The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-16
DEFENSE WILL HAVE
ITS INNING TONIGHT
Thirteen Witnesses Summoned to
Testify for Three Accused Police
Commissioners.
Joking When Denounced Detectives Is
Defcnse--Famous Remark About
THAT Kind of People" To BE In
terprcted.

That the fiat over his store was not
rented for immoral purposes will be
the burden Of the testimony to be Of
fered tonight by the dozen or more wit
.nesses summoned by Police Co minis
sioner Goode. charged. among others,
with malfeasance and misfeasance in
office.
MIR. Goode will also attempt to show
that his alleged denunciation of De-
teotiyes Goldsby and Campodonica for
ra!ding a house on North First Street
was meant as a joke.
This is the gist OF the Testimony that
will be given by witnesses for the de-
Tense when the councilmanic COM
mittes investigating the Police De-
partment meets tonight.
Ncighbors Summoned.
Neighbors in the vicinity of Goodies
store on East Main Street have been
summoned to testify as TO the good
character of the fiat ABOVE the store.
Several Of them will swear that there
has been no disorder and that they
have had no cause for complaint Al
tenpts will also be made to show that
although tho police have watched the
house closely and have listed II more
than once, no eyidentV against It has
been found. As 10 Nit Goodies now
famous remark that '1f We do not rent
the place TO that kind Of people we
cannot rent 1t at ALI" will be con-
tended that he mean. merely that he
must rent II a. a cheap lodging house.
The number of witnesses for tonight
Is seventeen. They are As follows:
Leonard 9auIstt. 1900 Brock Avenue:
j. III. Gsuzett, 100 Brook Avenue. E
@. Kohler. jeweier. 2os East Broad .
r. L. Winston. teweler. sl2 Hast
A{.t fe{~
Street; G. W. Hodges. 722 Louisiana
Street: sAgG Powell. 1871 East Main
Street. Samuel Steiner. i441 East
Main Street Mrs, l.. @. Woodruff.
l<&T East Main St: p. J. ONeil and
A. 0'Ee.l. South Fifteenth Street;
Lewis Adkins. 1913 East Main Street.
J. J. Doran. Is South Fifteenth Street:
r. 3. Temple. South Fifteenth
Street. p. D. Caldwell. South FIT
teenth Street: Louis Biagi. 500 Brook
Avenue. and Louis Corrieri, sea West
Broad Street.
Character of Goodies Place
II Will be noticed that many OF the
witnesses are IN the ne!ghoorhood Of
Fifteenth and Main Streets, whers Mr..
Goodies store was located. These Will
testify as to the character OF the
house the commissioner Is alleged to
have rented for immoral purposes.
For the rrst time the names of
Commissioners Boykin and Bradley
viii he brought into the case tonight.
CITY Attorney Pollard, at the last
meeting OF the investigating commit
re sa5d that he introduced the docu-
msnts relative 10 the restoration of
to4t9eI1fap Helton, after his discharge
for being drunk while bringing a
prisoner 10 Richmond, because he In
lended to show misconduct in Office
ON the part uf some OF those who
voted N 'he affirmative on that oc-
Cassnn, Those SO voting were Conn
nllssioners Well, Goode Mccarthy.
EoS ain ana Bradley.
Testimony for the prosecution will
he completed early In tonights ses-
sion, Mr. Pollard stated at the last
meeting that he was "prA cticaliy''
through. He IS expected TO pat one
or two witnesses on the stand in order
to ask questions previously omitted.
and then to turn the case over to
counsel for the commissioners To-
night the tables VIII be turned Conn-
sci for the commissioners will con-
duct the direct examination for the
most part and City Attorney Pollard
will conduct the cross exa rninsfon