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

/ don't know.
Mr.. Meredith objected to this sort Of
examination, but the Court told the
witness to answer.
Mr.. Pollard asked Mr. Gatewood if
Colonel Aylett wore the same watch
chain now that he did at Aylett's.
] don't know. can't see.
Mr.. Pollard asked Colonel Aylett to
show his watch-chain.
Colonel Aylett bluntly refused, and
Mr.. Pollard appealed to the Court to
compel him to do so.
Court ruled it had no right to force
Colonel Aylett to exhibit his chain.
Mr.. Pollard asked that the refusal of
Colonel Aylett be made matter of re-
cord.
DIR. Taylor Recalled.
DR.. W. II. TAYLOR recalled. lie said
he could not tell with great accuracy
how long the body had been in the
water. When he saw the body on Sat
urday morning it was completely stiff,
and this was one method Of determin-
ing how long a body had been in the
water.
Judge Crump objected to this sort of
examination, but DR.. Taylor was told
to 90 on.
DR.. Taylor said ordinarily such a
state Of stiffness would come on in
about six hours, which made the hour
Of death about o'clock, but it may
have been many hours before. 1t was
only conjecture. The food in her
stomach showed that she had eaten
last within six hours. Add six hours
to the time she partook Of her
last meal and you would have a very
correct idea of the hour at which she
met her death.
He told of the bundle Of clothing
which Mr.. Mountcastle found in the
river and brought to him. lie brought
it to the clerks office and turned it
over to the proper officers.
The glove and veil found at the hole
in the reservOir-fence were shown the
Doctor, and he said there wasn't much
question as 20 these being the same
articles that he saw at the almshouse.
LILLIAN's HAT.
DR.. Taylor said that Policeman Wal
ton brought the hat TO him. He re-
membered seeing those small red spots
which were supposed to be minute par
ticles of the shawl, whic' at that time
he had never seen.
The hat was shown, AMI the Doctor
said, That appears to be the hat"
The hat was turned over to the Off
GERS Of the law along with the other
clothing. He remembered one Of the
policemen showing him gravel, which
he said he took out of the hat. He
didn't know where the gravel came
from. The officer took the gravel away
with him.
Cross-examined by Judge Crump ::
Could not give, as medical man, any
direct and positive time in which body
would become stiff in water. 4
stomach ought to be empty within
eight hours, as general rule. As
Stunning this, he supposed he was
making a liberal allowance in saying
that the food found in Lillian's stomach
indicated that it had been in her
stomach siI hours.
John wren.
Detective John Wren took the stand.
Lives in Richmond is a licensed de-
tective, with headquarters in Rich
mond. In March he received red
shawl from young man named Hill
gave it to the Commonwealth Attor-
ney. Had few holes in i. Mr.. Wal
ter Hill, a printer, brought it to him.
Got watch-key, also. from Mr.. Hill. A
little boy named Williams came along
with Hill. Took boys and Mr.. Owen,
Of the State, to Spott's jewelry-store.
Spott examined the key in presence of
MI. Owen and himself. Then gave the
key to Commonwealth's-Attorney Witt.
Mr.. Witt afterwards returned the key
to Wren. Gave it back to Mr.. Witt.
Had not had it in his possession since.
Cross-examined by Judge Crump
Key was in Wren's possession for about
twenty-five or twenty-six hours, Kept