The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-23
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examination was resumed on yesterday before the
Mayor In his od,ce. The question pending 1t the
i tins Of tie adjournment On yesterday, was In re-
nsa 10 the admissbility d the copy Of record Of
lhe Trial, convictton, judgment and sentence Of
John w Hard for the commission Of felony, which
paper was proposed to be introduced by Mr. Mayo
for the purpose of destroying the credib ility Of
John w Rand as witness. Mr. Mayo argued ct
length in favor of the admission, and Mr. Scot
strenuously against it. The Mayor stated that be
| would take the law authorities cited 10 him, and
give his decision upon the point Of admissib iy 81
soon a. he could find time to review the authorities
Witnesses for the Commonwealth were then
called.
Frederick Butler, of the Mount Vernon Hote ],
was called and sworn. do not recolIect that w
Rand ever gave me any gold dust to take care OF.
think saw w Rand last fall. Ireceived from
four men some gold dust to take OF last fall.
On Sunday morning Immediately after the Pc
tersburg cars came in. w Rand came up, and
some one said he was just from California. Som
person said that w Rand had made 5000 out
there. There we're four men brought in a valise
with gold dust in it, could not get the valise in
the SAFE They took the bags out, and put them
in the safe | do not know that w Rand was
connected with these other men, or had any inter.
est in the gold dust do not recoect whether
| John w Rand was with thsse other men not last
fall My memory is not good. Cannot recellect
with certainty, as my memory has been impaired
| by raroading. J w Rand might have been with
these other men. Rand was probably satisfied that
| the money was in good hands, and therefore paid
no attention to the safe keeping of the money. or
did not state that he had any interest in the money
w Rand did not hand me the money. One per.
son delivered to me the money, and my inference
was that all four had an interest in the gold.
w Knowles oeposed-On the evening of the
10th December, Mr. H Rand on board Of the
Roanoke. He said he was going to Norfolk. w
Rand and thick-set gentleman were with o H
Rand at Rockets started to 60 to New York
that evening in the Roanoke. At 4 o'clock, P M
saw w Rand with valise in his hand. OH
Rand, think, said to me that those gentlemen came
to see him of. o II Rand got off of the Roanoke
at Norfolk. J w Rand and the stranger parted
from Rand when we went off in the Roanoke
at PM.
Thomas Bates-I saw o H Rand and two other
gentlemen on board of the Roanoke on the evening
of the 10th of December. Did not know the gen
tlcmen who We're with o H Rand.
J Fl Bosher deposed-l think it was in April last,
the 18th, that Rand came into our office and
effected an insu rance in his name for $500 on 81
barrels of mackerel and 16l bushels of potatoes
from Boston to Richmond.
Mrs Sarah Chamberlain knew that a man
named John w Rand boarded at my house last
winter; this is tie man, (pointing to W RANDY
A large heshy gentleman came with w Rand;
they came to my house together; they wanted
room together but could not give it to them; they
slept in room with several beds in it. Mr. Rand
left the house on the 10th of December, and came
back the 18th. They came there on the 9th of De.
cember and On the 10th OF December. MIR Rand
handed me Elk dollars. The name of the gentle
man with Mr. Rand was called Hand. They ap-
peared to be quite intimate and were in their
large portion of their time They had baggage.
red trunk marked w Rand, anSther II. A
gentleman named Reid lodged in the room with
them for i've nights, who stays at Mr. Steobins.-
he first time saw them they were together
This large gentleman went away first w Rand
staid only a day or two at my house after Hand
went away.
l charged three dollars week for board. wv
Rand told me that his brother worked Oh the mon
ument. / am quite positive that this is Mr. ] w
Rand. Six months would make great change in
persons appearance. w Rand wore NOUS
tache and whiskers when he was at my house
Saw pieces of iron were in tler room by one of
their trunks. never heard John w Rand call
Hand Mr. Lake. No by the name of Lake
boarded with me. Hand left our house after din
ner.
Marshall Hutchinson deposad-I reside in Ports
mouth saw w Rand in Portsmouth some two
or three weeks before the bank robbery. l saw
stout man with Rand several times always cav
w Rand and the stout man together
By Scott keep tavern nearly opposite
the bank. l am not intimately acquainted with
w Rand w Rand spoke to me about buying
out some segar establishment and asked me how
business was in Portsmouth; he said the gentleman
| with him desired also to go into business
| John Kiesch deposed- live in Norfolk know
/ w Randi have seen him in Norfolk met w
Rand and another gentleman Main street, in last
December; he said he had just come from Cslif1r-
mia and had made some money. He asked me if |
| knew good tavern stand, as he wanted to go into
some business. got acquainted with w Rand
in Norfolk when he was sharpening tools for o II
Rand. There was gentleman with Rand called
| Lee.
George w Butt swoIn-Know ] w Rand by
sight; saw him iii the latter part of December in
Portsmouth at public house; he was talking
about buying out segar establshm ent. On Fri
day before the bank robbery, saw w Rand with
thick-set gentleman Rand, and the nteman
with him, wanted the house for business purposes
A small tavern might have been made out of the
house. Rand and this man in Portsmouth
the Friday be ore the robbery, and they proceeded
| to the outskirts of the town.
BY R G Scott-Portsmouth is a small place and
we always notice strangers particularly. watched
them on Friday, as ] wanted to find out whether
Rand and his friend were going to buy the segar
| establishment. Never spoke to w Rand.
Mr. MayO here read la,tor fr \ III d. III