Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-21


lying on the bureau in herr watch
Key exactly like the one shown me.n
Witness to Judge Crump: Those
words were not there when signed my
name. They we're put in afterwards.
Judge Crump; Was the paper read
over TO yous
| Yes, sir.
Did you sign your name toit
Yes, sir, did, after all of the Wit
nesses were through. spoke about
the key before the Coroncr's jury, but
what said is not what is written down
there. While ] was giving in my testi-
mony Mr.. Witt showed me the key.
HUNT EXPLAINS.
told him it might be like the one
saw on the bureau. | did not take it
IN my hand. He had it in his.
Here the witness was handed the
manuscript containing his statement.
and that part Of it in reference TO the
key was pointed out to him, and his re-
ply, in answer to question. was that
1t was added after he had signed his
name.
HOW HUNT SAW THE KEY IN HER
ROOM.
Witness The bureau was next to
the window. The room (No. 2l) was a
small one, but large enough for a bed
and a washstand. The lady was sit
ting down eating her breakfast, and
was standing at the door. That is the
time ! saw the key. saw it on the
bureau. II was key, or something
that looked like key.
NOW HUNT is NOT so CERTAIN.
Judge Crump: Was it or not
watch-key?
1t might have been.
When was the first time you spoke
about the key?
1t was at the almshouse.
Have you talked TO any one since
about it?
Yes, sir, | have talked to a good
many people about it since. The re-
porters have been to see me about it.
Any one else?
Nobody who has been working up
the case has said anything to me about
the key since.
Do you know the person who wrote
down your testimony at the almshouse?
do not.
Could you identify him?
He was aportly man ! do not know
his name.
NOT TO MR.. WREN.
Have you talked to any one about
the watch-key? asked Judge Crump.
have not had any conversation with
anybody about the key since gave my
testimony at the almshouse except re-
porters, and | have not been asked
by anybody about it. | have been to
WTen's Office several times since gave
my testimony before the Coroner's in
quest, but ] talked with him about
other things-not about the key. Wren
had me there and talked to me about
the boy who carried the note, and |
have not talked with him in the last
ten days. was to see him at his
Office five or six times. | never saw
the key in his office and he never talked
to ne about the key. lie was always
asking me about the boy. No, sir; |
cannot say lie ever spoke to me about
the key; but if he did do not remem-
Der it.
HUNT MADE NO EFFORT TO CORRECT.
Did you read the newspapers giving
an account Of your testimony in these
words " She had on a fnger-ring. !
saw lying on the bureau in her room a
watch-key exactly like the one shogH
me-?
Yes, sir; | read it.
Why did you not tell the reporters
that the statement was wrong?
| did not know how to do it.
Were you employed by Wren?
Mr.. Wren employed me to hunt for
the boy that carried the note. | was
looking for him three days, and | re-
ported at Mr.. Wren's Office at different
times.
How much were you to get for your
services?
lie told me that he would see it all
right if there was anything said about
it at the hotel.
The manuscript containing Hunts
testimony was given the jury for exami-
nation.
HUNTS RECOLLECTION.
The watch-key was here shown the
witness, and he was asked if that was
the key he saw on the bureau. He
said it looked like it.
Colonel Aylett; Did you ever see me
before?
saw you this morning.
Do you recollect anybody calling at
the hotel and asking to be shown to
room No. 81?
Yes, sir.
How many persons came there on
that occasion?
Three.
Do you remember any one asking you
to show him where you were standing?
Yes, sir. | remember you now.
Mr.. Pollard AS to the statement
about the watch-key, you say that you
didn't say what was attributed to you
in your evidence before the Coroner?
No, sir | did not. | said something
like that.
The witness was then interrogated at
some length as to how he came to inn
agine that the thing that he saw Oh the
bureau looked like a watch-key, but it
was evident from his answers that he
was ignorant and knew very little about
what he had previously testified to in
detail.
Juror Harrison Did you ever have
that key in your hand?
No, sir.
A Correspondent ON the stand.
Mr. Z. Cuthbert, correspondent OF
the New York Herald, was called, and,
after stating his business, he was asked
if he had ever had an interview with
the prisoner?