Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-14
and | helped him to take the body out.

and helped him to take the body out.
No one man can walk along there with
out holding on to the fence with one
hand. 1t did not require much pulling
to pull anything on such slick surface
as that mud was.
BY Juror How deep was the water
where the body was dragged along in
the reservoir:
The body was lying on the incline,
eighteen inches or two feet under the
water. am guessing about this.
don't know it positively.
A little over a half hour was con-
sumed in this examination.
j. w.Traini,am
next deposed. He was at the Old re-
servoir on the l4th Of March repairing
the valve-cock. Saw the body before
the Coroner got there. II was ly-
ing in the reservoir. and he
could see only the dress and
one foot. The ground was greatly
disturbed on the bank right opposite to
the place where the body was lying in
the water; saw tracks in the bottom
below the embankment as if persons
had come up to the bank. There is a
ditch running obliqucly to the reservoir
water-pipe opposite the wicket-gate,
but there is no pathway along this
ditch. He saw where tracks came in
at the hole in the fence, and from there
to point opposite to where the scuf-
fling took place.
THERE WE'RE TWO TRACKS,
evidently those Of lady and gentle
man. as one track was larger than the
other.
What time did you see the tracks?
Between s and 9 o'clock. Mr.. Hutch
inson called my attention to them. He
works with me.
Cross-examined by Judge Crump:
Saw tracks inside at the hole in the
fence. Did not go outside to look for
any. There wasn't any pathway the
way the tracks came, and never
has been since witness knew the
place. The ground was red-red clay
a foot or two out from the ditch bank,
and the tracks were by the side Of the
dirt thrown out of the ditch. The
tracks looked like they hadn't been
made long. Didn't report anything to
DR.. TAYLOR, and was present when the
body was taken out OF the water. In
fifteen minutes after the body was found
he was there, but went back to the
round-house and went to work. Got
through about II or | o'clock.
Who called your attention to the
tracks
ALONG THE DITCH BANK?
Mr.. Hutchinson. was in the door
of the round.house at the time. fol-
lowed the tracks to the embankment,
but didn't call any ones attention to
them.
Were you present when the body
was taken out?
Yes. sir.
Did vow measure any Of the tracks
No. sir.
Did you testify before the Coroner
jury?
No, sir.
The tracks were medium size--not
large ones. Could see that a lady and
gentleman had walked along the ditch
bank: couldn't tell exactly how far i
was from the embankment to the hole
in the fence. They were walking alont
side by side, it seemed, across the bot
tom. The ground was clean-no weeds
no bushe,-and tracks were plain.
Judge Crump reviewed the testimony
OF witness. and seemed to attach i'm
portance to the fact that witness didn'
call attention of the Coroner to tn
tracks.
Witness said lie "psyer tho1gh
much more about the matter"
The heel of the shoe was very small
but he couldn't tell how deep an im
preston was made in the ground.
seemed that two people
WERE WALKING SIDE BY SIDE,
and that they went up the embankmer
slantways, not straight up. lie coul
see very plainly the red mud on II
grass on the embankment. For Il
twentieth time Judge Crump asked wi
ness if he was present when the bod
was taken from the reservoir, and Il
same old answer, " Yes, sir" was Sc,
back.
WORRYING THE WITNESS.
"The witness is violating the instru
tions of your Honor in turning his ba'
to US" said Judge Crump.
That's right" said Mr.. Meredith
..let him look toward the jury wit
he speaks"
The Court told the witness to turn
r little more toward the counsel.
, Did you suppose at the time you tot
the body out of the water that Z
tracks YOU saw were the tracks OF Z
person that had gone in there and tn
yOu had seen:
$ Witness did rot seem to exactly u
r Gcistand this question, especially sln
t the lawyers had wrangled over it, b
r he answered, " No. he did not. "
Did YOU connect the tracks with I
n BODY taken out Of the reservoir?
d" don't understand how you
that" replied the witness. ~ thu
r she was the same one that made t
tracks"
Why didn't you mention the track
? Because | amt much at mentionl
matters, no way. | first spoke abe
them in the round-hOuse, talking to \
d Lucas and Mr.. Hutchinson. y
( Fleming and Mr.. Robinson were a
present. Didn't remember what
: exact words were. The body was
removed from the bank until after
o'clock.
D. How long have you been at work
?. the water-works?
Thirteen years 10th June.
Canyouremember any person to VIII
er you mentioned seeing the tracks!
Don't recollect.
Is there path from the hole in
ID fence to the reservoir:
There is path leading from the h