The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-25
THESE MEN LED
LITTLE GIRLS ASTRAY

aNfENu against ". n. 6uttCrMOrtn.
Joseph GiannOtti. Frank Tubia
and Charles Y. GuIlctt. Jr.. was
resumed before Justice Crutch-
field i'm Police Court this after
noon az 4 O'Clock.
Gullctt and ButtcrwOrth were
sent on TO the grand jury from
TINS court Saturday afternoon ON
cHarSeS made by Grace NcthCrcy,
aged twelve years. and Rosa
StcrnSdorf. aged thirteen years.
Mayor ID. {. Richardson this
morning declared his intention of
being present ut the hCariug to-
day. In fact. IL Is Justice CTUtch-
hclds desire that the City'S chief
executive be on hand.
Prior to the rappiug To order of
the court by Justice CrutChiicld,
the police Justice. Mayor Rich
ardSOn. Commonwealth Attorney
tolkcS. counsel for both the de-
Tense and prosecution interested
themselves i'm the nCwsbOy story
as carried i'm the noon edition OF
The Journal.
Mayor Richardson i attendant
upon the inquiry at the request of
Justice CrutChfCId. rs the Mayor
stated, and not "Out OF idle GU
riOsity."
Present also arc number of
ministers. including most of those
who attended the hearing of sat
urdaN, augmented by a number
of other members of the clergy.
Justice CrutchiiCid again today
excluded every one. with the OK
ceptiOn OF those vitality interested
in the case. from the court.
GINNNOTrTS CASE FIRST.
charged with an OlCnSe against
twclvc-Ncar-Old Grace Ncthcrcy,
was the first to be called.
Grace was put on the witness
stand.
She was first asked TO identify
Frank Tuba aS thc man (thc ac-
cuscd is mere yOuth) who inn
posed on her.
Grace was the chief witness for
the prosecution Saturday. IL was
largely upon Ter evidence that
ButtCrwOrth and GuIIctt were sent
on to the grand jury.
saturday she was excited; today
she was more composed.
The examination OF Grace was
continued this afternoon.
The girl was unable To identify
Tuba as her wOuId-be assailant.
He looks something like him.
but 1 won't say positively that
ne IL tho same one" was as far
rs she would go toward an idcn-
tiiicatiOn.
Witness was taken i'm hand by
Attorney l.. O. Wcndcnburg. as
SOciate counsel for one or more
of the accused. for the purpose of
discrimination.
Witness rccOuntcd her visit.
with Guliett and another girl
-Nrnusw ~.
of the Confederate Museum.
Witness declared that Oscar
Lumpkin, who says he followed
Gullctt and Grace because his
suspicious were aroused, did not
say anything out of the way TO
either she or Rosa.
Witness bore LumpIxin out i'm
his declaration that he remon-
situated with GulIett.
Witness was here excused.
Patrolnan Samuel GoIdSby.
who. with Patrolman j. j. Smith.
worked up" the cases, was then
called to the stand.
lie was asked to tell what he
knew that would impIicate Tuba.
Witness declared that GulIett
told him that both he and Tuba
attempted To mistreat Grace
Ncthcrey, but that neither sue
cceded.
Witness was excused.
Minnie Bryant, fifteen years old,
followed OFFICER GO!dsby on the
stand.
Witness birthday is i'm Novem-
Der.
Witness has been TO the house,
boat. or lighter" on the James
River. Her visits To the river
GATE back two or three months.
Witness is decidedly pretty.
She was bccomingIy attircd i'm -
white sailor. trimmed with n red
collar and n red bow In her head.
Witness is extremely timid and
answers with reluctance.
She went 10 tie river with
Grace Nethercy.
GianOtu WAS there. ACCORDING
To witness, the accused has mis-
treated her.
Asked by Justice CrutchfcId If
Gianotu used violence, witness
did not understand the question.
Justice Crutchfield then put the
question in this form:
Did he use fOrce?"
Witness still did NOT coD,,sr.
bend.
She was on the verge of crviu,-
justice CrUtchncId called wiz
@ ~ mss size. w hat passed be-
tween them could not he heard.
witness, reSuminis her seat. said
that she had been 20 TNvcIfth nnd
Clay streets with GuIIett.
Guilctt and Tubin, accOrdiD,- IN
ouicer GoIdsby, had "a room, No. II.
at 1O6 East Marshall street.
according To officer GOIdsby'S
statement, GuIIett admitted that
house. "a was here thar he 81
rubin, according To officer Colds
by, attempted to miStreat Grncc
witness, ut the time OF the trim
IN question 10 Twelfth and CLAW
streets, was accompanied by Ros1
SternsdOrf and Elizabeth Rurke
Part OF the time she was nor
win the others and does not know
what transpired.
Witness was here excused
MRS l.. VI. bryant. of 1919 EaSt
franklin street, was next called.
Witness declared thnt her dourk
ter was either sixteen or i'm her
sixteenth year. On this point
though, she WAS not positive. The
family Bible would not show IL,
she said.
Mrs. Bryant was then excused.
Ruth Stevenson Next.
Ruth Stevenson, alleged victim q
ne or more of the quartette in Gus
>dy, was the next to be called.
witness is fourteen. Her birthda,
IN October. She lives at ia Norti
wentieth Street.
Witness has been both to the rive
nd the icehOuse. She went Will
.llZabeth Burke to see Butterworth
'etore she was fourteen she was at
lcked by Butterworth. He gave he
ONE money, with which she went OF
picnic. This was last August. Sh
rst met Butterworth i'm July. 1911.
ON THE STATEMENT OF WIT
ESS THAT SHE HAD BEEN AS