The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22
MANY SURPRISES
IN VICE TRIALS
w1rSrssEs ron PROSECUTION OF
CASES TELL prFTTRnsT sTo-
RrEs ON STAND.
TWO ARE CONVICTED
KIDD PICKLE FACTORY AFFAIR Is
GIVEN rAHTtaIs HEARING. AND
ONE or THE CASES is
CONTINUED.
TWO ARE CONVICTED

era hearings n Police court yester-
Sav morning 10 which four well
known young men of the city were
involved on charges in which young
rirls were the chief witnesses OF the
Common wealth
The 6rst surprise Of the morning
came to two ~ the young men. ].
Anthony and Charles Me~coe when
Justice fined them 500 each and
placed them under bond Of $500 each
for their good behavior for six
months This surprise was followed
nv action on the part 70 a'oid the /
penalty Imposed and appeals were t
noted and bonds given for their ap-
4 pearance before the Hastings court .
The other surprises came 70 the /
attorneys. the Commonwealth re-
ceivins two severe 5oIts and the de-
tense one.
Jar For Prosecution.
The srst surprise for the Com /
naonweaith came when the case of
leo Kidd was called Naomi Clark,
seventeen -year-old girl, was called as
the principal witness against Kidd.
The Clark girl had been kidd's com
panion on the night Of the eseapade
a. the PIN Money Pickle factory, for
which Anthony and hescoe had just
been severely dealt with by the court
On The evidence OF Grace Cannon.
= sixteen-yea ole girl.
Commonwealth'a Attorney FOXES
and the members OF the police force.
who had worked on the case, expect
I'd the evidence of the Clark girl te
convict Kidd When the girl was
p,sced on the stand however. she told
4 story that carried no wrongdoing
with it and in reply to a couple of
questions from the Commonwealth
attorney stoutly maintained the truth
Of her assertions
Taken completely by surprise and
expecting an entirely different story
from the witness. Mr. Foxes, for the
Commonwealth, stated that he had
no case and JsSr;ce Crutchfeld
promptly dismissed the case.
Slight jolt For Kidd
Kidd was Immediately placed on
i trial. on another charge Of the sa.sne
: nature which Grace Kramer was
the complaining witness. Here Is
where the defense attorneys received
their little surprise.
Cpon being questioned the Kramer
girl stated that she had been IN the
pickle factory with Kidd on the night
OF September Cd. Labor Day. Aftor-
neys Louis wendennerg and Gilbert
Pollock smiled approval Of this state
ment, for they had come prepared to
meet 1t and show by witnesses that
no charge against their client would
lie for anything that occurred on
that night.
In reply TO the next question ask ed
= h* Mr.. Fofkes. the giri stated that
she had been 10 the factory before
y with Kidd and started TO mention II
girl and young man. who had ac-
eompanied them on that occasion.
which was in July.
The attorneys for the defense Oh
= seeted on the ground thai they had
come IN answer to warrant In
which September ed was alleged as
the date, and the Commonwealth
then moved that the warrant be
amended so as 10 specify the date In
July.
This new date constituted the sur
prise for the defense and when the
warrant was amended to cover the
date In july the defense asked for A
continuance. on the ground thas
they had had no opportunity TO pre-
pare to meet this new charge Mr..
Foxes did not object and agreed TO
a continuance until October 5th. Kidd
was hailed for his appearance on that
date in the same bond
Girl ReyefSes Testimony.
The most complete surprise Of the
morning however. came when Fanny
Foster who was expected TO be the
. complaining witness against Herman
Anthony, took the stand and calmly
told the court that the story she had
told her mother. the chief Of police
and The Commonwealth attorney
war not the truth and she had simply
told chem anything to get rid Of
ther"
Commonwealth Attorney Folkes
plainly indicated his 81 rp9tse by the
expression Of his face: chief Of P"iic..
Werner displayed a Iook Of wonder
uent that was even more than sur
80 urfsn Detective Intln Wiley. who has
been engaged on the eases, plainly
Evidenced his disgust and Justice
trutchfeid seemed onpllsoed The
girls mother sat dumbfounded at the
sudden reversal.
Taken completely by f8rprise, Mr..
Folkev began questioning the viii
ress IN an effort 10 1iscredit her and
iring ont &c story she had told WHOM
rot under oath He had no trouble
IN discreditine her, the girl freely adj
Knitting that she had not told tie
truth to the officers If the law, but
maintaining HAT she was then telling
tire truth under oath
The gin being the only witness.
The charge WAS dismissed
two Are Convicted
!, ] Anthony and Emmett Mescoe
were convicted on the evidence u
Grace Cannon The sixteen year old
oanehter ~ Charles cannon police
signal operator Extremely pale evil
IDENTITY from fear u the ordeal
through which she must pass, the
d beautiful young girl took the witness
stand anG told Of being enticed from
her work by Anthony on the evening
IN question. taken Ia Richmond col
fege cAmpns, where nome time was
spent In COMPANY with others and
L then sDina 10 the Pin Nancy Pickle
factory wxh Anthony ard Mescoe.
where she WAS ulstr"atea by bath ~
them.
During the recital Of the story the
baicness left the eiri's face and her
y checks became scarlet ~ she reclted
- occurrences in the Office Of the
n tickle factorv
Anthonv and Mescoe each took the
KfasT spH S.pfa1 that r4.rttnp oF ha