The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-03

He testified that he was n surveyor, and ex-
hibited 4 diagram Of the locality and rooms
corner of Fourteenth and Main streets drawn
from a survey made by himself with View
TO use on this trial.
ALL ABOUT TIE rIRE-lRns., -.
Mr.. Craddock was here recalled by the
Commonwealth. on, -,...,.-.,ys y
Judge Ould objected to Mr.. Craddock's, be;
ing re. called third time. It was not proper
pra ctice to allow such latitude in the exami-
nation of witnesses. This Is no way of con-
Quoting prosecutions no more than 1t Is q
proper way of conducting a defence. tow I
Mr. Gilmer stated that the re-call was SIM
ply to sustain what he had previously said,
The Commonwealth was allowed to PRO:
MT. Craddock then explained that ne meant
to say the day before that he identified the
firearms found In the room with Mr. Grant.
They might have been loaded and fired half o
dozen times since. He turned them over TO
Coroner Little. They were for while at the
police station in charge Of Mr.. Tyler, clerk OF
the Chief Of Police. Several days ELAPSED be.
tween the corcner's inquest and Mr. Grants
To the Court :siWhen I received the arms
the, pistols were Loaded. u One barrel Of the
gun was loaded, and the othersWns not. i
passed thenae frons1ny- custody 1.-The same
Deputy Sergeant B. T. August testified II
received a shotgun, revolver, and two Der
ringers, for the City Sergeant, from police
officer. identify the gun; 1t has been In the
Sergeant's Office ever since it is in the same
condition now that it was then-only one bar
rel loaded; Think these are the same pistols
that I received. Don't know. anythin about
where the officers got them from. Didn't ex-
anime the pistols. Cannot swear that this is
the revolver, but think 1t Is it is Of the same
kind Ge% ri - ~.
To Judge Ould: cannot pretend to say that
the gun has never been. discharged, but 1t Is
my belief that it is In the same condition.
Don't know by whom it was discharged.
DIR. g.. S. Mills, City Sergeant, testified: l
received these arms from Mr.. August, and at
once put them under lock and key. The pistols
were in an iron safe, the key of which kept.
One barrel of the gun seemed to be loaded,
the other empty, as now. nave no DOUBT
that they are nowi1I exactly'the same condi-
ton that they were when given to me.
Cross examined Il did uoteknow& anything
of the weapons before they were turned over
to me. Mr. Anderson, my depnt is the only
person who has had access to them since.
Deputy Sergeant Anderson, being sworn,
now in the same condition that they were
when received - 'z '-2E -
Policeman Moore, being recalled, testified
that he turned the fire. over to Sergeant
August These seem to be the same weapons.
have a receipt for them given me by MIR. Au-
gust. I got them at the Mayors court. l
don't know in whose custody-they were be-
tween the time Of the arrest and the exami-
nation. They were in closet in the station.
house to which the members of the police had
access They were very carelessly kept; SO
much so that Captain Chalkley remarked upon
the fact. They were not given to the officers
of this court for several days after the eXaml-
nation before the Mayor. Captain Chalkley
handed them to me, and TOOK them at once
TO the Sergeant's office. .a. w. ..--.-..4
The Court: If you do not know who kept
the articles, how can you say they were care
lessly kept?
Witness Because there was no place to
keep them carefully, md they were not de-
livere6 Immediately, as usual in grave cases,
to the officers of the Hastings Court.
The Court: You don't know where they
were kept in the mean time gr ss3L
Witness: don't know positively.
The Court: You know that their condition
was not altered while in your custody
( Witness: No, sir; it was not altered.
James N. Tyler was then called, and sworn.
He testified am a detective officer and clerk
to the Chief of Police. I don't know of any
fire arms taken from Mr.? Grant. Found some
dn the station4house, bat didn' examine them.
Mr.. Craddock, turned them over to Sergeant
Gum, and we afterwards gave them to the
Coroner. es.-..r.... s.- 4. .--a ss5.a.rrr
TESTIMONY OF E. Il. CHARLEY.
Edwin H. Chalkley, captain of police, testi.
fled was near the corner Of Fourteeut tn and
Main when the shooting of Pollard TOOK
place. Heard the shot, and ran to the corner
saw Mr.. Pollard lying on the pavement, with
llama standing over him. wentup TO him,
with several other officers, and I said to
Hanna, Who killed this MANI Turned
the man over, and found 1t was Pollard. L
then went over and looked about the bnilding
of Isaacs Il Co., but saw nothing suspicious,
and went down again. / helped carry Mr..
Pollard up stairs and then took another look
ut the rooms over sIsaacs & Co.'s. Found
Grant, Knox, and Craddock, in Major Gin.
toms apartment. Mr.. Craddock had several
pistols and 4 gun. He tried the gun, and
found ouly one barrel loaded think there
were about four fingers in the other barrel.
These appear TO be the same pistols and gun.
The desk or secretary was so liked mat man
could stand 1T the window between it and the
straw chair. The dscoloration on the window
was clearer Oh the wooden sill than on the era:
mite. 1t was such Il stain rs would be made ii
you were to put train OF powder across the
sill and then set 1t on fire. 1t was about two
inches wide; had 4 fresh appearance unlike
any other stain OH the window Mr.. Moore
rubbed his finger on it without dscoloring it.
I noticed that the stain was on direct line
with the linden tations in the wall on the oppo-
site side of the street. There were SIX or
seven indentations in the wall. There was
shade TO the window. The sash was raised
about twelve inches, and the shade little
higher. sitting in the chair, one could see
the opposite wall to the height of about
twelve feet. The indentations were only
about four feet from the ground.
Here the witness was shown diagram OF
the locality made by Mr.. Peasants, and ex.
planned it TO the jury to show the relative po.
sition of the discoloration and indentations.
To a Juror didn't discern any smoke OF
smell of powder in the room.
The witness then described the doors, the
room, and its furniture. Ten or fifteen
minutes elapsed between the time Of the re
port of the gun and when saw Mr.. Grant
in Major ClintOn'S room, SHIP .. ~ fr,
To Judge Ould: My recollection is distinct
that the door at the head of the steps topeniue
into the lumberroom) was open when l first
went up. When ] came up the second time
that door was still open, and the commune
eating door was still closed. The officers
brought Grant through those doors as they
went out, not through the door that wa:
broken open. l am not used to projecting
tines, but am confident that j am~right In
saying that the line of discoloration extended
the opposite wall were.
Mr.. Guild: Suppose person used to draw
ing lines ian eXpert) were to tell you that thai
line extended would strike at 4 point eigh
teen feet nearer Main street than those linden
tations, what would you think2
Witness: would not believe,it. EEL ~ .rr,.- q
To Mr.. Bundy: The Southern Opinion Office
and Major Clinton's room are on the thirt
floors of opposite buildings. You can lool
across from the window of one room righ
through the window ofthe other If the cur
tains were raised.
To the Court: I first saw the arms :taker
from Mr.. Grant when I was in Major Gin
toms room with Knox and Craddock. One
day in December brought them up to The
City Hall and turned them over to the Ser
geant, getting q receipt from him. The day
Of the mon tn is not stated In the receipt. Tit
arms were kept at the station from the Day
of the inquest until they were turned over x
me to deliver to the Sergeant. The Chief %
Police Major Poe) himself brought them Y
me at tins Mayors court. They were only II
NV pos session about half en- hour and wer'
not from under my observation for q moment
MEDICAL TESTIMONY .
DR.. william D. Hill was then called. : III
deposed: reside at the Clifton House, II
Richmond. Am practieing physician; Saw
the body of Pollard at the old Times Office
Saw eleven buckshot wounds In the neck ana