The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-31
VOL. XLIIl.
hat his father.in. law had been ready IN i

tiEt ms fatneT.in. law had been ready IN fi-
erickSburg to go upon his bai-hond. Ehe
interview here ended, the reporter promTng
to call again in short time for d card WITCH
the prisoner said he would write, and which
he desired to be printed. In about a3iialts
hour the reporter, accompanied by yung
gentleman Of the village, called for theIcnrfi,
which not being completed they said they
would withdraw In order that he might finish
II. He would not agree to that, hTeyef,
telling them to he seated, for, said hi | can
say to you as Judge Thomas said tdJudge
Keith, when the latter stopped In {, argu-
ment he wss making before the FOL, her, be.
cause Judge Thomas picked UP newspaper
and commenced reading It. "Ge onSYir you.
don't incommode me-" He then tobk up q
pen again and in short time wrote
TnE FoLLowlNG CARD:
BNESrsvrLLE, PRINCE WILLlAs COUNTY,
VA. August 2I.--I am here incar$erated in,
mil denied the free opportunity uf advising
with relatives or friends, or of engaging
counsel to conduct my defence. Ilavc never
had SO much MS & preliminary examination
before a Justice OF the peace; have never
tccn confronted with those witnesses on
whose testimony alone my prosecution can
hope in any contingency to blSe my convic-
ton; have never had an opportunity to con-
verse with or to have examined single wit
hess in my tchaif, and have, under these cir
cuul>tanres. hcch compelled to listen to de-
ciamatory drntinrErtions of the people aud
permitted to read newspaper articles written
TO embitter public feeling against me and to
create in the Judgment Of the people my
conviction of crime before have been even
arIaigned therefor in any criminal forum Of
the country. | know how sensitive public
opinion i. and how easily it is operated
upon to the prejudice of any one charged
with crime of this character, but surely
IT Is BARE JUSTICE TO WITHHOLD POPULAR
oCTCRY AGAINST Me
until have been convicted before jury of
my countrymen. Especially does this SEEM
to me right which can confidently expect
10 have recognized by the press, since in 10
article that have seen has my previous life
for rcctitude and integrity III such matters
ever been as>;lilcd. and since | came to the
community where arrest might reasonably
have been eApsctcd, and have never >hrunk
from any Investigation of the ease. l feel the
deepest sorrow for all parties concerned in
this most unfortunate attair and no earthly
ill-will towards any who are engaged in an
effort to riyet upon me legal conviction
and to place me in felon's cell. But am
no! gUIty Of the charge against me, and when
the case is fully investigated and all the facts
fully developed l have no fears of convic-
ton 10y Il jury. If l have violated any law.
let the law punish inc through its recognized
and sworn agencies. am in the custody of
the law, and expect TO be discharged as the
law directs and don't ask 4 discharge in any
other way. JAMES +. CLARK"
At Manassas an interview would have been
held with Miss Fewoll but for the extreme
nervous condition in which she has been ever
since her return, and which her physician,
DR.. Emlyn MarStelcr. said was marked by
violent headache. great prostitution, and frt-
qucnt commissions. She will see no gentle
man hut her physician and counsel, Judge
Sinclair.
rREFLRRING DEATH, SHE SAYS, TO A SIGHT OF
HER FATHER.
Her father is nearly overcome with grief,
and says that his daughcr has been the vic.
tim of Il deep-laid and hcllsh plot; that hes
promised the Recorder in Fredericksburg
lie would not Interfere with Clark while his
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