The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-09

honsa ,,, t.' KEW ne knew the
said next day he was goinw to W. wr,e a,n'Sson y, 5;
ana tell him about It. when III 'iu tbo % MIN MN
Sraaaoek), came there he saw nv nv siater nan
was out. He said, Does Til
sachson s.s live here?' She said YES ond mos by
ashea where was. When / saw hin, ,hs ,s
ase .nihg he said when he met mo con,;no w., =
au WIN a oed On my head was somn,h;n :
a"out taking up my bed and WAKING =,
sohe.ilhg IKE that. ! don't know vchoi, Sa Ha
e"t.' Nv ne asked who he was like. and led
me TO oelieve he was Mr.. Eacho,s hro,hnn eu
nc tola me that Mr.. Eacho conldn,t oona.
up because he must get the money fro,, no.. ~ '.
company that he said l must keen n,;at Tnt
ana tue money would come all ri~ht ~; am;
that times were mighty hard in Ricbmond uu
l mao Key TO one OF the doors of the homsa
ana meant to give it to MIR, Eacho tbo S,,''
Gay he was there, but forgot to do y ,
never told Craddock burned the bonso'
because didn't know who he was h,t
told the other one (Dan Wretl who came ur
afterwards. In that note l just wrote wbat
that first man referring to Craddock1 fold
me. thought he was Mr.. Eacho's broihnr
| threw the key away after I forgot to give
it to MIR. Eaclo, because thought it di1n,i
make any difference after the arrangement
between Mr.. Eacho and me, and everybody
said after the house was burned we would
all have to show what keys we had"
Judge Crump: Ibid Craddock tell YOU
how the house was set on tire?"
a. "Mr. Craddock told US he heard th,
house had been Sot atire on the inside.
didn't put any name to the top Of the note
| until after wrote the note, because wasn'
used to writing to -
| [Here witness hestated, and Judge Crumt
asked what she meant by saying elf you'll
die by me will by you:"]
A. "Wel, don't know, sir-iust pu
down what Craddock told me. l reckon
meant if he would stand by me that woulG
not tell anybody about what we had agreed
10 if he wouldn't. The first person tolC
about the burning of the house was Mr.
Wren. lie told me it had been burned down
and asked me whether it was set atire inside
or iout. He (Wren) talked with my sister
first; don't know what passed between
them. He said | had better tell all about it
Asked me who had been up there from
Richmond. l told him I did not know ths
mans name. He asked me if be looked like
la gentleman, and told him no, he looked
like some loafer who didn't have enough
money to buy loaf Of bread. never tod
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we got on the train. He asked me abou
the key. He said he knew more about tht
burning Of the house than | did, and that
needn't tell him anything but what chose
l thought he knew all about it because eve
rybody else who clme TO the house asked
about it. and he just sot down and hearC
|p;ople talk"
To Mr.. Wise: "The first person who
heard say it was insured was Mr.. Eacho
He said it was for $1,000"
| @. "Did Mr. Craddock tell you how muci
more you were to get besides S5?"
A. "He did not say"
Mr.. r. G.. Atkisson, being sworn, said ht
was on the premises between II and O'Clock
on the day the house was burned; also OF
the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday previous
On the Sunday before the house was burned
he went to the kitchen where Dolly ant
Mary jackson lived, and saw there these
1.-TWO women with Mr.. Eacho and Henry
Browns wife. They were eating oranges
cut up. He had met Mr.. Eacho before OF
the same day while he (Atkisson) was going
to church, and asked permission to turn his
sheep into the field. Mr.. EachO asked hin
if he would put the field in oats. Told him
Lit was too late, but would 60 on and see his
(my) brother at church. Told Mr.. Eacho tht
KEYS were at my house. 81 saw my bro
ther at church, and he said he would tend th'
land with me if l would live there. After
dinner l took the keys and went over to the
house It was then that / saw there Mr
Eacho, Dolly, Mary, and Browns wife. MIR
Eacho handed me a tin bucket with pieces o
orange in it, aud asked me to have some. AT
forwards he asked me to take cigar" DC
"He gave me drink Of whiskey, too. W.
then went out, and [ told him what my
brother had said. He said | could 60 ahead
tend the place, and see that no one depre
dated. TO do as pleased, and not to come
to him about anything. We went in ant
looked at the house, and he said it was II
good order. Mary or Dolly had given me
the keys in February, and told me tt
give them to Mr.. Eacho. l &e then
to him just before we separatM Don,
know anything about I& key
MIR. Eacho was there in February, d askec
me what / thought of their staying there
He said he knew they were bad charatrefss>>
told him l thought it was not safe to let then
. stay there, because drunkards or anybody
came there and did as they pleased. HI
then said he would move them into thu
kitchen, and l said I thought they would
protect the property just as well there. The
women are common women. don't know
whether the property was in Mr.. Escno'
hands for sale, but heard he bad ii for ren
or sale. don't know its value, but tolt
him if he would let me have it for FIVE year
would pay S35 per year and fence it. Th'
fence would have cost about $50. l knew
Boothman would never get much out OF TIT
place, and told him he had better get the caSl
for it as he was going so far away. W hen
saw him in April would not have give:
him over SIS, because it was so late"
Crosse examined: 81 live about bali I
mile from the house that was burned. d.
raise fodder. 1t was about o'clock Mt nigh
wneu my wife's mother gave the alarm
Didn't 60 over until next morning. Saw
Dolly and Mary; asked them about it, al, anc
thew said they were at Henry Browns. Ih'
! house was then all burned down, and there
was no way that could tell how it was Sc
fire to. l thought from the way 1t looket
the night before that it had been set fire q
-linside. l wrote to MIR. Eacho about The hf
day. l saw Mr.. Craddock one day las
R33 k at about u O'Clock; saw him next OF
s1ay he arrested the women and sum
9f33ed me-"
ere the Commonwealth rested its case.
MIR. Atkisson was recalled by defendant
counsel. and bunch of keys shown nli'
He said some of them belongedto the mouse
Did not know whether all them were on tn
bunch or not. A letter was tnen SHOW
him, which he recognized as that referred u
by him in his testimony as having pee
written to Mr.. Eacho notifying him OF LII
burning of the house.
Detective Knox, called for the defence
J,n