The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-02
trial niFuded to. I could give no positive
opinion sas to those two days. As TO the
probabilities, witness could not giyeau opin-


opinion sas to those two days. As 10 the
probabilities, witness could not giyean opin-
lon. ,gs,3 s. s.
Dir. Wise: Have yon been acquainted
with Colonel Mayor 'lf,s17
A. Slightly, sir, for year or tHo.
q DO you know anything personally of
his present condition .ssg - -,...s
a. saw him on Saturday. was in the
courthouse during part Of the time Of his
examination In Colemau's trial, aE1
q. Did you then form the opinion that
he was an insane man from what gou OBJ.
served? n ,g....
A.. I did not. - ...@
@. Did anything in bis case then occur
which was unusual in q court Of Justice i
IS A. Nothing that saw. l2 Il. - II s.sSs
y @. Did You ever have anything to do with
the treatment Of lunasiesp ... ,. S
A. Not q great deal, sir. 7 have never had
charge of an asylum. a*aE5 asSi E5}.'s y
court now repeated the hypothetical
question put by him 10 DR.. Cabell, to which
Pr. Perrow replied: ,..:..- 80.
could not, Sir. AS to the probabilities,
be Or. Perrow) said that according 20 the
hypothesis, Colonel Mayo would be sane.
h, MIR. Wise now read bis first hypothetical
question propounded to Dr.. .Cabell, to
which DR., Perrow replied: ,..,.
I could not pronounce him insane.
@. Assuming man to be insane Is his
memory necessarily affected /? z i,.t
A. Not In all cases. .-e <,s;; i !! =,
for that statementa "". - 71'lS'
A. I don't know that ] can; I can give
my own judgment for 80 thinking.
Mr.. Wise now asked the witness the third
question which he had put to DR.. Cabell,
and DR.. PerroW replied that it is possible.
To the fourth Hypothetical question pro.
pounded by Mr.. Wise, DR.. Perrow said in
reply: "Notfrom that single circumstance
To Mr. Wise's fifth question, DR.. PerroW
said that He might give clear and inteili-
gent answer on any other subject"
EVIDENCE FOR, THE PROSECUTION.
Mr. John E. Wade, q member of the jury
10 the Coleman trial, was next examined.
Said that he thought Colonel Mayo's state
ments were clear and Ineligible, but thought
that he kept back something he might have
told; saw nothing in bis manner that ex-
cited his observation or struck him as being
singular, except his interruption Of General
Rogers once or twice; thought he inter-
rupted him because he wanted to prompt
him. Witness next repeated the evidence
as Colonel Mayo had given in regard to
Coleman's confession. Saw no embarrass-
ment except when Colonel Mayo was asked
to account for the $3.50 and could not.
Mr.. n. Talley was next examined. He
was also one of the jurymen in the Coleman
case. Neither hepr Mr.. Wade ever saw Col
onel Mayo .laboriDg under mental aberra-
tion, and as far IS they knew they expressed
the opinion of the jury.
MIR. John Tyler, another member Of the
jury, was examined, and gave similar testi-
mony to that of the other jurymen who had
preceded him. -...
MIR. E. a. Saunders and hr. j. NJ. God
| din, members of the jury, also testified SUBJ
stantially as the other jurymen had done.
| Mr. w. ID. Chesterman was next sworn,
and testified that he received from Colonel
Msyo o statement on the night of Colonel
Coleman's arrest touching the admission Of
Coleman to Mayo that he made the erasure
| in the warfantbook; that Colonel Mayo
gaye him a very clear, connected narrative
| Of the whole affair from the time of the first
investigation until Coleman's arrest; did
| not give witness any explanation, however,
Of why he had made the erasure; did
not say that Coleman gave him any
excuse for having made the erasure;
thought Colonel Mayo's whole statement was
remarkably intelligent. The subject Was
perfectly new to witness, and whatever Col
onel Mayo undertook to explain he did SO
with ease, and made 1t remarkably clear.
| Thought Colonel Mayo had been drinking
very hard. Told witness on the night OF the
interview that he had not slept for several
| nights; that q the thing Was worrying him
to DEATH" Had seen Colonel Mayo nearly
| every day since the election, and his manner
made witness think that he (Mayo) had re.
Gently been drinking very heavily. Never
was impressed with the idea of meCtal ab-
erration in Colonel Mayo, but that he had
told witness once or twice, that he was
greatly worried about the Coleman defalca.
ton, &c. @,.
| THE EXAMINATION CONCLUDED
with statement made by Mr. Wise Of tht
whole case from the day it first came up il
the Police Court until the present time. Ht
said that as to Colonel Mayo's statement o
Colonel Coleman's explanation, which Col
onel Mayo made in the Police Court, it Wa
almost ldentically the same as that made il
| this court, and before the grand jury
| been about the same. He (Mayo) al
L u
/ if he could find he could make all of hi
! statements clear. Didn't know what memo
rapdum it was, but thought it was one b.
| which be could determine what he had done
| with the differences received by him in eX
change Of eopsols for peelers. With that ex
ception, his statement of the capitol defalca
tion, and especially his account Of his inter
view with Mr. Coleman, was clear, distinct
and Ineligible. At times he thought b;
was under the influence of liquor, and ht
was satisfied of it, because he saw hin
often, and he was affected like meL
induIging in intoxicating drinks usu
ally are. Noticed nothing during bis
examination in this Coleman trial which wa:
remarkable either in his manner, demeanor
or answers to questions, unless you choose
TO consider his interruption OF General
Rogers peculiar. Though he did not hear
what Colonel Mayo said, he made the inter
ruptions in order to correct what he be-
lieyed to be misstatements on General
Rogers's part. Thought he heard him say
once during those interruptions, "Gcnera!,
you are mistaken" Knew that Colonel
Mayo did take one or two drinks on the day
he was examined, but did not think that at
any time in court he was beyond selfcontrol
during the trial. At the close OF the trial of
Colonel Coleman Colonel Mayo seemed dis
turbed and anxious, and feared that some
persons might cast some imputations upon
him, but always gave cheafnlly all intorma.
ton in his possession.
At half.past 8 O'Clock the examination was
ended.
The Court: Gentlemen, do you propose to
argue the motion?
Mr.. Royal: No, sir, we do not.
Mr. Royal: We now submit our motion
to set aside the judgment.
The Court turning to the cIerk1: Enter
the motion as overruled.
The testimony ss taken by the counsel for