Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-24
Mr.. SAVAGE'S ALIBI.
HE HASLEPT STATE VIRGINIA..

The Hastings Court will be in session
on Friday to hear any motion defence
may present, supported by proper aiii-
dayits. as to after-discoyered testi-
mony"; but If it is not certain from
what has heretofore appeared in these
columns, it will be from the following,
that Mr.. j. d. Savage will not be pre-
sent to prove an abb for Cluverius
WELDON, n. c., June %, 1885.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
J. d. Savage, of Clifton Forge, Va,
is in my office 1886 p. MI He says
that he was in Clifton Forge, Va. on
the 18th of March, 1885, and remained
there until the 18th or 10Th of June,
1885 that he was under the influence
Of drink when he was interviewed by
your reporter; that he knOWS nothing
Of the whereabouts Of T. J. C'Hrerius
on the 1874 Of March, 1885, or at any
other time.
This was said to me in the presence
of Captains W. II. Kitchin and W. II.
Day.
Savage is native Of Edgecombe
county, n. G.
I. L. ELLERY, Mayor, &c.
Savage may have been little drinky
when he was interviewed in Mr.. John
sons presence by reporter of this
paper, but he knew well enough what
he was saying. On that occasion he
was acutely sensible Of his good luck
in not having signed and sworn to any
paper. However, that is all past and
gone. lie denies that he ever saw
CluyeTius. lie has left the State, and
it is not likely that he will trouble
Judge Atkins on Friday,
A CARD FROM MR.. SAVAGE.
TARBoRo', N. c., June 90, 1885.
Editor Dispatch
j. d. Savage makes the following
statement in to-morIow's Southerner:
Editor Southerner: Please allow
Cluverius's Alibi" " to have a say:
] did say to Mr.. Johnson might
clerk at Ford's Hotel) that ! had seen
at the Dime Museum a man who had
all the appearance Of being Cluycrius.
according to his description in the pa
pers. saw the man at the time Of the
evening that | said | did; the day of
the month have never said, nor can |.
1t is true that | am reported to have
said that it was on March 18th, but !
have no recollection Of saying 50 to the
counsel for Cluverius. did say that
it was on March the 18th. but it was
because they asked me, mentioning that
day. Being under the influence of Ii
quor, | assented thereto parenthetically.
wish to say that counsel for Cluye-
1ius thought l was perfectly sober. |
suppose.
did see at the Dime Museum man
answering to. the description Of Cluye-
rius, butitwas not on the 18th of March.
nor would | soberly have ever said so,
if ever did in other condition.
1t was in January or February that
! saw some one who much resembled
him. Signed j. d. Savage.
q. &. FARRAR, Mayor.
THE PROPOSED AFFIDAVIT.
The following Is the draft ur the afl-
dayit MIR. Evans. OF counsel for de-
fence, submitted to the Court, saying
that be had been unable to find Mr..
johnson to get his signature, and it
was never signed:
Late on the evening Of the 10th
Of June, lSS5--to wit, about the hour
of , the afliant met with
Savage, who had just arrived in the
city of Richmond from Clifton Forge.
and who is well known to ailiant and
after the exchange of the usual saluta-
tiOns the conversation turned upon the
sentence of the Hastings Court of the
city Of Richmond pronounced agaipst
Thomas j. Cluverius during the morn
ing, and the general subject of his trial.
in which conversation the said Saw
age stated that a few minutes after <
o'clock p. NJ. on the 18th Of March,
1855. he was standing in the Office
near the register, at Ford's Hotel, when
young man approached said office
and looked over the arrivals on said
register, and after doing so inquired of
the clerk in the office at the time as to
the time of departure of the York
River train for West Point in the morn
ing; that the said young man was of
stature lower than said Savage, and
that he had on an oyercoat that was
of a color OF shade a little darker
than the Confederate gray uniform,
either dove or steel-colored that the
said young man then left the
hotel, and that shortly thereafter
the said Savage left the hotel
and went to the Dime Museum, on
Eighth street. On entering the Museum
he saw and recognized the same person
whom he had just seen at the hotel, as
above stated, seated in the audience on
the left-hand side of the middle aisle
that said Savage arrived at the Dime
Museum and saw and recognized the
young man at about twenty minutes
past s O'Clock, and that he saw him
off and on in his seat during the per-
formance the play being the Chimes
of Normandy ~, which closed about
l0l o'clock or thereabouts. The said
Savage states that during the pro-
gress Of the trial he saw photographs
of the deceased, F. l.. Madison, and
the accused, Thomas j. Cluyerius, both
in the Richmond Dispatch and in card
form, and that upon seeing the photo
graph Of said Thomas j. Cluverius he
at once recognized it as that Of the same
person whom he had seen at Ford's
Hotel and at the Dime Museum on the
night of the 18th Of March, 1885.
Savage stated that he had been at Cliff
ton Forge since March 10th, engaged
as night-clerk in a hotel there, and
that he came to Richmond yesterday on
business Of a private character. The
affiant communicated the character Of
the conversation to the counsel for
Thomas j. Cluverius shortly after the
same was had.
"Mr. Evans said that the affidavit of
johnson was not signed, but that it
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