The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-11
THE FEWELL MURDER TRIAI,
TRIAL or RssOfsY FEWEHr, Ear
Ts1E KILLING OF J. r. CLARK
IN JAEL.
TESTIMONY OF MISS JEWELL.
INTRODUCTION OF LcyE.sgrrr.s


| trial Of Lucicn n. Fcwell before the Prime
William County Court for The murder @
james +, Clark, in August last. An ali
stracs Of the proceedings Of the first two dav
has been furnished by our CORRESPONDENT
The following additional details will b,
found interesting:
| ABOUT THE SHOOTING.
w: W. Thdtnttli. sworn and testified
| Ny attention was attracted by the report q
| firearms on the morning Of the Dist of Au
gust. On approaching rearcr Heard the
| sound Of voices. apparently In distress. On
entering the door saw Rhodv Jewell. |
said, "Rhodv, don't, don't" He said, 81
me alone, Major and fired. caught Al
him. Am NOT certain whether touched
Bin or .iot. After firing the shot he walked
ont of the door. lie had two pistols. The
one in the right hand about the size of a
navy pistol, the one in the left small one
My impression is that one of the two shots
received by Clark was from the large pistol.
l was so much excited that l cannot tell the
position In which Clark was standing
when the shot was fired. Think he
held table before him AS q protection.
saw 4 part of the body exposed
! As FewcIl went out of the door Mr.. Lips.
comb entered. Did not sec Jewell again
| until nc drove out Of town in Il carriage,
about half hour afterwards. When en-.
tered the Jail Clark was crying out eXcitcdly,
"Oh, oh, help, help" Ecwcil walked ont
Of jail slowly, jumped over fence which
runs by the side of the building. and walked
more rapidly down street which leads to
| Manassas. ] do not know where lie found
the carriage in which he drove away. Wit
ness then described: There are two doors to
| the Jail. one of wood 1.-THE outer onc), formed
of heavy plank, and close, and like al other
doors except heavier; the other an iron
door with gratings to admit the air. One
| Standing outside can see Il prisoner in the
cell occupied by Clark, il the outer door is
| open. 1t was open when reached the Jail.
| Cross-eXaminuion TO Judge Thomas: ]
heard firing and haStencd to the Jail. There
was only one shot fired after | arrived. il
was fired from the pistol which Jewell held
in his left hand. | caught at Fcwel with
the intention OF preventing him from firing.
] was SO much excited that | do not know
whether | succeeded in LAYING my hand upon
him. lie had pistol in each hand. Do not
know why he did not fire the last time when
| | was near with the pistol held in the right
hand. When this shot was fired the table
fell to the floor. There were no indications
| upon the table that it had been struck by the
| bullet. When he left the Jail he jumped
| over the fence. Did not 90 over the stile
which he had TO pass. Don't think Fcwell
| said Major, let me alone; | know what
am about lie may have said so, however.
| TESTIMONY OF MISS FANNIE s. JEWELL.
This Young lady, with whom Clark
! clipped, testified al great length, beginning
with Il detailed account Of the clopcment.
She said:
my name is Fannie Sandford Fcwcil. |
WAS sixteen the 29th Of last Jane. ] became
| acquainted with Clark when lie first moved
| to Manassas. Had heard OF him before.
| While we lived at MANASSAS we met fire.
| uuently. | SAW u great deal Of him during
this time. left home july u, 1872. Was
| persuaded TO leave by The SCduciipns of Mr..
| Clark. ! met Clark at the DEPOT in AlcX!E-
| dria. lie was Standing OH the pavement nc%I
| the track. The conductor escorted me TO Tie
| carriage. Lett Alexandria III s \. N. We
| drove towards Washington. | thought we
| were going to stop in that city but am
told We went directly 10 Bladcn>burg, which
| | thought WAS Il part OF the suburbs OF
| Washington. We procured tickets here and
went TO Baltimore. Arrived there about 6
| \. NJ, and drove TO thc RcnuCrt House.
! Clark accompanied me. remained during the
| day, and lett about Tie following EIorli-
in-. MIR. Clark had promised before !
| left Virginia 10 marry me when | reached
| Washington. When we arrived III B!adcnS.
burg asked him why he did not do so. He
said i; w;ts too curly iii the morning. Asked
| him again wien We reached Baltimore to
marry me- He said it was impossible, that
he was IL married lnau, and it wonld be big;,-
| my. II pcuicntuIy offence, 10 nalry While
he had Il wife living. This conversation oc-
Cured in my room after supper. Clark then
went down into the clcc of the hotel.
About 10 O'Clock II" returned 10 my room.
He found me in tears, aud told ne that
might a> we'll become resigned TO my tate
that II | had made sacrifices i'll leaving home
with him. lie also had made sacrifices Tor me.
told him ii he did not intend to marry me
would return 10 my home. He said that
our fntcs were linked lrrcyucibiy, that had
taken u step which | could not recall, that
my family would not receive me, and tht
: world would not believe ne fiiItlrss. liz
also said that if left him then he would
leave me, and would have no protector
We registered at the Renncrt House rs Mr.
Green and wife.
Then follows Il narrative Of incidents y
their trip by Rochester, Detroit, Chicago
and st. Louis, to Palmyra, Hannibal, Lellisl
ana, and, finally, to Mexico, Mo. Here the,
remained sometime, being registered at tn
hotel as John Il. Lee and wife. One d.,
Clark went to st. Louis, and from there
wrote to the clerk of the hotel to advise hi
"wifc" to 60 on TO Cincinnati. She tool
the advice, and there being unable to tint
Clark, pcnniess and apparently deserted
her story got into the newspapers, Eel
testimony continues:
| A proposition was made 10 send ne 70 til,
Home o., the FrtsGdlcss. The telegraph OF
orator sent me message saying that Clara
had been ut the office and dispatched ar
: order for Ssh to Mexico, and that coul(
get the money 10y calling upon him. / wen
twice. Each time the operator said CLARK
had Just been there. / saw notice in {
Cincinnati paper that q man by the name OF
Clark had deserted his wife, and that she
was without money or friends i'll that city
4 few DAYS afterwards publication appeared
in the same Journal congratulatinS Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark upon having met by accident OF
the train, rs they were each going East IL
search Of the other. This paragraph was ut
terly false. | did not see Clark from The
time left Mexico until | arrived in Wash
ington. Through Mr.. Kidneys exertions
obtained ticket for Washington. had only
a dollar when left Mexico. BY this time il
was all expended. | reached Washington
about 10 z. NJ. Had heard Mr.. Clark speak
of friend who was clerk at Boyle's Hotel
| knew no one in Washington. Called 20