Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-23

]. ~ HAD PROMISED sAavERDICT.
Some Of the jurymen were arguing
with Woodru d, = said the witness. Ihey
were telling MIN that they had promised
Judge Campbell to- bring In verdict OF
not guilty. and they would have to do slt.
There was q big crowd In the courtroom
and they were all for Judge Campbell,
and IL they did not bring In a verdict
Of not guilty they would get hurt
might be lyncned, probably"
s..Didsyou ever know of any other occa-
sion when Judge Campbell got whiskey
from Day7''
...oh, yes, sir, said the witness, cheer
fully. =. .
The witness said that he wished to
make a correction. It was not during the
Weir election that the whiskey incident
happened, lit was in the Flood election.
Judge Campbell, said the witness. was
a very ardent supporter of Flood"
you were out for Flood. were you
not?''
II was working said the witness, .for
Flood. too. Judge Campbell told me TO
take all the voters I wanted to. tina
were for Flood. down to Days and give
them something to drink. Il there was
not enough there. he sai-, could bring
them up to his Office. He had plenty
there, he said. -
The witness, on cross-examinatio,.,
made It, If anything. worse for Judge
Campbell. He said Days bar-room was
the headquarters Of the Campbell-flood
forces s5
Was not DAYS place the headquarters
for Judge Loving q
NO sir; there were mighty Few OF tne
Loving men around Days.
The Loving forces were the temperance
people, and the Floods. were the
liquor crowd. witness was not sure about
the Loving men: he was watching the
Flood forces. -.
Witness said that the jury room win
dows were open. The jurors were sitting
in the window, and he could not help
hearing what they said. mir. Beard heard
them, too.
ION whose farm were you living then?'
asked Major Conrad.
.tCommunweallns Attorney Evans's.
did you tell him about the occur
rence?''
Il did. the next day.
There was great Deal Of disorder In
the court-room, said the witness. The
witness declared that the jury did the
first cheering after the verdict was rem
dered. and then the crowd In the court
room took It up. He had never seen SO
much disorder In the courtroom.
And Judge Campbell just sat there
pulling the strings like they were pup
pets, did hep asked Major Conrad.
..He pulled all right, - answered the wit
ness. amid perfect uproar.
The witness said he was interested,
and noticed very particularly what was
going on at every term
why, did you do this?' asked the Ma
jor.
FoREBoRE OF COUNTY.
The love of my county" answered the
witness, .'made me- interested"
'.oh. that@was it, said the Major; "that
is !: the noblest sentiment that could ami
mate the human heart It was not that
you disliked Judge sCampbell?''
No, sir it was certainly not .
Major. Conrad took the witness across
the meadow and back again, but he stuck
to his last. He was inclined to the belief
that !Day*w a supporter of Judge Low
ing. That.did not prevent him from SELL
ing Flood whiskey. Witness had taken
xhiskey to. Judge Campbell's office, and
he had taken immune able of the Camp
hell-F1ood men into Days.
HeFwould not answersror what the Low
Ing forces were doing on the day in ques-
tion.aand Major Conrad could not get him
to speculate on this point at all.
When am in a political fight" said
the witness, 81 watch the people am
working with. I don't bother the other
side.''
his response brought forth some more
of the Majors irony. The witness watched
his enemies: but in the case of the wit
ness. he declared he was keeping an eye
on his friends rather than his enemies
The witness let the Major have his own
idea all to himself on this point, he not
deeming it wise to offer any suggestions
on this PORT.
When w got the whiskey from Day
did you charge 1t to any one7''
No, sir
did you.pay for it?'
1t,
well, how did you get it?'
IT inst tod them Judge Campbell sent
me after IT.
How oIten did you get whiskey from
Day?"
Il only took the jug there once that
day, + Think
Did you take anything else?''
Il took myself there many a time,
Inc Major then returned to the aston
tshing, method pursued by the witness to
obtain whiskey. He had said that it was
not charged; thatsJudge Campbell did not
give him the money to pay for it. The
whole proceeding was decidedly Irregular.
even as bar-rooms that keep a slate are
run or even drug stores that have ac-
count books are run.
VINO was in Days when you got the
whiskey?''
MIR. Dryden, the clerk"
rs that his name?''
mars What they call him.
MAGIC OF CAMPBELL'S NAME.
This was too much for even Major
Conrad,s unruffied mien. and he shook his
head at the Appropriateness Of a Dry
DON or anything else dry in the vicin-
1ty Of the festive Days saloon. But the
witness would not be tripped on this
point. He had gotten the whiskey for
the Amherst cohorts who were being
trained" on voting for Flood simply by
the use of the magic name of Campbell.
He had neither charged nor paid for the
whiskey. He had simply said is was for
JUDGE Campbell, and forthwith 1t was
produced -
3 On further cross-examina ton, however.
the Major had considerable fun, at the
expense OF the witness
Somewhere back In his testimony the
witness had mentioned the fact that It
was a stairy" night when the jury were
up In the room considering whether Judge
Campbell should be convicted or acouit-
ted. The Major fired this countrytsm
atathe witness all through his examina.s
ton. much to the latter's embarrassment Il
The witness declared that on this
starry night while the jury was st.ll
In the jury-room, he went back to the
court.
v hen he was coming down through the
passage he met one of the Campbell forces
In the dark. He rema rked to the Camp
bell fellow that he guessed there would
be disagreement -
told him I thought there would be
a hung jury. He said he guessed not.
told him a h011f JVondr,,fe eo,,j,,, ...I...y