Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-19

orders for India were met at the
lowest rates touched in the last four
months.
A dispatch from Alexandria, dated
11:20 a. M, says: A division of tue
Guards and the Goth regiment are
now embarking. The Gorden and
Cameron Highianders are going to
Ramleh to form a nucleus of the
Highland brigade under General
Alison.
A later dispatch from Alexandra
says: The fleets and transports are
getting up steam. They will sail
with sealed orders
Trial of Garland, the Virginia
Duelist.
! LUNENBuRG, August 1.-THE trial
of R.. b. Garland for the murder of
Joseph Addison, attracted another
very large crowd to-day. Judge
Hinton, representing the prosecu-
ton, asked that some time during
the trial the jury be taken to tie
spot where The tragedy occurred
so that they might be shown the
place and it's dings. The
court asked the jury if they desired
to do so, and they replied that moths
ing could be gained by it. Jpo
Fans, witness for the prosecution,
was recalled and testified that he
went with Addison 10 meet Garland
as the friend of the former
Witness never saw Garland
more g than three times
before the difficulty. Addison did
not know the witness was armed
when he went with him. Witness
then gave some of the details of the
duel. ts-erEF u ...s
The counsel for the defense want
edto show by tt e commonwealth
witness that he (the wItness) aided
IN the employment of the counsel to
prosecute Garland, in order to show
the animus of the witness. The
court at the request of the counsel
for the prosecution, refused to all
low the witness to answer the ques-
ton.
Examination of witnesses for de
tense then commenced. The first
witness examined was W. W. Bos-
well, brother-'n-law of Gar and and
postmaster at Wattsboro post Office,
Lunenburg County, who testified to
the rece pit Of Miss Hatchetts and
Addison's letter by Garland and
Garlands reply to Miss H4tchett
and Addison; of witness visiting
Wedderburn's mill on July 18Th,
and telling Addison that Garland
was up the road waiting to see HIM /;
also, to witness introducing Garland,
and the duel which followed.
LUNENBURG Court HOUSE, August
18.-The interest III the Garland
murder trial is unabated. People
from all sections of this and adioln-
ing counties continue to flock to the
cOurt>room. The examination Of
witnesses for the defense being re-
sumed to-day, John I Ritch was
called to the stand. He testified to
meeting Garland aud Bos veil ON the
road the day before the shooting.
Garland asked the witness to accom>
pany him down to the intersection of
the Wards aud Mill roads, to near
conversation with reference to
misunderstanding between
himself and Addison. The
witness also testified
to BDswell's returning from Wed~
derburn's mills, and saying tn 1t
Addison was not there. Also, to
BJswells going to the mill next day
aud returning; to the scene Of the
conflict, accompanied by Addison,
and to the introduction that followed;
to Garland's asking Addison if he
was the person who had written
'those insulting letters, and to the
duel that followed; to Addison s
being wounded, and to his saying
that ne was fatally wounded, and
vas sorry he could not accommodate te
Garland any further.
W. w. Boswell, witness for the
defense, being recalled, said he was
armed during the shooting, because
he heard that Thomas Orgain, AddI-
sons freud, had said that if Adds
son didn't clear Garland out he would.
Witness only accompanied Garland
to the scene to have an amicable set
Element of the d difficulty.
E. G Brien, witness fer the de-
defense, who sharpened a knife for
Addison the morning of the shoot
ing, was not allowed by the court to
testify what threats Addison made
at that time. Geo. G. Orgain, who
at the time of the shooting roomed
with deceased testified to having
gotten the knife out of a pair
of pants on the morning of the trag-
edy, but couldn't swear that they
were Addison's pants. After the ex
animation of this witness the court
took recess.
After recess, counsel for the de-
Tense asked to introduce as evidence
letter from Miss Mamie Hatchett
written from Sassafras Fork, N. c..
dated July Is, in reply to Garland
letter of the 5th of July, in which
the writer Gays: "As he (Garland)
has denied her charges, she has
nothing more to say" This request
provoked protracted discussion
between the counsel; the prosecu-
ton claiming that such testimony
would not be legal, and the defense
that it Was legal, aud should be adj
mitted. fhe court rejected tine
letter as testimony. The case, both
for the Commonwealth and the de-
fense, be ng cenclude4, a al tht
e ,uu sci for the prosscaCI u having
asked further time to prepare ia
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