Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-04

case oog.ngut tooh Ptaeo y.
way Of the courtroom, and for min
ute or so the confusion was very great
This occurred Just as Judge Crump de-
livered himself ofthe remark 4" Where
upon public sentiment was aroused.
which words he used in reference to
the effect produced by the publication OF
the reservoir tragedy.
DEFAMATION AND RANT.
Judge Crump said it was IN vain to
try to turn this prosecution into deela-
nation and rant. II was necessary TO
prove step by step the identity Of the
prisoner. Neither Williams nor any
one else had identified the accused. and,
gentlemen. you are asked TO do it.
/" You cannot, and am sure you will
not" said Judge Crump. No human
eve saw them leave the American Ho-
tel, and no human eye identified them
on Nam street.
THE TORN NOTE.
The town had been ransacked, and
every man and boy in the city had
been a detective to hunt up the boy
who brought the note to Miss Madison.
In the Old-time language the mora
tion" had been given out at the
churches for him, and yet he had not
been found. Was he drowned, as
some one had suggesteds But this
could hardly have been so. because
the whole family would have been
drowned, or else there would have
been a hullaballoo over him. Ii
was one Of the most remarkable
things in this whole case that
this boy should have been drop
ped out and lost; the card Tyler
received had been lost. and now the
boy was nowhere 10 be found. Judge
Crump referred to the little scrip upon
which the writing was as being strange,
and asked where were the four pages Of
the note. A reporter saw the balance
OF the pieces Of paper, and saw only
those with writing on them pasted to-
gether. There were enough pieces Of
paper to substantiate fully what Mr..
ID, lson stated The language - ! will
be there as soon as possible, so do wait
for me- showed that she had not come
to Richmond TO meet him.
NY FRIEND JACK WREN.
do not wish to say anything harsh
about anybody. certainly not about
Jack Wren. Jack and ! are great
friends. | was his friend when he
needed one. but how do you account,
gentlemen Of the jury. for Jack Wren's
taking little negro boy to Dodson for
recognition Does II not strike you
that if Dodson had identified the boy
up would have popped the little negro
that carried the note: Now this is
fact. said Judge Crump, who, con-
tinuing, implied that there was crooked
work in getting the boy before Dodson
which work had only been defeated by
Dodson in his refusal to identify III,
boy.
A PLUMP DENIAL.
d" You say that is a fact. said Mr.
Meredith from his seat. You say tha
is a fact:"
Judge Crump said he did.
Then | say it is not fact. 1t i
not at all fact.
Judge Crump explained that the evi
dence showed that Wren did bring ;
boy to the American Hotel for DodsoT
to identify.
An ;" said Mr.. Meredith; tina
is true, but the balance Of your state
ment is a deduction that is not war
= ranted by facts"
TAKES A TURN AT THE KEY.
Judge Crump left the hotel in hi
argument and went into the discussion
Of the key, an article Of property tha
j was supposed to belong to the prisoner
e Here was another great mystery. Tn
KEY was said to be his. Who knew
r that il was his? Who identified 1t a
= his? If it was not his by incontesti
bic and solid proof, then that elemen
upon which this conviction was aske,
was scattered. and the task 0
: the Jury was ended. No man VIII
: pretended to say it was his key ha'
r ever had it in his hand. All the Wit
nesses from Plymouth had testified tha
they had never seen him with sue
key. The detectives had ran
l sacked tie neighborhoOd for such
witness, but he had never been found
This testimony was negative, but il wa
powerful. No witness had sworn pos
. lively that the accused had ever wor
= the KEY found on the reservoir. The
/ all said, II think | saw that key.
The whole question Of identity turne
t upon Joel. and the most that he sal
? was that the accused was very muc
/ like the man that brought him the key
: or brought him key. Here the ider
] tity Of the man was not positive, an
T yet the jury was asked to take as pos
b tive what Joel himself wouldn't take
T What was paid Joel was put down in
; book which Mr.. Bland had. and whic
1 was given to Nowlan by Mr.. Bland
0 and when Joel received the book tw
z or three leaves were gone, and Nogls
e had never come forward TO account 4
e the missing leaves. Joel had seen Il
accused face TO face in January, yet l
had never identified the man that
delivered the watch TO on the 5th
January as the man for whom he r
e paired the key.
: HUNTER HUNTS TESTIMONY.
q There was one thing in the testimor
! Of witness for the Commonwealth III
!, could not be frittered away, and tn
q was Hunts testimony. He had test
y fed before the accused had been arres
4 ed that he had seen key on the b
y reau in Lillian's room at the Americ;
P Hotel exactly ike the one found in 4
II reservoir grounds. Mr. Minter hi
y taken this testimony down for the Go
y oner, and Justice Richardson had co
d roborated the fact that Hunt was show
5 this key. The key had never be-
traced 10 defence, said Judge Crump,
leaving this part Of the argument.
J. JUDGE CRUMP's PBRoRATIoS.
n Sirs, il this man is that woman
d murderer, then be deserves punishmer
r But just in proportion as the crir
10 imputed is strocious. in the same d
gree should you require the eviden
s. to be clear and conclusive. There
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