Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-18
HIS OWN VERSION.
oLUvIRlUs COMMENTS on soEE OF
TIE EVIDENCE AGAINST Elm.
Es sees No Bope for Him, but Says BE
will Die with Clear Co..
seieroe. &c.

Cluverius having expressed a Willin ngness
and desire 10 see Coroner Taylor, that gentle
man Yesterday visited The jail and bad
two-ard.a-han hour. talk With the prisoner.
he found him lo0Ging yery well, indeed,
and. while not expccting any escape from
be impending fate, seemed to bear him
.ef with resignation. lie was communi
catiye. and an p cred every question, aud.
from the rri-oLer', standpoint. very sal
i.factorilv. lie declared that Ne had 30
bC.iiatiou in telling ANYTHING he knew oi
the ease He maintained that Lillian
Madison committed suicide. Ia hi opinion
.he started from the hotel al O'Clock, and
,net.r returned. he regarded this view o,
borne ont bv The recent developments OF
-" tie old man mir. ". II. Chilesl.
CluvGius thinks that Tyler confused two
different nghts: that 1.-The old man. so
called. and lady were seen by Tyler on toe
train (which j. Chile,'s date. and that
DE ady That Chiles brought 70 toe Ameri-
can ha. been confoundcd With Lillian.
Re further supposes that Lillian. IN
having the bolcl about O'Clock. NAV per.
hsT., nave gone by the Free bridge and
tbore thrown ber bundle into the river.
and thence proceeded UI town and left her
shaw on Dunstan', fence.
UFFCULTEs oT THE LOCALITY.
Cluver'us considers that unless Lillian
went 20 thc reservoir OF some early period
OF the evening she never could have found
her Wsy 10 The hoie m The reservoir fence.
He rcmqILcd that trip with any one
through tbst region would have suggested
foul play 10 her at every step, and that sAe
wouidn0i have accompanied any man 90 tle
TOP Of the Cmhanl msnt. Ciuyrrius claim,
that be- could Dot have disposed OF her
hocv q, alleged, and that pcrh5p, in
struggle ,hc could have mastered him.
Hc -aid also that no one would carry q
person thai hc intended 10 murder up 10 100
elevated spot such as the fop of the em-
I haudment-N here her voice could be- heard
far around.
wATCH-EEY, A..
ON Tho subject of The Nraich-kcv be- .riI
tiat Joci never oid any work for him r~i-
,oueI1 al auXfme whatsoever, and that De-
nOer saw Nat watch @cy IN BIZ lie. and
that when b. csme 20 Richmond on Thar.
day be had DO wat.h-kcy and no watch.
except Uatc. that he prisoner brought
here o. bertpaircd Tor iady.
As 20 1.-The lcwd poem" Ciuycriu,
wished the Coroner could take the poem
and som. of hl. ICluycriu.', writing %
coupare, 20 ,hai he could judge for him
sell about ihai piece oi t'lj'iI't- -''' lIi'
~'heI uiitfA ueh. ln= 'udi DIT WIS ." Hl-
VIKING
TORN NoTL, 80.
With reference o. thr torn note. tIIr--
rim. 'lor-M II very hard that DE- should br
lrG rC.pqu,ihia for note addressed g.
i.rg which b. never saw. IT, a.-er.el that
/ rr 9cdrf., ODD DIE CntOlope hlI been Jll.
for,rf, read fv Nj. p1d-0r and .uh-a-
Dv.uIt .y other people. 1u1 thlt .e diI
roi know Row D. cam. 70 70. addressed t.
hu. tu possibly ... lad pecom 4V4r-
tL.t g., w.- .u Richmond: tuat ~i. ui-l.
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