The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11
Major Conrad Says He Has
Several Big Witnesses.
FORCE WOODRUFF AND
OTHERS TO COME.
Attachments Issued by the Committee
Rather Startling Testimony of Dr. !.
Tunstall-About Fifteen Wit
nesses Examined and Each
Side Brings Out Inn
portant Points. s

At the conclusion Of tho first day for +
the defense the Campbell investigation,
resumed yesterday before the Committee
for Courts OF Justice, has moved up seye
raj pegs on either side. with the prosecu-I
hon measuring neck and neck with the z
other In the race forward. Something Of
a clearing of decks it was for more ser-
GUS cannonading this morning.
Owing to the multiplicity of the points {
brought out and to the widely scattering >
nature of the testimony viewed in the en-
semble, it Is difficult in the extreme to
draw the line clearly and to say that
either the one side. or the other gained
the advantage, generally speaking. Here
tho defense scored a valuable point; there I
tho prosecution put in a hard and telling
blow 1t was nip and tuck to some ex-F,
tent, and in the opinion Of many the two I
sides broke even Certainly. particularly
in the early morning and in one or two !.
very important points at night. the PROSE
5cution manifested that 1t has not lost Its
grip on the case. 8 IS Is,
lfs9s BIG TIMES TODAY.
In presenting a final witness last night
Major Conrad announced that he was
getting through with the little fellows. =
Up to this time, he said, sthe al efense has
dealt Intmatters Of minor Importance It.
was simply clearing the ground for nc-s
tion. 'ro-morrow,'' . said the Major In;
effect. I'VE shall go in fpr something big
ger than this. i wisll',to get through
with these minor witnesses tonight, So
that we may be free Tomorrow for the
very important matters We expect to de-
velon." t i.
From this 1t Is Judged that some Of the
star Witnesses for the defense will go
upon the stand to-day After yester-
day there remains still long list Of Y
some twenty-fivesor thirty of them. from
which can be made some interesting.
selections. Mr.. S. a. Day, the whiskey
selling druggist, about whom so much:
y has been said. Is here, and he is gener-
ally looked upon as the particular big
gun for the defense broadside to-day.
The testimony Of Mr.. Day is awaited orr
all isides-includlng the rosecution-w iths
keenest interest. If he takes the stand
during the morning he will probably
eclipse anything else that comes along.
Among the others Is Mr.. Drummond IS
deputy clerk of Amherst, who drew the; /;
draft of the county from which Judge
Wood selected the jury which sat in5the
case of Judge Campbell. Y.
-Four OF the, most important witnesses
for the defense have. for one reason or
another, flatly refused to come They
VIII be forced to do so, however, and !
the sheriff of Amherst county, who Is 4
In the city expects to have them here In
day or two. At the request of the
defense attachments for them were is
sued last night by the committee. OF
the four the most interesting Is Mr.. A. \
2. Woodruff of Amherst the juryman.
who wanted bring in a verdict OF CON-:
mon assault against Judge Campbell The
Judge will bring Mr.. Woodruff down to
tell something about that alleged con-
spiracy In the jury room. The other
three witnesses are Messrs. Leon B.
Campbell. of Roanoke:, Mr.. G.. p. LAWN.
+ GER OF \. Amherst, l and Mr.. w. r. Pendk}
ton, Of Alexandria. nj
INTEREST IN TErN CASE, a
Inc interest In the Investigation, while
sun great. appears to show a slight fan. n
Ing on. The attendance yesterday was
rather smaller than usual. and it must
be said that at times the hearing fell
rather fiat Still many people were there.
ana there Will probably be a still larger
crowd to-day.
Judge Campbell Is on tho field with his
cloud Of witnesses, and appears as serene
and calm as IL he were sitting quietly
at home in Amherst, The worried look
has departed from his face. at least for
the nonce. Beside him sits Major Holmes
Conrad, the brilliant and sparkling coun-
sell whose flashes of wit and humor and
sarcasm CLINT throughout the entire day. i
Many are there solely to watch Major
Conrad and hear him talk and pull at the
witnesses.
On the other side OF tho aisle are Mr..
Strobe, Judge Loving and Judge Brown.
looking after the interests of the prose-
cutlon, Mr.. Strobe. who is recognized 4
already as one OF the most brilliant
young lawyers in the State. is doing much
Of the cross-examining, and he Is going
at 1t In a hammer and tongs fashion. Eie
makes no bones with the witnesses, and
tn 'sg-'ltHce ceeded In leading several
L OF tlr& one trap after another
Every now and then there Is keen pas
sage at arms between him and Major
Conrad. # Il 52f5FF
When the hearing is over the counsel
meet In the middle OF tho aisle and Major
Conrad lights his cigar from the match
held by Judge Loving: Then they chat
a while III an eminently pleasant and
cheerful manner and stroll out, ready to
go at each other again With both nsts@