Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-24
;RIDCEWAY ACQUITTED BY
6 HUST|NCS COURT JURY
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g Against First OF Indicted
l. Policemen.
WOULDN'T BELIEVE ADEI.ANsKI

j
With Suit Cases in His Car Is
70 Discrcdited = EX-Policcman Dcs-
kins Is Also Acquitted.
After the entire day was consumed
by the trial of the case OF Policeman
Joseph II Ridseway Of the First Dis
trict. indicted by the recent grand jury
on the charge Of selling and transport
ing ardent spirits, the trial jury yestcr-
day, after fifteen minutes elaboration.
! returned verdict of not guilty.
Policeman Ridgeway left the court
DOM to assume his former duties as
,lice officer. from which he has been
spended since June -. a; which time
grand jury returned its indictment
case was delayed at the beginning
use of the absence OF important
sesses, and did not SO TO trial until
O'Clock yesterday morning. At
thEinnins counsel for The defense
msted that since the cases Of
dit-ay. Hankcy. Cousins and Kidd,
Slice officers are based on practi-
: horhs same evidence. that they
stot,be tried conjointly. However.
ms ass,wealth's Attorney Wise would
bacce 70 this.
tnsiothe beginning ii was seen that
oeeny damaging evidence offered
io Ridgeway was the testimony Of
hs Adeianski, recently convicted in
musings Court on the charge Of
Sporting and given the extreme
tIty of the law. Because of the
ncter and nature of Adelanskis
tnony, unsupported as II was ii
nS-ih 70 ~ To-
,tators that the case against Ridge
would not hold
,ELANSI<I Tells
.aHsN OF HAULING POLICEMEN
When the case began all the wit
-,esscs were separated and required to
leave the courtroom. Adclanski told
the jury that on the morning of March
IS. between IL and o'clock. he drove
his automobile to Byrd Street Station.
where he was hired by Policeman I. G.
Cousins, and that he drove Cousins 10
Fifth and Byrd Streets. Cousins cot
out and told him to wait In a short
time. he said. Cousins and RidEeway
returned with TWO black suit cases
having come across the r.. T. Il T.
trestle.
They told me to 20 ahead" Ade-
lanski said. and drove up Fifth
street and drove as fast as could go
inEito Church Hin. ard went up an
alley OF Nj Street and stoppcd'' The
policemen. who had been joined by
Policeman +. c. Kidd and H. l.. Price
took the suit cases and carried then,
up an alley Price alone ACCOMPANIED
Adelanski, he said. to Prices farm. IN,
policemen having vanished after taking
away the suit cases. Price witnCs.
said. had some suit cases and put then
away; in house on his farm .l,ric,
gave me IS and told him I thought il
was worth $40, and after some argu
ment he gave me another So bill, ,de,
lanski said.
RAILROAD WATCIIMAN SAW
,sis POLICEMEN WITH SUIT CASE.
A. Il. Moore, nirht Waterman for IN.
Richmond. Frcdcr;cksburg and Poo.
mac Railroad. at Fifth and rvrG
Streets. testifce that on the morning
Of March 1S, between 10 and O'Clock
he saw four policemen and another
man come across the trcstle with four
suitcascs. Three Of the policemen co.
in an automobile. but the ether police
man with Tho civilian went up the
street. He said that he did no, know
the policemen. but that William Mex.
Co!quitt, railroad employee who was
standHg there. told him that the civil
!iNn WASH. l.. s'riCc. Moore said that
ne saw Price thar night running cxcit-
edly. on the trestle and warned him sew
crai:t!mcs 10 keep off. bu. Pri.. Maid
noIhitention Nh Moore said thar he
had seen policemen m several occa-
sions como across the trcstlc with suit
eases.
Ia
ne, Saw tie policemen with Price. II!
*aiarthat he knew Price, but 1ha, ,.c
dsdis mot know any OF the poli2et,. en-
iTfce land one policeman did not &c,
inat h"i automobile. Gp 10 this pnin'
tha Commonwealth had failed TO cy.:.b
lfsh the contents OF the SUIT cases
sHoliceman l. q Cousins was tn yrs,
witness for the defense lie said ;ha.
orsfhen night in question he h,d uo,
iefe his seat, that h. talked With
Policeman Didgcway and T. A.ctt
asId that at u o'clock h. wut home.
l.oHcenlan Mott testified TO .aIlliny
With both OF these policyim,... ana ro.
liGenlan ~. G.. Anthony verified this
shatemnnt. Scrrelmt Holdcroft r J.
Ifankey and +. = Brooks were o.1er
Witnesses for the tctcnae Trey m re.
~ established n" time that the no,ice.
men u-der charges were sUppc, ed to
be on duty
UTHEr CASES NAY HINGE
rlc on KIDGI.W ACQUII-I Al.
IT Is thought that the cases Of
cousins. KIDD ana Iinnkcy hinge rnon
the acnuttal OF Eidseway. They are
the poiice-ncn alleged 10 have PARTED.
pated in the transaction with Ridge
way. liidrewav's acQuitta; J.; though,