Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-07-14

"S'C lo'hliy engaged IN tilc laltSr emu OF
the year 1909, IN loading vessel Tor
capt. 1'redwell, Of this place-thM they
began TO work on the 2Oth day OF Decem
Der, 1900 AID were employed the creates,
pt.Yt 81 The month OF January 1901, in the
loaGlcg Of he vessel; that during that
time he witness and Parker worked toge.
ther daily that witness well recoileG(ed
that they worked together on The 25th
day OF December, 1900 Nc remember
ed it, because ne never worked on Christ.
mas day before or since he knew it was
in the year 1900, because, he knew that
Parker lived that year in the house belong
ing 10 Capt. Pelor, and he remembered
their borrowing screw for the purpose
Of packing cotton into the hold OF the YES
sci they we're at work at, from Mrs. Mi,
chell who lived next door TO Parker-that
witness was one Of the city watch, and
that Parker was also, at that time upon
The watch, and never recolleGted missing
him at any time during that period from
the CITY,
.4sf'iaEraH Corn7yaY, tesl fed, that he liS-
ed in Rutger street, and had lived there
a number of years that he Ike pit groce-
ry store thai he knew Parker the prison.
er at the bar, in 1900, and 1901; that
Parker then lived in capt. Pelor's house !;
that he only lived one year in PeIor's
house, aud that Parker while he lived
there traded with witness; that witness
recollected oDce missing Paike., for a
week, and on enQuIiug found lac had been
at Staten Island, at wor!, on board one OF
the United States friga,es that except
ing that time, he never knew him To be
absent from his family, but saw him con.
stantiy.
Elizabeth Mitchell, testified, that she
knew Parker, the prisoner at the bar well !;
that in the year 1900 and 1901, Parker
lived in house adjoining 10 the one in
which the witness lived; that the house
Parker lived in, belonged to capt. Pc
Tor: that witness was in habits of inlima-
cy with Parker's family, and visited them
constantly; that Parker being one of the
city watch, she used to hear him rap with
his stick AT the door to awaken has family,
upon his return from the watch in The NOR
ming that she also remembered perfect
y well, Parker's borrowing screw from
her on Christmas day in 1900, she offer
ed him some spirits to drink, but he pre-
terred glass of wine, which she got for
him, the circumstance of her lending the
screw 10 him, she was the more positive
OF, from recoJlecting also that it was bro
ken by Parker in using it; that Parker
never lived more than one year in capt.
Pelor's house, and from that time TO the
present day, witness had been on the
carn,a tarr,,S &c int,,r,r, an, l. d. f.
mily, she therefore considered il almost
impossible that Parker could have been
absent from town any time without her
knowing it, and she never knew him TO be
absent more than one week while he lived
at Pelor's house.
James Reading, testified that he had liv-
ed in the city number of years that he
had known Parker the prisoner al the bar,
from his infancy; that Parker was born
AZ Rye, IN NVestchester county that Par
ker in the year 1900 lived in capt. Peior's
house; that witness saw him then CONT
nually and never knew him during that
time to be absent from town any length
of time; that witness particularly remem.
bered, that while Parker lived in capt. Pc
ior's house, witness sometime in the be-
ginning of the mcn,h of January 1901, as
sisted Parker i'm killing hog.
Lewis Osborn, testified, that he had been
acquainted with Parker the prisoner at the
bar for the last four years; that witness
had been. one Of the city watch that from
June, 800, to May, 1901, Parker served
upon the watch with witness; that at first
Parker served as substitute, that is. one
who in case of the absence Of regular
Waterman, supplies his place; that wit
ness remembered that Parker few days
after Christmas, in 1900, was placedupon
the roll Of the regular watch, in the place
of one Ransom, who was taken sick wit
ness was certain it was in the period above
mentioned, because that was the only time
witness ever served upon the watch that
during the above period witness and Par
ker were stationed together while on the
watch at the same post; witness was GER
tain that Parker, the prisoner at the bar,
was the person with whom he had served
upon the watch, and was confident, that dur.
ing thatt time, Parkerwas never absent from
the watch more than a week at any one
time ; (the prisoners counsel here rested
his defence.)
2eShmonies on 6ehaLf Of the prosecution con
finued.