The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
.CHENAULT CASE WILL Be
RESUMED TOMORROW
IIenrico Magistrates Court Adjourns
for Day After Hearing Fore
noon Testimony.
HANDKERCHIEF IS PRODUCED
Bit OF Linen Found at Scene Of Al
legged Crime Introduced as Evil
dence-Attacks Upon Detective
Mcmahon Said to BE Unjust.

The preliminary hearing of the case
of John Clements. tho negro charged
with nssaultlng Miss Fannie Il. Che
nault on the night Of May Q, VIII be
resumed ut the Henrico County Court
house before Magistrates Smith and
Sunday at IL o'clock tomorrow. Court
adjourned about l. o'clock yesterday
afternoon on account OF the illness
or ono OF the witnesses and tho unwill-
ingness on the part of the lawyers to
sit through Saturday afternoon se3-
sion
During the morning proceedings the
magistrates announced that applica-
ton mad been made to Judge Richard
son. OF the Hastings Court. for per-
mission to bring tho negro Riddick,
now serving twelve months sen
tencc In the CITY Jail on a charge OF
carrying concealed weapons. before the
court for the purpose Of comparing
him with Clements. Riddick was pro-
duccd during the latter part of the
session and the comparison made. In
some details he IL similar I'm appear
ancc TO Clements. but IT Is doubtful
If one could be mistaken for the other
The comparison was regarded as be
ing especially important in view of
the fact that Miss ChcnauIt, the boy
Martin. and II. II. Veitch made prac-
tical idcntltications OF Riddick, before
they were shown Clements.
MAIiE FOUR COPIES OF
MISS CHENAULTS STATEMENT
Attorney liaskins Hobson, who is
representing Commemorative Attorney
Frank u. Sutton, asked the court to
instruct the attorneys for the defense
10 deliver into the keeping OF the court
all copies OF the statement which Miss
Chcnuult made to Captain of Dctec-
tivcs Mcmahon. Attorney 7. Gray Had
don replied by saying that four copies
OF the statement had been made at his
order for the benefit of the lawyers
He argued that the statement had been
put !nto evidence and was to all pur-
poses :. public matter.
At the instigation OF Attorney Pol
lock the handkerchief found recently
near the scene OF tho alleged crime
was demanded of tho attorneys for the
prosecution. It was produced. and
later James Alfred Brown, arrested and
incarcerated in the county Jail as @
material witness, was called to tho
stand His testimony was only to the
effect that he had visited tho scene OF
tho alleged crime and there found the
handkerchief
Alleging that morning and an af-
tcrnoon paper had made unjust attacks
on Captain OF Detectives Mcmahon
with regard to the statement written
by the officer and signed by Miss
Chenault. Attorney Irving May APP
bcoitu 10 tHc fHaBiSlT6tcS LOT the pro
lection OF the court in behalf of the
detective. These published accounts
tended TO show that the statements
of the signed paper were tho result OF
the officers efforts to make 1t appear
! as not an accurate description of tho
details Of the crime as told by tho
young woman. Captain Mcmahon ad,
mitted that several OF the expression,
in the paper were his own. and sale
that as the paper was for the use OF tn,
police working In the case they were
used for clearness. Magistrate Sun
day. however, said that he thought tho
effects OF these changes had been just
the opposite of what the newspaper
articles attempted to show.
No official complaint has been, or will
DO made against Captain Mcmahon
Mayo Ainsl!e. who saw the statement
made uy Miss Chenault before Il was
introduced In court, is perfectly satis
Ned with the work OF the local officer
in the case. The Mayor stated tina,
the police department has no stenogra-
pher to tako down such atem ents
verbatim, which was the only criticism
he made.