The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-12


| night Mt MIR. Templeman's. do not re1nem
Der when next saw him after the 2sth.
STARCH BAG IN COURT.
Miss Pitts, being recalled, was shown tn
starch bag taken from the pocket Of the dres
worn 10y the murdered woman She identified
II as the property of her sister
| PAPER OF PINS INTRODUCED.
George DrinErr was next called The dea,
body was found on his fathers farm. II
visited the spot, aud found some pins on tn
ground. witness stuck them in Il stump. an
subsequently,, during the examination Of Phil
| hps by the County Court, brought them l.
! Richmond and gave them TO the A ttoruey 70
IN" commonwealth.
These pins, il will be recollected were fount
| by Mr.. Moncure, with n bag of starch, in tn
! pocket of the dress, and were thrown upo,
the ground by him. The pins taken from tn
| stump were now compared with those founC
| with Mrs. Phillips's effects in the prisoner
| trunk. They seemed 10 be of the same siZ
and in the same kind of paper. Witness sale
| he was not much Of 4 judge of either color
| or pins.
| TIE MINISTER WHO MARRIED PHILLIPS.
| Rev. w. A Baynham was next called anC
| testified: am = minister of the Gospel, re
| Mary Emily Pitts for years. She was 4 mem
Der Of my church, and / baptized her. l re
| member marrying her in 1868, after the sur
| render Of Lee, TO q man named Phillips. I'm
mediately after the marriage he spoke to me
/ in the passage, and told me that his fl thel
owned = timber farm in Surry, and had been
| broken mp By the war. ! cannot positively
| identify him. He had = permit 10 be married
| from the provost marshal of Essex county
| The clerk of the County Court resumed his
duties on the very date of the permit.
| The papers in the case were here exhibited
| The provost marshal certified that James ]
Phillips and Mary Emily Pitts, having taker
| the oath of allegiance 10 the United States
| Government, had permission TO be united il
| marriage at such time and place rs they may
| select. DR.. Baynhams certificate states ht
performed the ceremony OF the 10Th OF May
| 1866, while the provost's permit is dated III
| July. The Doctor was nuabe 10 account fol
| the discrepancy, unless by the fact that affairs
| in the country We're 50 unsettled at that time
| a> 10 render accuracy almost Impossible. Iht
| certificate was probably written in haste, ano
! some time after the miirriage took place.
| Witness resumed: objectedt 10 the marriage
| for several reasons. In the first place, MISS
| Pitts was in very delicate health, being sub
iect 10 profuse hemorrhages; secondly, die
| not like any members of my flock to marry
soldiers with whom they had only 4 slight nc.
| quaintance thirdly, l did not feel satisfied
10 marry anybody under military permit
| | cannot account for the inaccuracy of the
date in the certificate of marriage, but am
| sure that performed the ceremony after the
| date Of the permit.
| EVIDENCE OF AARCELLUs HICKS.
| Mr. Marcellus Hicks testified: have known
| the accused Tor eiEll or nine years SAW nun
| in February on the corner Of Tenth and Broad
| streets. He asked me if l knew family OF
| Hickses living near the Central depot, ahu
| what kind Of people they were. to!d MN
| they were relations OF mime, and SO Tar as !
| knew were very nice people. lie Said lie
| asked because he knew Il young lady named
| Pitts, from Caroline, who expected TO Tlsl1
| them Before he left me he requested mt
several times not TO say anything ABOUT II 10
| any OF the falnily This was about the 2otf
4 g ! ruppllrrI pi The date because TWO
days after, on the 22d, met 4 COUSIN, TO "holn
| | mentioned the inquiries made by the &C
| cused. know that met my cousin on lhe
| 22d because he desired TO borrow some money,
! having :. debt TO pay on the 23d, which was
| the next day.
Judge Crnmp objected TO the detail OF the
| substance OF the conversation between hr
| Hicks and his cousin. Thc obJectloh WAS sus
| tanned by the court.
Cross examined: l am certain that | mel
| the accused on the 10Th of February, and
once before, early in the month
| To Colonel Young: The remark OF Phllllps
wns that he Enew a Miss Pitts, of Caroline,
! who intended 10 visit the Hicks family.
To Judge Crump: When l saw The accused
| early In February he was near skin ana
| Broad l was examined before the county
| Court but not before Justice Netlies. lhlhh
this was III .Hirch or 1prH.
| AT this point the usual recess for dinner
! was taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the recess, Mrs Hicks was called She
testified l reside Oh Mayo street in TINS city
| Mary Emily Pitts, afterwards Phillips, was +;
| daughter of my sister. | have not seen hel
| during the present year, and knew nothing o1
her being in the city in February last an
her only relative in Richmond. had hearc
| of my niece S marriage, but nlo hoI seci hci
| since il took place.
| Cross examined My niece visited me sere
| raj times during the war, but 90 not recol
| lect the last time. l was then residing Oh
,,,af vol hE
STAYED with me for three or four weeks.
never saw the accused TO know him until HI:
examination before the County Couri.
aunt BErsY's EVIDENCE.
Betsy Peasants (colorcd) was the next wit
| ness called. She testified: 1--we on WehtS
fourth street, at George lurhel pl 49, ~
and have lived there for nearly twenty ye;lrs
Mr. Phillips brought u trunk 10 my llouse on
night in the early part oi the wear. ~ e. tGi'
| me 10 take care OF it until he could sehu tol IL
| Ahout two or three weeks afterwards hoper
| p;,r.r n colored man came for tand carried
II away in Il cart. The trunk WAS At my hous'
| when heard that's dead BODY hau peeh louil'
in Drinkers woods. II had been lhere SOM
r;ma before heard of the finding of the body
NV old man Stephen was slttlng OUTSIDE Wlie'
| MI Phillips came up, and waS sllling IN th'
house. stephen took il up, and MT fhill!p
walked behind him. l took good care OF III
trunk until Robert Bigger came TOT II. II wa WA
carried away III Il horse cart ithess nel
hurst into q laugh 1T the recollection OF WIZ,
she said about this At the preliminary eAainl
| nation AT that time she testified thtt = no
bert Bigger carried it away III i ons-horSe Htut
c1rt'l | used TO belong 10 Mr. turner, ith'
| do row for him the same that always uld.
| Crpss-examined 1t was cold enough lot
fire when the trunk was brought, out IL wa
neither raining nor showing. lnere were W.
barrels of Hour in the cart that IL was carried
ayvay in. Don't recollect seeing Mr. Phllllp
| while The trunk was 1T my house
To Colonel Johnson: l don't know VIVA
month the trunk came, rs :" never ula keel
account of months IN my Inihu, anu ~ inun i.'tn,
nothing ut all to do with them" knoV
| C,bristmas comes but once in year, ana
was since last Christmas. Nobody opene'
the trunk while had charge OF 1t, ana
couldn't have been opened without my kao"
| mo II I ALWAYS had the key OF the room II
which il was kept. l have been in the habi
of taking charge OF things for the PhllllpSes
Turner's, and Pleasantses for years.
TO Colonel Young: have no douot aoou
| the fact of the trunk being At my mouse "hel
heard of the finding Of the oody.
UNCLE STEPHENS STORY.
! Staphen Peasants testified: am the nus
| hand of Betsy PleaSantS, and nave peen 10
| twenty years. ! know Mr. Phllllps. Neeoi
| Iect that he brought trunk 10 my mouse On
night between and O'Clock, "aS h,,cr s,v"uf a1
| on the steps, when he came up III 4 oussE ah
| asked me 10 carry his trunk up STAIRS. 30
il out of the foot Of the buggy, ana TOOK IL u
| stairs as he told me. IL was SOME Iiipe =
| Eebruary but don't know eIactly %ntt u,y
'rha trunk was at my house before heard Q
Iha dead woman At Mr.. Drinkers. don
| know who carried it away
Gross examined by Colonel Johnson: :,
think the trunk came to my house near IN III
| -, of FEBRUARY l can swear 1t was IN ina
moutn Ioo NJ l think it was nearer the first, be
cause toward the last went down 10 Chlrle
civ. II may have been about twelve OF NOR nor
days after the first day OF me 'he ihom,n tnaa, 4
1rHnl, WAS brought in a one horse ouSsy
u rnionei 1,,I Johnson: Did you state that whe
examined before, stephen =,
Sienhru No, sir, l didn't Bekase NJ d'.