The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-10
INQUIRE
INTO The
ELECTION.
Grand Jury Will Investi-
gate HenriC0 County.
GET TO WORK
ON MOND AY NEXT
Ten Witnesses to be Summoned
to Tell What They Know
About the Matter.
sUPT. RUSSELL is
AMONG THE NUMBER
Jury Goes Into the Case Without
Any Instructions From the
Court--Wills Ask for Infor-
nation Regarding the
Wagon Of the Rose
negk brewery
Ten Witnesses to be Summoned
to Tell What They Know
About the Matter.
sUPT. RUSSELL is
AMONG THE NUMBER

At the. close OF q long and Wearlsone
session yesterday. the grand jury OF Hem
rico. OF its own motion and Independently
OF any suggestion from the court, an
nounced its determination OF institutlng
an investigation into certain alleged vlo-
1attons Of the law by candidates in the.
recently held election in tie county.
Somewhat of a sensation was created
by this pronouncement from the twelve
men. The attitude Of the court contrary
to general expectation, had no obvious
bearing upon the election scandals, and
the. charge OF the Judge contained no word
that bore directly, upon the issue. In a
dozen incisive sentences he indicated to
the turyn,en tho power vested In them
by Law. but stated that beyond the mat,
tcrs to be brought to their attention By,
the Comm Ia ttorney the court;
/ was happy TO inform the gentlemen that
Eit was aware Of no special tviola atoms nj
the statute. The ired In due or
der. and the Commonwealth's- attousar
with them. Several, ordinary criminal
case, were laid before them. but the
Comm onweaith has no suggestion TO make
about the; election. ~
The grand jury flied back some hours
lateraandt indicated that they had son1e-
thing up. their sleeves. Tho Judge gave
them certain Instructions and sent them
back to the room. When they returned;
for the second and final time they an-f
inounced that they would meet again next
Monday and so into the election and
examine several witnesses, list Of
which tile foreman handed to the clerk:
Charge to the Jury.
The grand Jury met at II o'clock with
every member present as follows: Geo.
Watt Jr., foreman; r. T. Moncure. r. T.
Wilson. Fl. H. Christian. M. F Burton.
j. NJ. Fourquean. L. B. Quarles, 7. 7,
Dabncy, s.. G. Duval, ]. II. Scott (col-
ored), Wash Williams (colored), and John
Burton (colored>
1t was nearly $40 o'clock when the jury
raped and announced that 1t wanted
some instructions from the Judge,
The foreman stated that they were
about through with the indictments. But
there was another matter. Mr.. Watt
mentioned something about the election
just held" Necks were strained. At
tention was close and profound,
Tho foreman went on to say that
gentleman OF high standing In the coun-
ty was authority for the statement that
one OF the candidates had been SPEND
ing money. Besides this. two OF the grand
gjurymen OF which two he (Watt) was
one knew OF such occurrences. The Judge
told the foreman that the spending OF
money was certainly q. violation OF the
law and that 1t was the duty OF the jury
to Investigate II there had been any such
violations. He sent the Jury back to Its,
room to decide something.
About half an hour elapsed and then
the 1urymen came back. They announced
that they had concluded the regular busi-
ness before them and presented a series of
Indictments The desks were clear. Then
the foreman said the jury had decided
to adjourn until Monday at II o'clock.
when they would go into The election mat
ter. A list of witnesses had been pre-
pared. It read as fo!lows:
John x. Fussell.
George e. Anderson.
Walter Fussell.
James Ai. Eanes.
Joseph 6turnpf.
w. B. Frayser,
Ashby Fraysar.
Rosenegk; Parsons store.
Thomas Marabe,
John Carrington. Jr.
Phil Houston.
Foreman Watt asked II the fury could
between now and Wednesday look around
for itself and supplement the list Of Wit
nesses with others, which would be hand
ed to the commemorative attorney, Tha
fudge sad that the Jury would have to act
as body. The members could do all the
investigating they would. but they could
take no action until they met as
grand fury again. Then they could ask
for any other witnesses they wanted.
What 1t Means.
so far as can be gathered the treas
urership matter Is the chief thing Involved
in the investigation, Charges are made
against both Brauer and Todd OF spend
ing money. and the Witnesses are to tes-
thy in this connection. hieroglyphlc
"Rosenegk; Parsons store" inscription
means that Mr.. Rosenegk's brewery
wagon full of beer was seen standing In
front of Parsons store In Varina Dis
trlct on election day The grand jury
summons the keepers Of the store to find
out ii this was simply an accident or the
result Of business transactions, or what.
Child Badly Burned.
Especial to The Times pispatch)
BEDFORD CITY, VA, November g.
1'his morning little Josephine, the three
year-o,d daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs, O., G.