The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-30


I'll mi delay for tieIr homes, evidently
hs,nn dcsiru,is OF catching d car lin most
NJ sas finn. Charles W. Meredith, attor-
Adv FOR wyatt, occupied d clair IN t tI
81 rt,on, that ad,oins the one III which tne
bonrd sat In executive session. Ho was wac
not called Into the inquiry room az any
4ft Yitne. 1nhd had to content himself win
.na,s,v ndvising his client before the
VI hearing began. # * 5 /. /, Y. Il.
The tcstimony last night was chiefly
n as I'd the character and general reputa-
II ilon 4of officer wyatt; llys integrity, MS
u truthfulness and general reAnbility.
# Tlo& first witness after REV. Dr. PITT ttt
+ xyns Mfr. w, r. Booth, a well known
compositor md formerly foreman OF the 1
Religious Herald Office, and uhder whom WHOM
wyatt learncdshis trade.
3Ss Next came Rev. G. 8. Gardner, - 3, -, !,
,,nstor Of tie Grace Street Baptist
sh,rch. ana then Dr. Marvin e. Muck
ols. physician Nj. Vivian MclSinnon
Was next called into the inner chamber
and remained but q fow moments. Then
4 AIR Berry went ii, and told what he Knew
nj Officer Wyatt and his estimate OF tho
y man,
Witt and Richardson.
Judge Samuel B. Witt, Of the Hastings
Court, was the next Witness He ttesti-
4 fled to Ills knowledge Of Wyatt as an
officer and his connection with certain
eases that came under his knowledge,
notably the case Of Bahen, q saloon-
Keeper who had appeared as a witness
II nEafnst Wyatt, and who had been re-
ported by tho officer. Judge Wits tes-
ttn,ony was brief.
Commemorative Attorney D. G. laich-
4 nrdson was the next witness. Ills testi-
mony related to his knowledge of Wyatt
\ and the latter's connectionS with certain
M cases brought before the court. 1io was
II in the room but few moments.
# Mr.. w. D.. Kcrns was the next witness.
He is a postoffice clerk, and knew Wyatt
8 well and for long time. The last wit
ness of the evening was Captain &c. w.
Wcstblry, district passenger agent OF the
Southern Railway. His testimony re-
lated to an experience with Wyatt five
\ years ago, In the blizzard of 1899. At
that time. Wyatt found the office Of the
!, railway. flooded, and called Captain West
I bury up in the dead Of night and In
formed him of the discovery. and lator
aided him In stopping the delugc Wyatt
had been Offered ten dollars for his SER
"a vice on that occasion, but declined to
nctept the same unless the chief Of police
4 were Informed and approved tho tender
3 and acceptance.
49, ACCORDING TO well 4lIllOlIcO anu iSlAoo'o
persons. the testimony Of nearly all the
witnesses FOR Wyatt were along the line
of character. All of. those who deposed,
1t Is understood, gave him an excellent
character for honesty, sobriety, reliabil-
ity and fidelity.
S8 There were present In the board room
Just an even dozen persons, so that When-
over witness was called in he made
the thirteenth occupant Of the room. Ac-
tl,o net
for somebody. but whether for Major
y Howard, officer Wyatt. the board or tho
n stenographer remains TO be seen. Appar-
emily It meant trouble for oil Of them
last night In the long and dreary seance,
e in which there was nothing exciting or
even mildly sensational. Besides the
seven members of the board and the
Mayor, who presided, there were Chief
Howard, officer Wyatt, Stenographer
Winston and Sergeant-at-Arms Pollock,
making UP the Dozen
There were ten or twelve other Wit
nesses waiting when the adjournment or
the board was had. These include the
names given at the head OF the column
and a few others, It being impossible to
get complete list for the reason t t
II no one who knew would make them
J. known.
Ii The witnesses and Attorney, Meredith
Il and few others who dropped in to sec
si& what was going on, among the lattel
being Attorney Harry Glenn, discusset
various topics, including some surprising
court verdcts In which the attorneys
present had been Interested the race
question and the probable solution Of 1t
the future of the negro: war reminls
Y. censes and everything save the Wyatt
t case.
The testimony adduced last Saturday
e. honp
stenographer. and Officer Wyatt and hi;
n attorney have been permitted to see thu
asme, but it has been carefully guarded
from publicity. Not line of it has beer
given TO the newspapers nor to the pub
lie yet.
May Get Through Tonight.
There is no way of asccrtaining whethe
the board will do more than conclude thu
Testimony this afternoon, and then ad
journ without reaching a conclusion n
to whether or not the charges made b.
Major Howard have been sustained. Mucl
depends upon the hour at which the dc
positions are concluded. Judging by las
evenings expeAence, .1he ten or twelv'
: remaining Witnesses viii not consume al
hour. From the names of some of them
however, it is fair to assume that the1
examination will consume longer tim
IMAM lldl OIL lIlOSG NIO dCPOaSu les.
night This is especially true OF MIR
"a Walker and Mr. Campbell, who have bee
active in tho work Of the Sunday Oh
servance Lea que, the suppression of vic
81 and the removal of improper pictures
Mr. Walker was ono of those who ap
preached the chief and asked that Wyatt
be detailed to make certain arrests de
sired to be made by the Sunday Obscr
Il vance League, Their tcstiomny wi
4 probably consume moro time than tina
4 OF the character witnesses.
In this connection it Is said upon re
liable authority that Officer Wyatt Ia
@ reported certain improper and lnartisti
nude pictures in saloons months beror
the same were reported by Mr., Wake
and others No action appears to hay
been taken. however, on the repor,
made by Omcer Wyatt, but when til
pictures We're reported By others, 81
months or more later. they were o.