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

guilt, and not 10 assume il and erect II
upon astructure OF violent denunciation
and unstinting abuse.
cHIpED FOR NOT LOVING HER.
Judge Crump alluded to the feelings
Of love that were shown in Lillian
Madison's letters TO Cary Madison, ana
read from the agreement adopted by |
counsel TO show that Lillian chided /
Cary Madison for not continuing to
love her. Her love had not abated, and |
she chided him for seeming to allow hls
love 10 wane.
Judge Crump intimated that the let
tiers of Cluyerius to Miss Madison had
not been shown in the evidence TO have
been more than cousinly letters y; nor
had it ever been proven that she de-
stroyed his letters. Why should she
have destroyed his letters and kept the
Infamous poetry:
DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE HAD GONE
TO BATH.
This lord and master Of her move
ments had never been shown to be
acquainted with her going TO Bath
until she reached that county. There
is not a particle Of evidence during the
whole case TO show that he had the
least knowledge Of her going to Bath.
In her letters to Mrs. Tunstall it had
been shown that Lillian said, =" When
she wrote to the boys she wrote but
postals. but when she wrote to the old
lady she wrote at length" Judge
Crump asked if this looked ike the
prisoner was dominating her will, and
at some length dwelt upon the fact that
letters between the accused and the de-
ceased had been infrequent, and not in
any degree Of a secret nature.
A COwARDLY DOG.
Referring to a few envelopes with
out letters in them that had been
produced to show that there had
been a written plot. out Of which grew
the visit Of Lillian to Richmond and
these envelopes had been paraded, and
the accused had been tried at the cross
roads by the prosecution and hung with
a shout. and counsel for the defence.
he supposed, was TO be hung along
with the prisoner, as some cowardly
dog had intimAted that morning in a
letter TO the speaker.
ExPERTs N LETTER-wRITING
OF all things in the world the hardest
thing in the world to satisfy is the evi-
dence Of handwriting, and vet the two
experts both Of whom he respected
highly. had declared that the hand that
wrote the postal-card wrote the other
letters.
Judge Crump read from Wharton's
Criminal Evidence an illustration Of the
difficulty Of identifying handwriting.
The celebrated case Of the negro cadet
at West Point Military Academy. who
cut his own ears, and the handwriting
there -hown TO experts. was called to
the attention Of the jury.
OvERPOwERED.
While continuing his argument here
Judge Crump suddenly placed his hand
to his head and sat down for a few
minutes. Mr.. Meredith asked if he
would have a glass Of water. and Colo
mel Aylett also evidenced his solicitude.
Mr.. Beverley 7. Crump. who sat behind
his father, leaned forward and whis-
pered a word or two very quietly to
Judge CTump.
Had you rather sit down and talk. -
asked Mr.. Meredith.
No; ! will continue presently
and in a minute more the great adyo-
cate was again on his feet, calmly goine
ahead with his argument to the jury.
RICHMOND CONFEDERATE.
T Judge Crump said the Curtis Letters
showed that it was absolutely certain
that Lillian Madison had confederate
in Richmond. These letters were writ
ten in Bath. mailed in Richmond fol
Bath. and were taken from the post
2 Office at Millboro' TO Mrs. Dickinson
by Willie Dickinson. At this time th'
accused was forty miles away from
Richmond at Little Plymouth. Som,
one here took these letters from tn,
post-ofice and mailed them to hel
: in Bath. Where did she 60 on tha
= night in January when she stayed away
: from the Exchange Hotel: There wer'
manv strange tokens that he woulC
show before he ended this case if he
ever lived to finish It.
ABOUT THE REPORTERS.
. Much had been said in praise Of al
torneys. in praise Of detectives and po
,, licemen in hunting up what Is called
evidence IN this case. but not one worC
about those who deserved more credi
than any one else-;he reporters 70
the newspapers. Now, one Of these ha'
discovered the woman Henrietta Vim
bush. and when that reporter finishes
with her there was nothing left in he
that he did not know; and if Wimbusl
knew who made her when the repOrte
got done with her, it was about a
much. And yet Wimbush saw f
' when placed on the stand to add {
9 what she told the reporter by sayin
; that she heard the accused say to III
deceased, u will wait for you in tn
parlor.'
Recess until 4 o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
Judge Atkins was IN his seat at
O'Clock, and Judge Crump took up th
n thread Of his argument. His first re
: fections were in regard TO mistake
r identity in cases Of circumstantial eyl
q dence, and the great need Of circum
f spection in cases Of this sort. He rea
: from law books Of authority man
= cases to show how prisoners had bee
d improperly convicted in cases Of mi:
: taken identity. Then Judge Crum
r connected these cases with the reser'oi
;. tragedy. and went over the ground yer
Z carefully to show that witnesses migt
.t have been mistaken in their IDEAS
| the identity OF the prisoner at the time
v referred to in the testimony.
e TYLER's STORY.
a Judge Crump claimed that the co
= ored waiter Tyler, at the America
e Hotel. had never accounted for the car
> that be took from gentleman and ca
It ried to Room q. He alluded TO Il
u tale about the old man asking for
n room for the girl, and the witnei
-e Tyler taking her 10 Room 2l. yhel