The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-19

the front door for Rafcll6s and Magrudsr. Did
not examine the back door; thinks Il was not
lscked. The gloves were ordinary riding gloves.
rms was the only time witness visited that
house.
| by prosecuticn-Think It was colore.l man
who let the witness Ia ct the window. lie went
with witness and followed him from the jail
| Never saw him afterwards. Saw him at the jail,
and asked him to 60 with him In a carriage.
Inought ne wonld assist witness 10 going into the
houee Don't know Why he thought he would asr
sist him to get into the house. At the jail the
counsel for the defence requested witness to 60 to
| this house. The man witness asked to 20 with
| him was the man he understood was to accompany
him. Heard from Mr.. Ra.ciiie that he WAS 10 &C :.
company him--but don't know why he was to 60
he followed witness out to the gate, and said he
would meet him at the house. When witness got
| to the house he found what the negro went there
| for.
Mr. osrlisle-When did you ind out what you
| were to co?
Wtsess-That Is q nonsensicai question.
Carltsle-I am not at all anxious TO have your
good opinion, 30 you need not trouble yourself to
express yourself upon that point.
httness-! inquired very little about it, but
calculated that the colored man was to assist IN
getting into the house; don't know whether he
was coiored man or not; one told witness why
he was to accompany him; did not know what
business was to be done after going to the house:
after he got there, found where he was daughter +
| his business was to 20 to the house. bat he did
| not know what be was to go for; knew he was to
take the things away; Mr. Rstciffe told witness
to take possession of the things; Messrs Radcliffe
ana Msgruder went 10 the hack with witness:
never saw this white or colored mau before or
since that time; witness tried the front door and
| this man showed him the back way; the man
opened the shutters; be had not told witness how
| he was to go In; witness thought he should find
the back way open, but found it locked; witness
carried the shawl to various persona to II they
| could recognise ito Mrs. Brown and to Mr. See.
Iy; went to the Jail Of his own accord, without q
request from any one, and while there, was engage
| ed to do this business
BY Brady.-Don't know much about that neigh.
| borhood.
By Magruder.-I think something was said at
the Jail about some one going to show the way to
the house.
Daniel Ratcli6e called-Went to the house az
soon as he WAS employed. Mr.. Msgruder and wit.
thought 1t proper to learn all the facts in the
case This man. who was nearly white, was under.
stood to be acquainted with the premises and
ed to assist witness and other parties. Went there
and went up stairs. Saw bed all In confusion, and
on that bed . shawl, aud thinking they had seen
such shawl on Key, the officer was requested to
take charge of it, Found also pair of gloves comb
and q bunch of cigaritos. Key resided about .
mile from this house. He was widower, end had
four or FIVE children.
.Tao N Ssely recalled-Resides in street, No.
361 his attention was first called to the visits OF
Key and a lady to the house by seeing them going
into the house in the latter part of January; Key
sometimes wore steel grey sack and sometimes
|
! ter Key unlocked the doorj the first time they
went they we're on foot; don't think she had his
arm; don't know how long they staid this was
| between and O'clock; the door shut after they
went in; the next time witness saw theur was the
18th of February, about the same hour; witness
! was going mp 18th street and they were before
him; as they stopped in front of the house wit.
passed. the lady threw up her veil and looked
wards; she came ont first and he followed some
time after, and passed down the street
some four or five minutes elapsed after she
, went out before he came out; she went
| towards her house, he went in another direction
= the next time was Sunday. the Goth February
l about half past O'Clock; be entered alone wit.
went to his own house. and, looking out of the
i. back window, saw the same lady come to the
let her in : they both entered the house together
the lady came out the same way she went in
on the 23rd or Gath February was the last time
witness remembers seeing them-then only saw the
lady pass in the back gate, about O'Clock, NJ; did
not see Key that day; cannot say how long she re-
maiBed that day; on the Sunday last mentioned
sue staid about an honr or more the house in
18Th street had been uncccupied since the Septems
Der preceding; it had a bad reputation when the
witness moved into the neighborhood; never saw
any visitor there except Key and the lady; ascer-
tained who the lady was, and went to see
her at her house, about eight days after the
killing she was the identical person who
went to the house Fifteenth street; witness went
| with his wife and daughter, to satisfy himself
| The lady was introduced to witness by gentle-
man named Hart. who passed his house daily; saw
the ladys face often three four times; only
saw her make four visits to the house, and saw her
| face each time; her face was uncovered all the
times except once; she was IS feet from witness
| when he saw her from his window; witness win-
dow was open: she seemed to be looking to see if
any one was looking at her; she did not look to-
| wards witness but once when she entered by the
alley witness was at the wood-house gate; she got
in 40 feet of him, and him, but did not conceal
hr, <naa ky.fu Ed t1~ abnrt4 kor~
| recognised her any where; she wore the same
| dress that she wore when she was pointed cut to
| witness as Mrs Sickles; was told by hearsay that
abe was Mrs 8, and to satisfy himself of the fact
be went to her house, saw her, and was fully satis-
fed. The walking Was very bad in the alley lead-
| ing to the place.
Mrs Seety caIled-Is the wife of Jno. NJ. Seely;
knows John Gray's house; knew Key since he was
| boy; saw him pass In the back gate of the house
| on 18th street: saw him go in by the back way
three times; first about the 18th of February; the
three times were all 10 February; saw him and
Mrs. S. passing about the streets. Mr.. DinDify and
another officer said the lady Senator'S wife;
SAW them pass up to street, Dnnity stopned
| there with y warrant for Key; after sauntering
| about the streets, saw them come down 10th
street like they were going to the house; Key
| was always alone after this day; saw him pass in
by the alley; saw him carry wood in his hands
from the yard saw Mrs. s. go into the house in
front on the Wednesday before Key was killed;
did not see Key that day; don't know how long he
l O
silk, with stripes about an inch 10 width; she had
on beautiful black elk velvet shawl, with twist
ed silk fringe interspersed with bugles he had on
a steel grey sack, and had cane in his hand; As
be passed witness house he had key in his
hand, which rattled know it was Mrs. 8 !, be-
cause went to her house to see her; was iDtrodu-
ced to Mrs. Sickies by Hart: recognized her; she
also recognized witness as soon as she entered the
| house; thinks Key and Mrs. Sckles went in
the back way after being seen together in the
front; could see Mrs. SIS features, through her
black veil; thinks she must have been severely
| threatened, from her frightened appearances; her
| attention was drawn TO them when they passed
her house; paid more attention to the features OF
| Mrs. s. than to those of Key; witness was at the
up stairs window, looking down on them; this was
the 10th February, saw them together two or three
| times that day; they passed witness house the
third time; did not know that the house of job q
| Gray occupied for some time; saw no other
persons visit the house since it was vacated:
| Mrs. Sickles was differently dressed when wits
to Mrs. Sickles' house, she told part Of what
she came for; she expected to be summoned
| in the case, and went to see II Mrs. Sickles
/ was the same person she saw with Key. Mrs
was in her chamber when witness vent there; VII,
did not tell her what she went for, but asked
Mrs s If she was the lady who entered John Gray's
house through the alley the Wednesday before;
she replied that she was; witness had seen Key
go to the woodhouse and get wood, as If to make 4
| fire; Mrs always wore shawl when she entered
the house; Mrs 8 recognized the daughter OF wit
| ness on the visit witness made to her, and asked
| her daughter If she was not the person who was
| at the window when she and Key passed; her
| daughter answered that she was.
| james Dinnity, called. - Knew Key and Mrs
| Sickies; had seen them together; saw them the
| 10th February remark was made which called
| his attention to Key and Mrs s; they went down
street to 10th, turned mp the east side OF 10th to
*, along to 18th, up 18th to North NJ ct; when
they got to the corner, Key peeped around the
corner and turned back, and witness having busi-
| ness with him, spoke to him several minutes; the
| lady was standing by, and witness took good
| look at her, and then won't home; Key had brass
| key in his hand, which he twirled; great numbeE
Of people were on the streets and at the windows
| locking Ut them: didn't know II was Mrs Sickles
then; found out 1t was her about week after Key
| Hath. rennAafsd hx Mr. RafciffA To and ace