Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-17
CALM Mr.. CLUVERIUS.
IN COURT FOR SENTENCE.


are Not Yet Ready.
The public expectation was that Gu
verius would be sentenced yesterday
morning. The court was to be called
to order at III o'clock, but long before
that hour the prisoner had arrived and
was in his accustomed seat behind the
bar. Under charge Of the officers he
had driven in close carriage from the
| Jail, had passed through a great crowd
! gathered on the sidewalk near the City
Hall, and had made his way past the
throngs that blocked the passage to
the courtroom. And now he was in
his seat; an open window about
ten feet off on his left; about two hum
dred men standing against the railing
six or eight feet in his rear, and all the
space in front occupied by folks look
ing him steadily in the face. Two or
three ladies were among the spectators.
The courtroom was packed with people
as never before-packed until many Of
those who were in would have been
glad to get out /; packed until the air
was almost unbreathable, and the
mere rustling Of fans and straw hats
put in motion TO stir the air made a
| considerable noise.
| lie CALM, BUT PALE.
And how looked he? Calm, pale,
| and thin. He has lost all Of his rud-
diness much of his flesh, at no time
superabundant, has gone, but his calm
ness and self-possession remain in un-
impaired force and effect. He was
cleanly shaved; was neatly dressed in
his new summer suit Of gray serge {;
wore quite faultless linen, and was the
picture Of neatness that he usually pre-,
sents. The traces of haggardncss that
were upon his face when he came into
court last were gone. He looked more
like a convalescent than the man he is
There were no scruples on the part
of the people about staring him in the
face. He sat quietly and bore their
gaze. His manner may have been
forced, but seemed natural; but
hardly natural for a man in his pre-
dicament. When he moved his hands
no tremor about them. His lips were
firm. There was no nervousness at |
all no exhibition of fear or dread |
no sign that he was "giying away"
THE PEOPLE WONDER.
For good while CluveriuS sat alone |
at the bar; his counsel had not yet |
come in. His brother was not present |
as usual. His father has never been
to see him except when he came mp /
here to testify for the defence. His
mother is in weak health, and remains
at home. So there the young man was
all alone in the midst of several hundred |
unfriendly faces.
The wonder :" was if he intended |
making any remarks; if so, what would
he say; how would he refer to the
iurymen; whether he would outline a
theory. and all that.
Some who knew said that up to
6 p. NJ. day before yesterday he had
not determined whether he would say
anything, and that he certainly had not
written out anything. The lawyers OBJ
served that Judge Crump was in the
habit Of counselling his clients to do no
talking, and they doubted if he would
allow the prisoner to say word. One
remarked that il was a shame ac-
cused had not before this had an op-
portunity Of explaining himself. The
speaker forgot that prisoner was in
vited to explain before the Coroner's
jury and that by advice Of counsel he
desisted. He also forgot that the Dis
patch offered to publish any and all
that he might say in vindication of him
self.
Much the accused may have to say
for himself; but if so, thus far he keeps
it to himself.
COUNSEL AND PRISONER.
The work Of preparing for the appeal
and Of arguing it, probably, will de-
volve upon Judge Crump and his son,
Mr.. Bev. 7. Crump, but Mr.. Pollard
was in his usual seat as counsel yeSter-
day. Mr.. Evans was not in town. Mr..
Meredith was present to represent the
Commonwealth; Colonel Aylett was
at home, in King William, taking
needed rest and working up his own
law business after his arduous and ef-
fective labors here in this case.
The court having been called to order
some time after ii o'clock, the minutes
Of the preceding day having been read
and signed by his Honor Judge Atkins.
Mr.. Bev. Crump arose and stated that
in view of the fact that they had not
yet been able to prepare the bills of
exceptions, they would move the Court
TO defer decision upon their motion for
arrest of judgment until Friday. Mr..
Meredith made no OBJECTIONABLE
nothing one way or another, in fact
and the Court granted the request.
Judge Atkins remarked that he would
have to see the bills of exceptions
before he could well pass upon the mo-
ton now pending. The bills will cover
one thousand pages.
The defence almost take it for grant
ed that their motion will be overruled.
They view the case properly, no
doubt, for they have not yet stated the
first reason why judgment should be
arrested; no error apparent on the
face Of the record" have they pointed
out.
OUT THEY 90.
Counsel Of the prisoner now arose to
leave the room. Prisoner got up to fol-
low them. Sergeant Lee went by his
side; two grenadier-like policemen fol-
lowed after them. Seeing this move,
the crowd burst from the room with a
mighty rush; struck for fresh air and
a look at the prisoner.
To the number of several hundred
they congregated at the mouth Of the
alley which leads from the City Hall TO
Tenth street. Here was the carriage
waiting for the prisoner. But it was a
long time before he came, as he had
been taken TO the Sergeant's Office for
with his counsel.
Before leaving the courtroom, how
ever, Judge Crump had had talk with
MIR. Carter n. Harrison, who was a
Of the jury that convicted