Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23

come back. have so much to tell you.
You must not forget me, dear friend.
You hear. Excuse haste and bad
writing in school. Ever your loving
friend, LII.
THE VISIT TO RICHMOND.
Did she tell you what she was going
to Richmond for?
Oh, yes; she received a letter from
an old schoolmate. who wanted her to
60 to Old Point as companion to her
mother. She was somewhat bothered
about going. She started one day and
got as far As Millboro' Springs, when she
found out that the train had left her;
but she got off the next day.
THE GOLD RING.
Did she have a gold ring; if so, de-
scribe il?
was seated by her side one day and
had her hand in mine. | slipped the
ring off and placed it on my finger. 1t
was a plain gold one. | did not see
what was on the inside Of it. never
took notice Of that; ] wish had.
Did she have watch-key?
On. yes.
Describe it, please.
That cannot we'll do. II was not a
steel one of that am certain. ! saw
it in a paper box in her room, where
she had some small articles. Among
them remember seeing some photo
graphs.
Did you ask her about them?
Yes; | took them in my hand.
think she said one of them was Mr..
-, and | remember distinctly that
she told me that one was Mr.. Cluye-
rius's; and the one she showed me !
would recognize again, for | am posi-
tive it had moustache.
Zone of Cluyerius's photographs was
found in Lillian's trunk brought to
Richmond after her death. He had no
moustache when that was taken.l
LILLIAN's LOvE-LETTERs.
Did you ever read any Of her let
ters?
One day she had some letters in her
hand and gave them to me to read. |
read a portion of one, and saw the name
of Cluyerius signed to it. She said that
they were all from him. Some Of them
were brimful Of love. We had good
laugh over them. She read them to
me.
Did she ever tell you that she was
engaged to Cluverius?
She said that he was her beau, and
she often spoke Of him and said that
she was engaged to be married to him.
Did she burn any Of her letters?
Yes, but | was not present at the
time.
Mrs. Hyde.
Mrs. Il. j. Hyde was next seen and
said:
/ met with Miss Madison two or
three times. / spent the night at Mrs.
Dickinson's the night before Miss Madi-
son left. She was 10 leave on the | lth,
and was there on the night of the
10th. We occupied the same room
and she was in excellent spirits. She
did not appear TO me to be in any way
depressed. She spoke Of going to
Richmond and from there to Old Point.
Never heard her mention the name of
Cluyerius at any time. Never saw any
letter or anything else to arouse my
suspicious about her.
Did you borrow books Of Lillian?
Yes; she lent me two.
MISS DICKINSON.
Anna Bell Dickinson, nine-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. j. s. Dickinson, who
went to school to Lillian. says that she
was in the room with Lillian the morn
ing she left Mrs. Dickinson's, and saw
Lillian have an apronful Of letters, and
that she read two or three Of them and
afterwards threw them all in the fire.
Here the reporters interviewing end
ed, and he left for Millboro' and thence
for Richmond.
( There is nothing that Mrs. Dickinson
or Miss Kenny said to sustain the the
ory that the Z" find 4" made by /" the Ar
kansss-Traveller" detective belongs to
this case, with the exception that Lillian
had the half of knife-blade in her
satchel. and the half of blade was in
that "find." Certainly, to say the
least, that is singular coincidence.
The skeleton satchel may or may not
have been Lillian's. The police SER
geant mentioned did not carry these
articles to show the ladies.
A strip Of fur-trimming was also in
the " find" Mrs. Dickinson didn't re-
member that Lillian ever had any such
thing.
Ii seems that Lillian was in the habit
of polling = boat across the river to 60
to school but the river isn't very wide
or very deep at that point in Bath hcounty.
She could also ride horseback we'll.
These points bear upon the question
of her activity. The defence will no
doubt contend that she committed sui
eide, and it will be question whether
in her condition she could have gotten
over paling-fence three feet four inches
high.
None of the Bath-county people could
be made to believe, at fire., that Lii
lian's condition was such a was repre-
sented by the newspapers. Those most
intimate with her never had noticed any
such thing. She efiectually concealed
il from them all.
The fact appears that Lillian was
afraid to sleep in room by herself.
This win 20 far to show that she would
hardly have ventured out to . remote
suburb, among graves and gloomy old