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

Adams bakery. and live at 2lf Cherry
street. this side Of Hollywood Gene
terv.
Has your boy any time since the find
ing of the key brought you any Jew
elry:
No, sir.
object to that question, said Mr..
Pollard.
Note the objection. said the Court.
What sort Of key was it that he
brought you: asked Mr.. Meredith.
Well. it looked like it had little seal
loped shells at the top. and there was
loop or Kind Of link that was pulled
open by hanging against the fence or in
clothes.
The witness fred these remarks in
spite Of rcmonstrance from the Court.
Rub out all that about the link, said
Judge Atkins to the stenographer.
Is this the key?
Williams said it certainly was. He
pressed the lap-rinc together and said.
That is the ring, beyond doubt" The
last time he saw the ring Mr.. Meredith
had it,
CroSs-examined by Judge Crump:
Yes, he examined the key closely
when his son brought it to him. Did
not when Mr.. Meredith showed it to
him Yesterday. Never saw Mr.. Wren
about the key. Mr.. Wren did not know
him, and didn't know that he had ever
seen the key. His boy asked him if
the key was worth a cent. Thought
that the Sunday when the key was found
was cloudy. Couldn't say that 1t was
raining enough to keep anybody from
going to the reservoir. Didn't 60 out
of the house that day. The
KY WAS As BRIGHT A. 1T Is NOW,
without a particle of dirt or tarniSh
about it. Mr.. Walker Hills brother
must have told Wren. for he did not.
lie intended. however, to iHform the
authorities.
Charles williams.
This is an older son Of Mr.. Isaac
Williams. and was one Of those boys
that went out TO the reservoir the Sun
day evening that the key was found.
He corroborated all that his brother
had said about the key. He described
the trip to the reservoir and what was
done.
In answer TO a question, he said he
would recognize the key, but could not
describe it except that 1t was a gold
key. with ring near the end. When
shown the key he said, - am certain
that Is the key. The ring was sprung
out little. but was fixed to the key"
willie Thurston
was the third boy of the party who
went to the reservoir with John and
Charles Williams. lie took hold Of a
loose plank. and John Williams peeped
into the reservoir grounds and picked up
the KEY. Corroborated the statement
of other boys in general way. Saw
the key again yesterday at Mr.. Wren's
Office. Mr.. Meredith showed it TO him.
Described it as gold key, with steel in
the end that is used to wind up a watch.
When showed the key he said, Yes, sir,
that is the key. He lives next door to
Williams.
Joseph Il. Mounteastle
sworn and deposed: Works at the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway coal
docks. Picked a bundle Of clothes out
of the river Saturday, March l4th. He
saw a bundle in the river; couldn't get
il where he was at first; afterwards got
a pole and secured it; carried it to Mr..
Redwood at the Office, and he opened
it. Ii was bag. tied with strap, and
had one button of.
Mr.. Meredith showed the bundle, and
witness said, - Yes. that ans wers to the
bag saw"
Afterwards took the bundle TO DR..
W. II. Taylor. When first seen the
bundle was below the coal-dock. Had
not heard about the body in the reser-
yoir when he found the bundle.
A CIGAR-Box
was taken from the bundle and placed
before the witness. He said that look
ed like the box. but there was q very
pretty verse on the box which he re-
membered, and he could tell by looking
at the box if it was the same. He did
so and said, "Yes, that's the box, and
that's very neat verse;" He saw the
contents Of the bag taken out and hung
up to dry, and he helped to put them
back when dried.
When asked as IN the name mark ID