The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-21

that after hearing the alarm, he proceeded to Nj
Winstor ! house, then went and called up DR. Boil
tom and the police, and then returned TO Mr. w.
They found The axe, but there was ne blood on H.
Found NO other ops then. Jane told him that she
found the door sjar, and sitting room window open
when she first went into the house. She was rot
ct all excited.
CAPTAIN Jinkins deposed-that early Monday
morning, AFTER hearing Of the murder he proceeded
to Mr. w = house and took the negroes into custody
Jane changed her dress to 60 with him. He asked
Jane to snow him the place on the window sl,
where she chopped up the meat and she did, but
there were no spots, marks fluctuations there -
She told Capt Jinkins and Mr. Haley that she made
soup for dinner out of the beef and that her hus-
band and some one else, whose name he Capt. j.
did not recolect eat a portion Of it. Her things
were much scattered about her room. He found
the dress she took off when she ,tarted to to the
cage, and it had some blood on it. She said she
cot the blood on it by lifting master Joe up on the
bed On coming down the stairs leading from
James room, the Captains attention was called to
marks of blood on both sides of the stair ~ay.
recess OF an hour-frem 3 to 4 o'clock was
here taken for dinner.
At4 O'Clock, the jury re.assembled.
DR. George j. Otis sworn.-I took the specimens
sent me, which consisted of one hair and pieces
of animal tissue. placed each of them on glass
in order that they might be examined as transpa
rent objects Each of these pieces consisted III the
greater part of thin, delicate, highly vascular
membrane, and to two of them, when macerated in
;l-I,y rod q euhSt4nce TO the
naked eye, much resembling the brain. When
placed under the microscope, the peculiar cells oy
which nervous matter is detected, could not be dis
tnguished. No matter in the human body 30
speedily DISCREPANCIES as brain, and 80 hours alter
DEATH the characteristic features could hardly exist
The substance here referred to, was connected
with the hair which found in bucket in Jane's
room by Mr. Winston. This was the bucket of wa
ter in which Jane said she threw the chopper after
cutting the meat on Sunday. The Doctor could
give no certain opinion that this part of the
brain.
This is certainly animal matter, and could
only be coniounded with cellular tissure.-
There was piece of matter, which, to the eye,
has the appearance of thick cuticle, and a hair
was attached to it.
John Enders was called, and stated that he
had heard that his father sold John Williams
scme years since. because of threatening to
kill Mr.. Rock. He had borne good cha
racler up to the time he parted with him.
John H. Borne deposed.-Mr. Jones and
myself examined the kitchen early on yes
terday morning. Found nothing in Neily's
In IF lanai, tho ohm.
ney projects, and there found large box
Behind this box was great deal Of old tru ok.
An old pair of boots was under the trunk. The
boots were laid compactly, and hard to pull out.
After pulling them out the Ratchet was found
underneath next to the floor. There was
spot of blood about the size of four pence
on one side of the Ratchet. On the helve of
the axe, running some two or three inches
from the eye, there was blood found, filling up
the grain of the wood. This blood SCENE d to
be quite fresh. 1t was evident the axe had been
recently used.
DR.. James Bolton recalled. 1.-THE Doctor
had also taken some particles of the substance
found in the Lucket, for examination at the re-
quest of Mr.. Mayo.]
Mr.. Mayo was under the impression that
they were portions of brain. | opened the
wound in Mrs. WIS head and took out por-
ton of the brain for comparison. On com
pairing and examining with microscope
found they were not portions of brain. ex-
amined the bodies of the deceased, after the
blood had settled and the marks had become
distinct; found mark on Mr.. WIS left
temple, the left side ofMrs. WIS nose, land the
left temple Oft the infant, which correspOnded
accurately by measurement acith the eye and
butt end Of the hatchet-one mark being about
an inch long, aud two short marks runni ng at
right angles from the ends of this mark. The
hatcher was the large one that has be en- ex-
hibited. l think, from the marks on the infant,
that it was struck twice. An eyelash found
in the bucket was here compared with one ta-
ken from one of the eyebrows Of Mr.. w inston,
and found to be almost identical in appear.
ance. They were of the same length and dark
color. A portion Of Mr.. Winston's hair wa
also compared with some hair found in the
bucket, and they corresponded. The hair in
the bucket did correspond, houerer, acith Mrs.
VS. hair in texture, size and color. This is
one OF the most important points of the evil
dence.l
DR.. Bolton afterwards plucked some hair
from Jane Williams head. and compared it
with the hair found in the bucket. He said
that it corresponded in size, C lor and wa vi.
ness more nearly rith James hair than it dad
rith Mrs. Winston's. This was the impres.
sion of several of the jury.
Officer Warrington deposed-I was sitting
yesterday, nearly the whole day, in the Hus-
tngs Court room, beside John Williams. At
the time his wife was being examined by the
inquest, some gentleman, whom did not
know, observed to me that the wife of this ne.
gro was making full confession. AT the
time he said this, turned my eyes to the pris-
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