The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-25

hope OF recognition, the limbs were cut
OIL, acids consumed the flesh, and the mu-
tilated remains were sunk in the depths of
a sink. Yet Webster was Jnvicted Of the
murder, and received the reward of his
crime.
Mrs. Phillips Is proved to have been Sc
parated from her husband on the 18th of
February; yet, on the l4th Of May We find
him writing to her relatives statements
concerning her health and domestic ar
rangements at that time. He speaks Of the
whitlow, and seems to fear lock jaw, in Or
der, no doubt, to prepare them for news
of her death. All Of this is false-totally
false-and could only have been written
to turn off inquiries which he knew had
been set on foot. At length he is suddenly
arrested, and when accused Of the murder
Of his wife, replies, with an air Of sstonish-
ment, that he has no wife. This state
ment, if he had made it under the fright
and excitement of the moment, when re-
turned to his reason, and calmly thinking
over the matter, he should have retracted.
An innocent man would at once say, 81
must disclose where she is If for no other
reason, surely for my personal safety"
Concealment Of the fact Of marriage from
friends can no longer be necessary they
must know it; and an innocent man would
tell the whole truth, and clear himself of
the charge.
The defence, in the early stages of the
examination, promised to account for
Phillips from the 18th of February to this
time, but | demand Of them that they
shall account for the wife, and, if living,
she shall be brought here. He has re-
ferred us to his counsel all along, end now
let his counsel speak for now surely is
the time. Where is Emily Phillips /?
Could she have been translated Did he
leave her on the street and run to the
house Of his uncle Did size leave him :
He only can know, and he alone can
answer. Ingenious declamations and
suppOStious statements won't do for an
swers to SO serious question.
1t is proved that the parties we're to-
gether at the Virginia House at dinner :;
afterward they were seen on the porch,
and again walking down Capitol street.
We next hear, through the evidence for
the defence, that he slept at his uncle's on
the night Of the 18th. This, however, is
not certain, as the gentleman's memory
was evidently at fault. On the next
morning he leaves to 60 to his fathers, but
suddenly turns up at the house OF Mr..
tLrnSbi,, oa,s Tbon bo is a. NJ TnJa,s
who ,,r9 ,,,i,ors = hooonso bn noio notn
oc i IN Lonl- ot wb;cL bo has NOT since
looked. Here Mr.. Jude says that he
stayed until Friday, although George ".
TIrnCr tcStifies that he saw him in the
D:cL n'uulc vi 'i1 WIN az ne po?.-o'',.G NJ ="
T.UninGnu' ot W oGnu"s nc "ta',eS ,o az ni oui
,o ooU Un ' ~ tIo "cT h'"o@ ~ o ~ TresJnr %
Ia Iaa,.as ol,Tir, onJ =, rnt Io,rd nf ooaiIy
nDti WcdTesI3r cva,,;ng On Thnrsdav
no ..ortS to InGl, a. Dorsnt,s farm hrt
never COTS tharc and rctn,nS that niGbt
SLn,yiDr No c,rio,ity :, COO tL. bodv Gf y
woman who b,s Iner fornd mrrdrrcd in
thn nnioLhorbo,d
| nn,iS,,, III nc ,;,,o Ia ,ros =, or ,,oor
tba n;,,i7 ri,h obrnIort or,nortnnitioo -
an,,,.l,;,'. D. dnoJ WE Ild.s - .I,nn -
Sbn,r thot ho ,v,s ,,oro ~ nTe tina or tLsrn
~ orntInr, .Go,. ,ro ,roco ,IIe rifn ~
tLn tina of tLc mrrIer can he get off Inv
sLo,r;ra, ,yhoro no ,.a. - cav. in neriodS
! We ,ront r. I,noy wI.arn his wife wa, du-
RING that week. Justice calls for au cypla-
nation. No bvpothcsis can be framed
which will reconcile the facts proven with
the innocence of the accused. but. on the
contrary, every one Of them is consistent
with his rrilt If PbiIlirs had bcen trne
husband. innuirics wonld have been imme-
| GiotaIv r,isnb If his wifi. had suddenly dis
a,neared. Could a faithful husband have
written those letters, and woven around
himself such mcshcs of faIsehood and de-
ccit? Impossible. In view Of all these
facts ask that he be sent on.
Colonel Spaulding then opened the ar
gumCnt for the prosecution. He said that
after this full investigation no one can be
convinced that the woman found on Drink
cr's farm was Mrs. Phillips. There is not
cycnthe remotest foundation for the prose
cution. The first step should be TO prove the
identity Of the body, and then TO prove, by
incontrovertibic testimony, the accused
with the party found. He then quoted
" Wills on Circumstantial Evidence to
prove that however suspicious the conduct
OF the accused, the guilt must be proved
or the prisoner must be acquitted. 1t IS
foolish to suppose that tatr demands the
production OF his wife. This might be, IN
some cases, asking the prisoner to plead
guilty. He then referred 10 the case OF
naval officer who lost his wife, at night. on
the ferry boat between Brooklyn and New
York. He was arrested, tried, and con-
yicted Of the murder, but two years after
the woman had turned up with her para
mour in Italy. In this case, he said, we
have lost no wife, but, for all evidence
brought by the commonwealth, she is IN
existence now. AS held by Lord Abinger,
the body must be proved dead before pro-