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

eS sns ;SSa ND ss.sa e, a. aas ss
wNtch-key. In his haste o. entansie 10 en- nv
s,Svs snd veil AZ he nns; gros shs one %sse q
the broken windows. He hnstcns pow - ~
The city. and on Reservoirsiree nesl S ~,
where the lamps may reveal the Iou .ns ~. = :
ne throws II over fence Tn1.o o-,s.s IN
down into the city. wanden Aoou. ~, anu
hides the satcheI until the next mosn,ng,,
and goes TO his hotel ttbe Davis Houte evous
10 he called Al 8 o clock. and went up % his
room. He sent the boy down 'oa s. ny ,n,S
OF wh,skcy, which wassent mp. Wien t5l u
by Mr.. Davis that II Was psss,.y , s or, on
the York River road in order TO Mse ,ns
boat from West Point up the Mattapoui.
The 81 tchel was thrown into the river tna 10.
morning and the tide was moving ou'
about O'Clock.
the watch.Key.
The watch.key was found March loth
inside the fence near geSrn '1e viii M and two
otherboys. It:was carried 70 the de,ec IN,
| Iobn Wren, who, In the presence or MI. Jonn
Owens, had IL immediately examined oy
| iewelier and &c was preserved ust AZ III Wss
found. The evidence shows that beyond
All reasonable doubt the waterway PC
ionged TO the prisoner. He said thar ne
bad not seen the wa az, nss sa ncg no dppor
funity TO get 10 from him since keDfnaty,
when 10 was teen on his chain by J0nn
Walker. unless she was with him during
March 18Th II was an o sr,pg al s the
top. and q small ring or loop In tne in,aoie'
by which il was suspended on the chain.
Judge Foster fudge Faentleroy goes ON TO ssyI,
| the irdge Of King william county, noticed the
| prissner. when Dfacticipg In his court. Win "a
small gold watch.key with ring IN me centre
ard raised crown sead with GP h sis Ssd When
shown the key found at the reservoir ne said:
@This has general resemblance to The key; cant
postmaster al Aylett post Office, saw the prisoner
there IN July acting as counsel for one OF me par
n warrant | 1,a b Me tse rdd Sey up S
| his Watcll-guard; and when the KEY found was
shown 20 him lie says ths key resembles ihe one
| that during visit he made TO Mrs. Tunsttll, In
the latter part Of January or first OF February;
while sitting talking with the prisoner, he noticed
Thai he had on gold chain instead of a black
guard. lie remarked upon 1t % The prisoner;
nr be eoug scv were ana SITTING iney side Sg
| side. They were both nepiIews OF Mrs. IunstalI,
nesSs End se ss s w bas bouss
| 1t IN Richmond a. The adminisiraton SAFE OF
Mitchell Tyler for 1880; walker said, .it
| chain. iWaich-key found was shown TO the wit
ntss.) Tits looks very much Ike the key. have
| black guard. Herman Joel. n jeweller, residing In
Richmond. who had been in this country about
truthful. fair-minded man. ,es,ifed that while he
had shop In Centreyille, in King and Queen
county. he repaired or fixed watch-key for the
prisoner, and when shown the key Ia evidence he
says Il looks very much Ike the same key. and he
believed IL 20 be the same kew; but that he would
permitted 10 take il apart-t6at he would know his
own work.
The Commonwealth asked repeatedly and
ut different stages that the witness should
be allowed 10 take the key apart before the
jury and the Court, but the prisoner object
ed strenuously. and IL was not permitted 10
be done. The witness mentioned several
occasions when ana where he had seen the
prisoner In Centrevile, and produced an
order which had been brought TO him by
the prisoners "Mr Herman Joel will de.
deliver TOT. J. Cluverius-the bearer of this
Plymouth. King and Queen county. Va.
Calvert Harris" Across the face OF this
order is the endorse ment. :" Del. Jan. 9th,
1855"
watch long time, and that when this
order was handed 10 him by the prisoner
he told him that IL had been hanging there
so long that II needed oil. and he would
like 10 give IL q little fresh oil; whereupon
the prisoner said TO him, funny, like
lawyer, IL wasn't going TO deliver the
watch, he was going TO make me do IT.
The testimony OF Mrs. Dickinson and OF
Willie Dickinson proves that the deceased
dbl not wear or use watch or watch-key
while she was in Bath. This watch. key
OF peculiar shape and character
which is very like the one which Judge
Foster, Mr.. Gatewood. and Mr.. John
Walker saw him wearing, and which
Joel the ieweller, believes is the same key
he fixed for the prisoner, fits the prisoners
watch: and when the prisoner was arrested
he had attached 10 his watch chain
charm. chain about an inch long without
any key or charm TO IT. 1t was first seen
on his chain by Captain Epps and MI. ROB-
lbs, VINO made the arrest at Mrs. Tun'
stalls, IN King and Queen county. Captain
Epps had noticed IL In the supper-room;
when they had gone into the prisoners
room upstairs. and while the prisoner was
leaning over Ia the act OF changing his
clothing before leaving for Richmond. Cap.
tain kpps shook his own watch. chain to
call the attention OF MIR. Robins TO the
prisoners charm.chain, and Mr.. Robins
noticed and made sign 10 Captain Epp3
that he noticed IL. That night, on their
way upto Richmond. they stopped all night
at King and Queen Courthouse. There IL
still seen ON the prisoners chain by Cap
tain Epps and Mr.. Oliver. deputy sheriff of
King and Queen county, who mad assisted
in The arrest-Caplain Epps saying to him
self. Little does he know yet that have
noticed that piece OF chain." When they
reached Richmond the next afternoon. the
prisoner had managed to work 1t oil. When
asked by the officer, Captain Epps, who
was searching the prisoner,
"wberc is that piece of chain, STRIP" lie sid:
"Iltre was none on there Captain Epps re-
Piled: Al. al, don't you tell me that: yes there
WIS" The prisoner then said: a. gave u 10 my
brother" CIpta.n Epps: "When?m Prisoner:
"Last ught.M lie was put In cell and locked up
CnP96 FPS ven, to MS oed90r and ,G Sa ,ba
piece OF waich-chain on your wa'ch-chain al King
and Queen Courihousein Prisoner said: M
Fpps sand; Yes" Prisoner: IL gave It TO my
brother" Epps "Wheny" Prisoner: Last
night. can re, IL for yon'' Captain pps subse
hui IL was after an Interview of the prisoner with
his brother, and In Captain Epps's absence. Why
T1V w nj await, %atchSey would hang Between his ar
rest and his arrival In RicnmOndf
Why did he make. almost In the same
breath. two explicit. positive false state
had lost his watch-key-he did nCi
know but that IL might have been
or would be found. Hence he got
which the reservoir watch.key had been
jerked oil as he hurried through the hole In
the fence. with the hastily. gathered-up
bundles OF the murdered girls garments.
The conduct OF the prisoner, the testimony
OF Judge Foster, Of Gatewood. OF Walker.
and of Joel, remove all doubt that the key
belonged TO the prisoner; and the key IL
self proves his presence with the murdered
girl that night at the scene OF her death,
without the aid OF the testimony OF billiard.
Tyler, Tucker, William ms and Stratton.
Ali the probabilities all the differences and
all the facts point TO the prisoner as the
man WHO, with studied. sly. ensnaring
art" first betrayed the trust OF this young
girl 10 the loss OF her virtue and then to
her death.
The Prisoners Conduct.
The evidence In this record shows that
call the circumstances OF time, place,
motive. means, and opportunity point TO
the prisoner as the perpetrator OF this ruth
less and dastardly crime. IL only remains
TO show that the circumstances OF Ills con-
duct prove his guilt When all these
concur, says this court in Deans case,
supra, ait must produce moral, II not
an absolute, certainty of his guilt"
Judge kauntleroy then proceeds TO review,
AND sum marizes on this point as follows:
He came into the Davis Hotel ON the fatal night
Of The 9Th Of March about IL O'Clock. Where
he was during the day and the carly part OF thil
night he ade no attempt TO prove although
wien arrested he told the oiicers 1t VIII be easy
enough foi me 20 prove where was. Every place
weut TO 4 met somebody that knew me-" From
| the first moment Of his arrest he displayed re-
maikabio GOODNESS and calm Mesa self possession
| too extreme To be consistent with Innocence.
when told 10y the officers that he arrested for
| murder he does not ASK fer the murder OF whom.
| lie shows no indignation, but coo,ly Invites the
officers In the house 10 supper, and inquiries what
evidence there was against him. And when the
,icer refused TO tell him he said, should like &
know, sir, so tat may know what line obedience
even Ia the name of the person murdered. or the
place Of The murder, could be exhibited only by
| person who WAS anticipating hts arrest and bad
brated and schooled hisnsclf for the event. After
The warrant for his arrest was read 10 him by The
Ofcer he said: Il was there, but l did not
/ see her when l was In Richmond" The
testimony of the numerous witnesses who saw him
With the deceased on that day aud early night. at
| different parts Of the city, has already been de-