Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-21

return. In the mean time, however,
the journalistic watcher had learned
that Mr.. Savage had not gone to his
room, but to hir. JohnsCn's, and so he
too made bold to 90 to Mr.. Johnson's.
1t was on the top foor-No. So. A
rap at the door. Then voice said,
" Come in." Reporting party went in,
and at his heels Mr.. Nowlin, the detec-
tive.
1t was near dark and the gas had not
been lighted. Mr.. Johnson who IS the
clerk Oh duty at night was in bed; Mr..
Savage was sitting on the bed by Mr..
Johnson's side. Mr.. Savage is near six
feet high; young, straight, and strong;
has slight complexion, and wears no other
beard than a closely-cropped moustache.
The preliminaries were few. The re-
porter stated his business; Mr.. Savage
answered civilly.
The inquiry was made, Was it az
the matinee or at the night Performance
of the 18th of March that you saw the
man you suppose was the prisoner!
At the night performance; but |
don't know that it was the 1911 o.
March.
Don't know that is was the 18th Of
March?
No; it may have been February. |
have been thinking it over. and will
have to look mp some matters before /
can say it is the 18th Of March.
Here Mr.. johnson spoke up. He
said that on a certain day he lent Mr..
Savage five dollars; that Mr.. Savage
had informed him that it was the night
OF that day he saw prisoner lif it was
hel at the Dime Museum that for the
loan Of the five dollars Mr.. Savage had
given him a duc-bill that he had not
yet been able to lay his hands on the
due-bill that when he found it the
date on it would determine the night
that Johnson said that he saw the
young man [Cluyerius supposedly at
the Dime Museum.
Well, Mr.. Savage, a due-bill might
be misdated; it is a common enough
thing for people to make the error Of
one day in letter or other instrument
Of writing. Have you nothing else to
fix the date in your memory!
Nothing at all.
Were you at this lFOrd's) hotel on
March the 18th?
No, sir.
At the Exchange?
No, sir.
Where were you staying at that
date?
Can't tell.
You don't remember where you slept
the 18th Of March?
No. sir.
Was it at a hotel?
Don't remember.
Mr.. Savage here explained that he
had been out of work; that he had been
living around about here from place to
place; that therefore he was unable
to say where he lodged on the night of
the 18th, or the night before, or the
night alter the 18th. He made no hesi-
tation at all in cOnfeSsing his inability
to account for himself on those dates.
Asked if he knew the prisoner, he
said Z" No"
Have you ever seen him?
No; not unless he was the man
that saw at the Dime Museum.
Here Mr.. Savage said that he would
like to 60 down to the Jail and see if
the prisoner is the man he saw at the
Dime MuSeum-the man Of whom he
spoke to Mr.. johnson and Of whom
Mr.. johnson spoke to Mr.. Evans.
Mr.. Savage being asked if he was
S,re that he was in Richmond on March
the 18th. said that he was not was not
sure. lie and Mr.. Johnson both thought
the due-bill when found would show
that. II it did not. then they would
have nothing to prove the date.
Then, Mr.. johnson, | understand
that he depends upon the due-bill en-
tirely? Yes, sir.
And you have not yet found that?
Not yet. | will look over my pa
pers tonight to sec if | can find it. If
/ do | will come down to your Office
and let you know.
In further conversation, in which
the reporter urged Mr.. Savage to try
TO refresh his memory as to where he
lodged on the night Of the 18th, if in
Richmond, Mr.. Savage said that he had
done so, but could not remember. Nor
did he tell where he habitually lodged
here about that date. He expressed
some regret that he had gotten into this
thing at all. lie rather felicitated him
self thathe had not yet signed anything.
Mr.. johnson was very anxious to see
the draft of the deposition Mr.. Brown
Evans had prepared for him to sign.
1t was read to him from the State.
Mr.. johnson said that it was substan-
TALLY correct. He pointed ont some
inaccuracies, but they did not affect the
great question.
The conversation here recorded, sub
stantially, was carried on by the Dis
patch man with Messrs. Savage and
Johnson Detective Nowlin asked a
few questions. Having gotten all
the information obtainable the reporter
bowed himself out. Mr.. Nowlin re-
mained and was trying to get the two
to 60 with him to Mr.. Wren's Office to
see Mr.. Meredith.
Mr.. Savage I'm Clifton Forge the I3th.
The following comes in response to a
telegram Of inquiry:
CLIFTON FORGE, VA,
June 90, 1885.
To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
j. D. Savage was here on the night
Of the 18th of March.
W. c. MOODY.
Captain Moody was for many years
conductor on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad. and is well and widely
known. He is now the proprietor of
the McCurdy House, at Clifton Forge.
Still another gentleman telegraphs
CLIFTON FORGE, June 20.-I un-
derstand from the day clerk at the Nc
Curdy House (the hotel at which j. ID.
Savage was employed) that Savage is
registered on the hotel-register March
10Th, 18th, and l4th, and that it can
be proved beyond doubt that he has