Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-29

probably informed that there Vas notn'"s
10 be donc but 70 return % Bath and
hide her time. That the visit TO hich-
mond In the middle Of March Was ions
prcmeditated and arranged for Is an
established fact. and il is something
more than surnsise that her object
was 70 20 TO some iying-in house. ~
therefore becomes important 70 had out
the persons, IL any, with whom she
or her representative had communlca-
ton on the subject.
This Is field Cor the display OF good
detective work. IL requires skill and
sagacisy. The people who do that sort
OF thing want to have as little as posi-
BILE to do with the police and public an-
thorities, but il they can be reached It
is likely that a rich vein OF information
will be struck.
AS TO A SECRET MARRIAGE.
The newspapers are constantly in re-
ceipt Of letters from men and women
making suggestions and advancing theo-
ries.
A recent writer suggests that posi-
bly there was - secret marriage " be-
tween the prisoner and deceased. If
so. the records Of the courts here show
no such fact. Reporters have already
gone over that ground. But the writer
believes that there was. and plants her
faith chiefly on the ground that the two
were "ioint heirs " of certain property,
&c. This joint-heirship has been ex-
ploded. There is nothing in it.:
OF course there is a possibility that
there was q secret marriage, but there is
nothing to show it, unless it was the re-
mark Of Miss Madison to Miss Kenny
lthe last night Of the formers stay in
Bath: II have secret to tell YOU
DEMONSTRATION.
The Dispatch of the Goth instant
stated that there was taken from the
person of 7. j. Cluverius certain let
ter which placed him in most unen-
viable light in respect to young lady
he had wronged. No details, no names
were given. 1t now appears that,
Notwithstanding the inference drawn
by the reporter was one that ninety
nine men out Of hundred would have
arrived at from the contents Of the let
ter. vet there was double meaning
conveyed, and now the reporter has the
very best evidence, furnished by the
friends of the young lady, for the state
ment that the intent Of the letter was
misconstrued.
A Card from Hon. q. ID. Wise.
RICHMOND, March 90, 1885.
Hon. s. B. Witt, Present:
Dear Sir,-I thoroughly appreciate
the delicacy of the position in which
you are placed in regard to the prose-
cution of Cluverius for the murder of
Miss Madison, and feel an earnest de-
sire, prompted by my friendship for
you, to relieve you.
] feel profoundly touched by what
appears to be the wish of the public
that | should do so. Under ordinary
circumstances shoud regard the ex-
preston of such a wish as equivalent
to command, which no mere con-
sideration of personal convenience
would justify me in refusing to obey.
But you know as well as i. and both
of us know better than the general
public, how jealous are the require
ments of a case like this, and for
how very long period it may require
the uninterrupted labor of the prosecu-
tor and the entire, exclusive devotion
of his energies to it in the higher as
well as the lower court. For me to I'M
dertake it, as would alone consent to
undertake it. giving every faculty of
mind and heart and body to it,
would necessarily compel entire alb
sence from my public duties as rep
resentatiye in Congress at time
when those duties, always engrossing,
are peculiarly and extraordinarily oner-
Gus, and denial to my constituents Of
access to me at period when they have
a right to demand it. The two posi-
tons are so incompatible that either in
wolves the sacrifice Of the other. With
great regret, therefore. | am compelled
to announce to you that ! cannot un-
dertake this prosecution. Very truly
your friend, GEORGE ID. WISE.