Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-25
TIE PRISONER cLUvERIUs.
Hn Lite In JAIL How Tie is Connned-His
hine and cuesn Home--Ane,hsrA Account Of
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kine and Queen Home--Ane,her Account Of
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The prisoner Cluverius's solitary
confinement is such only in name. 1t
- hgurative expression, Sergeant
Lee and Jailer Kerse apply to him the
same rule they would to any other per-
son similarly situated. His cell-door
Is closed at all hours, excepting from
IL NJ. to P. NJ, and when his aunt
lMrs. TunstslD, his brother, or any Of
his counsel come to see him he is taken
from his cell upstairs to the dispensary
to meet them. He is left alone upstairs
only with his counsel.
The hours when he is permitted to
have his door open are the hours when
visitors to the jail are not admitted.
Then he may walk in the yard and talk
with other prisoners. The arrangement
suits him exactly, as he is not then sub
jected to the staring he would receive
from visitors at other hours.
The prisoner continues to get his food
from a cook-shop, but his appetite is
not good.
He holds up wonderfully still, but
neither in appearance nor in indifference
is he the man that he was when he was
brought to Richmond under arrest. lie
is not an emotional man, like his
brother, and probably never will ex-
hibit much feeling one way or the other,
but the prints of care are now cut deep
on his face.
Mrs. Tunstall has gone to the coun-
try, but will return here from time to
time. Willie Cluyerius was here yes
terday. He keeps, apparently, in fine
spirits. His visits to the prisoner are
much appreciated by the latter. Prison
er is always brighter during and i'm
mediately after visit to him.
Those who have some opportunities
Of knowing say that the bursting OF
the dlibi bubble has more dispirited
Cluyerius than anything that has oc-
Cured since his arrest. That is no
doubt true. They had set high hopes
on Savage; hopes that were dissipated
in moment.
CLUVERIUS's HOME.
A correspondent Of the Fredericl<s-
burg Star, writing from Little Ply
mouth, King and Queen county, says
Arriving in this beautiful village about
9 o'clock on the morning of the llth, !
drew my reins upon my steed and
brought up halt for some halfhour or
more, having some curiosity to see the
fence which was described by one o
the witnesses in the Cluyerius trial as
the place he received the scratches or
his hand. | obtained a guide, and
looked, but there was no fence Of tha
description, nor even a hole that bore
the slightest resemblance to an Early
Rose potato" and, moreover, was III
formed that no such fence had been il
the village. 1t made one sad as they
walked down the street to see hanging
from the door a sign marked, IT. j
Cluyerius, Attorney at Law" &C., anC
knowing at the same time this younl
and promising lawyer had been founC
guilty of one Of the most heinous am
dastardly crimes upon record. Th,
people at Centreville think him guilt
and deserving of the punishment. Fiy,
miles further on we passed the Olive
Baptist church, Of which this unfOrtu
nate man was a member, and the assist
ant superintendent of the Sunday school
but not stopping, we soon arrived a
Little Plymouth (the place where | an
now writing, and with no less curiosit.
We stopped to see the Tunstall house
which is a large frame, old-fashione'
house in a beautiful grove Of trees
with lovely lawn in front. Here
was that this young man was raised b.
a devoted aunt, who has been NOR
than a mother to him, who sent hin
and Lillian" both to school and edu
Gated them and for what, Mr.. Edi
tor? Only to bring shame and disgrac
to her as she declines on the shady sid
of life. Here / also find that his bes
and truest friends-those who had tn
highest regard for him before this
were ready to say the verdict of tn
jury was Just. Some expected hun
Jury, but all thought he was guilty.
found Miss B., the young lady to WHOM
it is said "Tommie - was engaged, i
good spirits, as ] sat at dinner wit
her, she presiding with grace and dig
nifty. We conversed on many topics
but she was very reticent in regard t
the young man who had gained her a.
fections.
At first. when the officers came t
arrest Tommie," ali pronounced it a
outrage, but they Il am informed) 500
found that he was the guilty mar
Some say they know Of more damagin
evidence should he get another trial.
tFor the Dlspatch.l
CIuyerius.
An AFPEAL FOR THE PRISONER.
on ye who freely wander
In the glorious light of day,
Consider how the darkness falls
Upon the prisoners way.
| Let fellow feeling make MS kind,
| Nor Judge him yet so base,
MAY mercy DER his bllghted life
Throw her protecting grace.
Alas! that I'm Christian land
Where sorrow Is so life,
That one and all should cry aloud
For this poor human life.
| For the hrea thless crowd VINO waited
| When the verdict first came out,
There rose upon the evening air
A maddening, deafening shout.
All who in all that multitude
Were 10 but clearly shown.
| Could prove himself SD free rom SIN
That he might cast the stone?
lie has sinned but he has suffered,
And his sin has found him out;
Tortured conscience fingers with MN,
| Aud bfe aupuisn who can doubt?