Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-11
.P0WE[L's CHARGES MAKE
V0LUM|N0us DOCUMENT
Thirty-1wo Typewriter Pages Re-
quired to Set Forth Accusations
Against Chichester.
ALLEGED nsDEEDs ARE MANY
Delegate Cites Numerous Instances
to Support His Sweeping Charges
OF Wrongful Conduct, From Parti-
sanry to Violation Of Constitution.
by a Staff Correspondent

-Ihe declaration carrying tho charges
preferred by Delegate Powell. filed with
the investigating committee IS n VOL
luminous document II cov.r, +h,r,
two typewrittcn pages In mar, :, Rad,
rs follows:
r'ra' CharEe-Poltics wero consid-
ered by Judge r. II. L. Chichester In
ihahins the appointment Of officers,
winch the law imposes upon him.
l. mat he appointed Fred Frazier a
aeputy treasurer of spotsylvania
county on February +. 1912. and that on
april b. 1913. reappointcd Mr. Frazier
member of the electoral board OF
opo'sFiVania County In the place Of
1"ah'ius Waite, "a lifelong Democrat.
out who does not belong to the Chiches-
Ter faction ot the Democratic party"
z. That by an order entered Anpust
49, 1914. he appointed L. T. Hudson n
member of the electoral board of sno,-
Fahia county. In The place of George
W. Perry, Democrat. but who ala ~.
fk with the Chichester faction o,
the Democratic party. though bn a.
ways voted with them
APPOINTMENTS MADE
TO SECURE CONTROL,
D.. mat both of these appointments
were made for the purpose of Obtain
s compete control of the electoral
board In Spotsylvania bv bavinr al
three members OF tho bo, ~ s-iarI, O.
the Chlchcster faction OF tho DAME
Saic party. as through them. ne or
ms ADVISORS could select the, Judges and
1 LII RS Tot every precinct in. the COUNTY
mat the said Waite and Perry becano
undesirable to his faction Of tho DEM
cratic party by voting to remove g ~
burton as judge OF election at Brcnt,s
MIL precinct in 1913. because ho waa
ot quhiihed voter as required by
la" and said NJ. F. Waite had yntcd ~
remove p. G. Goodloc as iud,o ne oIo,
ZION at Brents Mill and r. V. Harris
as judge OF election AZ Faulconer.s in
1913 because they had stood sponsor
ana signed several articles in the local
papers advocating tho election Of " &
Emhrey for the Legislature and wcrc
1ctt'eiE at work in his behalf And
further because ". +. Waite had failed
10 vote for W. $. Embrcy. who vas the
cdno!date or the Chichester faction
l. Ihat on December 90. 1914 Judge
chichester appointed Fred Frazier ,b.,
ana now holding the office of deputy
treasurer and member Of the cleo
toral board OF Spotsylvania County. az
land assessor Of the said county Over
Messrs w. G.. Chandler and John NJ
chiffon. both lifelong Democrats and
extensively Endorsed by tho citizens or
their district, Mr. Chiffon having tho
endorsement of the Democratic county
chairman and twen;y-one out Of TWEEN
tN-!our members OF the county commit
tee. Mr.. Frazier was Endorsed ONLY bv
Fred Coleman, an attorney In tho CITY
oi Fredericksb urH. and William w
Hutzncr. q on-resideat OF the county
and a. member of'rhe Fredericksburg
Republican com in!ttce
NAMING OF CRISMOND
OPPOSED ny
The NTH page goes extensively into
the appointment OF \ H. Crisnond 40
clerk Of the Circuit Cour, OF Scotsvl-
wanna County In .Tnuuary 1912 follow
ing the death OF Clerk Harris. who had
been elected for term ~ eight years
at tho election In the preceding No
vcmbcr Judge Chichester. the charges
state. appointed M Crsmond over ]
II. Biscoc. the applicant for the posi-
ton whom the people desired and who
had a majority OF tho Democratic com
mittee IS indOrsers. The appointment
of Crsmond." II is stated in this seq
ton. was against the wishes OF what
Is believed to have been the over
whelminG majority Of the people OF
SpotSylvania County, and over the pro-
test OF the largest and most representa-
tive committee that ever assembled I'm
Spotsyivania or Fredcrcksburc for
the purpose OF asking judge TO con-
slider the wishes OF the people in max
VI y
Endorsed by few members of the Dem
ocratic party. hut Messrs. y T En-
brey. c. r.. i. w and r. $. Coleman
were the only ones who appeared be-
fore Judge Chichester in his behalf at
the time the Riscoe committee appeared
and all OF them except c. 4. and r s.
Coleman were nonresidents Of Spotsyl-
vania County"
BISCOE WAS FULLY
FITTED FOR POSITION
"a II. Crismond." the charges say. as
OF ]. +. II. Crismond, who was
clerk of Spotsylvana County and Cir
cult Courts prior to 1903. when he fed
the county under charges OF embezzling
several thousand dollars from the coun-
ty and state funds passing through his
hands.
j. II. Biscoe. the charges state.
was fully qualified for the position. but
did not belong to the Chichester fac
ton. having often failed to support
those whom Judge Chichester and his
friends favored. Sub-dividing the last
count under letters. the charges go on
to say that Mr.. Crismond does not keep
the books for the record of receipts and
disbursements of the county funds,
which should be reported by the treas.
urcr, he does not keep fee books show
ing the fees payable to him. and neither
Judge Chichester or Mr.. Crismond have
ever charged the grand jury to invcsti-
gate WHclHci VI gnOI the treasurer
makes his bimonthly report OF the re-
,ceipts and disbursements of the county
funds to the supervisors though $50
is the penalty for each failure And
finally that Mr.. Crismond docs not keen
his Office open rs required.
Powell's second charge is that Judge
Chichester violated the statute law in
making appointments to office whore
it is demanded by his faction of the
Democratic party for his or their sup
nosed political advancement of CON
troll OF the administration OF justice.
! Under the first count OF this charge
Powell goes into the appointment of
the Commemorative attorney of Spot
.eylvania in 1913, following the death
of the late Stokeley Coleman. Judge
Chichester, he says. refused to con-
slider petitions from tho citizens of
the county as to their preference OF
I'M An, 4 L. 1.