The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-03-26
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

A Young Society Man of Richmond, vir-
ginia Charged with the Murder of Fam
ny NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Point to
Him as the Guilty Party.
RICHMOND, VA, March 2O.-The police
were busy all day yesterday working up
clews and fitting together the links in the
chain of circumstances surrounding the
death of Miss Fanny Lillian Madison, the
pretty young girl whose dead body was
found in the reservoir last Saturday. The
latest development was the arrest of Mr..
T. j. Cluverius, a young lawyer of King
& Queen County, charged with the muir
der of the lady. The officers arrived here
last evening with their prisoner. They ar
rested him at the house-of Mrs. Samuel
Tunstall, near Little Plymouth, in that
county.
He was at the supper table when the
officers were announced. He admitted
that he knew of the discovery OF the dead
body of Miss Madison in this city. He
had Just obtained the Richmond papers
with that information. He also admits
he was in Richmond on Friday last, the
day on which the unhappy girl must have
come to her death. Cluverius denies that
he saw her during his stay here, or that
he had any communication with the girl,
either written or otherwise. He can, he
says, account for every hour of his stay
here, from the time of his arrival on
| Thursday until his departure for his home
on Saturday morning.
Mr.. Cluverius is about twenty-three
| years old, and is well connected. His
family is possessed of plenty of means,
and will spare no expense to defend him.
| ALI who know him say that the accused is
/ man of irreproachable character and
incapable of committing crime, much
less such cold-blooded murder as he
stands charged with.
| When arrested by the police young Clu.
verius had with him apackage containing
fifteen or twenty letters, most of which
| were from ladies'. 1t appears from these
missives that Cluverius is quite favorite
with the fair sex. There are some very
spicy letters in the batch, so the police
say.
The bitter cold weather did not deter
crowds from visiting the reservoir ant
looking in the basin where the pretty gir
met her death. The keeper has beer
compelled to lock the gates.
The betrayed girls career, up to thi
one slip, which caused her sad end
has been pro nounced unblemished b,
all WHO kueW uer. Que WAS IneInUe
of the Baptist Church, as is also Thos
j. Cluverius, the young man charged
with her murder.
The poor girl was buried yesterday
To avoid increasing the excitement ther
was no ceremony, either at the church o
the grave. Her remains were followed b
her aged father and nearest relatives, VIII
wept bitterly when the body was cor
signed to Oakwood Cemetery.
Citizens are talking of getting up
purse to employ additional counsel +
aid the Commemorative attorney in fer
reting out and prosecuting the murderer
as the crime is considered refectio
upon the city. {fg Hfg t
"A cantilever bridge, 479 feet long
has been completed over the st. John
J River, which connects the Colonial an
) American railway systems and reduce
, the distance between New York an
Halifax by rail to $40 miles. 1t is Q,
pected to greatly reduce the ratio {
, freight between Philadelphia, Ne
) York and Boston and the British pro,
: inces, and will revolutionize the tis
, business of the Gulf of St Lawrenc,
} the catch being now sent through i
refrigerator cars The cost of ferriae
over the St. Johns River has heretofoi
been i've dollars . car.
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