The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-23

counsel to aid the prosecution. Rev. Mr. Hsesett
Agnes character, by which ! uuderst3od that they
N ended 70 show hat shs was common prostitnfe.
This ronsed ms, but declined upon assurances from
MI miller tcour sell for Thompson) that it false.
Col sproui called upon me and said. going 10
employ Mr.. Tirrel anyhow and wsnt your consent,
cal, would have gotten Mr. Tirrsli - '"P'' ''N
Mr. Pharr IL now doubtless on his death-bed, and
wasad there by the disgrace and misfortune brought
upon bis family by this unfortunate affair
DR.. EstH (ef LerinetonJ s,rorn-Was one of the
physicians " no ma the post mortem examination.
Heard ths evidence OF Drs Mcdonald and Jordan;
spasms were tetanic. Concur with DIR jordan in eve
~ essential particu Trauma,ic or idiopathic te.
ttnlcs are preceded by premontory symptoms-tets-
nus from strgchnine comes on without prenontoTy
sTmptoms The symptoms (premonitr ryl of idiopa-
th'c or trsum tetsnus preceded by twitchings
mort generally The symptoms are mot developed
uatil several days after the has been inflicted
and the spasms not fire. quent in tetanus from
sstrychnine. deathly Goae of strychniue would be
pc of nox vomica. DR.. T. ask ed to step into his
Office on the morning of the exhumation Asked me
what would do if in his situation told him he bad
con, right if Innocent. Said he didn't prosecute his
nderers for monsy-woud fu nd the money for the
good o! the or, IL recovered. "But" snid he, 'if
you should find foe.us in the womb which don't
expect, 1t Will be no evidence against me; or if
strychnia is fund in her s.omoch can establish the
TACT that other physicians were with her when she
vas the body of Agnes Phsrr that I'D been disn
tered. He seemed greatly exct. at the gra
yard. Finally, in the absence of all of dopt
tho OF traumatc tetsnus, wouli say the death was
Mrs Phayr, recaAed.-Agnes had received no cut
or bruse before her death. She had not lattery
sort. Sent for DIR. Thompsen to rem We something
from Agnes ear, after she got back from Buchanan,
and he said he had removed something from her
Agnes hal the mumps alter she came back from
uchanan, st III complained, and that might have
caused the pain. Some of my other children had
pain in their ears after having the humps. DR.. T.
never, in any way, denied his engagement with Ag.
mes. Never saw Agnes have any such symptoms as
those shs died with. My daughter with me a..
wa while on my visit down the country, while at
the Sweet Springs; and always slept in my room
For the six months pre- ing her death, sha slept in
Gen Layne's and Mr.. Aiieh'f.
Leacis T. Halio'eay, sIeo,n Had two conversations
with Dr. T The fins. one in his room. 1t was about
his engagement to Miss Pharr, which he denied -
Said he had tax g walk with Mrs Pharr after Az
nes death, and had satisfied her that there was no
eugsgement between us, BY asking her two ques.
tiOas-tbe fist was, Do you take to be gentle
NAV? to which she replied affirmatively He then
asked, How can you suppose me engaged to gnes,
when never spoke TO you or Mr.. Pharr about it!"-
Saw HIM as he returned from his walk with Mrs
Phsrr 81 heard him ask Mr.. Kyle If he was ''gong
do IN to see thst gal planted" Understood him to
sdde to Miss Pharr. His manner howed gent le-
witty. Ii ad received q eun.shot wound some time be.
fore, aad lay sick at Mrs Payne's, which can be
reached without cross n Jackson's river.
DR.. G. " II Damond, Sacorn.-tlat a cOnversa-
ton with DR.. r. ompSon alter Mics Pharr's deab,
jps before the May election; told him OF the re-
ports drtrlm entail to his character. He asked il
would help take up The body of Miss Pharr in con
n ctiOn with DR. Mcdonald, to relieve him of the
s.auderous reports, Told him he should get older
physicans; hnt he said he preferred us, as he
thought our opinion would have more weight than
that OF foreign physicians. Finally agreed to as.
sist Said we must take the stomach out and send
il to Charlottesville for examination. He said he
believed he could exonerate himself from blame,
could prove the composition of the pills by Mr.
Masters, &c. Mr.. Pharr would give him a certifi-
cate OF his innocence. He said he had beea TO see
Mrs. Pharr that evening, and that it was repugnant
to her feelings to have the body exhumed; that Mr.
Phsrr had consented, If it was necessary TO prove
DR.. rs Innocence. DR.. II. said he believed the
body was in state of putrefaction and that moth.
ing could possibly be discovered, in view of which
fact he thought best to procure certificates to ex
onerate himself. Had nversafion after wards in
regard to box of pills found il Miss Pharrs room.
aid he did not regard the reports about srychnne
50 much did the story about ht p, e2naucy Said
the last was base csiumny, that it was impossible
for h. to be in that condition owing to her inability
to conceive. About the 18th OF February, 1854 had
creation with DR.. It. about the reports in cir
cuaton about his engagement to Miss Pharr, which
he denied.
Fielding Stuart snorn Met Dr. Thompson at
the Court House gate few evenings after Miss
Pl aris death He said he was not engaged to Miss
Pharr. He spoke Of her diseased condition; that
he giving her iron to correct her monthly
courses: and that she would some day be fit sub
ject tor the Lunatic Asylum. He said she had once
asked him to give her something to kill herself,
because, as she said my parents do not care any.
Thing for me, nor do you, Doctor On the even
ing Of Miss Pharr DEATH DR.. T came into my shop,
and after speaking OF Miss Pharr's sudden death
said he would like to have post mortem examina-
ton, but could not think of making such PROPOSE
ZION 10 her parents He said that on examining the
,ReuUa obl0ngatta, clot OF blood would be found,
I, oofh hxo
On another occasion, when reminded him OF the
letter exhibited by Mrs Pharr, he said he he'd
written a word to Agnes except by way OF prescrip
ton. He said he had seen Mrs. Parr and satisi I'd
her wi regard to the reports about ms denying
his engagement with Agles. When he went to
Botetourt, he told me il any body said he was en-.
gagged to Miss Pbarr to give 1t the lie."
AHdreao Damron, Esq, sa0rH.-Mr. McAliister
and myself went to Dr.. Thompson on the 22d OF
May 1854 and told him of the reports In circulation;
while he denying il, and that the people believ
ed before her death that he intended to dsappoint-
Tt en- spoke OF her sudden DEATH and OF his conduct
in the street, in asking Lewi'P Holloway II he was
going down to see that gal planted, to which he
replied with an OATH that he had not seen Halo
way, as he was lying at home sick, and the river
high that he could not get here Told him OF the
reports OF his sending box OF pills to Miss Pharr,
one larger and different in color from
the rest that Miss p had objected to it, upon which
he did not know that he had expressly denied the
engagement, bui the account OF the pills
rect, though he did not know OF his own knowledge
that she ever took the large one. In view Of these
reports we advised him to have post mortem ex.
animation. lie assented. He, with his brother Ro-
bert, came to my house the xt morning, and said
they wished Mr.. McAllister and myself TO assist in
the examination Met Mr. MICA and the Doctor and
brother at my office aft or breakfast. One of the lat.
ter suggested the iety OF sending for Mr. Pharr
Dir. T. went out for him, but returned and said
Mr.. Z. as unable to come, but had named ebert
Skeen as his proxy Mr.. Skeen came; said Mr..
pharr WAS opposed but would consent if the exam
nation were necessary to exculpate DIR. T. One OF
the Thompsons remarked that they would have the
body up :" if it bankrupted the whole Thompson
family" DIR. 4. named a Philadelphia physician as
the proper one to make the examination. Told
him II was impossible 10 get one from that distance
He finally consented that Drs Goode, Creieh Els
TILL odville Williams and Jordan should do it,
and asked me to write letters TO EACH in his name
Wrote letter date blank and told DR.. T to copy
it six times and date properly. He promised and
said he would send II n away by special messen
gers.
Mr. Skeen went TO when il would suit Mr..
Pharr to have the exhumation, so that Dr. T. could
name the time in his letter. he did not return as he
promised, and the meeting broke up. Dr. T. failed
10 copy or send the letters Did not say anything
10 DR.. T. at that time about the suspicious of preg
nancy because OF my belief that If post mortefn
examination was made Il would reach that suspi
eion. Afterwards May 25th) told him of the sus-