Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-27

| To believe that iu<f ~ xnon ~ you breuoss
of axe yUu wcre certainly coming te sfaF
snme with nis. OF rather 70 live with me.
/ buf have learned NOT % rut auy trust IN
| promises. fnr they nre soon forruften.
could not MAKE up my mind f0r sDme
I time to start bundle from here 20 Bath
( county. hut have concluded 90 send Y OF tts-
msuUw DuruinE, hut don't expect sou
I win ever rssf n. having O. change 30 often
t,efnre n Rsix there. am afraid u VIII not
/ ~ enough Va make you a uresel III couio
have been with you when n WINS cut could
hayeeut . nice one. hui know you ear cut
I - ! can, vino have had 80 fnisch experience.
This h O very sad time to IN now being
80 dry man. of tine farmers could mot sou
wheat. Thoef that did kow af AFRAID oi
losing n. ] tsnve nxt heard frDm Sister
Am Tor some time. ] 90 Toe 10 nuch ior
her. MIR Robins. ] fear, will never have any
good luck rs lonEas he keeps lda from her
oit grandmother, who has nearly wurn her
life cut dolnE Tor ker and taking care
OF her when she could nut DO for her
setI on, 10 y sad 30 tnink Of my
poof SISTERS copdifiop--all alone and
toTuaken ny her only boy, who snght 10 ee
her eoz1fori and support in her old a1e.
Better mad she been Ike anR--no child
than to be treated like she rs but fsel some
ttnteS ttmi II 10 no better with me. sone
waiting and wishing fOr my END htn trust
MY Heavenly father viii b. with and pro-
vide for me 10 tine end.
wish yuu would write. and tel me who
htllA NoA tVth ttllAfi< utNus - sol >Attt 4
little Thought vino it was; bui no one
could have KEEP me after ! wss my Own
mistress
You know Lizzie Brown wxs down here
lasl summer she heard me ssy wxs look-
ing Tor yon N tine summer or early
fall. and ] suppose she was fearful you
might be more liked than sne WAS.
After she went lack she wrote NOiie bray
word ysur father and mother tied your
hands behind you and whipped You nearly
n
open, and rut your iove-letters- and said
Won and Willie Cluvcriw wen a. he mar
rted Ne ssor as Won wer- OF aee. and much
more, 90 did not care - much about your
must b. sure to write ek son ~ voc get the
bundle n Won ever Do. let me hear II you
got ali safe. Prom your a1ecfionate aunt
Jazz.
thinks vel might nave written Ia him ere
this; says ycu must write a. him as soon ar
you Eei this. JANE.
This letter is marked
Mn. Jane Tunstau Nov. Isth, 1884"
Afserussr asssssn.
Court met zt O'Clock. Mr.. Evans
asked that John W. Ryl2nd be called,
and he took the stand. lie said he
lived II Middlesex, and was a minister
of the Gospel. Was raised IL King
and Queen and was born there. HAD
been pastor Of 0livei church, two miles
from Little Plymsuth.
What was the reputation Of the prs
oner in that neighborhOod?
Spotless, Sir. so far as ] knew.
never knew anything improper charged
to his account. Baptized prisoner in
1876. and he had beer a member Of his
church ever since.
Prosecution did not cross-examlne.
Jam~s J. Atkins
Lived near Little Plymouth, Kmg
and Queen. Lived Al Little Plymouth
four years. Was raised III Essex cOun-
". Knew NJ. Cluverius ten years
next January. Saw him l1th Of last
Narch al my blacksmitb-shop. No
tlced him particularly. He didn't wear
moustache. Witness started to tel
how he always noticed Mr.. Cluverius
ior the purpose OF seeing Il he wore =
moustache but Air. Meredith stopped
hin. Witness said prisoner never wor,
q moustache. Prisoners reputation IL
the community was good.
To Mr. Meredith Was III nv shoE
all day from sunrise TO sunset wac
making q coffin when the prisoner cam,
into his shop. Did not stop work &c
look AZ the prisoner. Did not notice
nm ioT the purpose Of seeing partIcU-
larry whether he had moustache OF
not. Might have thought about ms noi
having q mOustache and might not.
But did you think about ii, though.
don't know.
Well. what do you know
! ] know he was III the shop.
Witness couldn't give any reason 10,
his noticing no mOustache Oh prisoner
face.
Thomns Miiby.
Lived IL the lower part Of King ant
Queen. Was engaged IL mercaniil'
business II Centrcyille. Was al hn
store Oh the 14th Of March last. Coult
not testify who OF how many were II
his store on that day. Knew prisoner
and his father. Both were in his stOr,
OF that day. Did not remember tC
have heard father and son talking about
any hruise. on the sons hand. Stor,
il about 1890 Tommle came IN af.
ter the father had reached the stsre.
Did not recollect any talk that took
place between father and son. Didn'i
see any wounds on prisoners hand.
To Bsv. Crump The prisoner secm-
ed 10 be cheerful; didn't discover any
chanRs IL ms appearance.
Ssseps Dsa.on-
Judge Orump asked Mr.. Dodson If la
was examined before the Coroner at tbs
Jail
Yes. sir.
When
Second Sunday after the occurrence
that snowy Sunday; remembered say
lng that he saw the woman, but dIdn I
see the man mad said so al along.
judge Crump called attention. OF wit
ness To the fact tina; IL MS testimony
before the Coroner he said that the
time lac sent the note 10 LillIan's room
was { o'clock, and that IN his later
testimony he said IL was after IL
o'clock.
lir. Dodson said that he was SUM
monsd so quickly that he had not time
to collect his thoughts, but that he
could prov. by his brother that he did
not 20 on duty until 10 o'clock.
Judge Crump asked the witness when
the woman came back after sine TO
ceived the note.
Mr.. Meredith objected TO tins cross
examination, saying the time Of her
coming back had nothing to 10 with the
note.
Court ovsrruled tina objection.
Mr.. Dsdson She came back between
] 80 and 2 O'Clock. Saw her IN the
dining-room. She got the key 10 her
room from his brother II ths Office.
Had not seen ths boy whs brought the
note since he received il. Other boys
had been brought there since BY John
Wren, but he didn't identify thsm.
LILLIAN AsKnD FOR THE NOTE.
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