The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-25
CROMWELL
CASE t RED
Norfolk County Politics Ventl-
lated in the Police Court.
sCOMBlNED WITH NEGROES.
This the Charge Made by the Straight
III outs Against the Fusionists-Senaa-
tor Cromwell Vigorously Re-
plies-AC. Cromwell Fined.
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nyoRFOII<. VA, February 24.-No or
binary business could be transacted in
d y ina Police Court this morning There
was the whole history Of the iactiohal
M contest In the Democratic party OF Mt MT
y folk county to be recounted. 1t Oil ca ii
out In the story of the fight IN Main
XXI street Yesterday afternoon between iiush
Johnson. editor OF the Norfolk County
;4sS u a,noorat ana Senator Finley Cromwell.
N THE fight was the result of nrucles IN
tho paper commenting on Senator Cfonls
Tx well and the fusionlst faction, IN olle -
e these Ear ticles there was sthtelileil. .ii'c
Il senator Cromwell stood ut the head %
8& the negro column OF voters at tiio t'- S'.
SSl state senatorial election.
Mr. ] ohnson testified, for himself, tnat
he had written the articles, ana lnu'
38 while he could not say OF his own Know
II edge that tho statements IN them We're
81 all true, he could bring proof Tor thelil.
II ~ IIe said thai Senator Cromwell and ms
brother. Sheriff A. G, Cromwell, had at
tucked him on Main Street yesterday,
a.;3 md that lle backed out Of the way plt
"a defended himself. He admitted tnat ne
struck the first blow, but said that Sen
5i#ator Cromwell had called him q liar for
having written the article. which the
Senator took from his purse and which
johnson Acknowledged to have written.
ss% C. Nv. Rockefeller was the star WITNESS
Fl FOR the Johnson side. He was positive
II and plain-spoken in his testimony, ana
provoked laughter by tho descriptions he
II rave Of the scenes at the polls, When ne
sg said that Senator Cromwell, 6sAlyah II
"a Martin and some other man ~ ne dld not
&BAknow led a column of 1900 negroes 10
tha polls lie said he went home to get
q q camera to take picture Of tho scene,
88but his wife persuaded him not 70 take
" the picture for fear Of more trouble. E az
i, was sorry now he had not the picture 70
verify his statements He injected the
.s55 only 'hunor into the trial that varied It's
intense soemnity.
other witnesses were M. NJ. Tunts, who
5ss testified as to the Democratic stahullls
SS of Senator CROMWELL. and or having re-
IS iected his vote at the booth, and Norman
Alien. who gave similar testimony. Sens
g@ ator CROMWELL testified as to having been
offended at tile articles that had been
H published because they are NO. tle
truth. He admitted the factional con-
,ests2 in the county, and said the other
:, ysSae combined with the negroes and re
p,lblcans, only they, the straightouts,
could not combine with euongh or them.
I, He had never asked negro 70 vnte.
There was a great crowd OF interested
personal and political friends of all the
men involved in the trial SO that great
& latitude was allowed and the factional
contests were thoroughly ventilated.
w Justice Taylor SAID, however, tiittt 49,
VI the witnesses and lawyers had talked
#S about everything else. nothing had peen
~ $Sintroduced relating to the man on trial,
II namely. Sheriff A. c, Cromwell. who
"a was charged with striking Hugh Johh-
spn.
III. w salo,f w. II. Mann and r. III.
B$ Rnrbv for the Cromwells; ]. J, Bur
ronghs ri. 81, Tunis and w. MclN WOOD.
II. house for the editor, Johnson. The result
& Of the trial was that 4. 2, Cromwell me
2 onlv one or the combatants who was
proved TO have landed blow, was fined
IN s1o and costs, and tho famous case was
N ended. E
THE MAYOR REPLIES.
1$5 Two ministers of Portsmouth preached
on liquor sailing last Sunday In ruling
on cases in the Police Court this morning
Mayor Baird referred to the sermons
5ss3 He said that the criticisms are unjust
lie became more emphatic as he spoke
b9,r,d said that what the preachers were
saving about him was false; that II mac
always been his desire TO bring 70 JUS.
tice any man who violated the laws, hne
Fl any charge that he had compact VIII
saloon men was a lie. He was no
ashamed Of his record. and no man should
speak sneeringly Of him or his officers,
SsY Ned Tatum who has been sick and con
fined to his room for the past three years
met with an unfortunate mishap, Whicl
5ff h resulted In fracture or his leg AZ
" Tntum, who has been sick SO Ions re
gently regalned enough strength to enable
d him 10 move about the room supporting
9 hilnselfi by holding to chairs and othe
DING furniture While attempting to move Z
some point In the room he fell and caush
tsss5 his left leg under his body, breaking cA
leg just above the ankle.
1t is reported that there will soon b.
.S an increase OF freight rates from Bos
Isl ton. New York, Philadelphia and Bati
more to Norfolk and other southern port
in order that the transportation line
tE may share in tho general prosperity, a
~ one of the officials concerned puts II,
TO SEA GlRT.
Colonel Higgins proposes to send twell
men from the Seventysiirst Regiment
II the Sea Girt national shoot next Septen
her, and for this purpose Will put siXi
men FIVE from each company. IN pra
ttce camp mt Ocean View for several da.
s5 next May, from Whom to select those WI
pre 10 represent the regiment at -
Grit. The sixty men VIII be selcc,'
from the best shots hi the companl
upon records made between now and Ma
and from the sixty the twelve best sho
viz be selected for the Northern tn
Each company will hear It's proportion 1
the cost OF sending these men to Sea On
although In making The selection OF II
we've men they win be taken accordir
20 companies
SUIT FOR iNJeltY
afrs. Laura Carr Of Portsmouth, vi
n the United States District Court "
morning as plaintiff In suit Tor S5l
damages, on June 40, 1902 she alles
s that while on the ferryboat The city
Portsmouth she was thrown down VI
leptly. so an TO displaee one OF the BON
q Of her spiue. AS the result Of that acc
n dent, due 10 the manner IL which the boz
Mas landed, shc alleges that she receive
~ permanent Injury and Suffers constant Al
rCyance and pain. Consequently she bi
N libesed The boat in me Admiralty Cou
~ fGr the amount claimed. Mrs. Carr
f5 the wife OF =, W. Carr of portsmout
AZ ia colleciori{f for the Lindsay furntu1
store. TIE bones Of the human vert
bra. the hip and the thigh arc used
ma court TO illustrate how the fan il
jgred the SPINAL column Of the plants
3Tbe case Is being tried before Judge Wa
gfa AM without jury.
Julius Pincns. Of Norfolk, u Inerchan
f3SSS0jad petition In bankrnptoy statlr