Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-17


No. sir: I don't know to my own
knowledge that Biggs had letters which
no said had likewise been written TO Is.
b. shinault or Willie Poynter or Lallie
Prince.
Was the compromise made because
of the character Of these letters IN
whole or in parts
I don't think that these letters had
ANYTHING to do with the compromise.
The letters. I am told, were turned over
to Mr.. Madison.
THE TERMS.
Biggs was to give up all the letters
he had and was to stop writing. NO,
sir. | don't know the character oil the
letters-never saw line Of them.
BIGos DENIES.
Mr.. Evans: Did you and Mr.. Ed
wards and Mr.. Madison seek MIR. Biggs
and demand of him an explanation OF
what he had said to Mr.. Brown about
Lillian?
did not 90 with them; heard that
they went went by myself. ] heard
he had said things concerning Lillian ;
but he denied them all. Our CONVEX
sstion was about some letters; don't
hardly recollect what he said. | heard
he had reported that he had some letters
that he had gotten from Lillian, and
that they were bad. He said it was
not so that if we wanted the letters
we could get them.
HER THREAT TO LEAVE HOME.
Mr.. Walker: Hadn't you heard that
he said he met Miss Madison in the
road, when she told him that she in
tended to 90 to Richmond, and if she
went she would remain from home!
Don't remember.
About that time didn't she come to
Richmond?
Yes.
Who brought her?
Her father.
Did he bring her back very quickly
afterwards?
think he did.
Didn't he go for her in the night?
Not that | know of.
Didn't he bring her back on account
of what Mr.. Biggs had said about her?
don't know that that was the cause.
THE PIC-NICs, &C.
Nr. Walker, in answer to Colonel
Aylett Yes, sir at all the pic-nics
and places mentioned Lillian was in my
custody. On one occasion left her
with prisoner. always left her IN
good company with relatives and school
mates, and there was no opportunity for
improper conduct. Yes, sir; she was
twenty-one the 9th Of last June.
FREE AND TwENTY-oNE.
When she came to our house, one
night after supper she asked Tommie if
she couldn't get her trunk from her
fathers. lie told her that she was
twenty-one and could do as she pleased.
She did soon after get her trunk.
Colonel Aylett Did it seem that she
was asking his legal advice?
so regarded it.
Here lat Colonel Aylett's requesb
Mr.. Walker showed the jury a diagram
of his house.
LITERARY WELL DIGGER.
Yes, Colonel, prisoner is member
of Mrs. Tunstall's family. At least, |
suppose so. He has been living there
ten or twelve years don't know that
she has adopted him; she sent him to
Richmond College. He and Lillian
were together at Mrs. Tunstall's house
for good while. At the time Of the
Biggs letters Miss Madison was fifteen
or sixteen years old. Biggs wrote the
love-letter to Mrs. Tunstall. He never
owned it, but | recognized his writing.
lie dug a well for me, and every hour or
so came out and wrote letter or some
thing was always scratching off some
thing. Among others he wrote some
thing to Mrs. Tunstsll.
Colonel Aylett Mr.. Walker, do you
know why as your counsel | let up on
Biggs? Do you know who was to pay
the costs?
No; but | don't remember paying
costs. Didn't each party have to pay
his costs?
THE DEPARTED BIGGs.
Colonel Aylett: Did Biggs stay in
the county after that:
| haven't seen him since.
Was condition Of the compromise
that he should leave the county?
think so.
Wasn't Lillian everywhere received
and recognized as lady?
Yes. | never heard the breath Of
suspicion against her.
Didn't she 90 to Mrs. Tunstall's?
Yes.
Didn't the prisoner take her out for
buggy-drives and to social gatherings?
Yes.
Hadn't he just as good opportunity
as anybody TO hear these rumors said
to be ahoat?
Yes.
THE KEY-AGAIN.
Colonel Aylett: What is your de-
gree Of confidence about the watch-key?
1t corresponds with the one saw
Cluverius have. | can't say that it is
the same key. never saw any other
key like it.
How old are you?
I am thirty-five.
MAMIE billiard.
Judge Crump: That night the pri-
soner is said to have gotten up out of
bed wasn't that little girl Mamie Hill
liard) sleeping in bed with Miss Madi-
son?
Yes, sir.
Mr.. Pollard: Now, Mr.. Walker, do
you mean to say the key is eractly like
the key you saw the prisoner have
when you were at Mrs. Tunstall's fin
January or early in February?
Dir. Walker: 1t is like the key, but