Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-01
JUROR HALTs CORONER:
WISE AND JUDGE CLASH
Cases of Men Charged With Nam
slaughter Lead to Open
HoStilities.
l.. 7. WILSON, JR.. BLAMELEss
Freed of Responsibility OF Causing
Miss Paync'S Dcatll-NegrO Chauf-
feur Acquitted OF Killing Son OF
Rev. Is. IL. Melton.

Two men charged with involuntary
manSlauchtcr, as Il result Of fatal auto
mobile accidents were given hearings
yesterday. and in each Instance eX-
ccption was takcu To the methods used
by those conducting the hearings. Com
monwcalth'S Attorney George Wise
threading to withdraw from the case
III Police Court and Juror Joseph =.
Adams INSISTING that Coroner Taylor
stop "intimidatiuS" and leading wit
nesscs appearing before the jury Sons
OF promincut Richmond ministers
figured III both cases, as the victim
in one and the machine driver in the
other.
The case before Coroner Taylor and
his jury WAS that of Lloyd 4. Wilson.
.lr,, son OF Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson. d.
H., driver of the ear which ran down
and killed Miss Ethel Wynne Payne.
OF So5 North Rowland Street. at Han
over Avcnn" and Rowland Street on
Monday night The jury returned Il
verdict 10 the effect that Miss Payne
was the victim OF IAN accidental col
!ission with the machine" Young Will
son. VIII" was arrested after Miss
PaNnc'S death, Will be arraigncd in
Police Court tomorrow
DRIVER ACQUITTED OF
CAUSING ROY'S DEATH
In Police Court Justice Crutchfield
was hearing the case against Thomas
! luton 'olorcu chauffeur employed
by i. May, of zoos West Grace Street
whose machine struck eleven ycar-old
benjamin Melton. son Of Rev b. H.
Melton. Of 22ll West Grace street on
April -. iniiictinE injuries which
caused the boys death Fulton had
been held hlameless by the coroncr's
jury. and the case against him was
, dismissed yesterday in the Police
, Court;
commemorative Attorney Wise took
exception TO rulings Of Justice Crutch-
Held, relative To the admission Of owl
dencc during the Fulton hearing, and
characterized remarks made by the
court as "bullyraEing" and "diScourte-
Gus, and threatened to withdraw from
the case. Mr. Wise cited a decision
| OF the Supreme Court to substantiate
| his point. hut refused to send for the
| decision in question. Judge Crutch-
| h"ld likewise refused TO send for IL,
| informing the Commemorative Attor-
| h"y that IL was not within his prov
| cuCc 70 do SO.
III concluding this remark tho court
announced that several opinions al
ready had been given him by lawyers
| seated back Of the bench to the effect
| that the court was right
''roO MANY OUTSIDERS"
DECLARES MIR. WISE
That's the trouble herc-thesc out
arms toward the group OF lawyers and
others who conErceatcd behind Justice
Crutchficd
After further discussion and the at
/ i"rncYs refusal I" send for the decision
~ mad quoted. the case proceeded 1t
| WAS said after court that Attorney
| Wise admitted the !rrevelency of the
point made by him to the case in oues-
ton
The trouble which occurred during
III" coromer's inques; came when Ray
! wilson. brother Of the boy who was
driving the ear at the time of the ac-
cident, was called to the stand. Coro-
ner Taylor had asked young Wilson
several questions when Juror Adams
remarked: Let the witness tell tho
story in his own way. Don't lead him
or intimidatc him"
Coroner Taylor asked the Juror what
he meant by The remark several times.
ana received the same reply each time
ne coroner then ANNOUNCED that his
purpose was 20 secure the full truth
and that n" expected to do so in his
own way II" then resumed the uues-
tohing as though nothing had oc-
CURED.
evidence ~ the request was similar
|" accounts published regarding the
accident. Young Wilson testified that
ne was not making more than twelve
or hfteen miles an hour, and that he
did not see Miss Payne until she was
only few feet distant from him. He
stopped Immediately, but the force Of
the plow she had received caused her
death almost INSTANTLY
Inc funeral Of Miss Payne will be
conducted from the First Baptist
'hurch this morning at II o'clock