Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-21
NEWPORT NEWS VA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY a. 1908


ing.
The witnesses this afternoon and
tonight were Captain &, G. berkeley.
Z. Nj ifavton. of Newpo't News; W.
c. l.. ralafcrro. John Weymouth.
Claude V. Sprat!ey. NJ. II. Morgan.
Roland ID Cooke, Il. y. Tennis. G. 4,
Copeland, Il. O. Clarke. L. T.. IIolston
and Captain G. w Holt OF hampton
Witnesses for the Defense.
Tho Witnesses summoned for tho
fifeHsc. some OF the suhnoenns re-
turnaOle Saturday aud others Mon
day are DIR J. w Hope. $. }. Dudley.
T. = Montngue. II. II. Holt ana Il. r.
Causey of Hampton: i. W. Mllstead.
d. G. Smith. C. II, llosldns. w. c.
Stuart. r. j Christian. A. c. Gar
rot, p $ Robinson. j. -. G Brown
r. G. ihcldord w r. Moss ma u
ST. G. Wilcox of Newport News.
Ohio Menrs. T.. j. Spady. Thomas n
ROBERTSON. J.. w. w. n ockcnhrouph
G. X. Nottingham. II. W. Nottingham
aud $. S. Jarvis OF Enstvllle: ]. n.
Daniel OF Cape Charles: ]. T.. Not.
tinghnm Jr of Franktown: l.. Tuck
er Wilkins of Cape Charlos; s. :.
wilkins OF birds Nest; Floyd Mock.
) I. Ross and /, H. Rev of Acco-
mac; w Amos onancock: ana ! d.
Grant ana Lee II. Kcllam OF Acco-
mac Court House.
The committee sat this morning IN
lhe corporation commissions court
neon IN the capitol. ANA The place was
packed and jlnimo7 VITA desnlv IN.
ieresied spectators and Witnesses.
Among the throng there were two
uem'inondaines - public women who
nave been summoned TO testify. one
is white the other colored. For
long time they remained standing
-'Weigcd In among dense mass of
M but finally chairs were merci-
iully procured Tor them.
The women are just the pitiful tynsa
one might expect in such Il scandal
Chairman Massle Is conducnnc The
case with stennoss aud rigid OH
servation Of docorum. $50 FAR the in
quiry has not been SCI ioaal INF not
Tor second have the proceedings
hean monntonous.
Detsils OF the Session.
Wien coloDe! Arassic called the
committee 10 order the following MI
torncys appeared In the case:
For the prosecutIon--B. a. Lewis
ana w. w. Woodward of HAMPTON
For he defensc-C. A. Ashbv or
Newport News Ohio +. Mears of
No. Hampton; and ray S. Collier of
L. Floyd Mock OF Accomac another
OF counsel for Judge blackstone.
reached here tonight.
Tho members Of the committee in
attcn Shnce wore; Colonel Massie
chairman: Messers. Rev pulliam
tea'herstone. Montague. Thrift BAR
ret, Page. Oliver Bell, Edwards and
Chitwood.
Judge Blackstone. attlrc1 In a we'll
n'ting brown business suit and wear-
ing red cravat occupied a seat be-
SIDE Lawyer Ashby. Although his
mar and mustachc are iron gray and
ne seems 10 have aged considerably
since Richmond knew him as n state
senator. he is stIl in the prime of
iife-aative and yirile
Nothing about his appearance inai-
Gated Il wreckei man or offered any
hiht As to mental or physical inertia.
lie seemed cocl and collected anJ no,
without dignity
When Clerk Lowry called the roll
a quorum was found to be present.
although several of the committee
men were absent ID this time.
1t was decided. after some discus
sion. that the rules of evidence shonld
De applied to he taking of the evj
dence IN bhis inquiry.
No Malice. insists Lewis.
Then came brief address bv r.
Lewis. one of counsel for the prose.
cution. He announced the illness of
w r. Meredith senior counsel after
which he added: This is no prose
cution. | am here representing rcpu-
table citizens of the county OF Eliza
beth City and adjoining territory. TO
aid this committee in making fun.
inir and thorough investigation of the
matters brought 10 the attention of
the general assembly. understand that
these proceedings are almost anala-
sous to those in the case of Judge
Campbell
The lawyer then commented on the
seriousness o! the charges and dwelt
with some force on the necessity for
pure and stainless jim fclary.
MI. Lewis said he was actuate6 by
absolutely no motives of revenge and
that, like Mr. Meredith, he would
Heceive no compensation. lie declar-
cd he had the <lndest feelings for
judge Blackstone, and had lmown him
In the DAYS when his mind was bril-
liant and his ability universally rec
ognlzed.