Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-13

psr,y Of Mrs. Tofnsend. never was a, her hous,
sl,en there pas q riot |; bat have been sent fer b,
hcr wben rioters have been there; never saw any
rio,,rs was never sent tus 20 be consulted by her
don't know tina, was in her confidence. never
visited her privately. have been there about SIX
times las, time about two months ago. lhaye new
or payed cards or seen heard OF cards being play
cd there have heard OF a process he,ng cxecu-
ted against some person for assanl,'ng Helen jew
-, and have seen her in attendance ~ witness
before the Grand jury. When arrested hobn-
son \, his room, ! invited him ont TO the hail. 10
charge him with the murdcI, but after he came out,
I thought would not. and turned it off BY asking
him about a cloak. did not take him out To draw
,ecrcts out of him, in the absence OF his fellow
lodser We convcrsed so that the boarers might,
probal,lv have heard ii and persons, or 5teei off,
NIGH, have heard il, when asked him II he had
blue or black cloth cloak He said that he had no
other cloak than the old cambct enc. which hung
up there. Here man brought in for noise
and riot at the gate, and sent to the Police Once
for correction.)
have heard par, of the testimony of Capt. No
BILE, this morning, but not all OF II. do moi 'i'hh
he heard all the conversation. have never heard
Rob;n~on say that he was not only not the owner
Of N cloth cloak, bu, that h- had worn cloak be-
lourinc 10 another person. | have heard OF
person OF the name Of Gray have never spoken
10 Mr. Robinson about the cloak since. TN the
morning of 10Th of April, was sent for by some
wa,chnen, and | acted under the orders oil the
coroner. as supposed he knew all about II;
spoke Of it before the jury the coroner poi II INTO
the hands Of waichnan, TO take CAFE oil II.
saw a white spot ON the paniaronS oil Robinson, at
hi. room in Dcy street, but did not attempt 10 dust
il, to see If it was whiicwashed nor did /, Al the
4 a. t,l,I
it Of so much importance 1T the time, M until the
next dav | mentioned il before the coronefs Jury.
Robinson did mol say that the white ON his pan
falcons was white paint; no such word WAS men
toned in my presence. l never paid Mrs. Town
send anv money she might have pad me some
money, by way Of fees for some al her servants.
She has not paid me any U,ouey, nor goods OF ar
ticlcs for service, since the murder, except iof
attendance at her sale, when three III Us were sent
there by the magistrate, where We received 90 a
day wa, there two days. Mr.. Walsh paid me
Tor NV services. pasctascd dock al Mrs
Townsend. sale, which did no, pay thu auction
ecr for, bu, Mr. Walsh settled the b,li for our
services, paid tor the clock, and paid him the
balance in money for the clock. think paid
him SIS OF go. am not certain thai Walsh ~
the other officer purchased any articles at the sale
did not receive any other moneys or ELECTS for
my services, of Mrs. Townsend did not find
any monies or ewelry among the effects OF Helen
Jewett on Sunday, nor did then search for any
there. On Monday MIR. Walsh found small box
oftrnkcis in II drawer and carried il the police
Office. Helen was not more splendid. dressed, or
had more 1mcn,s than usual. have seen her
wear ear rings and finger rings. The >aa-bcnch
saw, and :ro, which | reached up and looked
over the fence. might have been placed there after
III. person escaped. ! saw no ahiir~a>h the
R..b,,, 4
more singularly than any person ever arrested.
lie did not appear TO mind the arrest spoke
scarce word 10 him. Jus, before arriving At the
house ] charged him with the crime. lie did not
confess az deny II. | saw some alteration IN his
l.os and | think he showed some alteration of
scounie then and also before the inquest.
think stated the same fact before the Grand Jury.
told the prisoner he charged with Scrlous
crime, and 10 beware how IL answered questions.
never received any money from Mrs Town
Aud for calling on the District Attorney. for
any thing except tor supprrssng riots. | never
received cent from Helen Jcwctt. lla,e rrcol-
lection sfrccei,ine any money from two prostitutes
Tor settings quarrc, between them. ! recollcc OF a
complaint made BY Helen Jcwcu and others against
Boyd and of Bo,d against her and others. ! re-
crivcd money from Mrs. Barry for ,upprcssing
riots, &c. did not make charge Tor >er,iccs,
but she paid me without charge. have a dollar
ar SO at y time l cannot rccocct how much |
have received from her.
Direct resHmtd.-ln the case Of n quarrel of two
prostitutes, and one tearing this clothes OF the other
lsecollcci gentleman who paid for the tearing
of those clothes. To Il further question Of Mr..
Morris Of who that gentleman WAS who paid for
those clothes, AS Mr.. Brink was about To answer,
Mr.. Hoffman objected 10 the mention of his name
us improper.
Mr.. -.Schureman recalled and cross-cxamned-l
heard the statements OF Mr.. Brink and Mr.. Noble.
have good memory. No such comparison OF
the strings on the cloak aud Ratchet as sworn to
By them, took place in my presence. did not
any string the Ratchet, see them oompa-
red--no such thing a string On the hatehet wa,
mentioned to me until before the coroner's jury.
Mr.. Brink mentioned about thu lime on the
panta.oons before the coroncr's Jury. examined
the prisoners pan,aloons in the Other room, after
the submitted To the jury, and saw no
lime upon them
Direct resnmcd-I do not intend 10 charge Mr..
Brink Mr.. Noble with PERJURY; only say, |
did no, the strings compared; but they might
hive been. The character of Mr.. BRINK i, very
good. Robinson might have had lime side
Of his pantaoons, and not sec it, his frock
coat buttoncd.
Charles Ierrei sro,n.--Was a boaricr in the
same house with the prisoner; saw hun on the
evening of the 9th Of April. and walked with hin,
as far II, Bcekman street, 1t was nearly 8 o'clock.
itc had on dark colored cloth cloak, velvet collar
aud facincs, and think cap. | parted with
HIM IN Bcckman street, near the Brick Church.
and the prisoner, went up towards the park