The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-07

! information caused the family a great
deal of anxiety. Phiilipss letter about the
whtlow had made us uneasy, but as we
heard nothing further, we pres umed that
my sister was better.
To Judge Crump: have two married
sisters, one Of whom married lawyer and
the other a justice of the peace.
The witness then exhibited note, with
ont date, which he thought was received
by Mrs. Phillips last November (fS66), but
was not sure. The note was found since
the examination before the court Of ma
gistrates. The witness said it was in the
handwriting Of Phillips.
Judge Crump objected to the introduce
tion Of the note unless the party in whose
possession it was found be brought into
| court to testify where he or she may have
got the paper. The presumption now was
that the prisoner never saw the paper.
Colonel Young insisted upon the intro
duction Of the note, although be did not
attach much Importance to it.
The court decided that the paper had
not been sufficiently connected with the
case, and therefore sustained the objection
Of the counsel for the accused.
Colonel johnson said that lest some un-
usual Importance should be attached to
the mysterious" paper in dispute, he
was now willing that it should be read to
the jury, though not as evidence.
The following is ucrbatim copy:
En-, BE sure and let me hear from YOU rs
soon as possible and partially relieve my
troubled mind. Nothing would sooth me more
that l disappointed you last Monday, but my
Dear | could not'help it. 1t was not my fault
Though know every one will say that it was
that had gone 10 frolick or something of
the kind, but try and disa buse their minds of
the fact. Bear IL all with resignation and
fortitudc. DO not murmur; I will see you
soon and repair all damages, l hope May
God protect you is the prayer Of your devoted
husband. Good night my own darling one.
From your own JETER.
II have picked out Il hat for you Will try
and get you Il cloak ana dress if possible. l
am very bad oil: no overcoat my shirts are
wearing ont. | have on drawers now that l
put on six weeks ago, socks also. Good night,
my dear
After the reading of this note the court
took u recess until 3 o'clock.
THE MENDED BREAsTPIN.
After the recess Randolph r. Peasants
was sworn, and testified was member
Of the coroner's jury summoned over the
body Of the woman found in Drinkers
woods. saw the body at about 2. NJ.
on the day it was found. 1t was lying on
the face, and I think the collar bone was
broken. There was small hole in the
head, apparently made by pistol bullet.
The witness then described minutely
the appearance Of the body, and con-
tinucd | removed a breastpin from the
bosom of the dress. 1t vas a plain gold
breas;pin with raised bunch Of grapes
or flowers. There was needle fastening
instead OF pin. The needle was sodercd
with lead, few drops Of which were on
the gold. BY request of Justice Peasants
| | took charge Of the pin, and shortly after
advertised, but could not be found. Near
! the head Of the woman there seemed to
! be the impression Of the toe Of shoe. |
noticed no other tracks. There was the
track of a buggy or some other light ve
hicie in the road.
Colonel Johnson said that cross-exami-
nation of this witness was unnecessary, as
his evidence, in the opinion Of the pri-
soncr's counsel, was irrelevant.
Mrs. Moore next deposed: | reside OH
Main between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets. When the body had been diain-
tered and was lying at the county court
house | went to see it. The dress and
some skirts, said to have been worn by the
murdered woman, were hanging near by,
and cut a scrap from the dress, thinking
that the body might some day be identified
by it.
The scrap was exhibited to the jury.
Miss Pitts was then recalled, and showed
the scrap of the dress worn by her sister
when she left home with Phillips. The
two samples correspondent i'll all respects.
Mrs. J2ter was then introduced: Her
testimony was similar to that Of Mrs.
Moore. She, too, had clipped piece from
the calico dress removed by Constable Cole
from the dead body. This was shown to
the jury.
Being cross examined, Mrs. Jeter stated
that she thought when she first saw the
BODY that it was Jennie Edwards alas
Jennie Grimes. She had some doubts
about it, but if Jennie had not come for
ward she would still have been of that
opinion. She believed it was Jennie be-
cause the nose Of the corpse was broken,
and had the peculiar twist of Jennle's
nose.
The pieces of calico exhibited by Mrs.
Jetcr and Mrs. Moore We're found to cor
respond exactly in figure and texture with
the sample brought from Essex by Miss
Pitts. ...
MR.. AND MRS. PHILLIPS IN RICHMOND.
Mrs. Matilda Waddel, testified: In Fe-
bruary last l kept Il clearinghouse on
Grace between Eighth and Ninth streets.
One Saturday about thesmiddle Of Febru-
ary the accused came to my house ABOUT
the middle Of the day, and asked me If l
couId accommodate him and his wife, who
came with him. ! had been TO market,
and when came back the servant told me
that Mr.. Phillips and his wife were there.
| Went in and spoke to them, but do not
think he introduced me TO his wife. She
was leaning against him; SAID she came
from Essex; complained of being fatlgued
and cold, and talked about going TO house
keeping. In the afternoon they went out
together, and did not come back ID tlme
for tea. She apologizcd for the delay, and
stated that she had been taken sick IN a
store. Phillips then asked me about lns
trunk, and told him it had not been brought
M. He said he was not uneasy ABOUT
il. Mrs. Phillips was unwell III the morn
ing. and did not come down to breakfast i.
T6ev were both at dinner We dine at about
two. The accused went ont after dinner, ana
she sat in the room with me. During the
afternoon, probably between and 8
o,clock she Suddenly exclaimed, There's
Intar now.n and went out to meet MN.
shortly after ] saw her walking up and
down @ the front porch, and her hat was ~
mo IN the centre-tabe in the parlor. Her
haj had been in her room before. had
- f,rtbor conversation with her. never