Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-05-20

Counsel for the prisoner objected to
questions propounded by Mr.. Meredith in
relation to the visits paid by the prisoner to
house in King William county,
where Miss Madison frequently staid.
Mr.. Meredith, in reply, said: ave pro-
pose to show this as the starting point to
the seduction of his cousin-one of the mo-
tives of the.crime
MIR. Walker then proceeded to tell about
Cluverius's visits to witnesses house.
By Mr.. Meredith: Where did the priso-
ner sleep when he came to your house?
Witness: In my room.
In the same bed with YOU?
Witness: don't think he did. I had
two beds in my room. 1t was warm
weather, and said: Tom, we might as
we'll take bed apiece SO we can roll and
tumble. think he slept in one bed and I
in the other.
Did he remain in his bed all night?
Witness: do not know.
Did he go out that NIGH?
Witness: don't know. Just as he went
to bed he remarked, 81 think may have
to get up" The inference was that he
was sick. said to him: 'sTom, won't
you have something to take?" He said,
''No." He got up that night and I said :
ssTom, let me light the lamp" He then
said to me: mo, 1 know the way out of
here as well ay you do, and there is no use
for both of us going" When he returned
l asked "Tom, how did you get out?'
He replied: GAN right"
1 offered to give him some medicine and
the next morning l asked him how he was
and he said, Every well.''
How long did he stay that morning?
Witness: Until after breakfast. He was
there again in September. Got there about
sunset may be little after. Witness
then described the house and location of
the roons. My room was in the west and
Lillian slept In the room on the east, and
on the same floor as my room. The last
night he stayed at my fathers house,
which was in September, he remarked that
every time he came up there his stomach
got out of order. There were no locks on
the doors, but there were old-fashioned
latches. The prisoner and Lillian seemed
to be very much attached 10 each other.
Lillian was born in 1868, and l and my
father helped to nurse her.
Mr.. Walker then told of having seen
the prisoner in King William; that the
prisoner wore heavy watch chain. said
to him, "Hello, Tom, you have made a
raise. Where did you get that chain9"
He said in Richmond. I noticed key at
tached to the chain.
Here Mr. Meredith showed the key found
at the reservoir, and the witness, after
closely examining it said, "This looks very
much like the key that he (Cluverius) had
that on day
Continuing, he said: Lillian had some
misu. ,derstanding at her home and came
to my house to live until she could do
better.
The witness was undergoing rigid
cross examination by N1r. Pollard at 4
O'Clock, when the court adjourned.
SATURDAY, MAY 18TH.
The examination of Mr.. Walker was re-
sumod and was continued for four hours
Cluverius was at his house twice in March
whilst Lillian was there; was there on the
Frid y night before the March court. and
spent the night the Sunday of March court.
Lillian had gone to his house after ieav-
ing home on account of some trouble she
had at home about some letters she had re.
ceived--did not know who wrote the letters
she destroyed them.
1t was Sunday night when he was down
at Mrs. Tunstal's house that he showed
him the watch-key, in the presence of Mrs.
Tunstall, Willie Cluverius, and he thinks,
his niece, Miss Hillyard. He would not
swear it was the same key shown in court,
and does not know that he ever wore diff
ferent key from that he saw on his watch
guard. The key in court looks like the key
he saw on his watch guard. Cluverius was
q member of Mrs. Tunstalrs family when
he saw the key on his watch suard-he had
been living there ten or twelve years. Lii
liam went to school down at Mrs. Tunstall' s
two years. she was about 16 years old at
that time was 81 on the 9th of June last.
Never heard a breath of suspicion against
Lillian till after her death.
Marcellus Gatewood, of King William
county, Postmaster at Aylett S, was next
called. He saw the prisoner at Aylett' on
the 10th and 18th of July. The key he wore
there was, a- we'll as he could judge, the
key shown in court. He never saw another
key like 1t.
Coroner I'd, lor was recalled and said
Stiffness of body, like in this case, would
have occurred in five or six hours. There
is a great variation in this phenomena OF
stiffness. What tell you is merely the
average. In this Pal ticular case it is more
difficult to exa,nine
Detective John Wren was NEXT CALLED t.
the stand. He said: 81 am connected with
headquarters il the city of Richmond
got a red shawl and a watch-key-the form
er from little boy named Williams and
th.e latter by d printer named Hill. l took
the key to Mr.. spntts's workshop Mr..
Owen, of The State and the little boy from,
whom l got the key went there with me.
delivered the to Mr. Witt.
Mr.. Claggetb Jones, a lawyer of King
William, was next called
~ saw Miss Madison at the clerks desk
at the Exchanges Ho: 81 on the 9Th day oil
January. She had in her hand I, sheet OF
paper, pencil and ali envelope. She went
back towards the ladies' entrance. My re-
collection is that she got the paper and en-
velope from the Clerk am not positive.
She had thrown around her shoulders a red
crochet shawl. L Cannot swear to the shawl.
did not couvtr se with her, and l had 10
acc uai ntance whatever with herr
BY Col. .Ayie.t. " la. have been your op-
portunties for becoming acquainted with
Miss Madison?
Witness. She went to school at DR.. Gar
lick's, about half mile from my father S
residence, and attended for nine months the
same church ! did. J saw her every San
day during the nine months
Mr.. A. W. Archer, clerk at the Exchange
Hotel. was next called He said; I was
clerk of the Exchange Hotel in January
The prisoner looked over the register,
and when he resched the name "Miss F. l..
Merton, Roanoke City," he asked to see
her. At the time he asked for her she was
noS in her room. He (Cluverius) then left
the hotel.
The witness said he went 70 the jail to see
BluVerius and recognized him as the person
who called to see lillian at the Exchange
Hotel in January.
In conclusion Mr.. Archer said: 70 the
best of my knowledge and belief the pris-
oner is tho same man | saw at the Ex-
change Holel in January.
Henrietta Wimbush, chambermaid at
the Exchange Hotel, was next called. She
said: This gentleman (the prisoner) came
to the hotel on the 9th of January. He came
upstairs and asked me if the lady in room
&C was in | went to the door and tapped.
The lady came to the door and talked to
him. lie went OFT Of the hall and came
back again in about two hours. He passed
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