Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-29
HOPEWELL JUROR
is SENT TO .JGIl
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to Petersburg on the Same night. and
that similar scenes were enactd there.
Detective Martin. who has been work
ing under the direction of Captain X.
II. Anderson, in charge OF tho Bald
win men connected with the Hopewell
investigation. gave much additional in
formation as to tho doingS of Lucas
and his associates Thursday night. Ho
said that after the party had had many
drinks. they went to a moving picture
show. and that no palms were spared
to give the juror n good time. During
the evening, Becese and Henderson
would take turn about in calling Lucas
aside and talking with him in whis-
pcrs. There was no evidence of an
attempt to bribe Lucas with money,
so far as has been made public.
THOUGHT MARTIN HAD
"LOST HIS JOB"
Martin was known to Henderson and
his assocites as detective. but they
were Of the impression that he had
lost his job" and was seeking n place
with the Du Pont force. They readily
admitted him to the party.
Special Prosecutor Wise, who re-
turned to Richmond last night, said
that he was confident that the jury
would have convicted Porter until no
learned that juror had been tam
pcred with"
we had made out an impregnable
case against Porter" he said, and it
was proven largely by his own wit
nesses Porter. himself. admitted that
he had given S25 to Supervisor o. NJ
reeves. of the Du Pont force, who was
the principal witness against him. and
that Reeves did not ask him for the
money. Porter said the s25 was to
dcfray tho supervisors expenses to
the Police Chiefs Association at New
port News, but that Reeves did not
make the trip. He also admitted re-
ceiving 50 from a Greek and giving De-
tective Miraglia. another witness for
the Commonwealth, $3.50 There was
absolutely nothing in the testimony
of the defendants witnesses to dis
credit the Du Pont officers"
The Porter case is regarded as tho
strongest the Commonwealth has
against any OF those accused in tho
bribery revelations. Mr.. Wise added.
The special prosecutor commended the
efforts OF Judge West, and said that
he was one of the fairest and most
impartial judges before whom he had
practiced. He felt that the cases
against Porter. as we'll az tho others
charged with bribery, will be strength
ened by the late developments.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POLLARD
ISSUES STATEMENT
Attorney-General John Garland Pol
lard, who has been keeping In close
touch with the Hopewell investiga-
ton, last night issued the following
statement
The disclosures at Prince George
Courthouse to-day show the most un
usual situation which confronts tho
county OF Prince George. I cannot
sag that ] am surprised to learn that
an attempt had been made to tamper
with the jury, because early in nv in
designations OF conditions at Hopewell
learned that the town had become
the dumping ground of the criminal
classes of this section of the country.
The noted criminals from all tho
large cities in the East have taken
up their residences in the new town
and had begun to fattcn on the earn
ings OF the well-paid workingmen of
OF the Du Pont plant. The presence
or $4,000 men. away from home in
iiuences, and drawing monthly wages
aggreGatinE Sl.250,oo0, furnished n
rich field for the Operations of tho
shrewdest and most successful of the
criminal classes.
NO COUNTY HAS FACED
SO DIFFICULT A PROBLEM
The women from the red-light dis
tricts OF the cities. the men who make
their vices n source OF profit. the gam
blers, the thieves and the pickpockcts.
all Hooked TO Hopewell. The county
government OF Virginia was not de-
signed to meet such conditions. and
the county authorities have had before
them problem which no other county
IN the history of the State has had
10 meet.
1t was this most unusual condition
which impellcd Governor Stuart IN
give his aid to the local authorities.