The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-19
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Witaess knew very little about the difficulty be
Iween B. and c. before The tight 1t wss not gene
rsiiy known in the Institute. The day before he
.Aied, D. came TO the Institute between 12 and
ciock,-said he had been TO Mr. Moore's and had
seen letter from Christian pronoupcing him 4 ca
iemniaior. and he had determined to 90 and tell
h @ ne nao ADVISED his cousin. He did not ask hinl
any one else so'Ns - A1'''s
., when Blackburn returned, told him thai Chris
ua1 SAID ne was acting properly or doing his duty
nna ne admired him for his noble principlesr He
b., said this smiling in apparent good h,,rro xv;
aess Old not consider it snecr
Sounsei Tor defence called attention to the words
Il, ms duty and said witness had omitted that
N, nis IN tesumony at the Examining Court He d;d
SI reeoiiect whether he had omitted IL or not h,
to him. "0A'oin aa@ communicated this
coward @ me .ne occurrence, regarded Christian as
Co,n.p ap1n ehe statement made by B. csg
oouhsei Tor defence made some inon;r;.s .ho,,.
~ adventure. which has been meption
eu ssseIai ufnes In the trial Witness said one
morning, one OF the smallest Cadets l.; sL, une
ont on the plank road, and cst.la drirs. ,s 40
cursing him and telling him If he didn,t az ,. as,.,
road, he would whip him. Witness and ,,vo o,hsrs VIC
VINO saw went after the driver and overlook hin.
and told him he mus. not go along the road crs
Cadets 80, and he replied 1t he had done ysrnr ~
asked pardon. Witness and his companions 20
turned, and that was all about it. Counsel innnred
otners ald not follow the drever and attack him.
and II Blackburn was not onel Witness did no,
know, but admitted that B. had been indicted for
being one of party alleged to have attacked the
drover. = -
JOHN T. GIBBEs called-Is steward of the mess
| hall at the Institute Examined the clo,hes of
| Blackburn after he was killed and found no wea
pons In them, and nothing but handkerchief and
| pair of gloves.
VIM. NJ. MoRRIs-a law student-reIated conyer
sations on the l4th January with Christian i,
| which himself and Winn took part and which i
nearly covered by Winns testimony When Chris
tlan related what had passed between him and
Blackburn Morris asked ''Why he didn't pitch into
himi" Witness related the same reasons ma stated
by other witnesses offered by c. as excuses for his
faiure to attack B., viz the presence of Cadets
his not having stick and his suspicion that B was
armed The impression on witness mind was, that
c. had been basey slaudered, and he told him he
! would either have to challenge or encounter him
| in a street fight c. said he would have nothino to
do with the latter. | think he said well, You
wouldn't let B. beat me to death, would youi |
told him no, would pull him of if saw him ON
| him. Witness thought C. was about to back out.
and did no. take much interest in the conversation
He described the talk about what course was best
In which he aud Winn and Christian took part in
| the same manner as Ninn.
He detailed at length the occurrences after the
| murder, In the hotel, presenting nothing new He
was gratifed when he first heard Of the fight after
| the conduct OF Christian. When Christian was in
| Strayers room, witness told him he ought to ex.
| press his regrets for what had happened He told
| him so because he thought C. really felt them and
because he didn't know what might happen and
| the friends of Blackburn were about. He was not
then aware that B. was dead or were seriously in.
jured. Witness detailed all about the arrest and
| imprisonment. In Jail he too saw the blood spit
| out by prisoner, and corroborated Winns stale.
| ment about the marks on C.'s neck.
| ROBERT SEWERS a la. student called He
| testified several others had DONE as to Chris
| tian's account of the interview with Blackburn.
Christian stated to him that not knowing b. he had
been taken by surprise in this interview and to See
vers as to others, gave his reasons for regarding
| the affair preconcerted plan
Christian said to witness that he did not see why
| Blackburn or any one should make those remarks
| about him. He had always acted as gentleman
and was of as good parentage as Mr. B. or Mics An.
derson.
Witness in the course of his consultation with
Christian on Saturday, the 18th, advised that an ap
plication be made for an explanation believed that
Blackburn would, it applied to, give it. He didn't
| consider it time to challenge.
Christian, speaking OF the alternative of chal-
! lenge, intimated that was out of the question be-
| cause he had no money and could not get off, He
| could get money, in Lynchburg or Richmond; but
couldn't reach those places, and he did not believe
Blackburn could get money from the Institute.
| With regard to the pistols and knife he had,
Strayer told him he was liable to fine for carrying
| concealed weapons. c. said he knew that, but he
had seen provision in the Code which justified
| man in carrying arms when he expected to be at
| tackled but he would only use them in self.de-
fence. One OF the pistols was single barrel and
he said he could Mt shoot at man with thaf for he
i q
| half dollar.
The stick used on the night of the tragedy, was
| that OF friend OF CT and was not SO weighty
| and powerful as C.s, which the friend had.
| Witness described the occurrences at the hotel
| after the murder, not different from several
| others. He was one of those who advised the
prisoner to dy.
The testimony observer was given partly in the
morning session and partly in the afternoon. After
| he had concluded neu element was introduced in
/ vi a rd af xxhn
have attended to the testimony will understand the
importance of this point. It is important TOR the
accused that it should appear that the fatal weapon
was not used at the beginning of the fight .and only
when the parties were on the ground The new
pool of blood now aledged to have been discover
ed Is located at point where the tight is believed
| by the intelligent witness (Mr. Massie) who was
nearer to IL than any one else, to have commenced
and if blood was drawn there, the fatal weapon
| was employed in the onset.
| VIM n BUMPAss called, and testified to having
seen three pools OF blood at the scene OF the rem
| contre on the night OF the murder. The first pool
| [that near where the fight began, and which no
previous witness had seen was in a line from the
| upper corner OF the scales to the lower corner OF
| the engine house The second pool was diagonally
across the street, neaf the eastern side 10 or IL
1 steps distant, and the third was across from the
second near the hay scales. Witness saw the blood
| also the next morning, though much { mpled and
not so large in space the night before, when he
| could see no difference between it and the other
| pools he saw tHis poOi dttci tc CuurCu uau pio-
1 ken up, and when the moon was shining.
| The witness was subjected to long and rigid
| cross-examination. He was not summoned until
to-day Did not say anything about the pool OF
blood to any until the night OF the second day
after the murder, when he mentioned IL to contro-
| vert the position assumed by some gentleman In
| opposition to his own opinions. Did not know who
| had him summoned. Col. Smith told him he would
| be summoned. Concluded, because he saw no one
looking at this pool of blood. and numbers grouped
around the Others because the attention OF per-
sons was attracted to the poo that they had seen
it, II was pointed out to him by his servant boy
He concluded that it was matter OF public nototf
/ ety. because he heard no one speak OF ie-heafiog
no one speak OF either of the pools particularly
| Heard Mr.. Massies testimony before the Jury oi
| inouest. and regarded il a. certainly erroneous
Did not feel disposed to thrust b. testimony tor,
he done) TO prosecute Christian True, that acting
on Mr.. Msssies testimony alone, false impression
would be made If he were SILENT but he did not
| know but what others would testify to fact he
considered so well known, and was surprised at
night to learn that nobody had.
Witness stated that he had mentioned the subject
| To many gentlemen and there were others who