Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-23

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vile, where / went in August, 1884.
Had my jewelry and did my work ut
Centreville in the store Of j. I. Bland
Brother.
He was asked to look at the prisoner
and see if he had ever seen him before.
| | believe have. | think ] saw him
at an auction sale Of carriages in Gen.
treyille. think repaired his watch
key, but ! am not positive.
Being shown the key, he examined it
carefully with glasses and said: : | believe
that 1t was the key repaired for the
prisoner. believe that delivered the
key in person. The last time saw the
prisoner before his arrest was at my
house in January. when he brought
me an order for watch. |
could not remember that | had re-
paired any other jewelry for the pris-
oner. The order was on the 5th Of
January.
By the defence came from Galatia.
| am thirty years old. Went to school
over there, and went into the watch
making business in 1866.
Came over here four years ago, came
to Richmond, and for several months
worked at A. Abraham's.
Judge Crump questioned the witness
rigidly as to the various places he had
occupied, and as to whether he had ever
had a store in conjunction with litho-
grapher, but he insisted that he
had not. Went to West Point in
January, 1884, and then to Gen.
treyille, at both Of which places
| had room for exhibiting my
goods in the stores Of Bland Brothers.
| went from one place to the other and
back to Richmond from January to
August, 1884. | believe | saw the
prisoner first at an auction sale al Cen
treyille; | believe | did, but | would
not be positive. believe | saw the
prisoner short time after. would
not give the newspaper reporter any
thing except what he pumped out of
| me.
Did you not tell the reporter that
you could not tell for whom you re-
paired that key until you got your book
from the country?
do not know, but | believe did
not.
The book was left at Mr.. Bland's.
and when it came some leaves were
torn out. | believed that the name Of
the party for whom | repaired the key
was in that book.
Judge Crump cross-examined the
witness very closely as to whether Jack
Wren had not seen him frequently
about the key, and whether he had not
said to him that he could not tell who
brought him the key until he got his
book.
The witness insisted that he had not
so stated. "The prisoner is like the
man which brought me the key" lie
could not remember what month it was,
but was positive that it was brought
to him at Centreyille and that the
man who brought 1t paid for it,
though he did not remember what
he charged. would not be positive
that | could certainly identify this key
as my own work unless took it to
pieces. | am certain that | could iden-
tify my own work by such examination.
This witness frequently elected
laughter by his broken English and
sharp answers, such as The less talk
the better it Isl
lie thought he saw Cluverius on his
first visit to Centreville, and twice or
three times afterwards. was not intro
duced to him or to any one else, but he
looks very much like the man saw st
Centreylle. When the case was pub
lished in the papers and the likeness of
Cluyerius was printed | remembered
the face, and said, Z" will probably be
witness in this case, as think | re-
paired this key for that man."
The date on the order for the watch
was the 9Th or 9th Of January. When
prisoner came for the watch he talked
like a lawyer, and said, " If you do not
deliver the watch will make you"
To the prosecution do not know
what is the profession of the prisoner,
but he talked like lawyer when he
came for the watch. When first saw
the likeness of Cluvsrius in the paper
recognized it as the man | had worked
for down the country. Iwent down to
the Jail and identified the prisoner as
the man for whom had done the work.
Mr.. Meredith examined the witness
minutely as to the circumstances Of his
first identifying the key, and proposed
that he should take the key apart so as
to identify his work.
The defence objected.
Mr.. Meredith gave notice that the
defence might have the key taken to
pieces for examination whenever they
pleased.
The defence intimated that they" had
some things to prove about this key be-
fore it could be destroyed"
Mr.. Meredith here introduced the
order of January 5th or 9th from Har-
ris to Joel for his watch to be deliv-
cred to 7. j. Cluyerius.
The court adjourned, and there was
the usual curiosity and rush to see the
prisoner.
when VIII IL Clossr
The June term of the Hastings Court
begins on the first day (the frst Mon
day. Of that month, but the general I'M
preston is that his Honor Judge At
kins, by an order Of court, may desig-
nate later day, and so extend this
May term into June.
The gentlemen representing the Com
monwealth do not care to incur the
risk that such a procedure might possi-
bly, involve, but it is hard TO say how
this case otherwise can be fully heard.
If the prosecution conclude their evil
dence to-day. and it will be difficult to
do so, next week only will be left for
the testimony Of the defence and for the
argument Of counsel.
The defence have twenty-five or thirty
witnesses, and Of course they are enti-
tied to full and patient hearing. 0fo
In view Of these facts it would seem
that the June term will have to be set
for a day later than the first Monday,