Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-29
CLUVERIUS AT RICHMOND.
HIS MOVEMENTS ON THE NIGHT
OF THE CRIME.

| RICHMOND, VA, May 2S.-Upon' the
opening OF court this mornng-the TWEEN
tieth day Of the Cluverius-Madison muir
der trial-Judge Atkins announced that
it was inadvisable TO change the place of
holding court at this late day in the trial.
The Judge had given an order against the
admission of visitors to the court room,
and only persons actually connected with
the case, representatives of the press, the
legal fraternity and ministers were pres
ent.
w. A. Edwards, of King William county,
was sworn. He had known Lillian Madi-
son since she was child. He remem-
bered the affair with Briggs, the we'll dig
ger, who had gotten hold of letters written
by Lillian to several persons, and had
seen passages in them in which the writer
spoke of living unhappily with her pa
rents. The matter was compromised and
the letters were given up.
b. Anderson. of King and Queen county,
testified that he saw the prisoner several
! times on March II. He did not see any
scars or scratches on his hands. He had
never seen the prisoner wear moustache.
CLUvERIUs' GOOD CHARACTER.
A number Of witnesses testified that
they had known the prisoner for years
aud intimately; that he was Young man
OF good character, and had never to their
! knowledge done anything wrong, and
that they never knew him to wear a NOUS
tache. Some of these witnesses were
| questioned in reference to seeing the
! prisoner wearing a watch KEY, but none
OF them were positive as TO the identity Of
! the one said to have been worn by the
prisoner or Of the one found at the reser-
voir.
FL. l.. Savage. a clerk in Brand e.
Bros.' store at Centreville, testified that
he knew Herman joel. He (Joel) had
jewelry for sale at the store. He had
known the prisoner eight years, but neY-
er knew the prisoner giving Joel an arti-
Gle OF jewelry to repair.
READ A PAPER TO CLUVERIUs.
Capt. A. f. Bagby, an insurance agent.
said that he was in Richmond on March
IL and IA. He met the prisoner on the
| train when going down TO West Point on
the morning of March IA and conversed
with him on various subjects, but saw
nothing unusual in hs actions or his per-
sonal appearance. He did not notice
anything wrong about the appearance of
his hands. The prisoner seemed to be in
good spirits. In reply to queries the wit
ness said that the prisoner had left an
impression on his mind that he (the pris-
Oner) had spent the night Of March -
with relatives Of the witness. Tie was in
the company of the prisoner at Tappahan-
mock on March IA, and while there the
paper announcing the finding Of q body
in the reservoir was read. The witness
remarked: ''rhis is another Jeter Phillips
affair."" but the prisoner made no remark
about it.
SEEN AT THE OPERA.
TIP. Bagby, of West Point, being sworn,
said that he was in Richmond on March
IL, and on the afternoon of that day saw
the prisoner in Mozart Hall, where the
"Chimes of Normandy" was being per-
formed, but did not know whether or not
he remained there during the whole per-
formance. He also saw the prisoner at
the Police Court after his arrest, and the
prisoner then asked him (the witness) if
it was In the afternoon or at night that he
saw him at Mozart Hall. He told the
prisoner that it was in the afternoon, and
that was all that passed between them.
VISIT TO A RELATIVE.
George r. Bagby testified that the pris-
Oner was a relative Of his wife. The Dris-
Oner was at the house of the witness on
March ~. He stayed TO tea and lett
about 10 o'clock. He showed no dispOsi-
tion TO leave in time to meet the Chesa-
peake and Ohio train, which was due at
mOnd two nights in January. The wit
ness never saw him with a moustache.
Miles Turpln. City Auditor, testified
that the prisoner was in bis Office on Jan.
6, and the witness had given him a war
rant on the Treasurer for slG3 interest on
city bonds, the property Of Mrs. Jane
Tunstall. This was early In the day.
s. &. Greenhow, City Treasurer, testified
that his books showed that he had given
4. J. CluVerius a check on Jan. 9 for the
warrant issued by the Auditor for interest
on bonds.
The court here took recess.
THE CARY-LILLIAN COURTsnIP.
The court recOnyened at o'clock this
afternoon. The counsel for both sides
spent an hour in examining tho cOrre-
spOndence referred 10 yesterday as pass
ing between Lillian Madison, deceased,
and Cary Madison, with view 20 avoid
the reading Of the letters In open court.
The result Of the conference was the pre-
sentation Of a paper agreed upon by the
counsel 10 the following effect: "That il
Is admitted that Cary Madison was n
snitOr Of Lillian Madison from the spring
OF 1884 TO the time OF her death; that the
parties never met later than the summer
Of 1888; that on Sept. -, 1894, She wrote
him letter expressing her love
for him as being stronger than for any
Richmond and take her 10 the fair in Oc-
tOber. 1894 as she did not care 10
60 with any other gentleman, and
signed herself your true and loving LII
lie,' addinga as postscript verse Of love
poetry; that up 20 the spring OF 1884 her
letters bad only been of consinly ma
ture; that Cary Madison asserts that there
was no actual engagement between them {;
that IN no letter since September, 1894
did she express her love Tor him. but did
IN one letter chide him for not continuing
10 love her, and that this statement is
CLEANED from correspondence OF nine or
ten letters from each"
CLUVERfUS AT TIE DAVIS HOUSE.
Mark Davis, proprietor OF the Davis
House at Richmond, testified that the
prisoner had been a guest at his house on
i've occasions, the last two being In
January aud March. In Januaiy be
stopped az the house on the nights Of the
5th and 9th. In March the witness met
the prisoner between and 3 o'clock on
the evening OF the 18th. He did not see
him again until midnight, when be re-
tired and paid his bill before retiring. as
be said that be was going home in the
| morning.
Charles DOdson. clerk at the Amefl-
can House, was sworn. He said that on
March ~ he saw the occupant room No.
81 about O'Clock. He gave her the key Of
her room. She asked something about n