The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-20

TO the pools Of blood. Soon after the rurder
the idea presented itself to his mind fhsf
.nat the main point of tho defence might turn on
.ae question % 70 the timo In the progress Of the
night at which the knife was drawn. With this
idea OF the Importance OF that question, he went
% the ground the next morning and briefly ex-
smnea q II; and for the 6ra time saw the pool On
the east side Of the street where the parties fel
he then saw but two pools larre number OF
persons were present and he described to them
all ne knew about the commencement and course
OF the night and remarked upon the importance of
knowing where the first blood was seen He sup-
posed they or some OF them examined the 0rrnnd
with this view. M
soon afterwards on the same day in COMPANY
with Col Smith and Major Preston, he examined
ths sround carefully Dd s satisfied that there could
not D have been pool Of blood Ia the line of the
night for width of eight feet wide. He believes
impossible that it could have been along this line
snu aoes not think there WINS any blood except the
'"1 % pooi, and the blood on the hay scales.
some Gays alter the fight witness saw some ciods
saturated or stained with blood near the sonth
ess. corner OF the scales. II was after the heavy
rains about that time-they were wing aIon : ~
wagon track, and ne concluded from their position
and deposited there The distance frnm ,,hs,a tsSa
they laid TO the pool near the scales which was In
the wagon track, was just that which miqbf he
Iaversed by the fore wheel Of a wagon at one rev.
olunon; about twelve feet.
By prosecutioa.-Witness Is somewhat mar
sighted; but not so much that with glasses In he
day time he could not see any spot Of blood such
a. that said to have been discovered there The
gentlemen who had testified to the third pool were
very reliable men. Had he known, at the time OF
nls examination, the nature Of the wound in the
neck, he would not have been 90 particular; be-
cause be would have felt satisfied at once that that
lying down. - - = r - -
By defeace.-Had never heard of three pools of
blood until Saturday. and not until it was stated in
evidence In the trial 3tt - : :
Mai. PRESTON, of the Institute, called. He testi-
ned TO the close scrutiny in company with Mr. Mas.
sie upon the line OF fight as represented by Mr. NJ,
and was positive that n the range of his scrutiny-
width OF eight feet-from the place of commence.
menl to5ne pool where the parties fell, there was no
blood. While he spoke thus positively with regard
70 this range, he could say that he had examined-
though less particularly the whole rround-and
was OF opinion that there but the two pools or
puuales. his idea at the same time was that the
iatai wound was given while the parties were stand
ing: he confessed his very great surprise when
three pools. '~o-.
BY the prosecnsion.-Th line of his scrutiny did
not include the locality ofthe third pool as pointed
out to him by one of the Witnessed
Col SMITH was called and corroborated the testi.
mony ofthe two last witnesses. He had examined
tue grountd win an earnest desre to find out the
true state of the case, while he had no theory with
regard to the attack, Of his own. He had not been
the two pools and on the scales. He had heard Of
the other pool from several quarters; but so many
rumors had come to his ears, which he unable to
trace, that he was Indifferent them and paid no at.
tention to this about the blood. He never believed
in the existence of such spot until last Saturday
when gentleman informed him that there were
persons who would swear to it. Mr.. Vandersice
was Tailor to the Institute. and Mr. Bumpass Jour
neyman in his employment. In the shop he had
heard both of them mention the subject Of the 5rd
pool but did not suppose either of them knew anv
thing themselves on the subject. .
The court then adjourned. - 2u
So much is said in the evidence about the pools of
blood. that we h.ve prepared the following rough
plan of the ground of the renconre to give the read
er some idea of their relative positions: