Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-27
DEFENSE MAKES ATTACK
ON SUPERVISOR REEVES
GOOD Faith Of Principal Witness
Against Porter Questioned
ut Prince George.
GET LIGHT ON MURDER Cash
Attorney Testifies That He Agreed to
Split $500 Zee for Defending Ital-
ian With "Others"-Denfes Knowl-
edge of ExtOrtiOn or "Frame- Up"
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! Especial to The Times Dspatch.1
! PRINCE GEORGE COURTHOUSE,
VA, August 26.-The workings OF the
underworld at Hopewcll were revealed
to some extent in the Circuit Court of
Prince George County to-day during
the third day of the trial OF Former
Police Lieutenant John Porter, charged
with bribery. The defense turned its
!Euns on .. NJ. Reeves, supervisor of the
Du Pont police force, the principal wit
mess against Porter, and sought by va
rious means to discredit the methods
lby which the Commonwealth secured
damaging evidence against the deposcd
officer.
1t was Porter's day in court, and his
lattorneys, United states District At
torney X. Fl. Mann and r.. I. Wilson, Of
Petersburg. lost no opportunity to at
tack the credibility of witnesses for
the State. They went into the personal
record OF Supervisor Reeves. and intro
ldueed evidence DurDOfting to show that
me Dq Pont Official is stockholher in
ltne AppomattOX Amusement Company,
which owns the American Garden. Il
place which figured largely during
iHopewell's palmy days
LAWYER THROWS LIGHT
On MONTlNI MURDER CASE
More light was thrown on the Mon
TIM murder case. which is cutting Il
prominent figure in the revelations An
Italian, Stephano Montini, killed his
brother accidentally and was exonc-
rated by coroner's jury. Later he
was arrested by Porter and taken be-
fore Magistrate S. Il. Britton, who dis
missed the charge John u. Goodman
an attorney of Hopewen, testified that
ne defended Montini before the magis-
trate, and was to receive 5000 AS his
fee, but that he got only SIS. although
.ne itahan gave check for the entire
amount The check was held by Tony
becese. the cabaret proprietor, also
under indictment for bribery, who act
Ell us Interpreter at the trial.
"heh Inc case was dismissed Good
man said he and several others went
ITO room in the Hopewell Hotel. ana
that there is was decided to split the
SSoo Zee among four. He got SIS. but
ala moi know who got the remainder.
me attorney declined TO say whether
or not Porter was present when IL was
agreed TO divide the money
PRosECUTI0N CONTENDS sECoNn
ARREST WAS "FRAMI;-lI"
Goodman WAS witness for the de-
I|ense. when crosH- examined by Sue-
clal PROSECUTOR George T. Wise ~
hlchmond' he admitted that he had
iagreed TO the split rather than ipc,,,.
the enmity of the police force at HON..
We'll He thought it good business mol.
icy 10 stand I'm" with the poiicen,cn
put asseftcq there WAS nothing wrong
Wild ms connection with the case. The
larrest of the Italian was a "fr.,na,,,,'
10 eNtort money from the accused
| Masistrhte Is IL. Britton who tried
ING murder case. asserted that Porter
nad INSISTED that SIontini be held for
the grand jury. When cro.sexnwira,,
by Mr. Wise, the magistrate denied IN,
ne had permitted Attorney Goodman In
dismiss the cnse, but had done go him.
sei. me prosecutor took the maris-
tra.e 10 task for his failure TO keep "a
w Hob
mitted he had never done durjne H.
fourteen years he had held ONO. as
Justice OF the peace. Previous IN ho,d
ing court at Hopewell. Britton said he
mao NOT mad dozen cases before him.
FHANkLiS STAR WITNESS
IN ATTACH on REEVES
/ nJa.nlh franklin. manager OF the
iApponattox Amusement Compopy 49,.
the star witness for the dnfn. t, 10
was used TO attack the good foi,h ~
supervisor Reeves in taking mar, ~
me eHorts of the authorities to ",.l.nn
up hopewell Franklin was formerly
proprietor OF resort at Hipbi.nI'
town, near Baltimore, and whsn ~
reform wave struck that sectinn ~
came 10 HopewelI. h'
| Inc witness swore that at n neetin,
VI tne stockholdcrs OF the amusement
company Ke6ves had aeconded :. a,,,.
Bestion 10 have six hounes .roa.n,
winch should be used as resorts for ,,'n
men, nnd had acted in accord viii ",
inc plans Of the company. Franl t. H.,
sau reeves had been named as
member OF committee sent 70 go,
Judge West TO permit beer m h 100.
IN Hopewell, and that tho ron,n,i..
nag reported that 1t was all right ~
houses referred TO were never built ths
.nese said' because the investiCation
began about that time '''''
JUDGE WEST DENIES Axy
| VISIT FROM Cn,f>f,ry,,,,r
osdse West remarked thai 10
committee had never arrived" ~
a.er look occasion to state that he
, nav m no manner given any one 70
sale OF intoXicants ut Honewen re Ire
said that Supervisor Reeves had perar
approached him on the subject
me name OF Governor stuart moo
brought into the proceedings ht,
r '' who quoted Richard +.
Nuer as saying, after he returned
from Richmond. where he conferrei
| WIN the Governor, that 1t was ali rich,
| ~ sen peer. provided everything was
~ 4uiet on sunday. Attention was
nu 10 the fact that at the time
hauer and n delegation called IN ,he
Governor to ask that the State authorie
TIES Keep hands off" at HopeweIi that
Ce Governor had n personal reDrcsen
latiVe on the ground, gathering evi.
oenSe OF violations of the liquor laws.
! commonwealth brought in
rIanknhs record, and showed that he
pleaded guilty to selling liauor with
out license. When the prosecution
begins its rebuttal testimony, SUPER
visor reeves Will again take the stand
ana explain what steps were necessary
! LOT MN to take TO get evidence OF
iawiessness. Franklin was ordered tn
produce his register tomorrow to sun
port his statement that Supervisor
reeves had engaged a room at his
place at various times,
Inc american Garden. which figured
so prominently in Franklin's testi