Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-19


seious Of HE guilt or innoeence-if he was guilty
/ he had better take the back door," meaning he
| Ind better ly. {. said mo. could not help 1t
I asked him 10 explain. and he would not do It,.
! told him he no gentleman he then rushed
IN me. aud tried 10 keep him off with my cane;
he gfapplcd me and took the cane from me, and
threw me down,nnd eboaked me until ! could not
hollow; when just gasping, drew the knife aud
cut him 10 make him let me go" lie asked me
how D. wasl | told him u. was dead or dying. lie
turned pale and said. "God forgive me, did not
intend to do IT," II was just then TINT he said,
II would willingly change places with him. /
asked him what sort of knife IL wasl He said
a large knife, bowie knife; that he had thrown
IL into ravine near the pump. Then the officers
cnme in: advised him to keep silent. say moth
ing aud keep his counsel Mr.. jordan
asked him If he wanted him, lJ.;) he replied
yes-C. then said s.tbis is ugly affair I've got
into, &c rs stated by Mr. Jordan IN his evil
denoe. {. washed his face and combed his hair;
the brush and comb were red with blood. Jor-
dan took e. to Jail the bnek why. Christian com
planned Of his throat. | him spit blood.
Mn Petitioner, examned.-I sold Christian
revolver the day before b. was killed c. did
not say whit he wanted with it. lie had been
looking at pistol several times before. lie told
me he was looking for money every day, and
would pay me when he got it. did not know he
had difficulty with any one ! think il was in
the evening he bought the pistol.
CADET TAYLOR. examined.-I do not know
where the knife and stick were found. got hold
Of them from some one else. gave the knife To
Student Barclay, and the stick to Mr.. Pole, citi
zen. The knife given to me by Cousins
CADET COUSINS, rxnmincd.-Sone man came
along with light, looking for the knife and stick
The stick was found near the hay -scales, rather
above them. Some tine afterwards, II little boy
picked up the knife, from the rayine near the pump,
aud gave II 10 me.
CADET Buck, examined.-I was n room mate of
Blackburn He had no arms at aIl--not even
pen-knife. There were no trunks in our room,
and no drawers with locks. No place in the room
to conceal weapons.
JonN COMPTON, examined.-O the evening the
murder happened Christian was at my fathers,in
Mr.. Woolfolk's room. | went in. Mr.. {. said
he would hive seen b. after church, if Andy
Moore had not advised him not. Mr. Voolfolk
told him it wns well he didn't, for the cadets
would have jumped ON him, and beaten him. |
then told him if he was talking about cadets,
they all fought for one another. Told him about
some cadets fighting a ow-driyer TINT near
" thirty Of them got ON him, and beat him. and
kicked him in the river.
Mr.. VOOLFOLK, oxamined.-I am Il Law Stu
dent. Christian had some talk with me on the
evening of the occurrence of BIS. death. lie
come TO my room late in the evening, | think
that he had found out who had slnndered him to
Miss A. | asked him whol He said Blackburn
That on the day before Il. and two three other
cadets came up TO the tavern to see him. That
Il. asked him to step aside. That Il. then told
him he, tB.) was the person who had advised Miss
A. not to go with him to church. That he had
done 80 because of the infamous character he
e. )bore in the town. That Miss A. was his cou-
sim that he ODD did not ike TO man of his
(Cs.) character associnting with her That he,
e was taken 50 much by surprise and thinking
b. was anned-made no reply except that he
would see him (l}.) agnin. lie said he intended
to see him, and demand his author or an apology.
II lac apologizod, well; if he did nothe Co would
tell him he was no gentleman; and if G. struck
linn, he would kill him. lie told me he had intend
ed To see him TINT day, but Andy Moore advised
him not | told him if hc had done SO, and got
into difficulty, he would have had the whole
c rps on him. Mr.. {. then said, the cadets fought
for each other like dogs, and he wanted some OF
his friends to be present when he met Blackburn
IN order to sec inr play. | think he had his nous
aeh shaved off that morning.
MR. ANDREW Moore, Q4aw Suddenly examin.
ed.-On Saturday, the 18th January, us | was
going up the steps in the hotel, met Mr.. Chris
tian. lie invited me to his room, nnd asked m,
II | had heard of his difficulty. ! told him | haC
not. He then told me about his engagement
with Miss A., 10 accompany her To Church, ant
that ON the evening previous to the one he was tC
CO. he received note from Miss A., request
ing To be excused from fulfilling her engagement
l'hat afterwards he had gone To see her; but thai
She dld not make her appearance. That he ther
wrote her II note, asking her if any one had Gu
Illuminated him to her; and if 50, to tell him who il
was, ar send his note back to him. Neither o
! which had she done That ON that day Blackburn
| had come to him, IN front of the hotel, and tolt
| him that he, OBJ was the cause of Miss As. not
! Al
! heard or believed that he Co WINS n man of bad
| or infamous character | asked him how in the
world he kept his hands off of him lie told m,
that Il, had his hand in his breast, and from the
manner IN which he approached him, he CO. be
heVed he was armed; and that several cadet,
were standing around, and one OF them had taker
his stuck out of his hand; and that he believed il
was preconeerted plan to whip him. | told him
that | thought II was very oticious and uncalleC
for IN b.; that Miss A. was only a third cousin Of
H., and that she was here under the care of Mr.
and Mrs. Moore, and thought il was their duty
to advise her ; that Mrs. Moore had met will
INN, Co at parties, and had had opportunities o
Judging of his character. | told him if was in
has place, | would go and see b., and if he re-
fused to give an explanation, | would fight him
lie remarked, that b. WINS three times as stronp
us he was, and would whip him. | told him then
| would take stick, and if he refused TO give it,
would cane Linn. He remarked that b. was
armed, and would kill him. told him then
II II came to that, he would have to de-
tend himself, "but 10 ring him" C. showed
me a bowie knife revolver, which he told me
he mad bought that day at Mr.. Pettigrew's, and
u rtied barrel pistol which he had had durinp the
whole session. He carried the knife in front.un-
der the waistband of his pantaoons. He told
me he would like to have some of his friends n.
long with HIM, when he saw b. told him ..it
! he would let me know, would be about: and il