Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-16
CRIMINAL TRIAL.
From the ". y Courier.
TRIAL OF Il. p. ROBlNSON-Confinued
Third Day--.Iunr4

ing and. -dress her in the evening to clean he,
room up IN the morning, and To dress her ut hall
past 1--WE IN tho evening during the whole time she
lved IN Mrs. Townscnd's house. | knew her n
Mort time previous. ! saw miniature in lccn's
possession, while worked for her; the las, tn,,'
saw II IN her possrsson wa, ON Friday morning be
lore her death. ! Ind il in my possession that
morning, busting tand then put il in Miss lIelcn's
nureau drawer. ! never saw il afterwards. |,
was the immature al n male have seen the
) immature in the Police Office Miniature shown J
liza. Is the miniature, and this was with it,
Cross IT ami"ed.-Nly family live 1873 Franklin
street live with my mother, who takes in work,
and assist lcr-l went occasionally TO assist Miss
'ewett, aud went IN tho morning nbout . O'Clock
very ponctnallv, aud in the afternoon observed the
same punciuality unless sick. On Saturday after
noon OF the 9th April, went ny usual, about half
past O'Clock, rs near as | can rceollect On Fri
day morning ! saw the miniature opened I'm,
drawer, aud pot II IN II took me generally in the
evening, until about half pas, O'Clock, to dress
hcf- TN Saturday evening | went away rather
earlier had 10 20 an crrand for m, mother, and
left her NOT quite dressed inquired ut the rrocc-
nv, and learned tho hour was half pas, 7 | made
IRE III her room, and brought up tho wood from
tho cellar, for the puipos" some of The wood was
round and some split. The fro was lii up before
| went away, There was u carpc, on the floor of
Franklin, and knew il was half pas, 5 when went,
When went into thc room OF Helen Jewcit on
Saturday afternoon, there WAS gentleman in her
room. l did not sec his face. When Helen
came TO the door, | heard her mention Franks
name she said, " Frank :" she did moi speak to
me. went Tor "a pitcher of water and -
returned the go"'%," "h" ssa him he was sitting
nm ,l.;, ,t.n,'' ,nrKc head Of tho bed | told Mr.
I -....as saw person in the room, and heard
him called Frank, but did not know who no was
think never sad i, was the prisoner NJ the bar,
as know OF, for do not know him. brpogi
ton OF witness given before the police read, Ia
which she states ha, Helen told her tina, the mini
aiurc was Robnsons-thnks the person she saw
there was Robinson, whom She had sren there on
Thursday nigh, whom she took to be the prisoner
and whose person She thought Mo knew. DC. II
] have sworn, stated wrong, because was fright
ened, rs | never was before court rs witness be
fore, aud am frightened also now. | meant 10 tell
the truth before and now. have seen Mis-.
Townsend during the last week. but said nothing n
bon, tho trial. don't remember saying that !
knew II was Robinson by his form, the colour of
his hair, &C. and tha, had him before there.
On the Thursday night | think the person | saw
had light hair and If | said the person | saw on
Saturday night looked like Robinson, or was Rob-
nson, ii because | frightened, and il is
not So have never heard that impossible
that Robinson could be there M that our,-havc
convcrsed with no person except my mother
tho subject. On the Thursday evening saw and
left Robinson there at half past 7, he had on black
or dark panlaloons.
Jo"ph Uorie, Jr. smorn.--I am n nephew OF
MIR. Joseph lloxlc, and employed in his store. ]
know RobnSon's hand writing. (Lc,,er shown.)
! That looks like his hand writing. cannot posi-
lively say ii is his. have seen him write, and am
| in 4, n,pusurc ,rnuyintel viii, his la nj I
have been eight months clerk in my nnclc's
store. Robinson WIS there when | came. lie
had kept the books for shor, period from the time
the partner went away, for a few days previous 10
the 10th February. The book keeper Mr.. So
lnerndyke, came soon after the partner went i
way. The prisoner usually copied the letters al
so. have seen him write when he was copying
the letters. II the hand is not the least disguised,
| can make up my opinion whether il is his hand
or not. do not think am sufficiently well
qlaintcd with his hand to swear positively that il is
ms writing.
Cross-sIdmincd-I saw Robinson tho after
noon of tho Saturday preceding the murder, be-
tween B and O'Clock. went to dinner, and when
| returned did no, see Robinson there.
Direct resumed-Thcrc arc three clerk. in Mr.
ilosic's store, VIZ: Newton Gilbert, Robinson
and myself; also, book-keeper, Mr.. Somerin-
dyke. Mr. Gilbert is the senior clerk, who took
charge Oh one KEY Oh inc store, INC the
other Since lived there, Mr.. Robinson, for a.
bou, three weeks, had one key of the store ; it was
whilst MIR. Gilbert was there. Robinson had charge
of il for some few weeks before thc murder was
committed. Sometimes Robinson and sometimes
Gilbert had charge of tho key. On the Saturday
night OF he murder, do not know who had the
KEY bur think il was Mr.. Gilbert. He is a SIM lc
man and lives in Chambers street..
William Van Nest, swOrn-l am IA public Por-
ter. know Robinson the prisoner. ! went into
the store Of Mr. Iioxie, No. l0l Maiden Lane |
asked if Richard p. Robinson was in | did not
know him by name | found the prisonc, in front
of the door, on the side walk ! told him had
letter for him, and was requested to give il TO him.
He told to 90 through the front of the in
TO the yard in the rear, and lay it IA beam there.
| think ! siewcd it to him. then went through,
the store as directed did not kno what to make
of his conduct, still retain d the letter in my pos
session, and returned into tbs street. ! did NOT
see him then. Soon after, nj my stand, corner OF
Maldcn-lane and Pearl street, he came a. ne, ana
asked what | had done with the letter. told hlu
had it, as was expressly directed to give to
him, in his own hand. thea gave II to him, and he
gave me two shillings. live in No. 70 Thomas
street. I heard of the murder on Lords day
morning, about or s o'clock ; I went to the house
soon after heard it. There was a crowd at the
door. ! wished to get IN to see the corpse did
not get in until half past or O'Clock in the az
ternoon ] did not at first recollcct having seen
, The corpse but soon after recolected that had
= seen the person of the corpse in Cedar street.
WhenI saw the corpse on Monday morning,