The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-18
FOUR WE'RE
SENT TO JURY
BEDFORD. Carroll and Walpert
We're Released.
CASE OF THE RIOTERS
Evidence Against Lammey. Jordan and
the kanes Was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Alleges There Was Plot.
One Man Bailed.

After a hearing Of several hours In the
Police Court yesterday before justice
SCrutchfeld, the Fulton ambush case
WIS disposed OF on its preliminary hear
Ing,
-Four of tho men arrested on Wednesoa!
night on the charge of assaulting cal
on WILLIAMSBURG Avenue were sent on
10 the grand jury and three We're dis
charged, In the latter instance there wa:
scarcely AN iota or evidence TO connect
them with the assault, but In the Other
cases the evidence was strongly cohciu'
siyo.
scene. with q score or more officers ant
soldiers in their uniforms, with back
ground of earnest faces stretching fal
nm AGAINST the wall In front, TO the reai
and upon all sides. Several hundred per
sons were crowded into the courtroom
and the closet attention was paid to every
word OF evidence, and every step was
Watched eagerly.
At times the lawyers representing al
interests engaged In little wars OF words
which in themselves consumed tine
without making any progress in the case.
The purpose of the defense. represented
BY Mcssrs. l.. o. Wendenburs and ROD
ert Tallcy, was to show that plot mad
been laid by certain persons to. lead the
prisoners and others Into trouble. lheS
endeavored to show that the spikes were
placed on the tracks by persons engaged
in the plot, and that the pistol shots were
also fred Ivy tho same persons.
&. II came out in the evidence That Two
men had been arrested at tho mouth or
The alley, from one OF whom a pistol was
taken. and that these two men were
never taken TO the station-house.
Some of the military witnesses refused
70 answer questions on that line, winch
cncourag ed the defense in their endcaN-
ors to show that plot was on foot. some
or the witnesses expressed surprise AT
the absence Of the two men from me
party OF seven that stood UP against The
railing. but they did not knew WHAT ilaa
become of them.
when tho case comes UP OH its hearing
IN the Hastings Court the defense Will
endeavor to show that two men went into
a certain bur+room in Fulton several
nights ago and talked the scheme over
They were strangers to that LOCALITY, ana
the bar man overheard much of their
conversation. II was through TINS par
Keeper that the defense caught on to
the fact that two men had been arrested
who did not appear in the crowd when 1t
was lined up in the First Station. The
defense will work hard on this line.
On the other hand it was evident that
The prosecutions secret had partially
leaked out. But that side contends that
It was through secret emissaries that
the plot of the men captured was learned
and headed off so successfully.
Justice Crutchfield would not consider
the motion for bail. and Judge Witt was
appealed TO. He agreed to grant bail In
the sum of $1,000 each. This was fur
nished by Lanney, but the others went
TO jail. They expect to have bondsmen
this morning.
The case will go to the grand jury
next Thursday.
A clear story of the hold-up and attack
was told by Motorman Spence. He said
that before he started on the trip he had
been Informed that he might look for
trouble in Fulton. A shotgun was placed
in the car near him, and he carried
pistol All went well until they reached
Williamsburg Avenue. He did not know
Of the expected attack. .:
Just as they got opposite the alley his
car struck the spikes, and az the same
moment volley Of rocks came from the
alley, two pistol shots were fired, and
eight or ten men started out toward the
car. Then it was that the soldiers APP
pearcd and the assailants started away
running through the alley. He gathered
lot of rocks that had been thrown at
the car and picked up the spikes He
saw seven men brought up under arrest.
but he did not see any one captured.
Major Chcatwood, OF the Blues, and
Captain GIlkersan, Of the Sevcny-first,
told of how ,tfeir. commands approached
the scene from different points on orders
from headquarters. The Blues came
down the rear on Fulton Street. with
detail on Denny, and Company G, under
Captain Gilkerson proceeded through al
ieys and by-ways from the school house.
Captain Bowles' men We're t the mouth
at the alley on Fulton Street, and two
tnf the men were arrested at that point
as they were endeavoring to escape.
They were Jordan and Lcmmy. Rocks
were taken from their pockets.
The other men We're arrested in yard
running to the alley, one of them in an
out house and the other lying In the
grass.
BEDFORD and Carroll were standing on
the corner of Static Street and the avenue
on their way home from the union meet
ing and they clearly proved that they
knew nothing about tho proposed attack.
Several prominent citizens of Fulton, In
Guiding Alderman Washer, testified that
they saw them and talked with them n
few minutes before the pistol shots were
fired. Walpert also proved "a clear abb.
and the three were discharged,
H. J. Kane was in an clubhouse, and
C. Kane was found lying In the gras.
Captain Brock related how ne had gone
to the scene ahead Of his command, with
three scouts, and how he and his men
raw several persons in the middle OF the
street. as though putting spikes on the
track. He saw severa. men standing neal
the mouth OF the alley, and as the cal
struck the spikes he and his men raj
forward and fired toward the mouth o
the alley
The firing was a signal for all the sol
diers, and in minute the neiGhborhoo
~ InN.l
followed.
In the case Of BEDFORD Carroll an
walpert witnesses for tn edefense wer
Introduced, but in the other cases Their
was no evidence offered
NEW ORLEANS. lathe suit OF TN
Board of Dock Commissioners. contest
ing the grant of privileges to the Frisc'
road. was decided In favor OF the rairoa,
by Judge Ellis in the lower court to