Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-01

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smearcd with blood as with bloody
hand. A bloody four-ponnd weight
was found on the floor outside the coun-
ter. and there was bloody indentAtion
on the inside casing OF the room There
were some fifteen OF twenty dollars IN
an unlocked desk which were takens
upon which desk there were marks oI
blood. Some LADIES' stockings we're
missing. and a pistol, which the de,
ceased owned and kept in the desk. was
also gone. Nothing was @issing from
the store except these articles and the
shovel and spade before mentioned.
The store was on public road. and
on the opposite side Of the road was .
low fence. Some drops Of blood were
found on the leaves on both sides Of the
fence. There was . good deal Of blood
under the platform where the body was
found.
A number OF persons assembled on the
ground before the coroner arrived, and
among them was Graysop. On being
interrogated in regard to his spade and
shovel he said that he had gone to the
store the evening before to get them,
and that, having paid his account, be
got them, aud showed q receipt showing
that he had paid his account. lie further
said he could not tell what he had done
with his spade and shovel; that he was
drunk the night before, and had lost
them; that he had carried them from
the store to one William Woods and
set them down by a cherry-tree in
Woods yard. lie then said he went
from Woods to Felix Huftman's
cabin. where he stayed all night,
and he lost them between the two
places. A searching party found spade
and shovel about . o'clock that night
lying partly under fence, which was
very near the path leading from Woods
to Huflman's, and they were carefully
handled and taken care of until they
were produced before the jury on the
trial. But witness named Daniel, a
negro man, testified that on the morning
Of the 5th OF April he had seen the
spade and shovel lying close up to the
fence that he had pickedup the spade
and dug for worms to fish with; that
he did not touch the shovel. and he put
back the spade where he found il. The
spade and shovel were exhibited to the
jury, as was also the spade Of the pri-
soner. which was found in the store and
proved to be his. The two spades were
in form and size exactly similar. except
the prisoners spade was little worn
by use. and had OH the handle the let
ters w. Gra." cut in the wood. The
shovel had on it many marks Of blood,
and one human hair under the riyet,
which was discovered by the use Of a
magnifying-glass. Some days before
the homicide the prisoner said TO James
Parr that he had been to Settle & Mil
ler's store to get his spade and shovel.
and that Mr.. Miller had at first given
them TO him, but then he called him
back and told him, upon consideration,
he determined not TO LET him have them (;
that he (the prisoner had given them up
to Miller, but that il Miller had been
alone he would not have given them
up; that there were some other persons
present. and that the party would have
been too strong for him.
The missing money and other articles
were never found.
On the part of the prisoner il was
proved that he worked for William
Wood on the 4th of April. and Just be-
fore night he asked Mr.. Wood to lend
him fifty cents 10 redeem his shovel
and spade. who lent him ten cents.
After supper, and about night, he re-
turned to Woods. and upon his asking
him where the spade and shovel was,
prisoner replied they were at tie foot of
the cherry-tree in the corner ofthe yard.
A little boy, twelve years of age, at the
direction Of Wood. ran down to the
cherry-tree, and there he found the
spade and shovel. but the prisoner
called to him not to bring them to the
house. The prisoner was somewhat
drunk when he left Woods to 20 u
Huiiiman's, where he arrived about one
hour and half after night. There he
talked to the people for some time,
and then set down on the bed and went
to sleep apparently. He slept about
an hour, and then got up and proposed
10 smske. After some talk about to-
bacco the prisoner said he had some
tied to his spade and shovel outside
the door. Somebody went out and re-
turned, saying the spade and shovel
were not at the door. The prisoner
then remarked that he must have lost
them, and offered to give any one who
would find them iourpence, half-penny,
or ninepence. After they had drank
up the whiskey which the prisoner had,
he and two others started to find them,
but after staying ont some time they
returned and said they could not lind
them. Prisoner then slept at the cabin
the balance Of the night and until late
the next morning.
Ii was further proved that the pri-
,oner had on the same clothes late in
the evening of the 4th Of April that he
wore the next morning when he ap-
peared at the store, when the eOroner's
inquest was held. and there was no ap-
pearance of blood on his clothes or
person, and that bis clothes and person
were carefully examined by one OF the
jury 10 see whether any blood
could be found on them.
Woods house was about one half
mile from the store and Huifman's
about ga mile and half farther Oh.
IL was proved by witness that about
| or 2 o'clock Of the day of the coroner's
inquest that he aud another person
went TO lIufi'man's for his negro man
Ely, who was supposed to be con-
cerned in the murder, and on their re-
turn to the store they looked to see
they could find the spade aud
shovel, or anything else that would lead
to the detection Of the murderer; that
they came down the path near which the
negro Daniel said he had found the
shovel and spade, and they did not find
them.
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