Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-08
The CIark-Fewell Tragedy----FOst-
noucmpnt Of the Trial Of FeWeli.


large, than usual, drawn together ~ the anti
cinatcd trial Of Fcwcll for killing Clark, charg,
Cd with The abduction of Fcwc sister There
seems ,o lu great deal of feeling III regard to
the matter in the county, and diversity III
onioiou in rctt enc. to tie commission OF the
offence. The vcnirc has been summoned from
III, Gainesville district, which. 1t Is stated, Is
section of country where the people are in
sympathy with the accused. Judge Nlc"l,
Judge Of the County Court, before whom the
lral is to take place s'qute young man. but
nnsscssrs the confidence ui' the entire communl-
~ over which he rrcsidcs. The Court house.
= respectable brick building, Is situated III the
center of a beautiful green lawn, surrounded
nv 4 grove of locust trees When the court
oneurd The grand jury were first charged and
retired, and presented, among others, the loI-
| lowing Indictment
| PEIScE WILLIAM County, to wit:
| In the County Court of said county the jurors
| # the Common. wealth of Virginia in and Tor tn"
body OF the county Of Prince William, and now
| attending the said court, upon their oath pres mt
that I.ucien n Fcwel OF the said county, on
the 3l.t day of August 1872, with fnrce and
! arms in the county Aforesaid, IN and upon the
body of one James F. Clark, in the peace OF SAID
Commonwealth then md there being, feionlous,
| ". wilfully, and With malice aforethought, dld
make an assault and that the said Lucien n
Jewell. with certain pistols then AND there
| charged with gunrowder and certain leaaeh
bull cts which he, the said Fewell, in his hangs
then and there had and held, then and there fe-
thought did discharge and shoot Oft against ana
upon the BODY of the said james +. CLARK, ahd
that the said Lucien N. Fewell with the leaden
bullets aforesaid, then and there, by the force OF
the gunpowder aforesaid, shot OH, as aforesaid
then and there teloniously, wilfully, and with
malice aforethought, did strike, penetrate, ana
wound him, the said James F. Clark, IN ana
upon the left side of the breast and IN ana upon
the back of him. the said james +; Clark, CIV
ing to him, the said james +. CLARK, tIeh anu
there with the leaden bullets aforesaid, so rs
aforesaid, discharged and shot out of the pistols
aforesaid by the said Lucien N. Fewell, in and
upon the left side Of the breast and IN and upon
the back of him, the said James +. Clark, giving
to him, the said James F. Clark, then ana tnere'
with the ieaaen bullets of aforesaid SO MS Atofe-
said, discharged and shot out of the pistols
said by the said Lucieu N. Jewell, in and upon
the left side of the breast and in and upon the
back of him. the said James F. Clark, two NOR
tai wounds, of the depth of inches and breadth
the said James F. Clark, from the said 3lst day
of August in the year aforesaid, to the I'd day
of Septem Der, in the zeal aforesaid in the c"un,
ty aforesaid did langui:h, and langushing did
live, on which said I'd day of September 1877,
the said James F. Clark, in the county aforesaid,
of the said mortal wounds died And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do
say that the said Lucien N. Jewell, him the said
james F. Clark, in the manner and form af9re'
said, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice
aforethought, did kill and murder against the
peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Vr-
qinis CHAS. E. SINCLAIR,
Attorney for the Commonwealth Prince VIII
liam county.
Foreman OF the Jury
The counsel iu the case are For the Com.
monwealth Henry A. Wise, Char es f. Sin
clair, and A. T. Menitee for the defence, Eppa
T Huntcn, VIM H. Payne, and Henry ".
Thomas On motion of counsel for defence, the
rule against the sheriff, made at September term
to show cause why the Jail door was lett open
thus affordng Fcwcll access to Clark, was laid
over, by consent of Commonwealth, until after
the criminal trial is disposed Of
Gen William II. Payne on behalf of the
defence, asked for continuance OF the case un-
I'll the next term, because certain important
witnesses were absent.
Gov. Fl. A. Wise, for the prosecution, not
being in court, time to consider Was asked by
the Commonwealth, pending which the court
took recess of half au hour.
After the recess Mr. Wise appeared in court
and became the center OF attraction. He looks
as he did years ago, only somewhat more fee
blc but his eye is as bright and intelligent a
it was in the hacyon days Of his youth.
General Payne reStatcd the cause for con
tinuing the case 4 discussion arose as re-
cards the continuance, the counsel for the de-
fence not wishing to disclose the name and
character Of the missing witness, upon whose
track a detective is at present The defence
we're anxious to go into the trial, because the
liberty of the accused was as dear to him as to
any one present. They had the right to de
mand time, because the defence is not expected
to be ready until after the charge is made
Governor Wise claimed that the rules which
applicd to the defence also applied to tho
Commonwealth He diSscctcd the proposition
of the defence in mastery manner, and con
vulscd the audience with laughter. lie stated
that he did not wish to press trial. but only
wished to resist anything outside the law. LII
} the course of his remarks he said he would
''trcad cautiously, but very firmly. 1t hi:
f. (Fcwell') life is to be tried, another has beer
taken, gone past recovery, and living issue is
to be tried. | want to defend the
Justice of this Commonwealth and the dead
the dead as we'll as the fallen, the fallen as
we'll as the dead" He was willing to grant
time for the defence to procure witnesses but
if it was an attempt to wear away the first feel
ings that the act created, his Honor could no,
grant continuance. Cpeaking of Virginia he
mabe this remark, that bastard of a politica
rape-Virgiuia.
Gen. W. H. Payne replied and stated that
an important witness was sick aud another llv-
ed in the District of Columbia, and urged that
the case was materially affected by these wit
! nesses.
The case was then continued to the next term
of the County Court.
THE New FRENCH EATING HoUsE.-Habit
is often called second nature, and it seems
that there are people in Paris who grew SC
much accustomed to strange food during the
siege that their stomachs still cry for the irregu
lar menus of that period. To suit such abnor
NAL appetites game shop" of most peculiar
kind has lately been opened 10 the French CAPT,
FOL II ic cItuotad in ctrnnt noar tho III olloc