The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-26

box and took from II two bottles of
beer.
OFFERED TO HUSH TT UP"
II PAID A S25 FEE

Porter then, Maraglia testified,
swore out a warrant for Bournos on
charge of selling liquor and went to
Bournos and told him he (Porter)
| would hush 1t up" for SIS. Witness
said the Greek gave Porter $40 and
! that Porter tore up the warrant. Por-
| ter gave him (Maraglfa) SIS as his
share of the hush money" In the
case of Bournos Maraglia said S. A.
| Xippas acted as interpreter.
| Richard Bauer, former editor of the
Hopeweli Daily News; a Greek named
| Andres. proprietor of the Aristocratic
Hotel at Hopewell: Peter Bournos and
| S. a. Xippas were the other witnesses
against Porter called by the State.
| Xippas' testimony contradicted In
part that given by Maraglia. Xippas
denied that he was present and that
| he acted as interpreter at the time that
Porter Ia alleged to have tried to ex
| tort $25 from Bournos The contra
diction caused the belief that Xippas
was a defense. rather than Com
monwealth witness and Prosecutor
Wise questioned him sharply, going
back of the time that xippas has spent
bin Hopewetl and attempting TO bring
tout some points concerning his life In
Pittshurg, a former home of the man.
DECLARES HE SPENT
| ONE NIGHT IN JAIL.
Have you ever been In jail" asked
Mr.. Wise, referring to the Pittsburg
life of the man.
Yes" witness admitted. II was In
Jail overnight, and was released under
bond"
Were you not In Jail at one time
for six months?" the prosecutor in
sisted.
| mo only overnight--and ! licked
the prosecuting attorney tool"
Witness was excused after Judge
West called upon him for an expiana-
ton.
First witness to take the stand for
the defense was Major Louis Werner,
chief of police of Richmond. who told
OF meeting Porter, Police Chief w. f.
Henderson, OF the deposed Hopewen
force, and A. II. Becesi in Norfolk al
the meeting of the State Association
of Police Chiefs.
Major Werners testimony that he
saw Porter in Norfolk on July 3, the
date on which Special Officer Dallas
testified yesterday that Porter had
handed him IS, was contradictory ia
that of Dallas on that point. This
point may be cleared up tomorrow
Dallas may show that he was mis-
taken as to the day on which the al
legged transa elton between Porter and
Il himself occurred.
COrrObOfHteS MAJOR werner.
1 Another witness for the defense
r. NJ. Oppenheim, president of the
: Good Government Association oil
Hopewell. who was in Norfolk at the
time of the meeting of police CHIEFS
also stated that he saw Porter In
) Norfolk on the night of July ID.
Other witnesses for Porter testified
J as to his character. c. HI. Osborn
assistant commissioner OF the revenue
60 nf Rnannx q
the home of Porter. testified he had
known the defendant for years and
that he had a good reputation.
I A. d. Lane, of Roanoke. locomo-
tive engineer on the N. e. w, testi-
fed that he had known Porter for
twenty-three years and had never
known anything against his character.
I ID. A. Pariack. a shoemaker. for thirty
one years a resident of Roanoke, tes-
titled similarly.
i Following examination OF Mr.. OPP
penheim, court recessed until tomor-
row.
More Indictments Today.
i Deputy Sheriff Boisseau during the
4 day served capiases upon nine men
charged with illegal liquor sale at
j Hopewell All were admitted to bail.
The grand jury was In session To-Day,
| continuing it's probe into Hopeweil
lawlessness. 1t adjourned until 1880
tomorrow afternoon, when II lis ex-
4 pected a number of indictments will
4 be presented.
! The next case to be taken up when
the Porter trial is concluded lis that
1 of II. w. Pollard. member of the
/ deposed police force. who Is charged
/ with having accepted $40 from Ida
4 Reynolds for 8. b. Greensboro, pro-
| prietor of poolroom. to not be TOO
watchfui around the premises. Pol
lard is a Richmond man.
] The case OF Richard F. Bauer.
1 former editor of the Hopeweli
News. charged with enbezxlement
of a 800 check from w. r. Hem
iicrson. the former Hopcwell pO-
lice chief. was dismissed after
hearing before Magistrate J.. f..
Cousins yesterday.