The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-04
MUST GET WRIT
BEFORE FRIDAY
Failing to Do So. Williams and
Rhea VIII Be Sent to Federal
Pcnitentiary.
RENEWAL OF BOND ORDERED
Clarence B. Wood, Convicted in
Distillery Fraud. Has Sc
cured Writ OF Error.

Luther W Williams and John NJ.
Rhea. two OF the three principals in
the sensational Broad Rock Distilling
Company revenue fraud case, must Sc
cure a writ OF error from the United
states Supreme Court before June
or be taken TO the Federal Penitentiary
in Atlanta TO begin serving the SEN
fences given them in the United States
District Court in APRIL. 1912. Up TO
this time. Assistant District Attorney
Hiram NJ. Smith has received no notice
that counsel for the two men have
applied for the writ.
The third man implicated in the
charGes--Clareuce Is. Wood, president
OF the Broad Rock Distilling Company
has already obtained a writ OF error
from the United States Supreme Court
on the plea OF former jeopardy. This
writ. while not freeing him from the
sentence imposed by the District Court
acts as stay OF sentence until the
Supreme Court has heard argument on
the plea. In case the Supreme Court
decides Wood was punished once for
his onensc by the confscation OF his
property and holds any criminal prose
cution of him illegal. IT will issue an
order TO Judge Waddill instrucung him
TO sustain the plea OF former Jeopardy
and acquit Wood There will be no
retrial in any event
The bondsman who was responsible
in the sum of $4,000 for the appear
aRce in court of Luther w. Williams
when wanted. died suddenly. and not
withsta ndnG that tomorrow is June
Z. Senior Justice Pritchard. OF the
United States Circuit Court OF Appeals
yesterday issued an order for the
United States marshal TO present VIII
liams in court this morning to renew
his bond. Actually, Williams is under
no bond, Having been warned that
he must renew his security, Williamss
attorneys were yesterday in confer
ence with Assistant District Attorney
Smith in regard TO an acceptable bonds
man S : Epperson. father-in- law of
Williams, WAS accepted as bondsman
by the court. and will qualify in the
sum of $4,000 this morning.
The appeal of Williams and Rhea
was tried in the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals at the fall term of
1912. and in January the court handed
down an opinion refusing to interfere
with the Judgment OF the District
Court There is feeling around the
Federal building that the attorneys for
Williams and Rhea have decided not
to apply for a writ Of error, and that
the two men under sentence Will pre-
sent themselves to the marshal on June
3 70 begin serving their terms The
plea of former Jeopardy is not appli-
cable in their cases, as they had no
interest in the confscated distilling
plant
Prison Sentences for Three.
Following the discovery OF sys-
temattc evasion of tax in 1911. United
States Revenue Agent Chapman seized
the Broad Rock Distilling Company's
plant and arrested the officers and sew
eral OF the distillery employees The
government instituted court proce ed
ings and confscated the plant. Al the
April term Of the United States Dis
trict Court. 1912. the case was tried
The three men were found guilty al
most entirely upon the testimony Of
Ethclhert Elmore, bookkeeper at the
distillery. Wood was given eighteen
months In the penitentiary and fined