Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-06-03
Trial of Thos. ]. Cluverius Continued.
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF FANNIE
LILLIAN MADISON
THURSDAY. MAY 2Sru

THURSDAY, MAY 2STH.
upon the opening of the court in the
Cluverius trial Thursday morning Judge
Atkins announced that the place of holding
the court would not be changed W. 4 !.
Edwards, of King William, testified to
passages IN letters written by Lillian Mad
son IN which she spoke of living unhappily
with her parents. B. Anderson. of King
and Qdeen, testified that he saw the priso-
ner several times on the 18th of
March, and did not see any scars or
scratches on his hand. Had never seen
the prisoner wear a mustache. A number
OF witnesses testified to the prisoners good
reputation. They all said they never
knew him to wear a mustache. r. L.
Savage, clerk in BANDS store at Centre
vile, testified that he had never known the
prisoner to give Herman Joel anv article of
jewelry to repair. Capt A. F. Bagbv met
the prisoner on the train going down to
West Point on the morning of the 18th of
March. He noticed nothing unusual in
his appearance, and he seemed to be in
good spirits. Cluverius had left the i'm
preston on his mind that the prisoner had
spent the night of the 18th of March with
a relation of the witness. While with the
prisoner at Tappahannock a paper an
nouncing the finding Of the body in the
reservoir was read. The witness remark
ed, This is another Jeter Philips affair, y
but the prisoner made no remark. T. P.
Bagby, of West Point, testified that he
was in Richmond on tie 18th of March,
and in the afternoon of that day saw the
prisoner in Mozart Hall, at the opera of
THE Chimes of Normandy" but did not
know whether he remained during the
performance. After his arrest tie prisoner
asked the witness whether he had seen him
at the opera in the afternoon or at night,
and he replied that it was in the afternoon.
Counsel for both sides spent an hour in
examining the correspondence referred to
the day before as passing between Lillian
Madison and Cary Madison, with view to
avoid the reading Of the letters ia open
court. The result of the conference was
the presentation Of paper, agreed upon
by counsel to the following effect: THAT
it IS admitted that Cary Madison was the
sutton of Lillian Madison from the spring
OF 1884 to the time of her death; that the
parties never met later than the summer of
1858; that on September u, 1884, she
wrote him a letter expressing her love for
him as being stronger than for any one
else, and asking him to meet her in Rich
mond and take her to the fair in October,
1854, as she did not want to go with any
other gentleman, and signsd herself, s'your
true and loving Lil1e,' adding as a post
script a verse of love poetry; that up to
the spring Of 1884 her letters had only
been of a cousinly nature; that Cary Madi
son asserts that there was no actual en-
gagement between them; that in no letter
since September, 1894, did she express her
love for him, but did in one letter chido
him for not continuing to love her, and
this statement is cleaned from correspon-
dence of nine or ten letters from each -
Mark Davis, proprietor of the Davis
Ho1se, Richmond, testified that the priso-
ner was guest at his house in January
and March Of this year. On March Is he
saw Cluverius between four and five in
the afternoon, and did not see him again
until midnight, when he retired.
B. W. Vashon, night clerk at the Davis
House, testified that he saw the prisoner at
the hotel at o'clock P. NJ on the 18th Of
March, and again about - o'clock, when
he came in, After retiring to his room the
prisoner sent down for a bottle of whiskey,
which was sent to him.
John S. Dodson, proprietor of the
American Hotel, testified that ne had
known the prisoner by sight for two years
Was in the Office on the night of the 18th
when person came up and handed card
to the clerk, who sent it up stairs, but did
not recognize the person as the prisoner.
FRIDAY, MAY GOTH.
Mr., Pollard, one of the counsel for de-
Tense, was unable to be present at the Gu
verius trial Friday on account of Illness
An order was read postponing the June
term from the first until the fourth Mon
Gay in that manth, as the present cas6
could not be concluded before the COM
mencement of the regular June term.
3. W. Cluverius father of the prisoner,
testified that he met his son at Centreville
on the 14th of March, on the sons return
from Richmond. His son had no scratches
on his hand when he first came, but he
hurt his hand while leaning against stake
fence at Centreyille.
The remainder Of the morning session
was occupied in the examination of cores
pondence between Lillian Madison and
Lulu Dunstan, with q view to arriving at
an agreement by counsel On both sides as
to the disposition of such correspondence.
At the afternoon session a paper was read
in relation to that correspondence, it being
the statement agreed upon by counsel to
the effect that the two had correspondent
from the Spring Of 1884 until December 8
of the same year, and that one of the let
tiers from Lulu Dunstan was written on a
business letGer-head of GA. J. Brown, 307
Reservoir street."
G.. w. Quick, student at Richmond
College, testified that he attended the
Moody meetings in January last. He saw
the prisoner at one of the meetings about
O'Clock at night, but did not remember
the date Of the meeting.
AT this point the defense stated that
they were through with their testimony,
with exception CT one Or two witnesses,
who were not present, and that in order to
avoid delay the prosecution might proceed
with any rebuttal testimony they might
have.
The prosecution then recalled Capt.
Chas. Fl. Epps, and questioned him us to
the accuracy OF some statements made by
VIM. Is. Cluverius, brother of the prisoner,
during his examination. Capt. Epps con
tradictcd the testimony of the prisoners
brother in number of essential points.
Calvert Harris, coored, testified TO q
transaction he had with the prisoner in
connection with getting watch belonging
to witness from Herman Joel The pris-
oner made him pay So. so for magistrates
Endorsement on the order for the watch
Several other witnesses were called bit
failed to answer, and the court, at $50 P.
Nj, au)OufHed until saturday.
Meanwhile counsel devoted their time to
the examination Of other letters, etc.
SATURDAY, MAY BOTH
Counsel on both sides in the Cluverius
murder trial Saturday spent more than an
hour comforting over the letters found 10
Lillian Madison's trunk which have not al
ready been disposed Of An agreement
was reached that instead of putting the
letters IN evidence it should be put on the
record that the deceased and Emmett VIII
liams, of Bath county, wrote to each other
letters Of 3 loving character between De-
csmber 1, 1884, and March 5, 1885; that
there was no engagement Of marriage be-
tween them, nor any intention of such an
engagement that Williams, who is but 8
years old, thought the correspondence was
all in fun, and believed that Miss Madison
meant it in the same way, and that he was
led to believe so from what she had said.
The prosecution then introduced testi-
mony ia rebuttal of that offered by the de-
Tense principally in relation to the mus
tache alleged to have been worn By the
man seen with a woman on the street car