The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
o Justice cru,chneid was that the Jus

to Justice Crutchneld was that the Jus
! tice had to decide the question whether
| the girl came To her death as a result
OF the unlawful speeding of the auto
mobile driven by Leo Kidd II such
WAS round to be the case. then he was
guilty OF Involuntary manslaughtcr If
Meredith was also responsible for the
collision. then there WAS no ease
against Kidd. and IL both attempted
to avoid the collision, then the case
wns 'ouc OF accident and was in no way
criminal. Mr. Folkes assaulted the tcsti-
mony OF WhitchurSt by declaring him
Il directly Interested party and aGmon-
ished the Justice to discriminate be
tween his evidence and that of Hart
who was In no way Interested ~
don't know that Whitehurst is telling
the truth" Mr.. Folkes said. He is AN
interested party, II sixteen ycar-ol boy
who joyridcs the city streets az
O'Clock In the morning. and who left,
like an animal, Il girl dying on side
walk while he went to telephone. Is
his testimony consistent with what tho
police found, and is the Testimony OF
such Il boy to be taken In preference
TO that of unintercsted cycwitncsses?
And then kidd-Kidd, the man who
left the girl lying on the street ut such
a time OF the night while he sought
medical attention for himself. and who
made no mention of the fact to the
such as TO make him ashamed Is his
testimony worthy OF consideration? |
close with again calling to Your
Iionor's attention that YOU must decide
whether he IL guilty of violating the
srecding ordinance when the collision
occurred
WENDENBURG MAKES
PASSIONATE PLEA I,
Mr.. Wendenburg then made his pas
sionate appeal for clemency, and his
desperate efforts to shift the blame for
the accident from Kidd to Meredith
lie reiterated what t'ollScs had said
regarding the grounds upon which Il
decision might be reached, and said
that II was certain efforts were being
mado 20 place the responsibility on
Kidd. in order that the Richmond
Transfer Company could not he sued
hy the administrators OF Miss Thorpe
He based his argument on the tcSti-
inony of Kidd and Whitehurst, and
sought TO show that Meredith was vio-
lating the ordinance by crossing Grace
Street at twelve To fifteen miles an
hour. He introduced several photo
graphs TO show that the point OF con-
tact between the machines was In
Grace Street. and that the taxi had
struck tho touring car. He claimed
that circumstances and Photographic
evidence was better than that OF eye
witnesses.
Would not the transfer company feel
delighted If YOU took the right to sue
them from the administrators and
placed the blame for the collision on
this young man, working to earn his
jiVingT Mr.. Wendenburg ask ed. "Will
YOU take this youth from an honorable
nome ard place him behind a felon's
pnrs IN order to save the transfer com
pany from paying just damages caused
by Meredths negligence? ask YOU
not TO impede this mothers efforts and
.ffn
good citizen of himself lie has nj
ready suffered through newspaper pub
licity, and Is so nervous that his physi-
clans say he Is unable to sleep. I ask
YOU not to punish him for tho negn-
Eence of the chauffeur"
FoLKGS CLOSES
FOR PROSECUTION |
commemorative Attorney Ico]kes at
tackled Il picture drawn by Mr. Wen
uenburB OF two kinds OF men, and then
shifted the appeal for Justice from tho |
inother OF the man on trial to that of |
the mother who had buried her daugh-
Ter. throughout his speech, Mr.. Wen |
denhurg had pleaded for the man who
sought to save his sweetheart" from
undue publicity, and MIR. Foll<cs also
gave considerable attention to this. '
WHAT OF the mother weeping over the
grave OF her daughter, and OF the |
mother who Will continue to weep as
Il result of her daughters Sweetheart
ho CAUSED her ruin and destruction? !
what OF the Sweetheart who never
darkcned her doors more than four or !,
hve times during the year he had
known he loved her; but who met her /
on the streets, and who left her TO die !
there after the accident, with n physi- |
clan close by? If the 'swecthcarts' Of /
to-day meet on the streets, and If the
Swcethcarts leave their loved ones TO
ne then we had best be careful.
mere ~ nothing to commend In the
chief witnesses for the defense and
ihere Is nothing 10 condemn in those
pr the commonwealth. close with
tdinonishing YOU against accepting that
,N,oehce eminating from tho Interested
defense witnesses"
Nidd WAS not tried yesterday on the
charSe OF recklessly speeding his ma !
chine through the streets flo will be
~ ra,shed on that charge after the trial !
III the Hastings Court on October &
Justice Crutch'ield said yesterday.