Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-05

WAFER ana The WafkWay ~ tnueo 'ees
four inches. So Lillian was nineteen
inches higher than the fence.
The possibility Of woman IN her
condition climbing ever such fence
the paIings were wedged shape at the
| top) can be calculated BY all Of inquir-
ing mind.
On the other hand, it Is claimed that
| q m:ddle-sized man could not sling .
senseless body ever that fence and into
the water.
10 wasn't necessary. All he had TO
do was TO put the body over the fence and
rest II on the eighteen inches Of turing
between the fence and the water. The
body once put over the fence on this
parapet could have been easily sided
off into the water.
II appears that the body did not fall
fas from the shore, for when found il
was stranded on the sloping basis-
shaped side Of the Observation-Disclosures,
no doubt, because the water had fallen
three or four feet during the night.
Though Lillian might have been felled
to the ground by blow, that she died
IN the rafsr the doctors generally agree.
uNTMELy EXPOSURE.
But for the fact that the water was
being drawn off from this reservoir the
dead body Of Lillian Madison in all
probability would not have been
| brought to light inside Of week or
two. At the end Of that time she would
have been almost unrecognizsble.
But for the untimely exposure there
would have been proof that she was
alive March 18th.
Captain Epps. in his testimony
which was at all times clear, distinct,
strsightforward--eaid 4: AFTER the ar
rest Mrs. Tunstall said she had received
n letter from Lillian dated March 18th.
=. Later, Mrs. Tunstall produced
the letter from Lillian dated 18th March
and read it, to the effect that she
Q.ilian) was going to discontinue her
school and 90 with lady to Old
Point" &C., &c. Then the officers went
up with the prisoner to prisoners room
to change his clothes; some time had
elapsed.l 1--WE came down stairs into
the dining-room. His aunt was sitting
by the fire. He leaned over and spoke
to her, but don't know what he said.
In about a minute she spoke and said,
Lillian made mistake in the date Of
her letter."
There the subject dropped.
But suppose that Lilian's body had
only risen to the surface on March 2lst
instead of March 18th, then this letter
might have been proof that she was
alive March the l4th--the very day
that her dead body was hauled out of
the reservoir.
From Richmond 10 West Point.
A representative of the Dispatch
yesterday went over the York-River
railroad line from Richmond to West
Point. and gathered the following
points
Mr.. w. b. Enos, clerk at the York
River depot here, says that Saturday
morning, March l4th, a young man
came into the Office and took seat near
the stove, and that an old man was
with him, and from the descrip-
ton give. he thinks the young man was
Thomas j. Cluverius. Twenty-Five
minutes afterward Captain Bagby came
in. The old man and the young man
went out of the office together, but he
does not think the old man went with
him aboard Of the freight train, which
left at 40.
The cOlored porter who attends the
office says that he would be able to
identify the cid man if he were to see
him again.
There were only five passengers that
left the depot that morning, and Cluve-
RUS was one Of them.
CURLED UP ON A SEAT.
Captain Junius Cook, conductor Of
the freight train, says it was very cold
that Saturday morning, and that only
three OF his passengers were bound for
West Point. One Of these was colored
man, and Cluverius and Captain Bagby
were the other two. When he went
through his car to take up tickets he saw
Cluverius curled up in seat resting upon
his right arm, and as he approached
him Cluverius extended to him his left
with the stub Of return ticket. Did
not observe any scratches upon it, and
think Cluverius had a slight msustache.
Did not notice his watch-chain. Thinks
he had on reversible overcoat with the
light side out, showing brown collar.
Cluverius was on one side of the car
and Captain Bagby WAS on the ether
several seats ahead. When the train
arrived at West Point Cluverius get of
and spoke to friend.
TAKES A GLASS OF BEER.
Mr.. Peter Eller, whs keeps bar
and eating-house at West Point, says
that few minutes after the arrival OF
the train that morning about $3.50 a
gentleman and Cluverius came into his
house and ordered oysters, and that
Cluysrius also had a glass of beer.
From there Cluverius went to the store
of r. II. Spencer 4 Co., where he re-
manned a short time. .4 ~
DIDN'T TAKE THE BOAT.
Captain B. +. Eaton, Of the steamer
r. Il. Lee, says that Cluverius did not
leave West Point on his boat, but that
Captain Bagby did. The Captain got of
at Mantspike wharf, which is three
miles from Stevensville, and in King and
Queen; but on reaching Clifton land
ing, which is On the Aattsponi river,
saw Cluverius's father, whs was there
in buggy to meet his sen.
SAW NO SCRATCHES.
Harry J. Dudley, of Dudley Brothers,
merchant at West Point: am well
acquainted with Cluverius; went to
school with him at Little Plymouth
and at DR.. BANDS, and also at Aber-
deem Academy, aud have met with him
numbers Of times since. On Thursday,
March 18th, in company with Mr. Isaac
Digs. lawyer, | went to the depot q,
West Point and tosk the cars for the
! White House to attend New Kent court
met Cluverius on the train and talked
with him, and he insisted on nv go
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