The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-01
the Grimes Murder.


,x.xISArrox OF WILLIAM PARKER, wao HAS
prEx ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH The ShiSS'
,Ra,e,gh News and Observer, yesterday
Through letter from highly in,eIiIxen'
and respectable gentleman In Wasningson,,
y O.. written TO party IN TINS CITY, snu
.Ss,e3 september 26th. we set the foiiow Mt,
.'sr,,cnlars of the preliminary trial OF WI.
rsn, parker, charged with the mntder OF
Dnn.,al Grimes, which trial was nao 10
WsshIry,on on Friday and Saturday last,
"a o. &c concluded at Q o'clock on SATURDAY
. so parker was committed. George
plS,.r Jr- and George A. sparrow APP
er.d Tor The prosecution, ana James T..
Sro,herd and Charles Il. Warren for the
The main point Of the defence was TO
- ,na, at the time General Grimes was
suled Parker was at mans mouse oy tue
naroo ~ Dixon, some three or four miles
srn,n where the road crosses Bear creek.
To this several Of the witnesses swore
straight IN and down. DiNon's Whe s"oIe
r., ps,ker WAS Al her house between sun
down and dark. s'but higher uars yuan
Swrd,vn, this expression was useu "oro
sor vSord by NJ least Two II not three OF far-
- s,ItneSsesA on the saturday evening
Srrorol crimes was killed. Dixon himsen
N,."ra ,ha, when he got home that evening
go, Washington, betpeen Sund0nn ana
Jo-L thai his wife said to him that II ne
hsd eot back lust little sooner be won'd
have seen viii. Parker; that he had nara
IL cot over the fence. His wife had JUST De-
lore sworn that she had said this yer! thing
10 him. A.. ,o,o robn .
.,,burl syore that Dixon was dead drunk
LING unon a goods box in front OF bis store,
n Washington, between 8 and o'clock on
,h., same evening, the evening General
Crimes was killed. Carroll, the keeper OF
,he terry. swore that at shutdown he was
sill drunk. living upon that goods OoX;
Fver>tejn testified that be (DiXon) passed
hi house on that same saturday evening
drnnk at "dark DUST" and that he llvsd
four miles from Dixon's. Everstein IVes
I'VE miles from Washington.
The negro (Cbapman) from wnom i oW'ct
learned most about Parker's connection
with the murder, and who told Fowler tha'
Parker left him between and O'CLOCK gu
ib,t Saturday afternoon, and tnat ne uiu
not see him again until MONDAY morning,
and that then (Monday morning) Parker
told him that be would be accused OF ki'''us
General Grimes, and that he waoted MN 70
swear thai ne WoIkeu WIN hiin o." N'J 49,
urday chipping boxes, when he was put
npon the stand denied that he had ever toid
Fowler anything about it. To every ques-
ton that was put to bin in regard 10 wnat
he bad told Fowler, be had his answer pat,
al did not" I" did not" =,
DIR. John Mcdonald happened IN the jan
while Fowler was talking TO the negro, ana
his testimony seemed 10 siagger Parker,
and he appeared to change color. DR.. Nc
Donald's, together with Fowler's evidence,
completely broke down the negro, as Ar
thur. Carroll, and Eyerstein had broken
down Dixon and his wife. Ii was so evil
dent that the negro had sworn to lie that
ppon the conclusion OF McDonaids and
Fonler's testimony the justice ordered him
10 give bond or 10 go TO jail to answer Tor
perjury. and upon the bench announced
that he would issue warrant Tor DlXon
and his wife 20 answer the same charge.
The writer OF the letter made no aliuSioh
TO the matter published in Yesterdays paper
IN reference TO what Parker was reported
10 have said TO one Smith about his gun,
representing il as the same gun that Killed
one Mills, and as being The same gun mat
killed General Grimes, &c. IL being 40 I'M
. portant matter, and not mentioned, 1t IS
supposed that 1t was not brought our, or
NAV have been hearsay evidence or mere
rumor. or at least not authenticated.