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

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Jain Walker. she ept IN . room BY nes.n e1
TIE same forr. with an suotcupicd rom bctvceu
them, and no lock n,ou her door ~ ofhr< Lssscu-
ing. Walker, a. was his cs>tsn. got up early sn0
went on; 70 attend 20 hi duties and was rone xe9
e ure.nSeS ~ % wss r ~ ssrsss ~ rssssy
BEGAN sbcut TIA, time. The prisoner visited fhefo
again ihe next month. snd spent the afternoon
and niece ten or eleven years old ssept
with Ter. That nigh, after walkef had dsxsd -
roon nS was Ss S shsS % 10 s' %ns ss ssss wss M
awake. that his bowel. were out of crier: bat hc
upcn his leaving. Walker went 10 sleep slsin, nes
know ing where he went or when ne nfurnci.
The Bext morning be s,id be was WE'LL Agsin. In
sepismhey. he srent the right there, on the same
aoor with the gii, who occuossa her room Hone.
llc aid to walker. before gOlnr 10 bed. that he
wss afraid he woali have 70 90 ort iurlny ths
I" strange Whenever he came there his bowess 90,
cut Of order" These, facts. inauicien, IN saeni.
was her seducsr. are supplemented BY other fscts
In he record which, taken all tosether. induce aud
mind, and hen sehaSed The b.dy of rs yes"s
womsn. That he WIS tho ruttless desiroyer-frd
OF her ,iriue, and then. q hi6e his crime aud -
scGshne :, OF her Hfe. Is was proved, th,i durisg
all her stay IN sath county a. teacher. tho
prisoner correspondent with her; and that he wrote
frequently 20 her In her i0ekei trunk. which
was cent down 90 Richmond from bath. Ia
the Police Jusllce, and orened and examined BY
frsm her different friends. but among them
only empty envelopes addressed 90 her BY the
nc sr N her ~ trunk S pes se a,osss
admitted 10 te IN the handwriting OF the prt-
sontr-one SET of verses IN rhyme. nsrrsgiHs. In
hortid aud disgusting detail. the seduction Of
girl. n Is 81 abominable and atrocious that, by
consent does not appear Ia this printed record.
Is immateriaI; II tends most strongly 70 prove
seduction, aud points 10 LIN as the seducer. The
sepembcr IA, 1884. THIS letter, thoash mash
torn and obliterated. shows their Intimacy. Que
"a, on remember YOU have never written that let
ter you have been promising 80 long" The post.
script reads: When are YOU and that fellow so-
world he this winter. think n would be the bes.
thing for you: 80 DO, this winter" Why should
ne .e e. 80 IN s6r har 20 , m .,x
what moiIyc prompted his earnest and iinphient
request 90 her 70 hsten her marrisre 81 tast fei-
low"f That Te9aest-thai iexIosiulation-tha tn-
ssstence- WIS addressed 10 woman nnmsrrfef.
yet Two months gone with pregnancy Y WAS
portuniiy 10 s.dncc her. aud BY ne same man IN
whose handwriting poem describing q seduction
was fousd In her hidden possession. lie began
his yllanous and vehement tnslstence that shs
and "that fellow" .h0uld get m,rrltd. He wrote
A. twice In FebriaTy--as the post ace marks upon
two ~ the envelopes show yet he fsied 20 produce
single letter from ker, suppression which y ig-
niGcant, conNd ring the fs,t thar the writings
found prove criminal intercourse between him aad
her.
Judge Faunteroy then summarizes and
comments on the evidence as follows:l
she went 10 Bath county October io,h. The
prisoner corrsI Iouded with her. On jan
uary 8. 1854, she came 10 Richmond un-
der the proiext hat she had received written
adviser that "Aunt Jauc Mrs. IuBstallb was
mot expected To live" Upon leaving she told
Mr.. dickinson, her employer. that Cousin
Tommis lmesnins ne prisonerl would meet
Mrs. Dickinson that Cousin fommie dif meet her,
&c. She arrived IN Richmond The night of the
9th, and registered herself AZ the Exchange Hotel
Room 66." The prisoner was In Richmond on
tie 9th and Gtn q January; Mr.. \. W. Archer,
clerk Al the Exchange Hotel, identified the prf-
soner - the man VINO came to the hotel January
9th. aud. running his finger down lhe register,
and Then asked Is this lady In ?" She was not IN
az the time. aud Mr. Archer ~ told him. Henri
ctta Wimhish, 4 cbambermsid, identih.d him as
the man whom she saw Ia the Exchan ~ Hotel three
times on the day ~ the 9Th, and who. on two iif-
fcient occasions. asked her if the LADY IA Room 50
wa in. and whom she saw three tine. that fsy
talkiug 20 the ady In No. So" Both the Wit
ne-sCe, Archer aud Mimblsh. stated that he hida
hight mou.tacbc. The defence Insisted that
his lie, AMI introduced eleven witnessas
Who swore that they neye' saw him With one. The
gummonNci hh proycihy six wtuc,-e. LIVING In
his county and hing william. that tsey hal seen
him wearing = moustiChe, aud somc of hem
Specified the occasions and the circumstances
when mrde them notice it BESIDE these, thrc
Of his coliege-mat'i we're introduced one uf whom
Wei him ga the capitol square aud talked with
hun n June, 1854, and noticed his monstsche.
airy IN Richmond. talked with him, nnd saw him
'':wirlibg h's mousiacle with Ms hngcrs.r Mr..
Canhorl, who knew hin. sas him crossing the
street opposite the ladies entrance To the ~
change On the 9th cf January. She left tho Ex-
change with the lh,on'r On Ihe nigh, OF the din
ne ~ Ing, aud her u DOm Ob and The bed were un-
occupied that night.
What Is the explanation or solution of all
these detailed facts and circumstances
! proved In the recordP There Ia but one hy-
| pothesis that does or can account for them
! each aud aIl-that the prisoner was tho
| father of her unborn child. That accounts
| for her possession OF the lewd poem: that
agrees with the fact that he. by taking her
| la his buggy irom her fathers house over
10 her grandiatber's, and both Of them
| Spending the night there several times be
| fore she went there Ia siay July f0fh, and
| his spending that Night there, had mad fuii
| opportunity to seduce her: that accounts
for his anxiety TO have her speedily mar
| rled that accounts for his being In Rich-
mond when and while she was here under
an assumed name (ODe that he had used)
| both In January and March that accounts
! for her telling Mrs. dickinson that the pri-
| soner e. Cousin Tommie y would meet her.
| and had met her: that accounts for his
/ prompt and frequent calling upon her at
the hotel on January 9th; that accounts
| for hts taking this young glrl, his cousin, to
| a bawdy-house (as Will presently appear
| that accounts for the simulated fieak of
| his after bed time aud after
every body had retirei-whepever he was
sleeping at his gIandfathers nouse In July,
les4. next To the unfssteEed and accessi-
bic room occupied 10y Miss Madison. And
thai ny ypothe esis contradicts no fact In the
record. But the record shows that shs
again comes To Richmond under fslse
pTeteDce-" the Curtis letter March t2th
| mat she again registered under his assu m ed
name; that he ls agaln In Richmond with
I her during the next day. she leaving the
! American Hotel wneTe sne was registered,
"Miss e. L. Merton. Virginia Room ~,
huTriedly. in response TO "a note brought
| there and delivered To her while sne was
eating her breakfast ia Room II and that
I She was with him soon thereafter In
bawdy. house and. upon Belle Isle. That,
upon her return 10 the American Hotel,
| between / aud 2 o'clock T.. ". that day, shs
! inquired for the note lthe torn note
which she had written so hurriedly I'D
| directed to 4. j. Cluyerius a few hours DO
| fore, In response TO the one delivered 10 her.
| Ia hich she says, o. Will be there AS soon
| as possible; 80 do wait for me-"
The Motive.
This evidence proves beyond q resson-
able doubt. and 10 n moral certainty. that
he was the destroyer of her virtue and
the author OF her ruin. Had the prisoner
motive To murder the victim Of his Inst
| He was young lawyer In goOdsociety and
| q member OF the Church, and was engaged
| to be- married to a young lady In mis- neigh.
| borhOod. In a month his base conduct
would become known: his professional.
social. and religious Standing were
all at atakeS aud the young lady
whom he hoped and expected Ia marry
would be lost to him. His aunt. Mrs. Iun-
| stall. with whom he found home. 10 is To
| be presumed, would doubtless drive nom
| her prese nee and her nurture the heartless
| author OF the shame ana ruin of her beloved
| young niece, who bad been much with nsr
| Ia her home, and whom she had sent To
| school Was his motive To murder the girl
| sufficient? The law recognizes tnat what
would be sufficient motive 10 one person
might not affect or induce another. and lays
| down the principle that the motive ascrlbed
| need not be commensurate with the crime.
| Wharton on Homicide. sections s70.2.
Much slighter motives than the prisoner
| had have led To cruel murders.
Tho Opportunity.
Did the prisoner have the opportunity to
! murder the girl The prisoner came 10
| Kiehmond from his home AZ Mrs Tunstsll's
| IN King and Queen county, On the l2tn VI
| March, wearing gray oyercoat aud a
| slouch hat, and having with him pair OF
| osershoes-half Arctic or gum. fhs g,n
was ex xpect ed To arrive here on the evening.
| OF that day, according ~ the scheme-f az
Curtis letter" which she received and ok
| hibited and read To Mrs. Dickinson on the
| 10th as her reason for coming. IL was \
| forgery. written Dy herself and to herself.
| which came to her by mail-A thick
| letter, containing a note In II, In white
| envelope. 4 few days before. the prisoner
| yelope at post-oiiice. Little Plymouth.
| King and Queen county, Va. The envelope
| and the note In the Curtis letter" nave
never been found, hence the state has not