The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-23
zWAN|zlCER
GOES FREE.
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Ryan and. !. Russell Win After
n Uphill Fight. ##
LAST o Of I H: STRIKE CASES 81 s
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off1csr orowder Fined BY Judge Wick.
ham Tor Contempt Of Court "a II
Hot Fight Made on Off 81
& y3iiSS cor Duke.
LAST OFTHE STRIKE CASES

Il took 5the r1enrico Jury about ten
minutes yesterday afternoon to decide
that Julius zwanzlksr was not guilty
5of the charge Of shooting into several
oars during the recent strike and injuring
two soldiers ana d rnotorman. b \
4 his ends the last OF the Henrico strike
eases which have attracted such vide.
spread attention. zwanzlser was IN
dicted Tor alleged connection with tho
ylilainous shooting from ambush which
occurred In Tho West End during ot,s Of
the naost violent periods Of the strike. se,.'t
sral. persons were nit, including ssrssat,t
Basey, ana nfotorman Medinser. Evan.
siser was arrested some time later and
was promptly so1it on 10 the grand 3ury,
which recently Indicted him. Els trial In
the County Court, which lasted two days,
was the last and most important OF the
4 list OF strike cases. 81
UPHILL FIGHT.
II Il was an uphill fight on the part u
the counsel for the Observation-Disclosures. Ed.
Ward H. Ryan, q rising young attorney,
and James 4. RusAell-to make some.
thing OF a case which looked exceedingly
black at the OUTSET But by hard work
they succeeded In building up a defenss
suffioiently strong 70 move the fury 20 an
acq,,!ttal They worked mainly IN, The az
reotior1 Of establishing an abb, and suo-
ceeded to the satisfaction Of the twelve
men who sat IN the case " ,,5t
4 Yesterday was occupied mainly with
the argument Of the case. Mr.. Ryan
opened ana made an exceedingly able and
effective speech Mr.. Russell followed,
and ny common account arg1ied better
than he ever ala N his life before. The
interests Of the Commonwealth were ably
ha ndisd BY Mr.sAlex Sands. Ths Jury az
stated before, took ten minutes to reach
Its decision Of mot guilty
4 a.ta3 HOT AFTER DUKE.
Ic,Ae Of the remarkable features OF thu
entire case was tn . remarka BILE onslaught
made on off,cer C.f D Duke, one OF the
witnesses In the case. Duke; who acted
as q detective. working for roward. tes.
tilted to an alleged confession lie la led
I zwanzlesor into making. 41e visited sthe
mans home one day and asked tor q
drink Of water. Tho family invited him
In and gave. him MT only tho water he
wanted but glass, Of vine There and
then under the suise Of a friend he trap.
red a. zwanziger into statement with
which he contemplated convictlng him
Of d felony. In his argument, Mr.. RUS
soil referred to the detective as an
1scariot, and Furthermore declared that
he had made his ,illlt.|A aboy3 come down
and swear to what was not true. MT.
Sands defended the Witness, but said him.
self that re was not there to Justify his
conduct IN reference to the confession.
Not only this, but there has been ex.
fploded the charge that Duke himself fired
1 at the cars. shooting from his backyard
on the night OF the wild scene at LON
hardy, and Main Streets. It was out Of
this matter that Crdwdcrl and Duke, two
officers, rot into q fight Monday just out.
side ,the,i courtroom where Judge Wick
ham sat holding court. iSi
acRowDER FINED.
In connection with this latter ma ttsr
Crowder was before Judge Wiokham
yesterday to answer tho charge OF con.
! tempt! of court for striking witness,
who Is protected by law while on his
way to and from court. Crowder was tined
IS. The Judge Furthermore took under ad-
visement the question Of suspcnding both
Of the officers. i3 ,f rs i55i
This morning at II o'clock both Duke
and CroWder will be tried before Squire
James T. Lewis. Tho former ID charged
with abusive anguage, Il and the latter
u,ith $50 ii1t tG -iE .3 ail5s.s-9