The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-11
GRAND AM jury Jun 10 | 0. !.
REPORT TA-DAY.
\ (Contlnued from First PaAc.) itI


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7, flle. md had mitch the appearance of d
funeral procession. There was not fnr
elastic step among tho eight, nnd iii
had solemn fnces MS they filcd III, Juror
Clarke IN the lead md Juror Lyona, col.
orcd, oloso behind, followed by Jurors
Peters and schoet and Baushinan and
the rest. Foreman Charles r. Taylor
was tho Inst to enter OF ttb d ght grand
Jurors. He. too, had uolerin countcn-
nnce 1t was quckly noted that he Ind
no paper III his hand. Then for tho FIRST
time It was known that another adjourn
nent would be asked. The moment OF
expectancy had passed 9 i
"Your honor, wo will have to ask YOU
10 adjourn us ovor until TOMORROW
morning at 1880, :, said tho foreman, with
q tone of mingled apology 3nnd dsnp-5
pointment. He quickly added: We IRE
now working rs hard rs wo cnfl toward
the close"
Were Broken Down.
Foreman Taylor added the sxplanatts18
informally, that Juror Baughninn Ind 4
not been well, Ennd was too wenB 70
| permit Of his entering upon Il night sos
sion. Juror Curtis, too, was none TOO
strong. Judge witt thcn stated tina I. he
y
and but for TINT he would have desired
! a night session. IT Tho Judge then an
| nounced court nd journed until 10 80 A. NJ /
| to-day f5i * gs5i 35Si
| n As the Jury were leaving, ono OF the
deputies In tho sergeants office Suggest ca
TO another: You had better catch MI MT
| Roynll before he gets away. nnd n serve
| e subpoena on him. Tho, reply was:
~ have already summoned him. Few
| heard tho colloquy, but those who# did
! we're struck by tho Information cons,
ycyed Z. Further Inquiry elicited tho fact
| TINT Mr.. Royal and Mr.. James =. Pace
were both 10 be summoned as witnesses
to-day. They are the only ones sum
n1oned for the day. As alrendy stated. II
Is run,orcd that they are summoned to
4 give testimony concerning q Il statement
alleged 10 have been made by a person
Is no has had n prominent connection
4 with the case, said statement being signi-
fIcant. 3855
| the fury no would Issue for O. certain
person" several days ago has not yet been
i issued, SO fnrHas known. It Ii surmised
!. that tho request for tho issue OF the
l rule may have been rcconBldcred or that
/ subsequent developments concerning the
1 matter made It unnecessary. st
! Court convened at tho usual hour yes
| terday. The grand jury retired to It's
Quarters 10 make further inqulsltion- The,
| few witnesses summoned were on hand
/ and were sworn. They were 80 few that
tho large lobby or yestibule seemed de-,
serted compared with the preceding days
i appearance, and. indeed, the preceding
/ weeks. @es5 fS S. n s
Those Who Testified.
j Among tho witnesses present and who
testified during the forenoon session were
! Mr.. Russell I3argnmin, member Of the
City Democratic Committee and superln-
4 tcndent OF Monroe Ward Mr.. c. w.
4 Saunders member OF tho City Committee
\ from Clay Ward; Mr.. Charles ". Donnti.
city Sergeant James c.. Smith and Deputy
Sergeant james Taylor. The latter two
8 were not put on the stand until late In
tho afternoon. Just before final adjourn
4 mont. Deputy Sergeant 7. D. Neal was
: the last Witness 81 *. ii 4 , # Il n, I
; During tho forenoon ana chrly, after
!, noon Comm onwealth's Attorney Rich
!, ardson and his associate Mr. Royal,
!, were frequently In the corridors and one
: or the other In and out OF the Jury room,
: During the remainder Of tho time they
!, were shut in the Comonwenlth's attor-
!, ney's private office Everybody believed,
: and still believes, that they were engaged
B In preparing the forms of Indictment
y likelyto be reported by the jury
During tho morning Sergeant Smith ant
Deputy Taylor carried Into Jury room
carrying file, apparently bearing bills
4 1T was ut once surrhsed by the reporter!
thatSthes bills had reference to expcnd
I lures OF tho candidate and his deputie:
Il In the recent campaign.
4 Tho early session was decidedly SLOW
land devoid OF interest, looked at from TIT
!. standpoint OF an outsider Rumors wcr,
:, few and none sensational. IT appeared Ger
: Tain that the long inquiry had reached thu
flag end The quiet that has characterized
, the past two days sessions has seryct
: 10 silence many OF the rumors nflont an,
: to diminish popular interest. Indeed, Their
: appears to be a reversal OF expectation
THAT anything very startling is liable t
come out. 1t Is believed TINT n few In
:, dictments probably seven or eight. mn
! I be returned but the expectation TIM
Wholesale fraud or gross errors or any
thing that would reverse the result OF tn
primary for any Office has practically
4 Disappeared.
""Vilest Sinner May Return"
Il s even reported now TINT Second
i, Lee IS "all right" or straight as n
# strlng,'' whatever those expressions may
mean The grand Jury by Its very In
action In tho matter has given no color
q to the rumor that ballots were substl-
Il ttuted or altered there or elsewhere. !
II Is believed that II the rumortd glarlne
discrepancy between tho count and Tho
jury's poll OF voters had appeared, spe.
cal inquiry would have been made II
+ relation thereto and effort would hays
been exerted to ascertain who permitted
secret information to Teak" ol
* Whatever violations OF provisions @
the general election statutes or OF wha
is known ms tho Barksdale@ pure election
law there may have been It now appears
practically certain that no wholesale
: fraud, II any fraud, Nas been com
! mitted. Ono no longer hears persons OK
:. pressing tho belief that "the whole cleo
i ton was rotten" and that there Wa
fraud In almost every precinct" ex
! pressions which were commonly hcart
last week, On the other hand, there ha
, been no development to corrobomte sucl
& an assertion, no arrest OF election oftl
t GERS, no disappearance from tho CHS
! far as known and no Wholesale sun
moning OF election officials. 4,