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Took Oath Seriously
“Bob Ridley took his oath for testimony to be given in court very seriously,” noted his grand nephew, discounting the possibility that Eastham may have been lying in his version of what happened on the railway car. “In later years, he was foreman of a jury at the Rappahannock court house in Washington. The sheriff reported to the judge that Eastham and his fellow jurors were drinking whiskey in the jury room to lubricate their deliberations. The judge had the foreman called out and questioned him. When Eastham tried to evade a bit, the judge or
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