Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-07

U1<o. VINO kucU ne was Registered ~ tue aEsIt
s ss ssd ' ssd s Witch ssn x ssd
SssSs he ora woman q her .s ssa snap: a,
~ bss seoss s ses With AZ %se vearias
nS1t eterceat aud DARK. soft. tclt-nss, wnon
, sS ss.s sss ss q g sw s n dsss.i
snws r ssd whom The w, ~ ,a w.e M ssy
sssus 81 siss and ~ sensrsl sppcsr.aos TIE,
cross the bridge and get upon tee Island
'9fs m ses so. ~ me n man WOMAN
He idtotihes. positively and distinctly. the ees'
woman ~ the woman he saw on belie Isle: ana ~
S5istc the nail WORKS on the Island. There The,
y:lll.w Kidd Jsmc; Thomp,on, fho n,,s,vh =
truthful men.
Earp says:
~Tbe man fpriaoner) looks like the man. but HI
had small monsfaebo then. The lady was sten
: ana CHUNKY"
Kidd said:
sThe prisoner resembles tl,c man saw; y aboa
the sslae sire but wouldn't swear be y me g m'
usn. bcebuse didn't take notice enongh lcr ,nal
went down 70 The ,si WITH, &C. fns2ng 49, ~,
atfhsm - Standing, ana J piesed hlm out ssln.
nsn saw on Belle fsle. picked HIM ou' WITHOUT
assistance. TIE man had aEousiache."
Thompson stated that they were IN MS
way when he was carrying heated iron.
Ne to,,cbed them 10 get them aside. He
looked 81 the prisoner. When he came back.
= few moments Afterwards. ne saw them'
sThe priscner Is the man Jaw: am n eonn hx
IN snk In bis face between his eyes. lie had
den 4 thin moustsche: and the laoy was vel
a.. picked him cut al the iaii from among the
other prisoners. No Que assisted me-"
0elhel testified: "Tiink she had shawl OF
ssc vent on. went down 70 the jail, with other.
nom Bcie Isle 20 look al the prisoner. and picked
, nm "a ysrv1 np sse isle' Int he cer,sny resem
bles him very mach"
fetins testified " noticed her pregnant Goa.
woman. &C. To the best Of my knowledge, the
prisoner IL the man. ] AN very conhdent ne u
The mar. ! went down 10 We )all y see MN;
aud reccgnized INN without his being pointed
cst 10 me-"
II cannot be reasonably doubted that the
woman with the prisoner was the murdered
airi IL would be amazing. Indeed, II the
prisoner was not with the murdered girl on
that occasion, and yet was with pregnant
womsn-a short, chunky woman -wears
ing her clothing and q red shawl ana Gaming
him Cousin Tornmie." 1.-THE woman Win
him on Belle Isle, was not the girl who was
ahortiy afterwards murdered. why DID the
prisoner not produce his companion on that
occasion IS witness 10 prove III lie did
not produce her, because In few hours
after he was with her on Belle Isle he had
made her silent In death.
She was last seen (Jadge Fauntleroys own
words ON the island about 1920. She wa. seen
with The prisoner al bawdy-house on Eiftcenih
A rect between ~ and O'Clock. She returned 10
fhs American between 1889 and 2 l.. NJ. and was
sfsted by Digs, the head waiter, IN INC nninH
room. al her dinner, between i:3o anu - VI.
bswdv-hoHse, for fifteen minutes, H. "a room IN
which the bed was In order when they went IN,
ard " rs rumpied when they came out, was there
noticed 10 have on red shawl, but wore unoern
q blue basfre. Jacket. or Jersey. Wien the dead
Fine Jersey. Here II was noticed that she had on
n blue veil; the Will Of the murdered girl which
was found. rs tefoie stated was blue veil
Who was viii, bin az that bIwdy -house on Fif-
tenth street correspondent to the murder
ed sirl; About clock nat afternoon
turned about $50 O'clock; where she went the
evidence In the record does not show. The pris-
oner was sen TO enter ihe american Hotel tnad
register. by Morgan Treat, who knew him by
sight. The nighl-clerk Of the American Hotel,
Wr. w. y. Dillard, establishes the fact that a man
whom be identified and whom he feels quite
sure Il the prisODu. called that night of 3tb) be-
tween the hours Of ( ana 81 O'Clock AT the Ameri-
Room 2I thai be called the Blghl-porter, VA.
liam Tyler, and told him TO show the gentleman
10 the raIlor and 30 send his card up TO the lady In
TO the psr,or. TYLER testified: 81 took the card
and showed the young man Ia the parlor, ah1
went TO II and raped ON me door. NO one
out. AS | turned back and 20, 10 the par
lor, l met the young lady aud an old
TSey esEtd S the e S % f wea In
behind them. The old gentleman sat down
~ the door, and says, Here's a LADY,
t n him, Yes This young man and The old man
aud lady sill got up and passed out. As the young
man passed me In the bali he says: Il don't think
that IL The lady want TO SEE. The yOnng lady l
wanted 10 zee went to school with my lister
carried the lady on 10 her room, and the young
man went ON down the steps. I told the lady
When this Young man came IN he wanted TO see
you, and now he says be didn't want TO see you,
bat he wanted TO see the lady who went TO school
with bis sister. She said that he was the young
man that was to come after her that morning. She
asked me where was the young man-wss he gone?
I told her would 30 TO the ofllce aud ask. 1 went
he came In. lie seemed TO be very restless. went
up 20 him and says. This young lady wants TO see
you: she says You were 10 como after her this MORN
me the parlor,' ard | showed him 10 the parlor
and carried the young lady 10 the pSrlOr. and
there left her. II was about twenty minutes TO
ptas thtmn III am certain that he " the same
map-the prisoner. recognize his voice. He
isOtb tie very saihe man. am absolutely sure he
II The same man." &c. Tyler first narrated the re-
above stated, that he "wsnted 10 the young
lady Who went 90 school with his sister,, on Tues
day night fo,ioSlng March IAN ,, a. 1nat ums IL
day the locked trunk Of Miss Madison, the muir
defed girl. was received from Bath county by the
l-ttitt anu III " WIZ ibuitl lNt
of The Curtis letter." From these II Is seen that
the scheme was 10 simulate that Miss Madison
would be met In Richmond by Harry Carts, The
brother Of Miss Laura Curtis, whose name was
forged. Miss Curtis had been q sch0ol-mae of
Mis- Madison. Then II was understood why the
prisoner lad thrown out the remark that "he
wantt 10 see the lady who went 10 school with his
sister, and why the young lady said, " lie Is the
ytung man who was To come for me this morn
ing" Until the trunk reached here on Thursday,
ihese letters, except Mrs. Dickinson, living In
bs'h COUNTY ,Ss and , e person nn Wno 0y mailed
The prisoner made that statement TO Tyler
and the young ladys responsive remark, " lie e
The man who was 60 come for me this morning.
both are relative 10 the scheme Of the Curtis le-
ter. and thus connect the prisoner, w.th know
ledge Of the contents and design Of that letter The
March Ia, 1885," written by the murdered girl 70
Mrs. Tunsiall, In which, after stating her purpose
20 go on trip TO on Point At the inyitst,on q
wiiwriie real soon !; but they must not count le
tiers with me-" &C.. &c. II was purposely msdated:
the prIsoper-io support HIS defence uf an abb.
= be g1rl knew that she had left Bath county me
day tcfore 70 meet an enlargement In Richmond
en- Tie i2th and she knew that the next dtv after
her arrival Ia Richmond on tie night Of the 18th
was not the l4ih. The prisoner had designed ~
ce. ana ne ae"a Wa sy n'% wss !" dn,e3 the the
i4th. and the mefsage to 1ommien was
intended TO furnish proof that the prisoner
did not her while m Richmond, aud was
mol the man who murdered her Tyler lett her
with The prisoner In the parlor NJ twenty minutes
TO q o'clock on the night OF the 18Th. She writes
this letter hurried,y-goes 10 her room IN such
hurry that when she leaves " she leaves the gas
burning brightly under full head. With Tie
prisoner she comes out OF the American Hotel, and
he hals passing strcctcSr going out % the end Of
the liue ON Main street west % Reservoir strcti.
William Tucker, the "tur-horsen manager,
on Main street jaSt little above the front OF The
Amencsn Hotel few minutes after O'Clock. He
Ing a Iarge-sire gas-iamp- and he saw them as
they got ON aud into the car, at the side 81 which
he was standing. The lady had on red shawl,
the man light, grsylsh overcast, aud carried
stelel. lie Identified The prisoner as the man,
aud stated thet the car that the couplt got on
.s.driSen ~ Mr., Thomas VILLAIN MIR, Williams
coat and itOueb hal. ana carrying saichel, aud
accompanied by lady. got odhls car at the end
OF the iif Of the corner Of Reservoir aud Main
t,sc,s. They goi out OF the ear aud the lady stood
upon the Sidewalk while The man came 20 Hun and
sskso him itwtoel whether The cross street was
keSrvcir ftrtei. He had chance TO see the man;
observed that he was wearing light overcoat
aud SLOUGH bat. and Ina, to the best OF his know
ledse and belief the prisoner was the pan. Thus,
Treat, who knew the prisoner by sight, saw him
come Into the hotel and go towards the register
billiard, the clerk, sent hin up 70 The psrior Win
Together In tie partOr nj 30 minutes 10 o'clock
Tucker put them on ire sireet-car a few minntes
s,.r fncm The street Jus. SpEos'e The , Amefs1a
the ehd OF the line about 80 mtnuges TO 10 at
Reservoir street, aud saw them start down on The
itfl-hand side Of that street towards the Old
rtxeivoir--tho scene of the murder. Dr.
Thomas n. STATION, going down the same
street about that hour, overlook man and
= woman going towards the Old reservoir.
The man had on = tionch hat pulled down ever
his nee 50 rs to prevent i.s being seen. In Size
and build be csrrsponded 10 the prisoner. Tie
waHing bshipd them, as 10 startle him. and In q
quick, &, e,tfd manner asked N that Was keser.
yQlr street. This pear the Inter section
Of Cary With Reservoir street, and When
they got To the intersection DIR. siratton
vent en- Gary s'see, and he man and