Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-07

over the right eve. OF her the said Fan
ME Lillian Madison, unlawfully, felo-
niously, wilfully, and Of his malice
aforethought, did strike, beat, and hit !;
and that the said Thomas j. Cluverius,
with the hands Of him the said Thomas
j. Clnverius, did then and there cast,
push, knock, and throw her. the said
Fannie Lillian Madison, into certain
reservoir Of said city, and situate there
in, and within the jurisdiction Of said
Hastings Court, commonly called the
Old reservoir, wherein there was
great quantity of water. by means
Of which said striking, beating,
and hitting, as also Of the said
casting, pushing, knocking. and throw
ing of the said Fannie Lillian Madison
into the reservoir aforesaid by the said
Thomas j. Cluverius, in manner and
form last aforesaid. she. the said Fam
ME Lillian Madison, was badly bruised
and wounded, and with the water afore-
said was then and there ehoked, suf-
focated, and drowned, Of which said
striking, beating, hitting, choking, suf-
location. and drowning, she, the said
Fannie Lillian Madison, then and there
instantly died and so the grandjurors
aforesaid, upon their Oaths aforesaid,
do say that the said Thomas j. Gu
verius, in the manner and by the means
last aforesaid, unlawfully, feloniously,
wilfully, and Of his malice aforethought.
did kill and murder the said Fam
ME Lillian Madison, against the peace
and dignity of the Commonwealth Of
Virginia.
And the grand juror. aforesaid. upon
their oaths aforesaid. do further pre-
sent that the said Thoma. j. Cluverius-
to-wit, on the 18th day Of March, in
the year 1885. in the SAID city and
within the jurisdiction of the said Hus-
tings Court Of the city of Richmond,
on and upon one Fannie Lillian Madi-
son, felOniously, unlawfully, wilfully,
and Of his malice aforethought, did
make another assault and that the
said Thomas j. Cluyerius, then and
there, with force and arms. and in some
manner and by some means to the
grand jurors unknown, her, the said
( Fannie Lillian Madison, in and upon
the right side of her face, over the
right eye of her, the said Fannie Lii
liam Madison, unlawfully. feloniously,
wilfully, and Of his malice aforethought,
did strike, beat. and hit, and that the said
Thomas J. Cluyerius. IN some manner
and by some means to the grand jurors
unknown, did then and there cast, push,
knock. and throw her. the said Fannie
Lillian Madison. into a certain reservoir
of said city, situate therein, and within
the jurisdiction Of the said Hastings
Court. commonly called the Old reSer-
voir, and wherein there then was a
great quantity Of water by means Of
which said striking, beating, and hit
ting. az also Of the said casting. push
ing. and throwing and knocking of the
said Fannie Lillian Madison into the
reservoir aforesaid by the said Thomas
J. CluveriuS. she. the said Fannie
Lillian Madison, was badly bruised and
wounded, and with the water aforesaid
in the reservoir aforesaid was then and
there ch0ked, sufIocated, and drowned /;
of which said striking, beating, hitting,
choking, suifocation, and drowning she.
the said Fsnnie Lillian Madison, then
and, there instantly died; and so the
grand jurors aforesaid. upon their oaths
aforesaid, do say that the said Thomas
J. Cluverius, in the manner and Dy the
means last aforesaid, unlawfully, leloni-
ously, wilfully. and Of his malice afore-
thought. did kill and murder the said
Fannie Lillian Madison. against the
peace and dignity Of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
Jerry Fisher. Lucy Jones. Mourning
Boulding. BENJAMIN Harris, W. r..
Quarles, DIR. Z. j. Stratton, Aaron
Watkins, Richard Dunstan. j. r. Will
liams. j. II. Thompson, c. II. Epps,
Charles Williams, Willie Thurston. j.
j. Walton. &. ". Saunders. John Will
liams. Henrietta Wimbish, Charles Il.
Dod.on, Joseph Dodssn, c. W. McGin-
Mss. L. ;. Robins, Charles Madison,
II. NJ. Hunt, DR.. J. g. Csbell, d. c.
Richardson, A. W. Archer, John e.
Jones, William Tyler, John Walker,
l.. W. Rose, T.. Archer, Robert Lucas,
DR.. W. II. Taylor. J. d. Redwood.
William Tucker, W. F. Dillard-wit-
nesseS swsrn and sent by the Court to
the grand jury to give evidence.
". p. LAwTON. Clerk.
Endorsement on ht BGck.-C Commsn-
wealth ~. Thomas j. Cluverus For
Felony. A True Bill.
THOMAS POTTS. Foreman.
ls'j-April .. Indictment found.
RESERVOIR AND HOLLYWOOD.
The public interest in the reservoir
tragedy shows no sign Of abatement,
Judging by the number Of people who
visited the locality yesterday and Sun
dav. There were at all hours large num-
bers Of people to be seen on Reservoir
street between Maia street and the reser-
yoir.
The DuHstan houSe-the second
hsuse OH the left after Gary street IS
passed continues to attract attention,
although Mr.. Dunstsn and his family
no longer live there.
The reservoir is again full Of water.
All the mud and slime and ether OBJ
lectionable matter accumulated there
for fifty years has been again covered
over: but unless cleaned out it will be
heard of again if there is any unusual
sickness here this spring. The people
having seen the bottom Of the reservoir
will now never be content satil it is
cleaned out.
This reservoir only supple. the lower
parts Of the city.
The tall fence around the reservoir
grounds has been repaired IN many
places, and the hole through which
Lillian and her murderer are supposed
TO have gained access to the grounds
ha. been plsnked up-a mistake in some
official quarter; this hole should have
been left untouched until the jury could
have seen the spot. There will now
have 10 be many long, tedious eIplans-
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