The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-12

qults you after hearing such evidence
ms have licnrd here, they will be run
out of town.
These comforting words Justice John
j. Crutchheld. uttered yesterday morn
ing for the benefit OF his long time
friend. Samuel J. London, after SEN
fencing him to thirty days in Jail and
fine of 500, fir selling cocaine-the
maximum punishment.
Without attempting to make de-
Tense in the Police Court, London. once
reputable merchant. took an appeal
Immediately after the prosecution had
made out It's case.
His associate, McDermott, who at
first offered to assume all blame, was
acquitted. the prosecution not being
able to prove any sales of cocaine on
his part. although several witnesses
declared that the drug and the business
were his. London himself stated to
the officers who arrested him that the
packages which he was caught In the
act Of selling belong to McDermott, an
inatalment collector employed in his
furniture store.
Get Them Both on.
by submitting it's case without witt
nesses In the Police Court, the defense
secured the dismissal of McDermOtt,
lenyins London MS the principal. II is
freely predicted that In the higher
court these witnesses Will ali testify,
and an effort Will be made then TO
show TINT LOadOn was the innocent
agent In the hands of AIcDcrmott, the
renl dealer in the drug. In this mnnner
II IL Hoped that the merchant Will cs-
cnpe punishment, and rs McDcrmott
cannot be rcnrrcstcL ON charge on
which he Inns been tried and acquitted,
both men would go free. Whether or
not the widely circulated reports that
this liz to be the method of defense is
trrsc, cannot be nscertnined, OF course.
The attorney for the two men is Mr..
Gilbert *. Pollock.
Justice Crutchield, for years CLOSE
personal friend OF London's, preserved
his professional demeanor throughout
the case, but at It's close wiped the
perspiration from his face, and YEARLY
called Magistrate Graves to the bench,
! saying that he was too much overcome
to continue the call of the docket. In
the course of the hearing the justice
remarked that both London and Nc
Dermott had abundant reason to thank
the officers who had arrested them FOL
stopping them in their trade at this
I time, as the present Legislature will in
all probability make the traL.c in CO.
caine felony. punishable with term
in the penitentiary, change often
recommended by Justice Crutchfield
and the police authorities of Richmond.
a throng of people crowded the low.
er part OF the City Hall during the
trial of the furniture-dealer Com
monwealth's Attorney Fowlkes con-
Quoted the prosecution.
Detectives Story.
Detective Sergeant Forrest C. Bailey
OH the witness stand told the story
of the arrest of London. The detec-
tive said that he and Detective Ser
geant Wren. on February 18th, between
II and IL o'clock in the morning
Swallowed a negro named Charlie Har-
rIs, who entered q furniture store at
| 1884 East Main Street. When Harris
came out, the officers grabbed him and
rushed him to the back of the store,
where he surrendered wrapped pack
age found to contain an original bottle
of sulphate of cocaine. Harris told
them that he. went into London's
!. store and asked for coke" London
denied having ever seen the boy, and
! declared that there was no cocaine
] there. After being confronted with the
/ package taken from the negro. and
/ with the detectives demanding the pe<
! maindcr of the stock, London got n
| bottle out of drawer and n pack
age out of little room at the back
OF the store On demand Of Detec-
tive Bailey London gave up the 81
said to have been paid to him by Har-
ris, and one OF the bills was identi-
fled by the negro by two yellow marks
across It's face.
Wanted His Cooke"
The merchant went to the back OF
\ ato ,y,(fb nj
4 they returned a colorcd man. Willie
4 Coins, entered the store and asked
London for his bottle OF coke" Lon
don denied any Knowledge of the
| matter wlereupon Coins demanded his
4 $4, declaring that the merchant MAD
told him to come back at O'CLOCK
1 Coins said London had his name down
/ on a piece OF paper to show he had
4 paid the money. This slip of paper
j a deposit ticket at the First National
Bank, was exhibited as taken from
4 London, marked on the back.
i willie Coins, Mayo Street, =
Sergeant Bailey said Coins was POT
/ a witness for the detective force; that
although he was known to- the police
the latter had not arranged for him tc
60 to the store.
Several questions We're asked by the
4 court as to the location of the different
s packages of cocaine which We're pro-
4 duced by London at the instance Of the
detectives Questioned by Mr.. Pollock
1.-THE detective said that he knew the
boy Harris was going for cocaine; that
Z he had talked with him, but that lie
Idid not furnishthe money After pro-
ducing the cocaine London announced
that it was McDermotts business. The
witness said the officers were greatly
surprised when their pursuit led them
4 to the arrest of London.
Very ObllEinE Witness.
Charlie Harris, colored, the purchas-
err OF the cocaine, was sworn. He
stated that he-ltved at No. 400 Nortl
Fifteenth Street, and knew London ant
& his store. In answer to MI, Pollocl
Harris said that Joe Bland, coloret
H man. sent him after the cocaine. Before
Mr.. Pollock could stop him the willing
d witner' added that he had been goins
There for several months and getting u