The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

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eraI weske hea had eeuad r. rlen
WORKING n Hopewsu undsr fh4 direc-
ticn Of Captain r II kndeSson De-
which wsrs the man under indictmsnt.
and the juror. when they went the
rounds THURSDAY night. He presented
frst hand evidences 70 the court. ana
showed on both sides that he had
the goods ON his men, Captain AN
derson was with him In the conference
this morning with the court and the
attorneys.
Retry Case eepsembex IL.
After the disposition OF the case
of Juror Lucas Judge West set the
case of Porter for trial on September
IL. The date for the beginning Of
the trial OF Justice Of the Peace Pull
liam was hxed as September Z.
when court adjourned 1t was to
meet again Tuesday morning when
misdemeanor cases involving gambling
charges will be taken up. Action I'm
the cases Of Henderson. Besesi, Pol
lard and Safer, for their part In the
Lucas AFFAIR in tampering with a Juror
will probably be taken, when court
reconvenes. All four are under bond
for the present term OF court.
George y. Wise. of Richmond. special
prosecutor in the Prince George cases,
after his return home last night. COM
rnented' briefly upon the situation. He
declared that he considers that the
prosecution had made out an absolute
ly perfect case against Porter from
which there was no escape. THE case
for the Commonwealth" he said. was
proved largely by some OF the accused's
own Witnesses"
AT Murphy's Hotel last night At
torney-Gensrai John Garland Pollard.
who Is acting as advisor to Governor
Stuart In the prosecution OF the Hope
well cases. was informed Of the unusu-
al turn taken no near to the conciu-
sion of the trial of Porter.
Dumptnw Ground for Criminals.
Asked II he would give an expression
of opinion he. declared:
THE disclosures Of today show
most unusual situation which confronts
the county OF Prince George. cam
not say that l am surprised to learn
that attempts have been made TO tam
per with the fury because early in
my Investigation of conditions at Hope
well learned that the town had be-
come the dumping ground of the GRIM
inal classes OF this section of tho
country.
THE noted crooks" Mr.. Pollard con-
tinued. from all the big cities in the
east have taken up their residence in
the new town and had begun to fat
ten on the earnings Of the well paid
workmen Of the DUPONT plant.
The presence of $4,000 men away
from home influences. and drawing
monthly wages aggregating a million
and a quarter dollars furnished a rich
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est and most successful of the GRIM
inal classes.
THE women from the red light dis
tricts. the men who make their vices
source of profit, the gamblers. and
thieves and the pickpockets. all focked
to the new town.
County government in Virginia WAS
not designed to meet such conditions
and the county authorities have be-
fore them problem which no county
had had to meet with in the entire
history Of the State.
Creditnhle work Done.
TT was this most unusual condition
which compelled the governor to give
his aid to the local authorities
The State never had governor.
who Is more devoted to law and order.
nor who is more willing to use all the
resources in his power to bring about
thc cuAoIecHirnt vi tHe law, MT. i'0l-
/ lard added. Mr.. George e. Wise, who
Ills associated with the prosecution has
ably performed his part and deserves
! great credit.
Detective Martin, of the Baldwin
Feits Agency, did clever piece Of
work In unearthinE the plan to tamper
with the Jury. Judge Vests prompt
action in sending the guilty juror to
| jail will have a most wholesome effect.
Judge Timothy Rives. Commemorative
attorney has big task before him.
No other Commemorative attorney in
/ the State has ever been confronted
with such a condition"
There still remain untried scores
of felonies and misdemeanorsT the
attorney general concluded, "and there
| are many arrests to be made"