The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-19
BROUGHT FACE
TO FACE WITH
HIS REAL WIFI {
Unexpected with e SIS
Comes Into Court Like
an Appariti0n.
HER TESTIMONY
NOT ADMISSIBLE
"Yes, He is My Husband Was.
the quiet Reply to
Question. 3
LAWYERS WERE STARTLED
ACCUSED WAS NERVOUS
Mayor Mccarthy Was Again the
Real Live Wire and a Hard
Witness to Handle-Presi-
dent Sands Good Wit
ness for Prose
cution.
LAWYERS WERE STARTLED
ACCUSED WAS NERVOUS

A sensation was sprung In the Burton
trial yesterday such as but two or three
people in Richmond foresaw or dreamed .
WAS even possible.
BY his unusual resource and ingenuity
Mayor Mccarthy was able to bring A.
Chadwick Burton, now being tried in tho
Hustings Court on an appeal from the
Police Court, face to face with his Neme-
sis, the woman who claims by the mar
riagc certificate she bears to be the
prisoners lawfully welded wife. All
this and neither Burton nor his counsel
knew she was within two hundred miles
OF this city.
The effect of the meeting was past de-
scription--wonderful
The former trial in the Police C,otlrt
was sensational enough, but that In the
upper court yesterday carried all the
features of the former performances and
few more besides. First came the testi-,
mony of the little minister the Rev. Mr.
Weston. pastor of the church that en-
gagged the Burton Lyceum and that
had Its unusual features
Then came Mayor, Mccarthy 1e,
was again the real the genuine ..liye
wire" His spicy retorts to counsel rnada.
the people laugh SO many times that
Judge Witt had to threaten TO clear the
court-rom of spectators unless they main
tanned decency and order
MI o. j. Sands. from whom it Is all
legged that Burton and his .Lyceum" i'm
properly obtained 50. and thus laid the
foundation for the case that is now on
It's second hearing, gave some testimony
that was at least spicy, when he said he
was sick and tired OF Richmond being
a fake-ridden town. the Eldorado OF fax
irs, who came here as professional solic-
itors for churches. and worrying vast
sums out of business men, and then gavo
the church a Very small percentage OF
the ill-gotten gains
Best Was Last.
And then-yes. and then came coup.
de-main that Was sensation. the like
of which Richmond has not had for sew sew
eral lengthy days
tall, well dressed woman, who cana
unexpectedly upon the scene, was sol.
EMMY sworn, and. in turn. solemrly swore
that she. and not the other woman who.
1t Is said, passed on occasions ..le
treasurer of the Dorcas Society of Ep-
worth Methodist Church. was the lawful
wife of a. Chadwick Burton.
Her testimony was not admitted. hit
the jury and all the spectators heard
that much of 1t and the alleged real ..Irs.
Burton created sensation all right, IL
she was not allowed to tinisha her STOW.
While the discussion upon the ones ion
of allowing Mrs Burton to testify was
going on Burton was n picture to behold.
His face changed color half a ozen
times, and it seemed as il he would
eat up his lips.
Al times one watching him and his
rapid facial changes would imagine that
he was about to collapse. He rubbed,
his chin. pressed his hand to his breast
as # he was suffering. and that he was
suffering intensely cannot be doubted.
It was fully two minutes after Judge
Witt rendered his decision before Bur-
ton half regained his composure.
Mr. Gilbert Pollock, OF counsel for the
defense. was the first Interested party
to reach the courtroom. lust before
the clock In the steeple struck II, A.
Chadwick Burton sauntered leisurely In
and was accompanied by Mr., Charles f.
Linde. a Philadelphia lawyer. who sat
near counsel all the morning and fire.
quently conferred with them.
When court first opened the specta-
tors benches We're not more than half
filed but In fifteen minutes every seat
was taken. and standing room was later
on at a premium and this was the con-
dttion the balance of the day.