The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-18

's'I ny aaty 20 inform Blsckburr Of C.s repufa-
w, saiu aisI INC sektef Was o0OWn h1n, fold him
N 80 NOT only proper. but incumbent upon hhmto
s,;s ~ :. M,. ~ =. nm know that ne gave fhs nfor
!, S.suoa... u not occur to You, Mr.. Humel
= ~ ~ - uote proper fhat you should -
g. suJ esPonADnHy Of the Information on which
r., Mr .ha,s 1Steo' wnica you gave him. than
il not have bss 70 ,,,a nsss e snsreF nor Would
.,..sa nUs aase osen more proper fof you to have
o,l, w1en your friend was about 10 be-
;;S1u q, ano oeciare that you were the in
An.~.r nas ~ w. I, ,esPons1o.el III a,
Lor' .ol Whacn witness was no more responsible
ned s. WY c,lcuIa'ed q and which he had
81 r, y. lo! nail oozen. II backburn had refer
resno.s;h;a;,a, ~od'u nevertneiess have met the
han the nns. in The .sres. ~ no more responsible
yeved Ppes IN sne street ZOE the water they con-
| tounsel r.,,,..s ssa s. .zks. st
was BlacLhnrn 90. tns1 on tnn ground neither
conduit pipes As ''iofe iosPons'ote tnan those
CrosseIam ipat;o. .o,,:, ~
ed to the manner NJ N s.s op]ect
Heard Of the s.Tns =. s.senuons 20 Miss A.
.on in counecfioD ,s;.h ~ ~ III WIN Miss Ander.
| -ion Satisfied that Rlscah...as upon C.s rePuta-
Miss As "'' no' asonor Of
Counsel for defence called ,,;.r....s ....5. u
the passage in Christian,s Iessar a.: aLtenuon 70
and the request to return il and -. sonnoence, ,
whether Blackburn was cal,ed nn1 :. ~ seseessed
-enton to contents of The letter Wnp pay any ,t
g. was hound TO act .tter tl,. ;rf,r..; tnougnt
him. "''''i " sos 70
The Court took the recess till half mast o,c,.,
In the afternoon
Cadet EDWARD LANeHonNr was called .ndd.. q
posed was at the Hotel the 1a,b Ian ~he-s 10.
interview took place befvreen Mr. Ri..Lh,r, "a
Mr.. Christian. While in the Hotel M Z, came II
and took a seat by me in the bar room askad
him to let me look at his cane. which he did and
alter keeping it few minutes then handed hack
to him or to Cadet Gillian. Two ladies ussseti
down street and entered Lyles C. said he would
stand at the door until thew came ont 10 ace who
they were. While standing there Hurnes. Horner
and blackburn came up and B. said 30 Christian he
which C. asserting, they walked into the nasssce
could hear them talking; but not distincfiv
enough to distinguish what they said. After few
moments B. came out with smile ON his face and
said something to Humes and Horner. The three
went on and C. returned TO the door, think G.
had his cane when he came out. nssI s7 s.
Christian asked Cadet Gillian aud myself to go
to his room. G., declined and went / don't re-
member all the conversation between us but i
asked C. what was the matter between him and B.
he answered that it was something that he could
not speak Of and then asked me what sort of fel-
low b. was Ireplied had not been long at the
institution and did not know much about Rim. C.
then said the affair was not done with. remarked
that had left Cadet G. in the bar room and must
60 down-bade him good evening and saw no more
OF him that day.
Sunday night, JAN 15th Cadet Cousins and my.
self went to the Hotel, and went up into Chris.
tians room-asking Cousins to wait till nv re
turn. went in and brushed my hair. c. asked
me to sit down and did so; and we commenced
conversing about the difficulty with Blackburn
though don't remember which of Us introduced It.
told him knew all aboutit. eaassa zs1zs 81 -sas
Christian asked If Blackburn was coming to
church told him he did not know.
Witness then went into q statement of the case
1.-The engagement with Miss A. for Church, and
the declining to go by advice from Mr. Blackburn
Witness and Cadet Cousins remained at the Ho-
tel until after tee but did not take tea-then went
tochurch each with q lady, leaving c. at the Hotel
Witness passed with q lady at the church door and
returned to the Hotel. The murder had been com.
mitted and on going to Christians room found him
greatly excited with blood on his clothes. Witness
who 10 very young, was much excited by blood c.
made enquiries of him about Blackburn. Witness
C., hurta he replied nowhere. Said blood came
from 9 face that he had cut him Ia the jaw. Mr.
Seevery came in and told c. he had better be get
ting away for he thought Blackburn would die fn
few minutes C. said let me change nv rooms and
gst me some clothes C. went into Stfayer's room
and witness went down. and then 70 where Black.
burn was and found him dying 1t was Humes and
Blackburn that witness told that Christian said
the affair was not done with H. said Blackburn
was the yery man for him il he wanted afight
Cadet GILLIAN testified tn having had ChTistians
stick awhile on the dav of the interview with
Blackburn and to giving IL to him IA he walked
to the door He went OUT stayed few minutes and
returned with the stick Ia his hand .EIl 81 M DO
Cadet A. BRUCE called who testified On Sat.
,,rdav morning, the I4rh January Mr. Blackhurn
and mvself Waited Mr. q Nc Moores and Mrs. M.
remarked that Miss Anderson had received from
Mr. Christian nosf ridiculous and amusing letter
we insisted on seeno IL and tried TO psrsrade
Miss A. to shew II to us but she refused Mrs nj.
told her she did not think there would be any harm
in showinu sit ss Il was eomefing rich and after
= li,,le nors nersnsaion Miss A did sbew n she
handed the letter 10 Mr. B. who read it laughing At
hat was the loriu did not read the letter. ~ 10
After we left Mr. Moore's, B. said there was some.
thing in the letter that ne thought ne ought 70
acaiann;ap,nr pa.se Ala not co,nnrebeud ih;s unt
q. explained IN He asked what he ought TO do
about in Alter little consutatiou we concluded
be had better ace Christan and tell him he was the
centemsn :. W. then as ue had reached the Bar
rscks. separated - 81
! SATURDAY. evening was requested by B. to inform
Miss Anderson that he had taken some notice Of
thai affair, Did not ssy In what way; but knew.
3 had told me-, He did notsa how Christian had
demeaned himself. 4. 1900 e Il
Sunday morning as went to church ana )oked
would schslIenpe him YET and q" he does reckon
will have to act as your second. o. iaugned ana
SAD mere was no danger. =. rr .w..too
saio no nO,e'o D o. Jr.ee.d - ,ts sa,e room
carly 'oI Cnutcn >. io'se.s ~ =