The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-22
MORNING, OCTOBER %. 1874.

lhUnSDhl NlSJtGIN kaN
Fowlkes and he afterwards went 10 the 90.
lice station, and saw Majsr Poe told him be
(Page) wanted to talk to him privately told
him he didn't like the way "certain parties
were acting, and he wanted this man's
money, and meant to have 1t. Poe
said, 81 will put the case in the
bands of Knox. Fowlkes shall have his
money" Poe asked for the warrant. Page
told him he could not give it up then. Ma
jor Poe urged that if Fowlkes didn't get his
money very soon to bring the warrant to
him and he would have 1t executed. This
was Wednesday. On Thursday Page wrote
to Poe: s. Have you done anything YETI 1
intend to take action this morning unless
something Is DONE" And got reply: 81
don't know what / can do yet" Met FewKes
subsequently, and Fowlkes said to him
(Page): You haven't seen Major Poe yet.
F'oWlkes said to Page: "Poe says he hasn't
seen you, and moreover said you were trying
to get my money, and If you got it you
would keep every cent Of it." Page express.
ed surprise at Poe's conduct, ard threatened
to lay the whole case before Mr.. Cabell
and Judge Guigon, and very soon after
MIR. Cabell. told Page---so Page said-tbat
under no circumstances should the matter
be compromised. Money or no money, he
(CaoelD meant to have the swiRdlers ar
rested.
Mr. Page advised Fowlkes when he went
to see Poe again [he had another appoint
ment with him at11 O'clock to carry a wit
ness with him, aud suggested that Mr..
Philip johnson was proper man; and
when he went again. Mr.. johnson went
with him.
AT TIE CIRCUIT COURTROOM.
In an interview with Dir. Page MIR. Wise
said :" Sam Dull says he didn't get but 5000
Of that mans money. The other fellows are
gone, and Dull don't want bis house broken
up. What is the best that can be done with
Fowlkes? Page said: I have never heard
Fowlkes say he would take one cent less
than all but will advise him if he can get
half OF it to take il. Subsequently saw
Fowlkes and advised him to compromise
by taking half, and he agreed to do So
They all met in the Circuit Courtroom.
Wise drew up a receipt for S2S5, and
Fowlkes signed it. Dull, Wise, and Page
were there pretty close together, and Wren
was seated in the Judges chair. Fowlkes
protested against signing the receipt, but he
page advised him to do it, knowing that it
would be worthless in law. Wise counted
out the money to witness witness counted it
out to Fowlkes. Dull inlimated that he had
been the loser throughout, as he bad got
only 5000 Of the spoilS. Dull observed in
the conversation there, when Fowlkes de-
cared that he did not gamble, "Old man,
you know you said that you once drew a
$4,000 lottery prize" Fowlkes said. THAT
was when was boy" Mr. Fowlkes,
soto uoce, "That was an honest lottery
that was."]
WHO GAVE Mr.. WISE THE S2S5.
Mr.. Cabell: Mr. Page, haven't you told
me on occasions that MIR. Dull gave Mr. Wise
the S2Sj!
MIR. Page: No; never.
Judge Guigon: Who took the receipt for
the money returned to Mr.. FoWlkes?
Mr.. Page: l can't say whether Mr. Dull
or Mr.. Wise took it.
Mr. Wise: Dull took it.
Mr. Wise said he did not want to cross
examine Mr.. Page.
"D-D IF ALL ANN GOT TO BE SHOWN Up"
Mr.. Cabell: MIR. Page, do you remember
q conversation on Franklin street on the day
of the arrest. Do sou recolect seeing Mr..
Wren and his calling you across the street?
Mr.. Page: Mr.. Wren called me across the
street, and had short talk with him. He
was with another party. Don't know the
name of the other party; have seen him
dealing three-card monteten toe Petersburg
railroad. Wren said to witness, You think
that ID old scoundrcl Fo oRllles hasn't had
Dull arrested" Witnes ssaid, mo, he didn't
do it." Told him Mr. Cabel and Judge
Guigon had had the arrest made. Wren
SAYS, eff Dull is got to be shown up I'll be
id if all amt got to be shown up"
Judge Guigon: Who did you understand
by call" being shown up?
Mr.. Page: don't know, without he had
some reference to me aud Wise.
Mr.. Cabel: You were talking with Wren
FIVE minutes. Have you told all Wren said
to you7
Dir. Page: Yes; all can remember.
WREN CLAIMS A REWARD.
Mr.. Cabel: Mr. Page. state what occurred
between Wren aud FOwlkes when they were
coming out of the Circuit Courtroom.
Mr.. Page: Wren asked me to name it to
Fowlkes TO pay him something for his trou-
Bile. Fowlkes said be had lost enough money
already, and wasn't going to give him cent.
Fowlkes, however, did pay Wren one dollar
fors hack hire. Wren said be was glad
Fowlkes had lost his money, and be wished
he would lose bis id old head next time
MIR. Fowlkes recalled: 1t was between
and 3 O'Clock in the day when he lost his
money. 1t was about when he left DulPs
house. Was going down to dinner when he
was caught by Eelsel-that was, say about
half.past z.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MAJOR POE.
Mr.. Philip johnson, Of Chesterfield, being
sworn, said he accompanied his old friend,
Mr.. Fowlkes, to Major Poe's office on Mr..
Fowlkes's second visit to that place. When
he got there there was some conversation
between Fowlkes and Poe. Shortly after
wards Captain Wise came in. Witness re-
marked to Mr.. Fowlkes, after he found out
that Wise had taken the matter in hand,
that all was now we'll with him (FowlkeS),
as Wise would stoop to nothing wrong.
Very soon, however, 1t appeared from con-
yersalion that Mr.. Wise Was counsel for one
Of "tbe parties "-he thought Major Poe
had spoken to Wise to interest himself for
Fowlkes.
While they were there Knox came in and
renarked to Poe that the parties had gone
away and the warrant would fail OF eXecu'
ton.
About 1 O'Clock of the day Of the arrest
of the parties met Knox near the door OF
tn. Circuit Courtroom, and Knox asked If
the Foglkes '.matter had been settled"
RenIied that he was not there on that busl-
ness. and didn't know, and that MIR. Page,
who was standing near, could tell hlm.
MAJOR poE's OPINION OF NIB. PAGE.
Mr.. Fog)kes to Mr.. Cabell: Major Poe on
rhursdav SAID Mr.. Wise "would attend to