The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-29
10 show hi. hand and explain the mean
Ing of his remarks
Mr.. Richardson Silent.

IL shaw his hand and explain the mean
Ing of his remarks.
Mr., Richardson Silent.
During the recess for supper, reporter
80. rbn Titnes- Dispatch attempted to In
ssrriaw Mr.. Richardson, hut he refused
ernphaticaliy to say one word conceIni . ;
ire matter. He regarded 1t as an oiiclal
AFFAIR and not one for the newspapers
at present. The attorney wouia nov 90
much ne indicate the nature OF the com
n;,,e or the materials In which 1t deals or
ubetber II has recently had any dealing
with the city. ,,-,o
4. ,s not improbable that the Aldermanic
.r,onno,ttee of Five will take up tne
hint let drop by Mr.. Richardson. ana II
may be that another combine VIII DC
unearthed.
4,nnail ren,ark of Mr.. richardson the trial
was devoid OF feature. 1T was, however.
E rernarkahle for the speed with winch ~
& pra c handled evidence. argument, instluc.
lions and verdict being reached witn,n a
fraction OF twelve hours, not over eigh 81,
of which were devoted to the trlai ~
SELF. o,,.,on
Of the morning session WAS tne - 81 ~ tas.
only momentarily discrepancy IN the ,es-
;ttn,onv of the defendant King ana me-
ssar witness and stauncf friend. ID. y SUI
iiven. The latter had sworn positively
K that on juno 10th. the date upon which
EInr made deposit In the American
National Bank, he had loaned tine ue.
PENDANT $50 On tho folio sing Mondayi
King called at his place and gave NM
II a note for the full amount.
King. on the stand few minutes later,
said he borrowed the $50 on the 10Th OF
rune and on the following Monday called
4, IN O,Sullivan, paying him 500 in cash
and giving a note for the balance, Ala
Aressrs. Garter and Meredith were EVIL.
IDENTIFY alarmed by this statement, sol
Il contradictory to the testimony OF O'Sulll-
Y van. They engaged in an earnest CONVEX
n pation. King later corrected this state
: ment.
The Jury Completed.
After a trial OF two days. the Jury was
completed at 10 o'clock when j. b. Lam
bert and l.. 3. Robinson qualifed from
Z the last venice summoned. The jury was
the,, constituted as follows. Robert Jones,
1 John p. Hutcheson Phil Hcllstern. John
Il. Wren, Charles Newell, Charles Poln-
dexter, W. r. Fitzgerald. Earnest Dung
N James A. Moore, John c. Freeman, D. 81
u Lambert and l.. B. Robinson.
n These were sworn in and the case was
i on I'm earnest. Commonwealth Attorney
x Richardson outlined what the state ex-
4 pected TO establish. while Mr. Carter
stated what the defense would prove
Contractor Gyde was the first witness
called led He swpW substantially what he
( has heretoforcSrepeated number OF
4 fines on the witness stand, saying ne had
! given John Nj. King the sum OF S4oo lor
Z his, influence and vote in the Street COM
n;ttee This transaction occurred on or
bear June 10th.
Gasser and Wenbrunn followed, reiter-
. atinE what they have before stated IN
connection with the celebrated AFFAIR.
n hessrs. Meredith and Carter never missed
an opportunity to attempt to dlsproNe
! certain statements and tangle the Wit
; nesses. The veracity Of a. number OF the
witnesses was questioned by the attor-
J neSs. M
Mr. D. OSullivan opened the testimony
for the defense, and the most Interesting
part of his say has before been recorded.
He was followed by King himself Mr..
Richardson attempted to confuse Mr..
O'Sulllvan about $3.50 note given by
him to King, but he denied all knowl-
edge of such paper, saying positively
he had had no dealing With the defend
ant prior to year before June 10th.
Later Mr.. Richardson proved by MT.
4 HILL cashier of the American Bank. that
! King had discounted a note for $3.50 short
1 ~ before June 10th, and the note was
: eie-ed by no one other than O'Sullvan.
dinner, not rcconvening until 4l5 o'clock.
COLONEL cuTsHAw TEsTIFIEs.
When court was called to order at Ais
o'clock In the afternoon Colonel Cutshaw,
f City Engineer, was put on the stand by
Mr.. Carter. Not over twenty people, in
Guiding officials, were III the room. Col
onel Cutshaw testified that he was pres
i ent when bids for granite spall pavement
were rejected. The motion was made by
Mr.. King, who regarded the proposals
as rather high.
Mr.. Carter questioned the witness re-
sfgarding the first charges he heard Of
= corruption. In reply he said that Gas
$ ser informed him that he was tired Of
paying money to King and others" The
& Colonel was emphatic that Gasser said
''King and others At that time the
contractor said he owed King money for
recent contract. Later, at an investi-
CATION Of the charge by the Street Com
,nittee, Gasser refused 10 reiterate his
original statement while GUIDE and VEIN
brunn denied that there had been any
4 bribery. Mr.. Richardson brought out
THAT at n subsequent meeting OF tho
committee CONTRACTS for granite spall
y pavement, were .let'at price a trlhe high
y er than the figure originally objected to
+ by King.
Using record OF the minutes OF the
committee meeting, when the charge Of
q corruption was first made public. as a
reminder. the commemorative Attorney
attempted to upset the first statement Of
the City Engineer In regard to Gasser
y saying King and others" The minutes
in question do not show Colonel Cutshaw
to have reported 10 tho Street Committee
that Gasser Haid King and others"
Colonel Cutshaw was excused and Mr.,
Barney F.. Myers the merchant tailor,
rallied. He testified that on June 10th
King gave him n check for t75 for n suit
of clothes and pair OF pants, tho former
amounting to $50 and the latter being
worth slb, June 10th Is the date upon
which King Is alleged to have banked
k5i0 part Of which was, It Is alleged
received from corrupt source Mr.
Myers was excused and Assistant City
Engineer Talaferro was called.
MT, Meredith took the witness In hand
attempting To rebut certain OF the testi
mony of Gasser, who claims to have spo
Ken to nther ih:.ra C,nlnral