood that Judge
Campbell had the list
did you see DR.. Crawford after the
assault: asked Mr.. Strobe.
! II did, SIR
How did he impress you?''
'.As very badly used-up man
! The witness described the welt on DR..
/ Crawford's face and the blood wound
behind his ear.
judge Conrad then took the witness
! in hand.
| How do you reconcile the statement
| Of your brother S. who said that he saw
| Judge Wood take the jury list into Judge
Campbell WITH ysI5. your .s own statement
1T is not my business to reconcile.
am here as a witness
After the murmur of approval that
followed had been husned, the witness
said he did not know what Judge Wood
| did afterwards or where he got the lisr.
He was attending TO some business in
the Clerks office ana paid no particular
/ attention to the proceedings.
| Dispatch Correspondent n Witness
! The next witness was Mr.. G.. L. Scott,
| a lawyer CT Amherst Courthouse. Super
/ intendent of Public Schools, and the corr
respondent OF the Dispatch. Mr. Scott
! testified that he wrote the articles re-
| lating to the trial OF Or. Crawford.
The witness outlined the defence of
/ Judge Mann for DR.. Crawford He said
! chat to the best Of his recollection Judge
Campbell told DIR. Crawford that he
! could not hold him for contempt. but
that he might sue him for libel Judge
| Campbell added, however, that he would
/ sue no man for libel. and said some
thing about settling difficulties OF tina,
/ description in the old Virginia way.
/ The witness said that he did not hear
| any order for adjournment at the trial
of Judge Campbell.
was there any disorder at this trial?''
| THE disorder was very marked at
| tines
"Did Judge Wood make any effort 10
/ stop this disorder? %
Il think he did. No attention was paid
I to it, however.
/ The witness said he had seen Day and
Judge Campbell working together at the
/ polls frequently.
&.sYou are director In the Amherst
Bank. are you not?'' asked DIR. Strobe.
40 you not know it to be fact that