The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-11
T HI L DISPATC H.
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II has been stated. a Mr. Holden was found 4.
August, 1885, nearly dead in morass near bis real
dence az Ann Arbcr. Michigan. lie WAS man IA
moderate circumstances, aud had proe ured an In
sorance OF $4,000 bis life Before he died te sxia
he VAS va, la'd aud shot, but his account of the NJ
fair led to the suspicion that be had killed himsal
for tho beoeat of hs family aud the com
paoy refused TO pay the policy this ouud Some
lime ago, however, the matter eompr ssa sod
by paying the wtdew two-thirds Ct tho insurance
Notwnhstanoing the alleged suicide, two Young
men. named Il bert fsier aud Frank Ns,ke.,
wete charged with bis murder and Indicted. Wien
the Indictments were frst tuund, it was srnuosod
by many, that 1t wss no sith tho Wow Of iEiiu.
encing the suit brought by Ars Hidden asa,pss
the companies In which her husbands hfs was
Insured than r any other pur Jose, and after tIs
tie settienent between Mrs. Il. aud the companies
u was expected that the charge # Murder would
be dropped. The trial, however cam ON week betory
last, aud was concluded ON Friday, the Sd 10. amt
when the jury returned = verdict Of guilty., aud
the accused were sentenced TO solitary son-
nnenenr at hare labor n the State pr iao, for life
the death peDflity having been abolished m
Michigan. As this case has so many slug uiar fex~
lures about It. We quote from Ann Arbor let.
ter TO the Detroit Free ffsss:
The evidence On which the prisoners were cons
vieted Was purely circunstabtial. II consisted OF
the agreement OF the accused with the general
description given BY Holden of his murderers-
one being rather tall, the other a shorter person
After their arrest for the iarceniea, a bulIe, was
found in vest belonging to Walker. correspou.
ding with the one taken from Holder bod r. and
of the same weight precisely. These bullets were
peculiar, being corrugated. Walker admitted
that he had prepared the one found upon him.
and also that he had prepared one other ike it,
which he said he had shot at duck These bul
lets M precisely the bore ot the pistol alleged to
have been fouud near the scene of the murder
some tine after, and this ps tol Is ideutedns one
which Fuller had lev stocked at a gun shop I'm
this city some time before. The readiness with
which the accused pretended to account for their
whereabouts on the night of the murder when
Questioned OBJ the sut ject. after so long q time
elapsed their attemptto prove alibi, end their
failure TO do so successfully, with discrepancies
between their testimony on this point. and their
own prior statements, went strongly against
them. Other minor circumstances, aud some de-
c'arations aud aokgerei poetry which were traced
to the prisoners-foolish aud simple they were
help to strengthen the chain OF circumstances
with which they we're surrounded.
The prisoners are both youug-mere boys-Fu!s
Ter being probably twenty zone. and Walker some
years younger. aud il seems improbable that they
should have planned aud executed 50 successfully y
50 bold murder that for which they bav g bee /,
convicted. The evidence. too, seems hardly .ntf-
cent. aud PROBABLY had their characters stood iair
IN other respects, no jury would have convicted
them 90 II. But they stood conIesst diy guilty Il
crimes sufficient to d-base The human mind even
to the level Of murder, aud the conclusion to guilt
from the eircum tancss Vas more easy aud nat a.
Tal.
Mrs Fuller, M other Of Robert and Jas Fuller.
younger son and brother, ara among those con :
yicted at the present term of court on several in
dIetutents for burglary and larceny. Those to be
sentenced this afternoon are therefore Mrs Fuller
aEd her two sons, aud the boy Walker. The flther
OF Walker is also iu jail nuder indictment for the
same burgiaries and larcenes, and Anna, a Young
woman, daughter of Mrs. Fuller. The scene in he
Jail among these unfortunate wretchea, connected
by the ties cf blood and by their participation in
the same crimes against society, can better be
imagined than described.
TIE oPssA.-Some one writing for the New York
Evening Post imaginary letters from Mohammed
Pashs in New York TO his friend Able Ben Has.au
10 Turkey, makes the Turkish Admiral give the
following opinion of the Opera
al cannot repress my admiration at the ingeni
Gus nature Of the operate me a musical novelty
1t appears 10 be a representation Of human life
and passion In strictly original wsy; though by
means OF established formu ne. which, when fami-
liar rea lily ex plain TO the bearer otherwise myste>
rious plans of the drsmatist. tenor is always az
unfortunate lover, aud, like ali lovers, immensely
sef-couceited. soprano is a pale, and theoreti~
caliy beautiful maiden, with stern parent, pro-
chriiy 10 balconies, moonshine, and tears. and
resoiute determination to have white flowers
strewn over her early tomb. baritone is a vil>
lain OF cut throat visage and massive muscles who
persecutes the unhappy couple afyressid basso
profundo il either villain of more cousummate
rascslity, or a servant of low but humorous cur-
ming or soldier Of deep lungs aud strict morality
just as the composer may deem expedient A CON
trAto Is either peasaat girl who knows nothing,
q gipsy who knows everything, or u page of tenn
iBg appearance whore business il is 10 do little
possible for the benefit of society and as much
as possible in the way of mischief
The chorus is IA collection of very ugly but
quiet harmless ersous of both sexes, who are
alternately detected and delighted as the principal
emotious by small number Of chords aud large
number Of discords. They also incidentally II
PLAIN such portions of the plot aud action Of tho
opera as would otherwise be entirely incornpre-
EeBsible. In the meantime the orchestra pieYs
The part of commentators with unc IN mon SIX i'll -
Is lie soprano weary Uf the w0ridi THE flutes
ard hautboys sob and sigh. Is the tenor giaiu
ally arriving at the nCinsiUn that this world is
Sahara with but one oasis-or that he has not
loved the world nor rhe world him, The vioins
and comets wall and pout with mei0diGus we
Does the cuntfalto take pleasure in informing her
stalwart prosecutor that he has just burned his
own brother: The violenceIios and trombones
unite to express the astOnshmeDt Of the bereaved
party. lie the muscular william preparing to
make all good angels weep! The ophe
cIeides and double and contra BASES give notcs Of
his daboiical designs by groaus and Kisses, aud
curses deep and ioud. Is confusion, moral and
social prevalent upon the scene! The eutire fJrce
of the Instrumentation is employed to give the
hearera a lively idea Of the wreck Of matter. and
the CT ush of worlds, and chaos come again.
THUS, Able Ben Iiasseu, you see with what
natural and pleasing picture of human existence
the Americans are accustomedto regaie them.
selves, at the corner of Fourteenth street aud
Irving place