The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-09
Searchingly Questioned

Those wiz, underwent the searching
questions Of the Jury Yesterday included T,l
Knowles. Deputy. City Treasurer Isano
| Held. Registrar Archie Steiner OF First
Jefferson; Clerk Abe Cohen, OF First Jef.
Mo sun Colonel NJ. Niles cary Emmett
Mcunley, an employo OF the Gas Depart
mcnt; William IBrauer. treasurer Of
Mer tlam Tsste an eWpNye
Duke. OF the City Democratic Comtnit;en;
Engineer Charles o. Goode and Forcnna
Warwick Epps Of Engine Company nn y ~: Mo:
|. Charles Brown. OF South Cherry street;
I Police Commissioner Chris. Manning. ",
1 OF Jefferson Ward; and Mr, Writ y. Tay..
l9rmfr p 81 tse Fly sth Of
Third Marshall, was also among lhose
4 summoned.
The testimony of the witnesses related
\ to the precincts IN which some were elcc-
; ton officers. and TO alleged irregularities.
That OF some Of the other witnesses had
1 to do with rumors that poll taxes MAD
1 been paid By certain candidates for vot.
/ the hcncnciarlcs Tho testimony Q. M.
Writ +. Taylor It Is said, related 10 tho
/: method OF selecting election officers by
& the Electoral Board and OF filling vacan.
4 is said that the questions OF The jurors
4 took II wide range, some asking soi,ie
/ very personal questions. the use Q.
= receipt from others OF money for se1-
4 vices performed In behalf OF nny candl-
I dates. Ii said 10 have been Tho suhjest
Of many queries By the inIitsi,,c eight
! citizens clothed With power by the court.
/ Mr. Chris. Manning, Jr., was the last
! witness yesterday. He was heard after
@g6 r., NJ. as m accomiIodation, BECAUSE cemusH
homo III on a train. and would have to
4 be taken to a hospital Mr.. Manning
\ spent about fifteen or tWent' minutes
4 In the jury room. and was then excused,
The#other specially called witnesses Will
depose to-day, and by that time ! t will
Witnesses is desired, Those who waited
jall Of yesterday VIII, II Is assumed. DC
!! given precedence to-day. IN; tIi
Rule Not Yet Served.
i So far as known. the rule wiichfJudEo
.elvea Sna bscn
4 person to whom, 1t IS supposed tho court
hah has mot besn sepvsa sn
j lis not known whether this action VIII pc
necessary at al. and II 50 i Is proba,b3ly
% On ths Fl A Of the man
1 wanted.
SO tnr us known no warrant has yet
been issued for any person since, tho
(. taken TO mean that ( the Jury has de-
4 tcrmined TO ind!dt any ones. It doe, not
Il fear that such a person VIII undertake 10
4 clude arrest by leaving the jurisdiction
OF the court.
Tho Jury may finish up Its work THIS
afternoon. but the grand jurors are not
so snnguine as to believe they VIII, me
foreman OF the jury. Captain Churles 7.
Taylor. stated yesterday that nc thous;ht
{ the Jury would certainly conclude rs
s work b Frlday At the outside and NJ
y hoEed to BIO able to ilnish BY Thursday
evening. He did not indicate any pros,
& pect Of concluding the work to-day ana
. There Is believed to be absolutely no
proba billty or such expedition.
Indeed much detailed work Is yet to
be done which Will necessarily consume
time. The stcnographcr has q s[Teih q
volume Of notes to transcrbe and as ~ u
must BIO In attendance at me sitlinss =,
the Jury n day, he has little opportunity
/ to do this work.
Three members OF the Jury ycste rday
& Expressed the becffthnt not more IMAM
32tO or $500 OF the $500 voters hnd neon
Z boiled, Stcnographer Winston. however,
agreed with the estimate, OF Ihe Iln = ca
!. Dispatch that something like 8, lcO or. o'o!v
!, md been polled. This latter numh2r 70
slightly moro than two-thlrds % the ~, =,
, | tnl vote One OF the Jurors sa, tnAi - =
Z some precincts almost all me No'cIs, ' H.,
Y been boiled, hut that in others, nutup =
insTthe fnshonn BILE West END, many ~
tic residents OF which had gone 70 ,t SYM ha1
1ner resbrts, hardly moro ha' 'l ~ a n
been pollod The poll Is regaIaeu,, ~ IND 4
fair index 10 most of the precihc.s' a'iid
espncinilysto the vote cast ~ 'hose s"'s