The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-05

,osn ,osnNa,uistsu.--i lett tITginm IN Februa- |
~, io9V, ana was absent until the 10th day of |
March, 1851. / landed IN Richmond On ,he
ieth day OF March. came ON from N. York. |
4 received one or two letters from nv father |
whiie was absent He stated TO me he intend
ed 10 leave Virginia to go to London, and in
qnired II 4 could make it convenient TO come
on and attend 10 his business during his all.
sence. u My father returned to Virginia after
hoblou was killed. left home on the 10th
day OF July last about O'Clock. Should saw
o'inieys mouse is about mile from my
miles. After Robiou was shot saw a man.
VINO said his name was Williams. asked if
ne ,, was kobiou's overseer. He said he was.
" "beh Williams got there it was dark. Worm.
iey was standing in the yard n few minutes be.
i0fe that. No one was in the wagon excen,
nooioa, hobiou's hat was found on the North
s'oe OF the wagon, next TO the house. picked
mp tne nat and handed il to Will ans. VIII
ilanls .,l ordered the boys to pitch Rohou's legs
Grove OF ! stepped back to Wormley. and
tneh went TO Cunliff's. have no recollection
OF crossing the road while Williams was there.
ana did not 90 In the bushes. Tuesday week
oe,ore tnis occurrence took place, [ called bv
Ws with small parcel for Mrs. w. While I
was mere Mrs. w. went to the front door, with
.he emo IN her arms. K. came to the corner of
= the renee, was sitting at the window. The
mrs, words he called her l do not recoIlect. He
oa'ieo htr u Whore-a who're TO colured and
white. Wormiey became very much erc;ted
got up and took up my gun, which was sit,ing
by the window, and look the gun away from
MN. "ormley then went out of the door in
great haste and called Robiou, and suid he
would settle any difficulty with him. RoLiou
continued TO drive on, when Wormlev fold
hlm never to stop athis house ag ain and abuse
his family tnat he had borne his abuse for n
long while, and he gave him fair warning ney-
er to stop at his house again for thar pur.
pose, if he did, he (Worm;ey) might do some
thing which he possibly might regret
Robiou shock his fist at him when he was go.
ing on. Wornley called to some one to bring
his gun. This was all, | think, that passed
at The time of shaking his fist. He called
Wormley villain and other hard names.
never saw Robou with any arms. Mr. Robiou
has stopped me twice, and sent messages to
me. AT the second interview, about 10Th Nav.
81, with Robiou, on the river road, one half
mIie IRON " ornley's, he stopped me and COM
menced a conversation about a dog had
killed OF Makon Trabue's, for killing sheep
lie told me that Trabue had said to hiir. that
had been led to Believe by some one, that he
(Mr. r. had said that if il had been his dog |
had shot, he would have shot me. He said it
was hurtful TO his feelings, that such rumor
os that respecting myself should have got out
pledged me his word of honor he never
made use OF the expression about me, and
that that rumor relative TO the dog, as like
other rumors reported about his wife, as 10
what he had stated, and was intended to pre.
JudIce my mind against him. He asked me
who it was that had told me so about the dog ::
told him II was u gentleman who saw HIM every
day. L did not wish to make any difficulty.
and The did faal l;SpoeaI IL.
name of the gentleman. Some other words
passed. He said to me, the principal object
he had IN stopping me, was TO speak of a sub
Ject he had mentioned on q prior occasion.
abou, his wife. About the 10Th May he stated
to me, that the character of his wife was so no.
torIous, that against the efforts b. had made
to prove her guilt, she had sworn falsely.
Mr. Robiou also told me that he was armed
al all times, and that the first opportunity he
could get, he would kill Mr.. WormIey, and al
50 Mr.. A. w. Trahue that he had tiled to
meet them, but they had got wind of it and
kept out of the way that he had placed him.
sell III positions for that purpose. told Mr..
Wormley the first time | saw him afterwards,
OF The conversation; told the same to A. w.
Irabue; think ii was the next CAV, or the
day afterwards, that | spoke to WormIev.-
The communication tD Trabue was made
sometime after, but Lefore the death of Ro
bIou. Lived in Richmond IL years Cannot
say that L knew The roads well, Of which
have spoken. Went TO Engla when four or
five years old; stayed there two years. When
asked at the coroners, inquest ut what time
was at Coles store | said it was 10 or 12
O'Clock, but really have no recollection of the
precise time, and had not al the inquest, but The
question was pressed upon me. DO no, know
where Mrs. Roblou was at the time The acci-
dent. Do not know that saw her AT all. think
she passed through the room. and that was all
Wornlley went out once before he carried the
gun. Do not know whether he carried u
pitcher then or not. {fhe letters which were
read on yesterday, were here shown to Reid,
who said he had seen these letters handed to
Wofmley, who read them to him. They were
placed in his tReid's) hands by Wormley, to
hand TO w. w. Day, in Richmond, which he
did.) Reid was here subjected to severe
and prolracted cross-examina,ion, going o, er
nearly the " hole of the statement already given,
but nothing new was eleited. The court then
adjourned over until to-inorrow, Friday.
April 2d-1lh Day.
The examination of Reid was sill going on
at the time we received our last communica-
ton from Chesterfield.