The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-26

amount, as they were unwilling to
take fee for appearing before the
Council. Mr.. Wise told him that Mr..
Pollock wanted to take the whole &C
count. He told him that it was to
convince the Chief Health Officer that
the feed was good one. Mr.. Umlauf
had seen it fed when boy and also
thought 1t good feed and had said
so when the ordinance came to the
Council. He would not have consented
to suspension OF the rules had he
known all the circumstances.
Coleman Cutchns., a former clerk OF
the Health Board, was put on the stand
as the defense's first witness. but Mr..
Lynch protested that the committee
didn't want broken sentences OF con-
versation overheard only in part
j. Taylor Robertson. reporter for
the yirginian. was asked as to con-
versation with Chief Health Officer
Levy on the day following the Mayors
message calling a meeting of the Coun-
Gil. The witness said DIR. Levy told
him that he had been instructed by
the board not to make too strenuous
efforts to apprehend dairymen pending
an amendment of the ordinance and he
had told Mr., Pollock TO tell his people
it was all right to go ahead" Fifteen
i minutes later, the witness said, he
heard something of d letter from the
Mayor to DIR. Levy. He went back and
found DR.. Levy answering it. He told
ME then" said the witness, that the
| ordinance never had been suspended
] reminded him of our former CONVEX
sation, and he said must have misun-
derstood him. That was what i'm
pressed it on my mind. l didn't publish
heCanSa no 7 .rtt Z. ~,
DR.. Levy denied having said it."
Attacking Witness.
\ There was prompt attack made on
! the accuracy OF the witness, number
of questions being asked by Messrs.
| Lynch and Radcliffe as to former arti-
cles in his paper. the evident purpose
being TO attack his memory.
Reference was repeatedly made to
an article in the Virginian giving
what purported to be the first COM
mittee on Investigation named by
President Peters. giving the names OF
II. r. Pollard, Jr., Morgan r. Mills,
John Cutchins and two others. all of
whom 1t was stated in the article had
declined to serve. The witness de-
clined to give the source of his in
formation. but asserted that he be-
lieved that list to be correct.
Dr. Levy took the stand and en-
phatically and with some neat abso-
lutely denied the statement Of Mr..
Robertson as to conversation. IT
never used the expression your peo-
pie in talking to Mr.. Pollock he
said, for I did not know he was en-
ployed as an attorney. The first
time heard any such expression was
in this investigation. I never told
Mr.. Robertson or any one else that
had told Mr.. Pollock to go ahead
and tell his people that it was all
right"
Peters on Stand.
Mr.. Lynch asked that President
Peters. of the Common Council. be
put on the stand to impeach the tes-
timony OF Mr.. Robertson. saying that
ne believed the witness had published
what he knew was not true. Mr.. Wise
holly defended his witness, asserting
that DR.. Levy had not only said to
Mr.. Robertson what had been TESTIFIED
but had said the same thing to him
self in his Office.
President Peters was asked as to a
list Of a tentative or supposed commit
tee supposed to have been appointed.
and testified that he had told Mr.
Robertson that 1t was not true, and
that he had called at the office Of the
paper and told the manager that il
was not true.
i appointed this committee Of in
Vestigation.' said Mr.. Peters, "and tho
members present are the only ones I
have appointed. Several members az
the Council did ask me not to appoint
them but none refused to serve Mr..
PETERS said on the day in question Mr..
robertson had called him up to know
II ne had named the committee. 81
tola MN | had not" he said. "and after
that ne published that list I called
Mr.. Richardson and asked hin, ~ -
would serve as chairman. Then 7 an.
pointed the other men who are present
and sent the list to city Clerk Aurust
consulted Vice-President II. r Pol.
lard 'lr,, as to the appointments. ana
he approved it highly. a'''
Told Him 1t Was Untrue.
II told Mr.. Robertson the nex+ 49,,