The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-31

out the troops, and he tsolomon) knew
nothing about this fact until he read 1t
In the petition of the company asking
for his removal from office.
Now, Mr.. Solomon" asked Mr.. Carter.
as the witness drew near the close OF his
story. were you in your refusal to call
for the military influenced in any way
by a fear that such a. course might make
you unpopular with the people"
mo. sir"
"On your oath you say that7'
Yes. sr.'
Mr. Carter turned to the list OF charges
made by the company and asked INN
something about the alleged bad treat
ment of the guards. The witness said ne
knew absolutely nothing about the RS
Ported Handwriting of the three men.
| He did not assign them to a cell IN the
| jail and did not know to which cell they
would be taken. He knew. however. thai
| they would be safer In cell, since 1t
was feared that the people he had shot
might make some attack on the Jail dur
ing tho course of the night. Solomon
went to Colonel Anderson and arranged
with him to hurry military guard to
| the jail in a moments notice, If such
| an attack was made. So far as tho con-
l
| 1t was as good as that of any Jail In the
state. He remembered about the request
| for an inspection of the jail. He said
Gugon wanted to go through the place
with DR.. Darlington and Mr.. Moroso
and that he refused to permit them to do
! so. He then went TO Judge Wickham
and told him what he had done. and the
Judge approved. declaring that In the
present excited state OF things he thought
it best that the Jail should not be writ
ten UP by the newspaper man.
Concerning the several reported dis
orders brought out by the prosecution,
the sheriff said no report had been n.ade
by the company to him Of any OF them.
He had heard several reports or disor-
der In the county, and had promptly
Investigated them. Each time lie found
that they were false-that there was no
| riot of any sort The troops were not
called out in Richmond until there had
been two or three riots. There had been
none such in the county, but as soon os
Lombardy shooting-the demand for
troops were promptly made.
Cross-Examination.
Before the cross.examination OF Mr..
Solomon. Mr.. 7. c. Redd the county
surveyor, was placed on the stand Iio
testified that the county limo was 15D
feet beyond Lombardy Street.
Tho sheriff was subjected to a. severe
cross -examinaton, but on the whole he
came out Of 1t unscathed. He stuck. IN
the main, to all the important state
ments he had made. He declared that ne
had practically given up reading the
newspapers, because they did not tell the
truth. He did not rely on them for his
reports as to conditions in the county
but went out and investigated himself
He had gone to great lengths to learn
| the facts; had visited the affected re-
gion III person; had consulted citizens,
officers and others, and had done every
! thing else in his power, and was per-
fectly satisfied that the situation was
perfectly in tho control OF the County
officers.
Counsel ran him pretty close on he
question OF allowing the company to pu:
armed men on the cars. He recognized
that this tended to a breach Of tho I'eace
and he knew also that cltizehs were we're
complaining about 1t. but he did not stop
| It because he understood from the Com
| monwealth's attorney that the company
had a right to do so. Counsel said that
way to have prevented 1t would nave
been to call out the military, and asked
Mr. Solomon why he had not done SO
Mr.. Solomon said he did not DO SO o..
and no need for the armed men OH the
cars. Then tho two had 1t. The prose-
| cution tried to place the onus on ths
back OF the sheriff. declaring that ne was
responsible for the necessity to put these
men there The sheriff promptly declared
that it was the fault Of the company;
that there was no such necessity. and
| that they nut the men there when there
was really no occasion for doing SO, and
that therefore the company Is to blame
Not the One.
| After Mr. Solomon left the stand an
ether county officer, Monhul. VINO, pc
chance have been the one described ny
Mr.. Potts was introduced. Tho witness
| sta ted that he was on no car when stoncs
were thrown, and that he knew nothing
of the Potts incident. Moreover. ne ma
| served but about two days feg,nn.hR
| with the Sunday of the parade. me
incident described by Mr.. Potts occurred
before the parade The witness SAIL ne
had seen no disorder in the county al
any time. He had notirldden on the
oars at all. from the time the strike
began up to the time of the riot
One of the auditors Of the passenger
and Power Company, Mr.. g. Is. Wl!llams'
was placed on the stand win a. view " 40 W
| giving some information concerning the
receipts of the company on FRIDAY ana an
saturday--the first two days OF the strike;
M Williams referred to tho books OF
the company and showed that the ao-
tual railway receipts for Friday am =, "
ed to $3.50, and on Saturday 70 slst.ao.
This statement differed materially from
that nat, made by DR.. Darlington. but ths
i latte position was at once explained
when it was shown that he mad mace
reference to the general receipts and ne not
to the railway receipts alone. the iig-
ures for the general receipts tailed SUD
stantialy with those given oy w. 'a''
| rineton the other day.
The object of the defense IN getting
a look at the books was to prove their
assertion that during the two days prac-
tically no people were riding. and that the
Passenger and Power Company lost noth-
Ing by stopping Its cars from running on
the day OF the strikers paraoe-suaoay'
T g Rebuttal.