Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-15
sIr. Il. x. Dursfan.

est the ditch.
Nr. u. X. Dunsfan.
Witness. a man Of about lorty-slX
years Of age. said that his business IS
that Of blacksmith. On March the
18th was living at l03 Reservoir street,
two doors below Cary, thirty or forty
yards distant from Cary.
Said he When | came down about
A. VI. to 60 to my work as | crossed
the street saw something hanging on
INV fence. 1t was on the frNut fence ;
most Of it inside. That article was a
poke-red shawl. Shawl shown.l To
the best Of my knowledge and belief
this is the shawl. Yes. 1t looks like
the shawl. The shawl belongs TO no
member of my family. When ] found
it carried it upstairs and laid it on a
chair. After that gave it to Mr..
Hill. my wife's nephew, who said Mr..
Wren sent for it.
Mr.. Meredith: Had Miss Madison
been TO your house that night?
No. sir.
Had she ever been to your house
there:
No. sir.
Judge Crump objected.
0verruled.
TO Judge Crump: found the shawl
about 6 O'Clock; that was before sun
rise. think. | took it Off the fence
with my own hands. | was halfway
across the street before saw it. saw
nobody that morning before | found
the shawl.
To Mr.. Pollard Ny family moved
here on the 10th December. | came
here Christmas eve. Mr.. Charles Madi-
son brought my family when they came.
Mr.. Madison G.illian's father put them
down at Mr.. Browns house, which Is
in the rear Of my house on Reservoir
street. / formerly resided at Brandy
wine. in King William county; lived
about four miles from Mr.. Madison's ;
the two families visited. have a wife
and five children-four girls and one
boy. Two of the girls are grown.
The shawl was surrendered at Il
o clock on the following Monday sur
rendered to Mr.. Hill on the order Of
Mr.. Wren.
To Colonel -Aylett: When found
the shawl it had right smart grass stick
ing on it saw several pieces. 1t was
grass | see growing in the fields.
There was no such grass growing in
my lot. 1t is a grass that creeps up
your breeches' leg.
Mr. Archer.
This venerable gentleman said ]
have been guarding the Clarke-Spring
property. and sleep in the office there
that is, in the largest Of the new build
ings. Stay there nearly every night.
Slept there the night Of March the
18th went to bed about 9, but am very
wakeful. found a glove and veil on
the 18th found them near the Small
Pox cemetery, right at the hole in the
fence and outside of the reservoir fence.
1t was blue veil, with a hole in one
corner, and maroon-colored glove.
Both identified
To Judge Crump | gave the veil and
glove to Mr.. Rose that evening. Where
| sleep is within $50 yards of the reser-
yoir at one point. 1t was not raining
or showing either when | went to bed.
Policeman walton.
Mr.. James A. Walton testified that
ON the 18th Of March he and Policeman
Saunders. of their own accord, went
out to the reservoir found lady's
hat.
Judge Crump objected TO this evil
dence until the hat was identified. he
had made the same objection before 10
the shawl, but had not pressed it.
Argued by Mr.. Meredith and Judge
Crump.
Judge Atkins, with the assurance Of
counsel that they would connect the hat
with deceased, admitted the evidence as
TO the finding Of the hat.
Defence excepted.
Mr.. Walton said that he found the
hat in the dead-house.
Defence objected. 0verruled.
Mr.. Walton | found the hat in the
centre of the floor. Mr.. Saunders went
in and picked the hat up. Itwas opp J.