Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-27

end of the line (BIain and Reser-
voir streets) he stopped the car
and a lady and gentleman got OUT
He said
THE gentleman then came up 10
my Ieft-hand side said to me, speak,
ing very quic "; Mr., can you Iell
me where Reservoir street Is = l
replied, 'yes, SIR and pointing my
hand. said that is Reservoir street .
He asked, 'What building is thatF
REPLIED MoIton's flower garden,
SIR Then he turned around aud
said, so you say that this is Res
ervoir street, again replied, syes
sir, this is Reservoir street. When
told him that it was Reservoir
street he took the lady by her arm.
lie had a satchel in his right hand,
and he walked TO the lelthand side
Of Reservoir street. 1t was twenty
five minutes TO 10 o'clock by our
railway time.
He had a light moustache and
light hair, and around his ears his
hair appeared to be curly
When Cluverius was brought in
for Identification, after looking at
him, the witness said:
'lt is hard for me to recognize
the man, aud would not like to
swear that he is the same man /
saw in the street car unless | was
sure of it,
Continuing, he said: THE only
sign ! see about the prisoner is this
that he seems something like the
man about the shoulders, but the
man ] saw in the car seems to have
lighter hair than this man (Clnverl-
u.s.. To the best of my knowledge
aud belief it seems to be the man.
William Tyler (colored) testified
that he recognized Cluverius as the
man he saw at the American Hotel
Friday night, March 18th. He was
with the lady that is now dead
Miss Madison). She occupied
room No. u. Il am certain he IL
the same man, and | recognise his
voice.
He is the same man | left in the
parlor with the young lady. lie
had on a gray oyercoat with the
light side turned. The last time !
saw him was twenty minutes to Q
o'clock Friday night, March 18th.
Mr.. Bruce Vashon, clerk at the
Davis Hotel Formerly Capitol
HoteD, was next examined. He
said 4:
'On Friday night about 8 o'clock
G uverins came into the hotel and
asked if a young man had come TO
go with b i'm to the Theatre. l an.
severed, mo- He left then and
came back between ~ and / o'clock
and / think stayed in his room
some fifteen or twenty min utes.
He paid his bill and asked TO he
called mp between 8 and 6 o'clock.
He was called up aud lett on the
early train
Mr.. JOS. Dodson, clerk at the
American Hotel, testified that on
Friday morning note bro night by
a colored boy addressed TO i. l..
Merton-the name that Miss Madi-
son registered-was sent to her
room. That she wrote note and
sent it by the colored boy, and in a
few minutes left the hotel. The
boy returned with the note saying
he could not find tho man. The
note was kept till Saturday morn
ing when it was torn up and thrown
in he wastebasket. After the death
of Miss Madison was known, the
pieces Of the note was found and
put together, when it was ascer.
tanned that the envelope was adj.
dressed to II. j. Cluverius,' and
that the note read as follows:
Il will be there as soon as posi-
bic so do wait for me-
William Tucker (colored), who
manages the ting horse that as
sists in pulling the street cars up
Main street hill from Fourteenth to
Twelfth street, said:
Il saw the man (Cluyerius) Fri
day night. He was just above the
American Hotel. A lady got on
with him. am perfectly sure that
he is the man. | am certain Of it..
He had a satchel in his hand and
the lady had red shawl around
her. | did not take notice whether
she had bundle in her hands or
not. The only bundle or package
| saw was in this mans hands. |
did not see whether they came out
the American Hotel or not. ]
'hOllered' out to stop the car for
them. Mr.. Williams was the driv-
er of the car, and they imam and
woman) were standing on Main
street just above the American
Hotel. did not take any notice
of his hat or his oyercoat'
THE VERDICT
At s o'clock the examination of
witnesses ended, and at the request