Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20

lie officer is supposed to be acting with
in the range of his authority until thu
contrary is proved.
The Court suggested to Mr.. Meredith
TO change the form Of his question
The articles found can be given in evi
dcnce, though the search-warrant should
be invalid.
| PRISONERS HAT AND ovERCoAT
Mr.. Meredith: Mr.. Oliver, STATE
what you obtained at Mrs. Tunstall's
house.
obtained hat and overcoat.
BY whom were they pointed out to
you?
BY Mrs. Cluverius.
Who is Mrs. Cluverius?
Tcmmie's mother.
Defence objected to the two last
questions and answers.
Mr.. Meredith We waive these ques-
tions.
Judge Crump: We Withdraw all OBJ
jections.
Here the coat and hat were pro-
duced.
TONNES MOTHER.
Mr.. Meredith Mr.. Oliver, were or
not these articles pointed out as the hat
and coat of the prisoDer9
They were, sir.
The hat was Of black felt; was a
slouch hat with low crown and broad
brim. The overcoat was not reversi-
BILE; was of grsyish color and not OF
heavy weight.
Mr.. Oliver to Mr.. Pollard: The coat
was in his room hanging behind the door.
The hat was in the hall, think.
No, sir they were not concealed.
THE RICHMOND OFFICERS.
To Mr.. Brown Evans Mr.. Nowlin,
Mr.. Tomlinscn, and Mr.. Wren went
there with me. Nowlin and Wren are
detectives, and Tomlinson belongs to
the police force here, / believe. This
visit was made on Monday. We found
nobody there but Mrs. Cluverius and
some cOlored people. When we got
there we all four went up, and were
met by Mrs. Cluverius. Yes, sir; she
was a little excited. Said she objected,
and was going to send for some one.
The Richmond gentlemen said that they
could not wait for her to do that. /
read the warrant to her, and we went
up.
Witness being cross-questioned, said
that he got three dollars for his horses
used by the Richmond officers that day.
THE OFFICERS GO TO TONNES
ROOM.
Did not Mrs. Cluverius send out for
some friend to come to the house?
She sent colored girl to 60 to Court
ney's store.
Was that colored girl stopped and
told not to go?
/ think so.
BY whom?
BY Mr.. Wren.
Where did you read the warrant?
In the hall.
And you say that she was agitated? ?
Yes, sir; little agitated.
How did you proceed
We called for his room. She led US
to it and we searched it. / told the
Richmond officers to 90 ahead. didn't
know exactly what they were after. |
just told them to 20 right on. They
went in his room and went through his
trunk.
WHO WAS THERE.
| went with them wherever they
went.
And Mrs. Tunstall was there all the
time that conversation was going on
between Wren and the girl? asked Mr..
Evans.
Witness No, sir did not say so. /
said Mrs. Tunstall was not there. Mrs.
Cluverius was there.
Oh, beg your pardon, said Mr..
Evans.
Witness As we started off Willie
Courtney and a mulatto man came
over.
Mr.. Evans Do you know if Mrs.
Cluverius hadn't sent that mulatto man
for Dir. Courtney?
/ do not.
THIS Is TONNES OvERC0AT.
Mr. Oliver to Mr.. Meredith I'll swear
that this is Tommie's oyercoat. This
is the coat he has been wearing all the
time. This is the hat | brought away.
1t is like the hat that he wore, but |
won't swear that it is his. There were
a pair of coarse shoes in there that
looked like some one had been plowing
in them. We didn't bring them away.
We went to his desk, but it was
locked, and we went no further. The
room we searched, | suppose, was occu-
pied jointly by Willie and Tommie Clu-
yerius.
THE BLACK SLOUGH HAT.
Nr. Oliver to Mr.. Meredith Yes,
sir, it looks like the hat Tommio used
to wear, and think Mrs. Cluverius (his
mother) gave me the hat and said it was
Tommie's. The lat had hole in it,
and she had sewed it up.
Emmet Richardson.
| am a travelling salesman, but my
home is in Little Plymouth, and know
prisoner very well. Icame to Richmond
with the prisoner on the 18th of March.
He wore light spring and fall overcoat.
To the best Of my knowledge and belief
this is the same. His hat was after
this style. / don't remember seeing
any hole it. Yes, sir. ! know that he
had on overshoes, which he left at
Davis's House.
"YOUR WITNESS"
To Dir. Brown Evans: | first met
with him on the 10Th at Romancoke
station; | came from Chelsea. The
weather was cloudy and it rained nearly
all day.
Mr.. Evans We are through with
him. We don't propose to examine
him new any further as your witness.
Defence will probably call Mr.. Rich
ardson to show that prisoner had no
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