The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
JUROR INCIDENT MAY
PR00vE A BOOMERANG
Case Against Porter and Others
Strengthened BY Action of
Lucas.
ALL QUIET AT HorEwEr1
Big Crowd From Boom CITY Blows
In Petersburg. Result; station House
Ia Crowded.

Petersburg, Va, Aug. 2s.---The
abrupt ending of the trial Of John
A. Porter. lieutenant of the deposed
Hopeweli police force. yesterday. due
to contempt proceedings instituted
against Juror c. A. Lucas for accom-
panying former Chief of Police w. d.
Henderson, Toney Bicesse. cabaret
proprietor Samuel Safer and II. w.
Pollard, former policeman, 10 Hope
well Thursday evening drinking with
them and agreeing to return to Hope
well last evening and celebrate the
acquittal of Porter, has been the sole
topic of discussion In Petersburg last
evening and today.
That the cases OF the Common
wealth VS.. Porter. Henderson, Bicesse,
Safer and Pollard have been strength
ened through their tampering with a
trial Juror in the case against Porter.
is the general opinion expressed here,
and II Is expected that each Of the
five. all of whom are under indict-
ments for felonies. will have charges
preferred against them. But for the
testimony OF Clerk w. %. Temple, OF
the Prince George Court. in behalf
of Lucas, which was in part that he
had known Lucas for years and knew
that he was addicted to the drink habit
and did not believe that he had de-
and strong plea OF Attorney Hamil-
ton Wilcox for leniency under ex-
tenuated circumstances, 1t is believed
that Judge West would have given the
indiscreet juror the maximum PEN
atty, though II IL generally believed
that the tensday sentence and $50 fine
imposed by the court will have last
ing effect not only UPON Luca, but
upon all other citizens OF the county
who may be called upon to do jury
duty service in connection with the
Hopewell cases,
1t Is stated upon reliable authority
that everything was orderly at Hope
we'll last night and today.
Pay Day nj HOpeweD.
Yesterday was the regulr semi
monthly payday at the DUPONT works
at Hopewell and beginning early in
the afternoon there WAS a steady
stream Of laborers employed at the
plant coming into Petersburg to DO
their shopping and to tank up" There
were perhaps more employees of the
plant In Petersburg last evening and
night than upon any. occasion for the
last several months, due largely TO
the closing down OF the many places
where whiskey had been sold illegally
places OF gambling. of prostitution,
etc The evening was one Of the
! busiest that the local police force has
! had for several months. but large
majority of the offenders. as Is always
| the case, were amog the lower classes.
| The police patrol was busy from early
| afternoon until late at night gath
| ering In numerous drunks. and. In ad :
/ dition. was called upon to handle
several prisoners arrested on other
+, charges.
/ Robert Taylor was arrested and
| Jailed on the charge of carving up
| Rufus Stith, both colored,
Robert Skinner and Robert Morris.
| the City Jai. as the result OF shoot
| ing and cutting affair In which the
/ former was severely cut and the latter
! was shot.
! James I.undy a small colored boy.
| was struck by a stray bullet from
/ SINNERS revolver and painfully,
! though not seriously injured.
/ Edward Lynch and Jonn Green.
colored. are being held for carrying
concealed weapons and will be re-
| CURED to give an explanation In Po-
| lice Court tomorrow.
Killing NJ HopewrS1.
The local police were requested by
the Dupont authorities about noon
4 today to keep a lookout for a negro
1 who had shot and killed another
i negro at Hopeweil. A description was
! furnished OF the man who did the
/ shooting, but the name of either was
Learned. Up until a late hour this
! evening nothing has been seen or
heard of the fugitive. Later In the
afternoon Messrs, j. r. Morris & Sons.
local undertakers, were requested to
send TO Hopewell for the dead bodies
1 OF two negroes, but nothing could be
!. learned as to whom they were or
/ anything OF the circumstances sur
rounding their death.
Death and Funeral.
Mr.. Charles Hill. well known and
respected citizen of Chesterfield
County died at the Petersburg Hos
/, pital about IL o'clock yesterday
| morning. where he had been under
| treatment for several weeks. Mr.. Hill
| was sixty-five years old and besides
widow. 10 survived by one daugh-
ter. Miss Elsie M. Hill. Of Chesterfield
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed.
The funeral OF Sem Buska, the Ru-
I manian Iaborer whose death occurred
at the Hopewell Hospital following
injuries sustained while employed at
the DUPONT plant, was conducted this
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