The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-05-29
THE TURNING Fo@.~
THE COMMONWEALTH ENDS !.
EVIDENCE CLuvERlU0 TRIAL.

TIE Misss.-cs G.w the Dc!eace are sws
and the Testt0ouy 1eegtns..Co0denn
fro0 Richmond state.
ing shortly before 10 O'Clock. JUDGE A
kins having granted. at the instance Of Il
prosecution = rchearing upon the questie
relating To the admiA;bility N evidcns
addre<ssd 70 T. u 1rsrius, and in Il
handwriting Of Miss Madi.on, Arxumcs
| on both side~ WAS heard. The Court =
clnded ths note Saturday upon the groDd
Of insufficient idcntity. ID
The note rceds ~ follows; s4 a
II viii ne there N soou ~ paselb
do wait for me." I
Judge Atkins announced ihaR ~
take the matter under consid~ //s
was nos n~c~a~sry that th~f D
1e decided right away.
The jury wex then bought into
and the heArirk of evsicner was 9p~
i21nmaR.i w..~
biiierd lie .~-.i: ~,-.~Ss~ s~asns...
traveller for Philadelphia iirm. In
- - r-SseA county am acquainted
the prisoner. | met him several timau
saw hum once nj jail on March ae II
Mt 'iuNerins that | regretted very mn
seeing him thcre eh,r.svd with .,,nh
crime, and that | hoaed that he roul
prove hts inn"ccnce. lie replied tina, no
"outu 'c aha. To give AN account of him
sell lor All the time that hc was ia K,ch.
tnond- Capt. bagby sent down Il. the i.il
WITH me Capt Bagby asked him ii h.
lthe prisoner) had the scratches or scar, an
ms hand when he went down from Rich
mond with him tBagby) Saturday morning
t.he morning after the tragedy to West
ioint His reply was. No. did not. +"
.xspt. bagty asked. How did YOU get
lie tthe prlsone-) said. II struck
vile. WV '"''"s AZ centre
ohicer ChAseas II sweeney w .u.,
and SAID; Inc nr.t time .v.r CO.. -
prisoner was Al me Third Police station
had conversation wi,A 49,, .., '"n
the station house | saw lhs p.''onor p ~
the reception room He Was fess: ="
newspapers at the time, | rcmAsas, '.o
hun that IL WAS "A pretty serious cAAss..
against him. | asked him II he was ns
here the week before Came up Thursday
and went down Saturday. asked him Il
he knew Miss Madison. lie said, "Oh,
yes; knew her very well, but did no,
see her while ! was in Richmond" ! no.
ticed the prisoners hand and took his
hand in mine and examined IL i said to
him it looks as II YOU had had "A breaking
out. lie replied yes, II might have had
little breaking out" One Of the officers
asked him if ho had ever bccn in the habit
of frolicking around. lie asked what do
you mean by frolicking arouEd9' The
Office replied, "'frolcking with bad women. "
The prisoner said Yes have done such
things in my life" He was asked 10 make
a statemen: a. to where he was on the
night of the tragedy from y till IL o'clock
He replied That question decline 10
answer"
Mr.. Meredith stated 10 tho court that
the prosecution had no .uorc witnesses to
int rsriu,ss al .s..@sx.. r-d ~sssYsvs.st.aA that
as it was nearly 2~o'clock, tho regular
time for adjournment for receas, that tho
court adjourn until 4 o'clock, when the
defence could begin with their witnesses.
Judge Crump stated that they would
not bc ready at 4 O'Clock; that the Com
had examined 80 witnesses;
that the case was one without y parallel
on earth, and he therefore asked for some
time to determine as to how the testimony
for the defence should be presented to the
jury.
The defence have about twenty five wit
nesses. The nature Of the testimony for
the accused was not known, but there was
great interest manifested in regard 70 il.
When court opened Wednesday morning,
Mr. Evans asked the sergeant To ask Mrs.
Tunstall 10 come into court. 4
Mrs. Tunstall said she has resided G.
Little Plymouth, in King and Queen, stnG
1852 and that the deceased WAS her gran
niece and the prisoner is her neph0w. III
used to write TO Lillian two or three q D
"A month. | used to correspond VII
when she was forbidden to write tor -
| to her | correspondcd with hcy
| rtm ier
| received "A letter from her that FfIA
morning she got to Richmond
Mr.. Meredith said: Let us see the letter.
Mrs. Tunstall.
The following letters were then read ~
the defence:
RICHMOND, VA, March II, l.ss.
MY DEAR Aunt JAsE:-I will drop You n
few hurried lines this morning, aas l want to
60 with IA FIR end Of mine quito unex-
pected little trip As the weather Ii too bad
up in the mountains either for me the
children 10 attend regularly, We thought
proper to suspend FOR "A while, and M IL friend
of mine wants To go To Old Point for while,
and Will pay all my expenses IL | will go, to
be company for her. She is nice and good
lady, and IT will be IA nice little trip for me;
don't you think sos ! have not time to say
more, AS IL viii be time to start soon. We
came down on the train this morning. Love
to all, and tell Tommy ! VIII write to him
soon, but they mus; not count letters with
ne. You all need not write until you hear
from me again. | will write as soon as ]
can. As am in such hurry ! must stop.
Love for all and lots for yourself
] remain as always, yours, LILLE.
An OLD LETTER.
The following letter was not dated. IL
was written by Lillian To Mrs. Tunstall,
who says she received it two years ago:
Ny DEAR AUNT 1T Is the 2ist, and have
just gotten your letter. They have abused
you and Inc for everything that is unhumnn.
o, what IA terror my life is, o. how l am
struggling struggling with my poor weak
self-to night To keep my resolve. l have
wept till tears no relief. and q, my sad
sufferings; but have Jesus 10 look 70. Ho
suffered too, even death, at the hands Of
merciless torTnentOrs, and of course He
knows my suffering. II IL my prayer to
night that the sun Of to mOrrow may shine
on me a corpse. o, il suicide were not SIN
how soon the lingering spark of my life
would vanish: bus / will wait Gods own
time know He is just, and will ses that
you and me. too, shall he righted.
You spoke of my being altered, but
reckon, dear Aunt, you only wrote that u
he seen, but then you must know / arm not
changed but the same Lille that was the
9Th OF August when we parted at Clifton.
Dear dear Aunt, l will never change / do
not know where to direct this letter, a.
reckon You are i'll Richmond ere this. But
to think Of my school, 1t almost kills me.
got "a letter from dear Nolie tonight.
Ever your devoted LILILR.
RroakIyn seam sfrpsS f.a rnlossl.y Il a