The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-02
Crins or Juanes w. Reynolds ior '">
Murder or George Callaghan.
sfRenorted for the Dispatch.1
SECOND DAY.
Coy1soTos, April 20, 1s1

Cov1soTos, April29, 1874.
The attendance on the court Is very greais
today and the interest unabated. Inc ua,
,r,u consumed In examining the Witnesses
for the Commonwealth. !. .,.,,x
The theory of the prosecution eYlueh'iy
| ia that Jim. Reynolds, having left bis fatnels
bopse about sunset on the l9th OF vau I,
and having been seen entering the azure!
match where George Callaghan bad oeen Ie',
drink and where be was an hour later iounu
dcad-screams having come from that dite''
ton shortly after Reynolds was seen t1elcm
the theory Is that Reynolds alone couiu nav
hern the murderer. Testimonyis introduced
to-day to show motive. nu of1e7o
Thoma. Rush opposed: In the fll OF l9 o..
| PornoIds and Callagban had fight: C ,Iibi.
CHAN Ind had Reynolds prosecuted ior lIl.elt
55;S,ilin~ Dnrins the fight, Callag nan, allel
arter tatino Reynolds's gun from INN, goI
hin, down and struck him three times. AteI
he let REYNOLDS up, Reynolds went OH say say,
ino alt is not done yet; VIII see you
again" Dc, 5o,,osod. Georoe Cal
roehan came to my house about I. NJ Jan,
nary 10 Reynolds came about +. NJ. Dlu
not see him go away. Heard halloolng up
the road after dark. Saw Jim Mlhor VIII
| the oxen. NIL a,,,
that Reynolds came from Hnrflsonoulg,
where he had been examined before the
United States Commissioner on the charge OF
Unlawful distilling, l heard him say that
George Callaghan chad sworn to id lie
On him. and before the time to 60 to Harrl-
sonbure again he would put his (CallaShan's)
chunk out" This was little before Christ
mas, 1872.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Wilcher deposed: When
REYNOLDS came from Harrisonburg, two or
three weeks before Christmas, 1872, be was
talking to Dio Reynolds (his father), and said
C,llophan would not have another chance 10
90 TO Harrisonburg, aud before he could go
again he would knock his (Calaghan'S) chunk
out. Isaac Reynolds (his brother) said to
him. "You ought to mind how you talk be-
fore Mrs. Wilcher and her daughter. II
they tell it it will pat You to some trcublc."
Ferdinand Bush deposed Reynolds came
to his fathers mill fall before last and asked
MIR. Kayton for his gun. Nayton set the gun
down in the road, and George t2l!aghan
seized it. Reynolds seized the gun also,
and Calaghan threw him down. aiiI When
he had hit him three times pulled him Off
Reynolds went of saying, - will have salts
faction if it takes thirty years.
Richard Wilcher deposed: Callaghan first
reported Reynolds to John Bloom in my
presence. This was ona Monday. On Sum
day, the day before, saw them quarrelling.
The next morning saw them after the fight
Caliaghan had Reynolds's gun and knife.
Sometime last summer heard Reynolds
say, "a long lane has no end. CaIlaghan
will meet his match, and will rue the day he
had ME indicted"
Thomas Hastings deposed: Heard Rey-
holds say last spring that he would kill the
man who had him prosecuted at Harrison
burg.
Dir. Parrish the Commonwealth's attor-
ney, here proposed to introduce part Of the
| record of the indictment of Reynolds at Har-
| risonburg, but objection being made, the
Judge took the matter under consideration.
DR.. J. Z. Payne deposed: The day follow
ing the finding of Callaghan's body I casu-
| allr examined his wounds. Found wound
on the summit of the head tyT and half or
three inches long :; another on the left side
| of the head near the top, and 4 slight OrUiSe
on the right cheek. Thought the wounds
sufficient to produce death. r.xhumed the
body on the 18th of Jau':ary and opened the
scalp. The coronal suture WAS open, and
the suture at right angles to this was open
| one and a half inches. The outer membranes
| Of the brain were ruptured. The eXtrava-
sation of blood on the brain would produce
death. The stomach, heart, and liver were
| examined, and found to be in q healthy con-
dilion.
DR.. 0. T. Rogers, who assisted in the
autopsy, coucurred with DR.. Payne in his
testimony and opinions.
The Judge, after recess, decided that the
partial record Of the proceeding against
Reynolds, taken il EtarrisonDurg, should not
| be admitted Is evidence.
Mr.. Jacob Ii. Dudye5 deposed: arrested
Reynolds. When [ iTeut 10 his house. hrs.
Reynolds came TO the door two 's'tereut
times, and said he was drunk, and 1 could
not see him. l Insisted. Reynolds then adj
mtted me.
Captain j. C. Carpenter deposed: I Vas
present. at the arrest. Found Mrs. Rey-
nolds packing hand-trunk in the presence
of the prisoner.
Madison Hook deposed: Reynolds came to
my house or the 22d Of January, and said
somebody had killed George Callaghan.
Martha Allen (colored) deposed: Reynolds
came to my house the evening before bis ar
rest, and asked for my husband, Arch Allen.
Asked me to tell him to stay till he (keynolds)
returned.
Captain G. P. Persipgen deposed: Saw
Reynolds the evening before the arrest CON-
ing towards Covington. Passed him near
the town where the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad crosses the turnpike. He was talk
ing to black man.
Rucker Jones (colored) deposed: Mr..
Reynolds talked with me at the crossing.
Asked for Arch Allen. He went back
home.
Sam Johnson (colored) deposed: Mr.. Rey.
nolds came to my house the evening Of ar
rest inquring for Arch. l told him Arch
had gone to town.
Mrs. Amanda NJ. Wilcher deposed: Last
October heard Reynolds say, "Those men
who were witnesses against me in the whis-
key matter will be sorry they have ever seen
my face"
Justice j. E. Burk deposed: Reynolds
vas present ut the inquest, and protested
his innocence without being accused.
At this point Mr.. Parish announced that
the Commonwealth Mas through with its
witnesses.
Colonel Pendleton said he would give no.
tice that unless Mr.. Parish would call and
examine Jim Minor, the negro who drove
the oxen by the dead body. he Colonel Pen
dleton) would take occasion to comment on
his failure to do so. After some sparring
between the gentlemen Mr.. Parish said he
knew what witnesses to introduce, and was
competent to care for the interests of the
Commonwealth.
The court then adjourned.
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