Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-16
RETURN OF THE DEAD aIRps UNcLR.

Fanny l., Madison was my niece. The
prisoner is my first cousin. | have
known him all my life. except year or
two when he Went to Richmond COLLEGE.
Queen county. He lived with
his aunt, Mrs. Tunstall. The
witness came to Richmond on
March II, went TO the almshouse and
identified the body there as that of his
niece, Fanny l.. Madison. He was POSI-
tive that it WAS her body. Re identified
II by the features and a missing tooth.
His father, Arthur Walker, was an uncle
Of the prisoner. Miss Madison came to
his fathers house on July 5, 8 or 10, and
remained there TIL Oct. 10.
THE LOVERS UNDER ONE ROOF.
The prisoner came to the house on the
night Of July 10. and spent the night there.
The witness mother and father were
there. His father is paralytic.
Discussion here ensued upon some
questions pr0pounded to the witness,
whereupor Mr.. Meredith, of counsel for
the prosecution, announced this as the
starting point TO show the seduction Of
the deceased by the prisoner as one Of the
motives OF the crime.
The defense then withdrew their OBJ
lection.
The witness, in answer to question by
Mr.. Meredith, said that he did not think
that the prisoner had been To his house
for two or three months before the night
of July 10. The prisoner slept IN his the
wltness') room in a separate bed. lie
could not say whether he got up during
the night. He left the next morning be-
tween and o O'Clock The witness got
up and left the prisoner in bed.
ALMOST ALONE IN THE HOUSE.
The prisoners next visit was about
Aug. %. There was no grown person in
the house that day except the witness
invalid father After dinner the prisoner
went to see his cousin, accompanied by
Lillian. They returned about sunset.
The prisoner slept in the witness
room that night. He complained of
his bowels being out of order,
and got up during the night, leaving the
room without a light. He could not tell
how long he was absent, as he the wit
ness) went to sleep. The next morning
he asked the prisoner how he felt, and he
answered that he was very well. The
prisoner was there again Ia September,
ana again occupied the same room and
bed, and left early the next morning.
WHERE MISS MADISON SLEPT.
Miss Madison occupied n room in the
west end Of the house on the same floor.
The prisoner has never been there since.
There are no locks ON The inner doors of
the house. and nothing but old-tashioned
latches with string passing through the
door to the outside. | think that on the
night in September that he was
there the prisoner remarked that It
was ehauge that every time he
came to the house his bowels got out Of
order. The prisoner had been visiting the
witness fathers house ever since he had
heen practcing law, about Is months or
two years. He had bad no other c0mmu-
nicatiOn with him by letter or otherwise.
No other man stopped at the witness
house during the time Lillian was there,
except two casunl visitors, and no one
came as a visitor to Lillian.
THE LOVERS sTROLLfNG IN THE WOODS.
Thepriscner and Lillian were frequently
together on the OccnsiOn of his visits.
They would go out walking, examining
flowers, etc. One time they went out
riding to visit a cousin. Lillian was
born at the witness fathers In 1863, her
father being then I'm the army. The
prisoners father had not been TO the
witness house IN three or four years.
He last saw the prisoner before
his arrest at Mrs. Tunstall's, in the latter
part Of January or the first part Of Fob
ruary. He then noticed that he had what
appeared TO be a gold chain. He had pre-
viousy worn plain black guard. There
which hung gold key. The key was
again shown and the witness said that it
looked very much like the key he referred
to.
SIMILAR TO ONE WORN by cLUvERfUs.
The witness had seen n similar key
worn by the prisoner on the guard. The
witness was here shown n letter dated
March H. The letter was not read, bat
was held by the prosecution 10 be intro
duced later. The witness had no knowl-
edge or intimation Of any improper rela-
tiOn Of Lillian with any man until the
discovery Of the body. The prisoner and
Lillian were second cousins. They seemed
10 be very fond Of each other.
On cross-examinatiOn the witness said
that Lillian seemed 10 have had some mis-
understanding at her house with her
mother about some letters, and bad come
t0 bis house and asked 30 be allowed TO
remain until she could do something for
herself. At 4 O'Clock the court adjourned
until tomorrow, with Mr. Walker still
under croes-eXaminati0n.