The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-17

he had nv MI nft, bot naH nssssd ~
tie plaee where she was murdered on Ia
day The dsed WAS done
l.. yenLina stated, That when y. to'd ii 'r
h. auuld inlarn INN what lie kisa III -
Gonn.ts wanted Il. 10 20 asid. With h ~,
hut .in.ss .nnd mt let him GO. said
Il. ua- h l,sr for saying he bid ~oni.ssfd
tin murder, sirsck him and charged him
With hriraylng li,n.-C. SAID nj one iis,'
~ had eorked I'm tine Chesapeake and
Dela.ar. canai and soon after denied II. -
L. said hr fell IN with Barber 0u the ipsd
and asked him IL he had EVER heard "f the
murder of Miss Cunninghai told him he
had travelled past The place where the
murder "as committed, near III. Time II
WIS done. Witness afterwards, when Con
ners WAS III Jail. asked VII, re- hc Was On the
fr.t of April List. Z. ss,d hc was t.r&r
miles from bhs"llng, Ohm, said he had
bren AT tlIr nonth ri Wabash river aud
travelled from there II louisville and IN
Mller-bprg Kentucky, in flir mouth of A.
pill II. had passed +, the nam. icon
ners and Peters. but said ,rn,thing about
calling HI nseif PAM said he nd bought
hat ffom VI Dlf. Wltoes said, he
hal examined e.. bundle alter hls arrest.
and found cambria shawl when appear
sd Tx la1s's,
| Richard Boniden. believed thai he had
s..n Ill. p lsoher ~ his honse the gd
Antll: raj h,eakfist there sald ls eas
gong IL the hesapeak. and D.cwars c.
nj ; returned so,nr tirre afterwards sad
H. did not llkr lhr canal: left j. b.tndIe of
clothes NJ hs house. So. lie always viii
4. l. yl..ft 4
mr. j. The s.ine aan 40 left Ills hnuAo Oh
the 4fh IL of April.
James Smiih worked some lime on the
ran Il sdto he prisoner Al the canal 10 IL
ny OIL fpr work noticed h. had had
t,o,ol.napce nd reflsedto hlrQ hun.
fully .HeDi believed he hid SEN prso
oort al ne canal: has u" donbt ON his
mtnd al u.
ttHinm .1tiam found Mis-. C's body a
bout 2n0 yards south If The state road. be-
tween Elkion an / navr. dc Grace.
Gtotgf .Stubktns eaw a man coming 0nt
ri lhe y GODS where tbr nur der waa com
uittcd the man had II knapsack' ~nqnIr-
e1ph road to Hatse de Grace j; think III
voea was like the prisoners, but cannot
think it WAS him.
George 1Mruer is impressed with the
belief ihat on the morning of the 4fh of
Aptil'br passed the prisoner nrnr Elktop
Ctnrles g. Blank also thinks h. m"
him o. tia, morning -Joseph =. Bunting
THINKS too he mel him but could not be v.r-
tain.
Now here are three witnesses ho SVEN
tn hi, helng in he n-ghbo"lhood -fsnr u
Tiers who think they saw nm and two
heard him conlrssth. murder This seems
Wv strons proof: let us ser thu oihT s,de
H'm. Hatson Miss g. lived with
HIM knows aolhrs Of her rings "xcrpl
the one found on her hand siter her de-
cease.
I'm .Nfi--tiees moi bel eve the man
lie uet On thr mornlng OF tn" murder l.
the prleoner though he had lir-t thought
81. John Goi,t,n dues MT thi TX the l'ris
nnrr the safne nlaa he mri, Nth II long
surto Il coat o., Sac.--James knssrs-tti,
saiar.
HIM. Conic stated. that man With
bundle got inlo his gg, and rnde fifty or
sixty v,rd, when they MT Miss L. Tn.
man thu gat oui and he himself rode oil
--Dors gut nink that mnl Mas the prso-
~.
.ibrabsnl knight, the ferrvpsn at thu
Chesapr ke, an thu evening II The fourth
put man OVER th" river; the eloih... in
h,s hnudle were bloody- Trunks he Ms
TIN guilty prrson--but tir prisoner Is ROT
thai man.
Jtmes Serial -rxaminrd {. In the iiil
nj Stafford; he then sa id, he did MT kun"
Nh,rr hr vaa IN 18th Apnl--bpt IN Edktao
Jill, he tnld him he WAS IN Nlllersburg,
krnturks. nj ihc tlme: hp mentioned his
acquaintance with DER. Saandrr. apd VI.
mint of that place, and spokr Of n hit ~
hid bought If Mr.. Dirr three. Witness
hid 1t thu request f,l!e ,sltiesrl Tor liz.
prisoner, npitrn IN Nr. Forbes, "a resprcta-
hle aud lnl,ihgert gentleman If NTgIala,
respecting the chsractrr ar seracity uf
Grey Barber. Tfr answer To the laqal-
RIA WIS, that hr "aaa nan addicted l. IN
toxIeafIoo -eYeept that he knew nothing
a,ansl him. aot his evidence in his opin-
ion would be entitled to credit.
7homas Waiber was the person no h+d
gaue II kentucky after thr witnesses. the
The prisoner had told him, before starting,
that he had been employed by nr. Vi
moni, and his son Jefferson T. Ilmont,
Slc and he had found things just ~ he
had descrihrd them, Nc JAS Sanders
had dcstrided particular marks "a the pris-
oner, without i@ing asked 'hont him
.Jlnss .Srndtrs from X was then sworn,
and stated that James C"u9"rs, the prlso
ner did come TO MhIershurG on the last
day of March, and wol ked With him one
week, when he WAS dlsch.lsed for drunk
enness. TIL. witness spoke ton of the hat
honghi Of Birr. Prisoner knew wnu"ss
the moment when he saw him in Chester
town Jail
Jefferson T.. Timent of K. slso appear
ed aud sly ore To prisoner. being in MiIers
burg IN the last day of MsrctitAst witness
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