Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

! alleged and charged that certain persons;
named Smith had committed certain ma
licious assaults BY shooting ana swounoing
Thomas y. Carter and others IN the coun-
l ty OF Amherst. ard while the said Smiths
were in 5aii awaiting Indictment or trial
| IA Amherst County Court before Judge q
r. Campbell. the sid Campbell as editor.
and publisher Of the Amherst New Era;
! newspaper published by the said Camp
/ bell within the jurisdiction of his said.
cases against the said Smiths TO the pre-
! judice OF the said Smiths.
| ti0.o That In 1902 the said Judge e. J.
Cahpbell wflfullY and Improperly used
| HIS office OF fudge to procure the wrong
| full indictment OF one A. .. Beard. for
alleged forgeries of the name OF II. G
iJoyner treasurer. wrongfuI1y intending
to sit IN judgment in the said cases. with
a view to Furnishing the said Beard Tor.
certain alleged personal and political;
| grievances which the. said Campbell held
| against the said Beard.
| The new charges do not materially alter
| the crara cter Of the case. The bars are
| down. as 1t were. already. .
! Judge w. H. Mann was. next called to
the stand. He testified that he was a
member OF the Virginia State Senate and
was Dr.. Crawford's counsel in the con-
| tempt proceedings before Judge Camp
| bell.
Judge Loving asked the witness to state
4 his case to the committee. The witness
said he was employed to defend Dr. Craw--
ford after he refused TO answer the rule
| issued by Judge Campbell Aftersthe rule
had been disreEarded the witness ex.
/ planned that capias was issued against
| DR.. Crawford The witness continued
| that in his opinion If the capias con-
/ tanned the same matter that was In
Guided in the rule 1t could not obtain.
and that he thought that he could pre-
/ vent DR.. Crawford from being taken to
Amherst IL he could get a writ of habeas
4 corpus.
He applied to Judge Wexford for this
writ. but was denied He did not agree
4 with Judge Wexford. however. and he
/ appealed to Judge Witt and Judge Lamb.
hrt they also denied it.
| Judge Mann then: went into the court
proceedings at Amherst. He said that
after he was denied the writ, he and DR..
y Crawford went ito Amherst. a con-
/ tinuance was granted In the case.- how-
ever, and DR.. Campbell was bailed In the
| sum of $500. r. i 81.
When the trial finally came up. the
| witness said, he found himself In the
| position Of a man VINO was trying a
case before a Judge whose mind was al
ready made up. He said as much in
court when the case came UP for trial.
ana a1tef Judge "a !nPoell EolSLlsseu II,
| he congratulated him upon his decision,
which he thought was very fair.
| After the case was dismissed Judge
Mann said he and Dr.. Crawford left the
courtroom together. Judge Campbell and
a gentleman were standing in the court.
ward about thirty or forty feet from the
courthouse. 1t was then that. he went
up to shake hands with him and con-
! graduate him. <
/ fnll Is wit said
the greatest surprise to him. After Judge
Campbell had shaken hands with him
and received his congratulations. DR..
Crawford extended his hand to Judge
| Campbell. The latter: said to him that
he had offered DR.. Crawford an oppor-
tunity to apologize in court. but he, did
| not do &C. In moment or. less time.
I Judge Campbell began ii ply the whip
| he held over DIR. Crawford.
/ t.Hc struck him five or six times said
! the witness, perhaps oftener. cannot
! say just how often-so rapidly. that no
4 one could Interfere" .. :.
What did you do judge asked Judge
/ Loving. anything? -
| IL had no time. I.remember holer-
ing to him to stop OF. something of that
! sort I'D - -
/ Judge Campbell. .begansto Fly the whip
He had finished by that time and said
so.''
!. Chairman .setHhal,s asked :fthe witness
If he heard Judge Campbell say. to DR..
i Crawford that he also offered him an
opportunity to personally apologize.
/ 81 did not hear him." answered the
1 witness.
| Witness had heard Judge Campbell from
| the bench say to DR.. Crawford something
about settling the difficulty in the Old
| Dominion way.
Mr.. Strobe than took the witness in
hand. -
Judge Mann, there; were two con
tempt proceedings against: DIR. Crawford.
were there not?''
Yes one Of them for publishing the
articls. and one of them for not answer
ing the rule
what was the decision in the pro-
cecding for contempt for not answering
the rules?''
/ The witness said he did not think 1t had
been passed upon at all as yet.
do you recall telegraphing the Conn
r,cnwcalth's attorney that a bill had
4 passed the Senate and House providing
that In proceeding like the one In point,
another judge should be appointed to try
i the case?"
4 81 do. sir"
/. Had any such bill passed?'
| TT had not. I got the bill you refer to
1 confused with some other measure
= ne "ltneSS Sa1U ne Oulu not tell no"
he made such a mistake, it was simply an
/ error.
/ Chairman SouthaN said he thought he
could throw some light on the subject,
and called attention to bill which en-
/ powered the Governor to appoint substi-
4 tutes for court Judges under certain con-
4 ditons. The witness said he, could not
recall how he made the error.
| What became of this bill you had IN
mind?''
/ 81 don't know
1 Chairman Southall could not see the
drift Of these questions. or their rele-
| vancy or Importance.
1 This brought NJ Strobe TO his feet. and
he said he desired to informe the commit
tee just what was the important OF
| these questions. The conditions under
which he and his associates appea red
before the committee were peculiar.
Through their own srcpresenta lives and
the proper channel. 1t had been irnposst-
BILE to get this matter before the Legisla-
ture, and cause the Investigation which
the people OF Amherst SO much desire.
Arc Here to Probe.
I'VE are here. for the purpose of prob
ing to the very bottom said Mr.. Strcde.
"and we think we should be permitted to
go fully into all Of these facts The me-
MORALS and petitions of the people OF
Amherst have had to go by favor. like
kissing. and certified to by a4judge and
not by a doctor. If we can show that