The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-14

I NOT So why "dS IL lHaI You Q1O HOT COTTtCl l
when YOU read the report? Aas.-I didn',
think that was the time Besides, don't
know that II was my right.
Colonel Young Did you say on your first
examination anything about walking home
with Miss Frayser? 4ns.--No, sir, because
was not asked about it.
| Colonel Young: Did you not say on that oc-
casion that YOU identified the day by means OF
n letter received a bout three weeks afterward.
Aas.-No, sir; / identify IL by means of the
fact that 1t was communion Sunday at the
! First Baptist church. ! might have said some
thing about the letter.
Colonel Young: Did You mention Miss
Fraysers name at the first examinati tion ?
| AlS.-No, sir; did not recollect 4 about ii just
then.
Colonel Young: Were You ut the COM
muEion spoken of? Ans.-No, sir.
Q'hes Why, then, did you remember that
particular communion Sunday Aas.-Well,
don know any particular reason, but do
recolect it.
Colonel Young: Didn't you state ut first
| that you went right from Mrs. Winfree' $
TO get your supper, without saying q word
about going home with Miss Frayser? .inS.-
did didn't remember the other circum-
stance then.
Colonel Youpg- What time do you now
| tn INK Phillips left Mrs Winfree's? AnS.-
just as the people were coming from church.
! Colonel Young Why did you not state this
at first? AnS.-Because didn't remember it..
Since then my memory has been refreshed.
| my boarding house at about o'clock leavin 2
| Miss Frayser near sunset t5.23J. don't re-
member whether had seen the accused before
that Sunday, bnt am under the impression
| that did not. When / saw him he was in
/ the back room cunversing with Mrs Carter.
| We remained with him until he went away.
To Colonel Johnson: Mrs. Crawford is 4
cousin of the accused.
| Cross examination resumed: l don't re-
member what we talked about. Am under
| the impression that he told me that he had
| just returned from the country. He did not
| tell me where he was putting mp, and did not
mention any lady who was with him. He had
| never communicated to me in any way That
| he had = wife. We never visited together.
| was intimate with him, but cant say whether
! he was ever at my room until that Sunday
| He may have been there when l was absent
! Did not know that he was in any business in
, the fall of 1865. Never asked him what he
was doing. l have frequently seen letters to
| the accused in the post-ofiice. Never received
| any directions in regard TO them until after
his return from Surry, when he told me not to
| deliver them TO any one but himself. dldn' I
| qualify my statement about this before, be.
| cause I wasn't asked rs to the time. He did
| not assign any reason for his direction, but it
| was duly observed. Previous 10 that time
| had delivered the letters to any one who called
| for them. They had before been put i'll Mr.
| George Turner's box.
! became acquainted with the accused
| through al introduction. was visiting Mr.
! pI,illips's family one day, when he came in
! and was introduced. Subsequently met him
| Frequently at the post-oflice. never noticed
| where any Of his letters came from. After the
| l7th of February l next saw the accused on or
| about the LIST of March. don't think i met
| him again until the latter part of March or
early in April. Subsequently received
O,tes.EWhere is that letter? .4ns.--I can't
| 1ind it.
keptst for some time, but it got mislald
L w.. nYf told N
itp 4ns-I don't remember that | was. /
looked for it yesterday, but could not find It,
| Will look again TO- night. do not remember
all its contents. Ii was postmarEeu Caolh
| Point Surry county, and was dated March
! 10th. Just three weeks after had seen the ac-
/ cused. .
| said on the first examination that the accused
| laft Mrs Winfree's ut about o clock, but COR
' rected myself before the County Court. MY
! memory was afterward refreshed by MISS
| Frayspr and by hearing the testimony OF other
| witnesses Several other circumstances com
| biucd 10 refresh my Heilloly upoh 'hiH
To Judge Crump: 1t is not unusual TO re-
cciye orders to deliver letters only TO pitrtlcu-
| lar persons.
TO Colonel Young: ! read the report OF my
| EVIDENCE rs published in the Djsptch, but
| made no corrections. looked IT over manly
| 10 SEQ if my name was down properly. have
| Frequently spoken and tested with the accused
|
| he WAS single until lie was arrested. Saw the
| dead body at the county court house. l re-
| nlied to the prisoners letter from Cabin Point,
| hut don't remember speaking OF the supposed
| murder saw him frequently after the first
| ,f hpril He was with me the Sunday before
| he was arrested, and in fact called almost
! every Sunday but never mentioned ms we
or the finding OF the BODY. Nneh went
! horne with Miss Frayser ! went down Frank.
lmand up the same street, but saw nothing OF
| the accused. ,. ,1
| Ratlerm;,n stated that he was much confused
| when he ties titled 1T the County Court by The
! fart that some parties near him were repeat
| ing his words in II sneerlns manner, ana even
| calling him offensive names. One man. he said,
| was nut out of the courtroom 1or eHcllllnlhe
| that he was not telling the truth.
! AT o'clock the court took Il recess OF one
hour. , <-,,,e,o,
Tho first witness called after the recess was
| Mrs Crawford She testified: am 4 cousin
| of the accused. On the l1th OF feorutry i;tst
| | saw him AT Mrs Winfree's. l remember the
| date because it was the communion SUNDAY
| ~ Tho First BAPTIST church. of which am Il
| upmner | did not 90 TO the communion on
that day The accused came 10 our mouse u
| short time after dinner perhaps between Z
! and z o'clock He spent the whole afternoon
win me leaving rs the people came from
| church Just atterward Mrs. "lntree ana
| Miss FraySer came up. stood on the PolcH
and watched him until he turned from MAYO
street up Broad. Miss traySer stopped I.l liLlle
while with us, ana tlleu MI Dit'ei iii'ti' ''e'o
| panied her home.
i1ross-examined by Colonel Young l had
inst gone up stairs TO get ready lot cni'rch,
! when some one told me that cousin JeIe[ Htu
| come and l went down to see hlm tneh
| declined TO go to church, and MRS. Winlree
! ,rant herself I conversed with Mr.. Philips
| until he left the house. The last saw OF nIlli
was as he turned up Broad street AFTER Mr
| Rutterman went home with Miss frnyser
did not see him again III alter ualh' "nem - -,
| torpther 10 church that night 1t was not
| very long before l saw the accused again at
| Mrs. Winfree's, but / do not remember eA. eA
actly when it was. He did not say on 3,'i,tirs ,l
| where he came from, ana alu NOT ash nm H
Don't know when l last saw him before
| nor whether had seen him during the VIII
| ter. He did not speak OF any lauy "no af q.
with him. nor make any aiit!slon 10 .Ie 80 - e "a.
| hts being n married man. AfterWaru "tS re-
0uested by Miss Frayser TO ask MN VIII iaus
| SSa wos 1yalling with on Franklin street on
The 18th of February. he replied Lil;tt !! ~ NC :
walked with any lady IL was WIN one oi ,,,a uas
,niIh env one. This was when next sa"
him after the 18th of February thlhh my
words were, "What plain. dressed laaS Ms Tts
thot Won were walking with :! rom ii'I -ni,i
Fraysers description, alant .nltn ,ha !. ,,Sv in
have been Jeler who was with the laoy ~ ~
as,ion When l saw him at Mrs Wil1ree, 5
on the 18th did not notice awning peounT,t
IN his department. Teazed him a niue ioouI =.
IN q Miss Lis An1is Turner and talked to him as 10
Il single man Mr.. ,rria Turner is n
daughter of Mr.: George M luThe1' n W. wv well ac.
ov,inted ov.ti four or five years ago merely
aasked him if this was the Miss turner 70
whom he alluded. .,o,bar This
TO juror do not know "ne'Iei dr Tedi,n., ma
Miss Turner's name Was Ahi.'o -
hut think it was the former. .,o,bsr