Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-07-20
the prisoner who he feared might shoot OF
suR-REBurrAL OF THE DEFENSE.


poison him.
sUR-REBUTTAL OF THE DEFENSE.
Mss Mamie iieed.-This witness fatty
contradicted the statement by Maria HUI
vey, that Mrs. Valentine had denied hav.
ing heard Florence Meredith threaten
the life of her father. And further. wit
ness said, Mrs. Valentine said in the in.
terview Preferred to by Maria Hulvey) that
she had heard both Florence and Mrs.
Meredith threaten Meredith 8 life. Witness
said Martha Vaughan came to her house
and said she had some evidence in this
case which she wanted to give prisoner S
mother and wanted to know where to find
her 1t will be remembered that Martha
testified that prisoners mother tried to
bribe her to give evidence in behalf of
prisoner.] Maria Hulvey and her sister
had an excited conversation over the
poisoning at her (witness's) house; it was
on May 4th Witness contradlcted Mar
tina Vaughan in many other points. Wit
ness said, since the poisoning she had been
to Mrs. Fuller's once.
LOCHRAyEN.
A copy of the Baltimore Sun" with a
railroad schedule containing the station
"Lochraven" was admitted as evidence.
NEW COLORED TESTIMONY.
Annie Thompson, colored, said Martha
Vaughan, (coiored,) sent word by her to
Mrs Fuller to come and see her as she had
something to tell her that would do her
some good.
Jonas johnson, colored, testified that
Martha Vaughan's reputation for truth
was bad. Witness admitted being on very
bad terms with Martha.
Jos. Mcneil, colored, said Martha Waugh
ans reputation for truth 10 bad.
Alice Randall, same sort of opinion.
Willie Anne WRIGHT, colored, same opin-
ion.
Richard Landrum, colored, same opin-
ion.
CLOSE OF THE EVIDENCE.
Here the defense announced that they
had closed.
WHAT PAPERS THE JURY TOOK.
The court then decided that the paper
on which the witness, Mrs. Miller, while
testifying wrote Florence Meredith >
should be banded to the jury when they
retire for consultation las,a verdict. With
this paper and the envelope and the label
On the poisoned box, the court decided
should also be submitted to the jury,
another envelope found in the prisoners
trunk.
THE ARGUMENT.
When the Court re-assembled on Satur-
day afternoon at 2:20, States Attorney
Echols opened his first address to the jury
IG was an hour in Length and for narrative
connection of events. emphasis of those
most important and skillful arrangement
of them around the prisoner, 1t was mode
of criminal arraig nment.
On Monday. Vim. E. Craig, Esq, fol-
lowed for the defeuse. and was followed
on the same side by Judge John Howard
McCue and Capt. James Bumgardner
Their arguments were strong and, as
the result afterwards made apparent, eff
fective on the jury.
States Attorney Echols closed the case
on Tuesday, in one of the ablest speeches
we have ever heard delivered by public
prosecutor.
The jury took the case On Tuesday last.
On Wednesday they announced that they
were unable to agree. bus the judge held
them until yesterday morning when
still being unable to agree, they were dis
charged The next trial Will begin on the
first day Of the August term, and it is ve1y
likely foreign jury will have to be oh.
Jail