Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-25

3luns sfiarBd niB room VIII thiu"
Iadger. The last time be was here We.
q vas occupied and be was gwen No. >.
On the 18th af March ne came 10 ths
hoteI and left his satcheI, and between
4 and ; o'clock P. ". saw him pass
ing the honse and shook hands with
hlm.
Friday night the 18th Of March.
Cluverius came mts the Office between
L and o'clock and took a scat. 1
went to the Ice-hox and took 0ut fsnr
auuIes. and said t0 CluverIus. - VIII
you have an apple = He said - Yes.
I then ate ryvo. and CluyerIrs ate anc
ami put ene IN his pocket, and sas
down, conversing on unInportant SUI
ects for about fifteen or twenty min
utss. lie then said u viii go TO
nv rosm.. and would ike 70 De called
AZ 5 o'clock. IN reach the freight tram
leaving ON the YGrk-RIver railruad- /
remarked - would It rot be better for
vsu 70 leave ON some other tram IA.
not thus hour a ssastly0ne for man 70
get up out of his not bed 20 20 away
Cluverins replied - Inless | take tho
freight tram I cznn1t catch the little
boat which goes up the Aattzpsni. 1
asked him the same questlsn before.
bnt did not think OF It until he gnve MS
reassn then. lie stood for two or
three minutes. and then went 70 hIs
room. he appeared to me calm. cool
and eoliectes.
shortly after ne retired I did also.
and after went 10 my rosm the oeil
rang. anu the iO0r-servant went 70
Cluyerinsfs rosm % zee what was
wanfed. he was told 70 bring flask
Of whiskey, and when the servant
srourht il in Clnverius said
Set it sn the stand and leave It
there
Did Cluverius drink tsc vhIskey,
or aid be carry it away
That cannst tell. = said Mr. DAVIS
Viewing the Grssnfz.
YESTERDAY moraIng Police-Jusucs d.
G.. Richardson 4nd sergeant Huice- Of
the Third pOlice-station. went sut 70
the reservoir and made accurate mea-
surements Of the small picket iencr
winch ineioses the banks Of the reser-
vair. and also the size of the hole n The
tall uiank fence which surrounds the
reservoir ground. and the distance
between various other points. The Of
icerS also made thorough eXarnlna-
ton OF the vacant smallpox buildings
On the Clarke 's-Sprng property And
vent down 20 me spot N the marsh at
winch the handkerchief was found bV
Officer Baker
Mr. Rose. keeper Of the Old reser-
roir. said. N speaking OF The inding Of
this handkerchief e-tticer Baker
rame out here with Two small boys
vino had found the handkerchief and
reported the fact az the Third station.
Thev .aid that they we're AFRAID %
touch the handkerchief ant Officer
Baker Wa detailed TO get {. / -ook 4
lanteY-i and we vent down 20 the piace.
and Officer Baker found 1he hsudker-
chef IN clear spot surrounded BY
thicket 0f brlers.
This SPOT S on The weil-knawn road
or pathway leading rom the Oid re-
servoir 20 the old pump-house- The
bows from Richmond College pass this
war frequently ID tie summer rne on
their vav 70 the river 10 battle. 10 The
path is followed 70 the end i vlll AIRY
prrSen 70 me old pump-liouse. tt has
been the route used by EMPLOYEES al
the old reserorv8ir and the ola pump
house for nearly thirty Years whenever
communication between the vo points
rs desired
HOLE lN rHE HIGH FENCE-
\ ew .eet from the eastern .ernnus
of the southern .Ide df the nIgh plank
fence enclosure of ,he Old-Re>ervnr
grounds is q hO.e n me fence. through
winch t is supposed o. 'ome chat an
entrance % he grounds vas effected N
he night that Lilisn Madison met her
seath ,iose bv one plank IS entirety
gone. and another hangs loosely rom
A .lngle nal through the t0p. Tins
fastening - "a slight that tie 1iank
an he showed one SIDE. .eaVing
an aperture sufficiently arge "a allow a
ytout man 10 pass through c easily A
IRAN passes 1nder the fence Iust at this
point. ana this hitch Is crossed by .
single plank that Is now covered with
mud placed there 5y Jhe feet OF curious
people who vent ont TO l0ok It thIs
spot. Outside sf the rrServrr and
oDposIte he hole m he fence. -he
ground is beaten arm AMI harri. now
ne ihat iailv ! numerous rrowa visits
this locality
DREARv PLACE.
Nitcr lark. xhen the tombstone
yleam n the m0on-hine ana show their
snowy outlines n the Iark shade Or rne
trees N Hollywood cemetery. ant nO-
thing hut the roar Of the river and the
iisyant i'm OF the city can De leard. the
zrounds around the smallpox hospital
lnd- the cemetery present ! picture
more lonesome and drearv han an oe
seen anvwhere around tle city.
It was through these grounds that
Lillian Madison. ! stranger N Rch-
mond. went 70 her death on ne lath
I Of March. II circumstantisl evidence
/ rau De believed. IL IS place where
dark deeds could De executed ~ secret
/ w that no breath OF blame would ever
he thought 20 touch the perpetra-
/ tor. The small-psx hospital huid'
ms are old and tumbie-'t0wn-i0oA-
ing structures. with rindOw-pane'
broken and gone anu the iashe,
left .rianing with agged pieces 1f GAS
that 0ok ike serpeuts' teeth. 4 lew
shade trees catered about AID 70 tht
/ gloomy looks sf the place. ana the Old
( buildings suggest the Ibode OF aaants
Just where the plalks arc torn ron
/ the high fence around ne reser
voir is the graveyard n Nnlcf
sle-p The victims whs iied Ii small
oox al the hospital The graves nun
Der hundreds. are IN regular rows. AM
have At the heads ~hite pune boards
three ii-et tail. with ngmeS Of rhe deae
and datc Of death. What a weird sirn
TINS when the stars Gvs thc only bgh