Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-12


Mr.. Archer say that he tCluyerius) had
moustache. lie knows that he can
prove that he had none.
For all that Mr.. Archer idcntihed
him as the man who called ON Lillian
January 5th or 9th.
Two servants from the Exchange, a
man and woman, went down to the
Police Court on the occasion fixed for
the preliminary examination, and IL
that great crowd were able to pick out
Cluyerius that, too, when Cluverius
was not in the prisoner's-bos, not be-
hind the bar, but was sitting oil by the
stove and had on Derby hat instead oil
the round-top slouch-hat so often de-
scribed, and which he toek off and left
at home when arrested.
Still il must be remembered that
the witnesses for the Commonwealth
have generally described the man they
saw with Lilkan as having "a NOUS
tsche." More than that, most Of them
rely upon it as means Of Identifying
him.
This is going TO be bother unless .
big chunk of evidence is discovered
which will make the case so clear as to
leave no room for the doubt this con-
fict would otherwise raise.
WAS at LILLIAN
Ii is reported that the defence will
deny that there is sufficient proof OF
the death Of Lillian Madison. Very
likely. That course is usually pursued
in cases Of this character. They have
the right to insist upon the identified
ton being made perfectly clear. That
is the duty Of the Commonwealth. In
the Jeter Phillips case, the body found
ON Drinkers farm was identified as that
of Miss Slaughter and as that of Jen-
ME Edwards, and finally as that OF
Phillips's wife. Jennie Edwards's
mother swore to the body and to the
clothes; but Jennie and Miss Slaughter
were both found alive. Deceased was
later indisputably found to be accused's
wife. In his trunk, seized by the oili-
GERS who arrested him, were found a
waterfall, a sack, belt, and various
articles Of wearing apparel belonging
to her; also, six-shooter, three bar
rels Of which had been discharged,
which he had borrowed from friend.
Now in this case here it is true that
the body was identified first as that of
Fannie Mays, but while several wit
nesses were declaring that it was Fan
ME Mays, Miss Dunstan was expressing
her belief that it was Lillian Madison.
WHO KNEW HER.
That the woman found in the Old
reservoir on March the l4th, 1885, was
Fannie Lillian Madison is proved by
Miss -, who was her schoolmate and
for q year or two her roommate [she
has never been examined; by the
Misses Dunstan, who had an acquaint-
ance of many years with her by Con-
ductor Wright, Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway, on whose train she came
to Richmond, and to whom she gave
her true name by relatives here in the
city; by her father and by her uncle,
Mr.. John Walker, at whose house (the
same as her grandmother's) she had
stayed for months at time.
One or more Of these witnesses par
ticularly identified her by a scar on her
breast made by blistering-plsster.
For further identification all the
clothes deceased wore are held to be
examined by Mrs. Dickinson and OTHER
ladies who will be here as witnesses at
the rial. If they recognize the clothes
the identity will he perfectly complete.
MISS MADISON AND MISS MERTON.
So far as known there is no legal
proof that the young lady who on the
5th Of January registered at the Ex
change as miss +. l.. Merton, Roa-
noEe City," was either Miss +. l.. Madi-
son or the Miss F. l.. Merton, Vir-
ginia," who registered at the American
on March 18th. True, Mr.. Clagett
Jones talked with Miss Madison in the
Exchange on January 9TH, but that she
was the same party registered As Miss
F. l.. Merton he does not know. OF
that he had no suspicion at the time.
1t does not appear that any of the Ex
change Hotel people saw the dead
body. That the woman who was
at the American was the dead woman
rests upon the testimony of the colored
servant Tyler.
TYLER ALONE so FAR.
But here comes in the Belle-lsle tes-
timony. Several Of the wOrkmen saw
man and woman there on the 18th.
One or more of them can identify the
man as Cluvefius. 1t does not appear
that any Of these saw the dead woman.
IL so. and they recognized her as the
woman with the man at Belle Isle, then
Tyler's testimony is SO far reinforced.
THE NOTE.
"The old man" in this case is still
absent and unaccounted for. So is the
colored messenger-boy. Without the
latter it is a question whether the
prosecution will be able to get in the
note. That note in will show strongly
that Cluverius had an appointment with
deceased. Ruled out, it makes big
gap in the testimony.
THE OUTLOOK.
Just here, on the point that the two
can be proved to have been together
spending nights in houses in this city,
the Commonwealth claims to have some
powerful eyidence--eyidence to show
that Cluverius, whenever he met Lillian
here, went TO certain house, and that
four or five inmates Of that house will
swear TO it.
Perhaps it is true.
Ii will be time enough to weigh that
evidence when it is heard.
THE PROSPECT.
An official here, whose name if it
could be mentioned would carry i'm
mense weight with it, said yesterday,
4" We have a STRONG CASE