The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-08

breaking himself down, endeavotsng 10
trnnscrlbe Ills photographic notes ana
make them intelllglble to the jury. Nattlr-
allylhe.has i,Ut completed this work. snce
additional witnesses by hundreds were
|testifying yesterday Up 70 s;oo3P. M NJ
Crop of8Wild Rutnors.
( There 5is ii crop Of Wild and, so far
as can Bio ascertnlned, utterly founded
( riitt1ors sanoht Of fraud III every precinct.
abotit itrott enhesB III every precinct" but
wheh1the pufveyefs or these rumors are
! asked tho course Of their Information
Z they have 10 admit thnt 1t ia a mere
suspicion, having little basis, other than
IS thelr8own imagin'ngs, or where the Wish \
fathets the though Some even assert
that the deputies are only summonlns
those who voted for one of the candidates
for one OF the offices being tlgnted,s
but wher, Informed that tile deputies
! walked the streets Of theBprccinct and
y sl,tnnoned every voter at each residence
on the street.-the man In question slateu
that that was what he had heatd
charged ncycrtheless" n
5Indeed, ali the reports nnont ycsler-5
Il day were Of the vague, inthnsiDlc v'r rl'.
1 ". which could neither be confirmed nor
| corroborated by further inquiry. The re-
4 mort ns to alleged fraud In second Lee
\ Is the only definite one to which much
\ publicity has been given No speciilc
\ prophecies Of fraud being shown nave ma,
/ been given wide currency, other than ' ~
| one case mentioned. So far MS Gun '', ,pe
verified that case Is merely a. st sly p,1,lt
| or n partisan Of ono Of the candidates.
! interesting question has been
| raised In connection with the publicity
given to reports and speculation as 70
| the jurys 1oings or 5 findings. Ihat
question Is whether or not the courts
| can require q newspaper 70 81 tell igt Ing 5
I source Of It's information or the reporter
Ito tell his. Some contend that the hlen-
E est courts have held that this is a privi-g
legged communication. and that q re-
Jportcr cannot be required to tell he
1 that ias 1t may. the informant hasAno
1 such technical defense. and most OF
| those having INSIDE information" or
5professing to have. are exceedingly wary
about talking to reporters The reporters tiers
themselves are not DESTROYS OF making
test of the powers and Jurisdiction OF
| the courts in the premises.
First Clay Testifies.
When the court convened yesterday
Judge witt and the Jurors were promptly
Yin place and a great cloud OF witnesses
swarmed into the big granite building
and convergcd upon the doors TO the
IsT1ustings Court room on the second floor.
4 Here they were ,ishered In with as much
| 5order and expedition MS practicable, and
/ were sworn In punches without delay
4 or finter1nlsslon AS fast as they were
/. sworn, the voters filed oul. and heightened
| the line that stretched all around the
| corridor of the hall. Meanwhile the Jury
4 and the stenographcr were ready 70 work. work
Sergeant Wren, who had the direction
~ & he voters and who acts as a sort
\ bf doorkeeper to the jury room, was In
| Ibis place and Sergeant Gibson was at
| tho exit door Several other police OF -
| ficers were stationed at advantageous
points, and assisted In the orderly ana
expeditions direction Of the inquiry from 7, y
| their view points outside 4
When the Jury began polling the ne me
moved up rapidly, about four or more
to the minute giving their estimonS
and retiring. The voters pollcd ynster-
4 day at the first session were chletly
j from the first precinct OF Clay Ward,
/ where nearly 500 votes were cast. Most
! Of them were very Intelligent mem and and
4 as they knew beforehand Just what me
Jury desired to know they lost no ti ms,
stating. Sometimes the Intervals ". ).
! tween the exit OF Opponents was not
i more than ten or StwelvSs seconds, but oc-
1 casonally one consumed fifteen or elgh-
i teen or even twenty seconds. Besides First
5l5Clayl many from III Second fa Monroe ;'p-
j neared in response to general summons
Il md testified 1t Is estimated that IN
4 al fully five hundred testified before the
lunch recess, and in the two ana q .ha al1
4 hours sitting in the afternoon loo or
more persons from various Pi'eec"tii'T5e
i peared and testified. y, 8.
j F,rha onJv witness who testified other
4 than the voters being polled was deputy
4 Treasurer Isaac Held, who spent ten OF
4 fifteen minutes in the jury room Just pel
j fore s p. MA few late voters appeaEEe reg
4 and were disposed OF a fter that time, o. ~
4 none Of these had been served WI
i special summons. s5
Some Who Testified.
4 Among those who testified ysalerday
i were eS- Mayor Richard NJ. Taylor. MIR.
Alfred b. Williams, editor OF the News
Leader; Mr.. II. Clal borne Epps candidate
/ for City Sergeant in the recent primary.
4 and at whose insugatIon the inyes, ilsl-
I .tion now In progress Is said to have peen
/ instituted; and Mr.. Clyde ~. Saunuars.
4 a member of tho state D3tlorratic Cons
l nittee, and potential ilgure IN Clty
Ward politics.
City Sergeant Smith.
city Sergeant James G. Smith, renom,.
mated at the recent primary was III a,p ms
the present Investiga.iol was begun T.
Smith had Just returned from 9. months
vacation on the East Coast Of 1Mnssa-
followed the O. peregrnatlons Of his fast
II trottlng horse now performing on the
NEW England circuit Mr.. Smith stated
/! that 1t was tho first four weeks rest he
I. had taken in many years. AS soon as he
j ascertnined that the Investigation was
4 In progress, he returned to this city.
mir. Smith was cordially greeted BY many
4 yesterday. He will BIO in attendance on
IL the Inquiry from now on. Indeed, 1t is
4 regarded as not unlikely that he may be
summoned as a witness in the Inquiry,
Summoned as a witness In the inquiry. 4
4 An officer of the cous.. wass asked
yesterday as to the report that Mr.. W..
Il r. Royal charged that one OF the fac
lions in the pending State Democratic
primary campaign was responsible for Ne
replied; IT cuts one side about as much
as the other 4. : J. cuts both ways
The same official stated that when tn the
i liminarye stigation. it crrUsted Of
eight White mon and ,e one colored man an
whites -four were for Martin and four for
Montague for senator. .4
i The real Investigation Will begin to-
Il day. The TWENTY-FIVE or more special