Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-26

street letter-boxes. Couldn't tellexactly
the time the letter was dropped, ss
this depended on the time the carrier
came around, and whether or not the
letter was dropped in star box. ifa
letter was put in street box 81 :
o'clock it would not be taken out until
next morning. The letter was post
marked "March l4th, A. NJ" and
it must have been dropped after
o'clock the day before. There are
number of star boxes near the Amers-
can Hotel and the Davis House.
To Judge Crump: The postmark in
dicates that the letter was brought into
the post-office about the hour Of !
o'clock on the morning Of the 18th Of
March. He thought he could see the
top Of the figure 2, and this, with other
causes, made him think the letter was
dropped in street letter-box. Those
are the identical stamps used in the
office. There we're only two. Recently
two new stamps were ordered, and are
now used. The Richmond in No.
Q stamp is more like the impression on
the envelope than the Richmond" +" in
No. l, as can be seen by comparison.
The Commonwealth again announced
that they had no more evidence.
"will you be ready to 90 on in the
morning, gentlemen"
1--WE think so, SIR" said Judge
Crump.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock to-day.
The Torn Note.
About 10 o'clock on the morning
after Lillian Madison arrived here a
little colored boy came into the Ameri-
Hotel office with letter addressed
to Miss F. L. Merton, the name under
which she was registered. The clerk
at the office sent the letter up to her
room (2l). The servant found her at
breakfast. She did not get to bed un-
| I'll 3 A. NJ, and was taking her break
fast in her room. She at once answered
the letter; the same servant took it
down stairs to the Office, and il was
there passed into the hands Of the same
messenger-boy. The boy went away ;
was gone some time, and upon returning
stood about the Office for good while.
Mr.. Joseph Dodson questioned him.
He said that he could not fad the gen
tleman. Asked II he had been paid.
He said, "Yes." Nr. Dodson then
told him that he could leave the note
and go. lie did so. Though diligently
searched for this boy has never been
found by the officers OF the Common
wealth. The note remained in the no.
tel office until Saturday. In the mean
time "Miss Merton had disappeared
and left her bill unpaid. Saturday Mr..
Dodson opened the note, read it, tore
it up, and threw it inte the waste
basket. In that waste-basket it re-
NAMED until Monday, when Mr.
Wren went to the hotel and
made a number Of inquiries, resulting
in the recovery of the pieces from the
waste-basket. These pieces pasted OF
a slip of paper laid under them were
produced in court in the form in which
the facsimile presents.
| This is brief history Of the note
The facts upon which Judge Atkins
yesterday changed his opinion as to th'
admissibility of the note appear in the
proceedings Of the afternoon session.
The admission of this evidence
strengthens the Commonwealth cas-,
considerably.
Tho Witnesses.
The examination Of witnesses has
occupied eleven working-days, ant
during that time eighty-four persons
have been examined-all for the Com
monwealth.
The Commonwealth, it is generally
believed, have several other witnesse
who will be called in rebuttal Of tn
testimony that may be produced by tn,
defence. 1t is Of course possible, bu
it is not thought probable, that any .
these will have startling facts 10 com
municate. So it may be accepted as Z
fact that nearly everything that can bt
alleged against prisoner in this case i:
now in.
Judge E~nd's Order In . Coupon Case
In the United States Circuit Court
yesterday Judge Bond made the fol