The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-20
lCks0h FACES
SEVERAL TRIALS
Railroads Will Not Let Up On
Him Until Long Term
is Secured
]. RECENT SENTENCE IS
ONLY THE BEGINNING
Faces One More Trial i'll Char
lostesvilIe Then Others IN
Orange, Alexandria
and Richmond.

t,ansis4era bite sssFrFsee " as eSt aston
cd in Richmond eter the compare
t,yeay light penalty imposed on Mar
Tin jackson, alas Martin jacopshAt
the baggage thief who ~as implicated
with the famous gang, al his ffrSt uial
In Characteristic The Jury returned
Z verdict OF guilty Wednesday, after
noon and fixed his punishment al wv"
years IN the penitentafy,
Ii has des et@ped. however TINT the
prosecuting attorney and the different
railroad companies afe not sAttSneh
with the Serdlet and more indictments
Will be- pressed against the prisoner
until ne mas been given an aggregate
III terms that II atting With his aH"sed
offsnses-
Following the trial "Wednesday. Al
sorney l.. -. Menden burg. who rep
SCENTS jackson. asked Common wealth $
Atsorn.y Walker to drop the second
inssictnlefit IN Charlottesville but Mr..
walker replied that he intended
prosecuting all the charges he had.
Several other railroads besides the
Chesapeake and ohio have lndict-
menfs against jackson and they are
all iaciined to prosecute II ~ said
that following his next trial IN ohar-
lattssssle he VIII be taken to orange
Ter trial an other charges and then
tried oa Vet other indictments II
is not vet known whether or not he
i will he brought ia Richmond for
trial
In the trial Just over. jackson was
indicted for stealing a trunk belonging
IL Mrs. Smith. of Charlottesville. In
his second trial. Ia he held on NoNem
her II. he IS charged with stealing
three trunks. one from Mr. Bah. of
I,oA Ar
son. OF Harrisonburg, Va. and stih
another from n third party;
Messrs. ] 8. Harper and George
u Ruxby. representatives OF the Penn
syivania railroad were present at the
trial a. were Mr, w c. Morton, an
of3cial az the New York and New
h Haven railroad. and other railroad
0ffictais
Nc. much dissatisfaction was felt
among the railroad people over the
1 small verdict in the case since it was
for the theft Of only une trunk. They
are determined. however. that Jack
son shall receive a sufficient sentence.
through other trials. 10 punish him
properly for his uffenses.
II Is said that Mrs. Jackson was
in court and that the sympathy of
1 the jury was worked upon by the at
torney for the defense. The prisoners
wife has stues by him faithfully
through all Of his trouble. and her
presence In court served to soften the
minds IF the jurgmen.
HonelessIy Tangled.
jackson took the stand in his own
defense and the substance Of his testi
nsony was that he was not responsible
for what he had dane. He. admitted
his association with Rogers. the lead
err OF the gang. but stated that ne was
hr II hGr fer,, fd ~,
realize at first what he vas dotng
jackson stated that he was injured IN
the head when baby and had not
been able to reeoileei q, perceive
things well since his infancy.
He pleaded the fool in his efforts 10
convince the Jury that he was not re-
eponSihle. with the final result that
the court and jury were trying to sup
press their amusement at bis line OF
testimony.
0n cross examination he herane
hopeiessiy tangled and oonid give no
clear account OF his transa ctions with
Rogers In reference TO the baggage
checks For one thing he said ne
had been told by Rogers to express
the checks To New York. The attor-
ney asked MIN il Rogers were not
In jail when the checks were sent
He replied yes but Rogers told him
ri the injury to his head. however. he
could not reeoliect anything much
about the matter.
jackson was identified by the s.a
ton agent and Try the hotel clerk AT
charlottesville, and there was an
abundance IF evidence against him
The man has a criminal record that
hurts his chances in all Of the trials
He WAS arrested In Chicago about ten
years ago and convicted Of burglary.
serving IA term for the crime
Witnesses Return
Special Agent l.. l.. Sehefer, Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. return
ed Thursday morning from Charlottes-
VILE, where he attended the trial Mr.
Scherer says that there IL an abun-
dance OF evidence tn convict Jackson
on many indictments. and that he te
sure to get an aggregate OF penalties
70 f7t his crimes
Deputy Sheriff TrayIor. who took
George w. Thomas, another Of the
gang. TO Charlottesville, where Tho
mas Was a witness in the trial against