Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-14

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mystery.
| No CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER.
About this stage of The conversation Mr..
| Foizey, who had been Standing near door
| which led into either the dining or sitting-
room, came 10 the front door where the con-
versaiiOn with bis wife was in prO.,res,.
| lie said that Mr.. Chiles, who Is very nnr-
yous and cxciiable man, had had no con
nCellOn with The murder. and that his sta!"'
| meni Of the manper in which he was as''-
ciaicd with the deceased would difier very
materially from the evidence gwen by VIII
liam Tyler. cOlOred servant employed 81
| the American Hotel when the murder took
place.
| Hg NEVER WEARS BOOTS.
lone difference Mr.. Foizey said, g.
that MIR. Chiles never wears boots. ami
| Tyler says that 'the old man had his pans
stuffed in biz boots"
| Mr.. CnLFs DECLINES TO BH INTERVIEWED.
Just q, this iunc,ure, when Mr.. FOizey
was beginning 10 define explicitly the dii-
| feronccs between TyleT's statement ana
! Mr. Chiles's, the latter came out OF the
! pa.lor. lie said | hOle yOu will pardon
| ny seeming abruptness and sbert names
IN declining 20 talk on this subject, hut
! while what could say would not affect The
| case. think il j. better that shonld have
| no,hing 10 say. ! therefore Oecli1e 10
| maize any statement, aud DO not wish 10 D.
| interviewed.
Mr.. Chles said further. 10 answer 30
! questions, that he did not know that ne
! bad ever met 5liss Madison; that he was ~
| 10 wise connected with the affair, and .hgt
| be intended 10 make only one statement,
which be would do over hs own signature
| 10 the proper city officers. The reporter
! persisted ~ Ear as possible IN plying qufs-
| tors. trying 10 draw Mr. ChileS ont, but
! while he was both courteous and polite, lc
/ gave evasive answers, and nothing more
| than stated above could be gotten out o'
| him at that time.
PERsONAI..
Mr. W. II. Chiles is a son OF the late
/ james Il. Chilcs. who was for q number OF
| year master cir-bulder az the Cheslpeasc
/ aud Ohio railway shops here. He i
carpenter bv trade, and works az thc
sane sh0ps at which hi father
served, where he has been em2lo1-
/ ed for twenty-four years. He Wa,
! horn and raised in Richmond, and married
| Mis- Mary Jane FOizev. His wife, a stated
/ above. died 10 January last, leaving two
! bright little children. Cniles is thriy--eyen
vca-s old, about five feet five inches tan,
| and weighs about 10 or l30 pounds. IL
has dark curly hair and eyes, wears a NOUS
| tacbc. no beard. and has an open, borc-t
! counlenauce. lie looks something like q
! Portuguese.
4 gentleman who has worked In the shops
| with Mr. CLilcs Tor several yeIr, wa, asked
| lest night ~ 10 hi. character. lie rep'iet
/ that no one stood better or sustained a bet
! ter character than Mr. Chics.
what mr. tbIIes Saw aud Heard.
Prom what yIc DiaJuich can learn from
! yariou, sources. Mr.. Chiit-. having bu-.-
| res on Bank street with real estate ageut
! from whom hc rented housc. WIS on tn.
>hod about p'cloch on the night Of thr
| murder. and met q young woman who
| said she was "3 stranger in the city,
| aud who a.Gcd lum 20 show her who.
| the American Hotel was. She did NOT
! give str uamc, hut Slid that she
/ wa, ~cnooitclchcr, and had been teach
lng 20 Roanoke city. She carried tn.
vc''rg-tag % hey hand. lie is not ab,o
lu'rly oeIiau whether sl, had on rel
shaw or not. Tie talked with hcr Oh variou.
trivial topics o. they walked Oh 10 tIr
American. Arrived a. the American Do
rang the do0I-NeI of the ladic,' cutrancr.
auGi wa answered bv q coiofed boy.
At the American Hotel De- was mpre--"i
! hy htr behavior with The Fac tIai She hti
bcln 10 he hotel before. He went mp ODD.
steps With her aud 10 the parior. 81 t,-
uailOr door hc had some conversation with
ber. lie ala not -ae ClUyeliu, iu the pa.-
Tor; Gld moi see anybody !n the psr'or or
elstN hcIc in ihc hotel bu, The c7iore1 boy
Ht wE>T Tp ~SE tLryEWU-
Taat eit upon going home Sir. fli'
told Die vlfe Of ttc aiYentuit, and ,l.
aekeG hfm why ho old not Tnq Tire The ilGtt
name, rcmsrhing, - certainty would hl,.
done that" lie said he didn't lhiuA O..
IL Wa- the proper thing 20 DO. From tn-
description, afterwards published he fr.i
sure that the ldy whom he Hli taken
the American was Lillian Madison, b"; a.
d.d not 20 - the almsdOu-c. where Z
lody was exposed 10 public view, an
Do resolved 10 Keep out Of the case, bec1u-
be- deemed hi. evidence immaieriai, aul
hCclu>c Bis wife. who wa th.u ili, and L.-
since died. earnestly desired that be- shru'.
Keep quiet once be- went O. the IiG-.i1--
Court hoping 90 see o.uycriu., but Nh'n
C.uycrius got into the carriage such
crowd gathered around 20 That hc c-C2l
thC mcrc>t glimpse oi 'hc prisoner, ami
cauuoi tuiiv s9y that BE- saw him.
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