The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-29

! foOlR ioF FSniBecFtucnCc OF CiOc. saw notllng.
Looking outside the door, ] found the
| pistol living In a corner Of the stairway land
ing. | picked it up and put 1t in my
pocket. saying nothing to anyone about
| il. Examined the young mans room.
rs though il had been rol.bcd. Asked Up
rercuc, Were YOU in bed" He said he
WIS in bed with his aunt, having gone there
at her request to keep her company, she
being unwcll. Whilst asleep the burglars
shot her in bed. She WAS lying in the third
| (rear) back room. lie said he shot at the
burglar and then cried murder. Asked him
where he had his pistol. He said it was
under his pillow in his room. He had bor-
rowcd the pistol. He thought he fired down
| the front stairway. EIe said he borrowed
the pistol because he thought he had heard
! burglars some days previously. [rhe pistol
! was here shown. with one cartridge empty,
aS also IN" hulct taken from the brain of the
murdered woman. which, although tlattened,
| seemed about the size of the other cartridges
IN the pistol
Mr. benjamin +. Berry testified to having
! fired TWO shots ont of his window, TO sum-
mon the police. as soon aS he had been
alarmed by the cries of murder. He lived
near ly the house where the murder oc-
Cured.
OFFICER CRuNEr'S EVIDENCE.
o!iccman troncy, being sworn, deposcd
| that IN. was passing near the house and
! heard shouts: FASTENED 10 the house OH Lon-
| hard street and asked, "What's the NATTER"
| rhr prisoner. who was ill shouting In the
,Ioorvav. said. There are robbers i'll the
huu>r." Got Il lamp and hurried up stairs ;
found in tie front and middle chambers
paurrS piled around The floor. | then went
tnto the tack room, and the pri>oDcr fol-
lowed. saw the woman in bed. and cX-
claimed. "Whv. she's shot" He replied,
l"Shol. my God! my aunt" but without
any cuolion of feeling whatever Next
went down stairs to the front door, ther to
the back or kitchen door. He said when the
door was found open. "TEey must have got
in and c>c4rvd that way" The door was
oprn and the latch WAS oil. The doorlooked
IS though i, had been forced open from
, the inside. Found the gate unlocked, hut
. closed Sergeant Handy remarked, Ihls
wont do: there is something wrong here.
Officer johnson and myself who were with
him. agreed. Found the handle of Il screw
driver lying OH the kitchen table. lShown
10 tie ury.I Could lot tind the balance OF
the screw driver Sergeant Handy picked
III, the pistol and carried 1t away.
rllirCr Johnson Siulply corrobolrtcd the
testimony of Officer Cron"y ana sergeant
Handy. ciicltin% no new facts.
CAPTAIN X. +. Finley. OF II south Mount
street, WlS enc of the first on the spot ;
talked with the prisoner. his mother, and
sister: they all told ditf rent stories; the pri-
>uuyr llrst said he woke up and the man fired;
then hr said his aunt awoke him; then ht
said the man tired three shots saw the bod!
a.. hrl hI llStpi
been within Il foot.
TESTIMONY or CArTAlN LErSoN.
Captain icpnon, Of the western district,
testified that he was otlicd ut Iii house
about o'clock i'll thcmuruinG that Il murder
had been committed III his district. lie pro-
cccd, Il to the huu>c No. GGl west Lombard
street: upon cntciiug, went Up 10 the room
and saw Mrs. Wheat lying dead on the bed.
| took the youug man Uppcrcue into the
tir>r room am! Questioned hm he said lle
was sitting ny aholi, II U'C.:'rk reading; Mrs.
V heat ,.;i!ci him ard >:id Size :r!i bad he
went tu her roonl Ard laid down beside her:
in the ni..i;t ~ was awakened l'y I; >ho, :
| iunl;!cd up and S.iW Il SHADOW; Went into
hi room alu Grt Il pistol Iron: under his
| Wliny;: r.ll 0ui and stood OH the plat
iulm, and there fined OF" >ho;-a r!n-
, dom >Ilot--toWard Tie front door. then lG'!i
down stairs. very nervous, and gave al
alarm. Next took him privately into til,
Jurlur and abruptly asked him. :" i Quiz!
uE.n. what i~ Mrs. Wheat worth:' lie IT,
piled, | am in 10 condition to give figures
NOW: / think about SlG.OOr.' lie inquired
"vlru wc had found during our cNainlna
ton" Locking him in the face exclaimed,
~ u,n~ man. alu satisfied you're the mur
: tlcrcr." Turning pale, hr exclaimed, what,
Sit what. sir !" several times. lie then be-
gn IL argue the point, and laid great stress
upon his own shot. He insisted upon IN
examination being made, saying. Iouli
tind my shot in the passage Wit"ess eN-
amincd the premises minutcly, but could
lind 10 evidences Of Il shot anywhere. l
found all the trunks open up stairs and the
contents scattered about, but there were no
r;idxnccs OF violence; they seemed to bc
rl,crd about in uniform style; the catch OF
. ilc door WIS forced oil. He said the screws
wcr" too iuo>c. and lie had >Iinlcrcd them
and drove them. The c0lOrcd woman said
S,c had heard. IL hot. The mother and lis
! sister knew nothing whatever.
A LEGAL ARGUMENT.
| Lieutenant Cat,wallidcr of the western no.
lice, tlcro>od: Was at the house at O'Clock
Mas in the railor when Captain Lclson eN.
IHiilpu lie "SttStu. " itltHN W. jlO'b''ttu
Cnptan Lcp>on':: testimony. Witness ar
rested the youu" man, and on the way down
nr. entered into I'm argument with the officer
rs 10 the weight and reliability to be at
taclcd to "circumstautial evidence" lie
said he understood the law, and was stu
dent in Mr.. John I. Poc's office. Upon eN'
amininy the dead body witness concluded
That Tie pistol must have been fired lmmC'
iia;elv over and close to the face, As there
were marks of powder on the flesh. There
WAS also the print in the bed, near the body,
of Il single foot, as though the murderer had
stood upright.
The PRISONERS MOTHER,
| The mother OF the prisoner, Mrs. {. Up
pcrc.,c, IN aged Indy, was sworn, and with
much nervous trepidatloa stated as follows
Can hardly tell, l was SO frightened, what
did occur. Was asleep. Heard shots and
screams. Cried out, "Jesse, are you shot e
He said he didn't know whether he was or
not. He said there were robbers IN the
house. Thought there were two pistol re-
ports. Could find 10 matches to get light.
Ran TO a window and shouted fire. Heard
reports before heard the cries. Think there
were four shots in the house. Was awakened
bv a noise, probably hy the burglars walk
iny. rs | am easily disturbed. Then heard
reports. He ipriSoner) was moleSted some
DAYS lctolc, aud didn't want him to go out
ot niylts. Believe it was the suspicion thas
there was a good deal of money i'll the house
but this was wrong, as the old lady never
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