Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-11
Thinks that Lillian Madison Camt 10 Her
Death by Suicide.
THAT THEORY ARGUED
ilCccaad had More Reason To Nh Herself
than Anybody Had to Hill Her.
FAILURE OF ACCUSED'S ALIBl
Bow il Happened that Cluverius Could
Not Prove Where He Was on the
Night Of the 18th, &c.


Ing the case Of hls brother, and obtained
| from him answers 10 number OF ques-
irons sui ml;tcd. Nr. Ciuverius responded
| 20 each question addressed 10 him, and the
results Of questions and answers follow;
Were you n bone when your brother
returned there from Bichmond-March Il.
1852
| was at home and met him ~ be got out
Of the buggy. Ny father brought him
from Centreville.
What account did your brother give you
oi his trip to Richmond What was bis
msnucrf How did be look and act
] don't remember that I asked him for
an account Of lii trip or TINT he gave me
any account. III, manner was natural.
| lie looked and acted as usual with him.
| Wien dId you first hear Of the deaih Of
! Lille Madison; Did you suppose that it
was suicide from what Won first read and
/ heard
on Wednesday morning, the 18th o.
| Ma Ga. two copies OF the DisD1tch-one OF
| ihc iG,h ana the other o. ihe lSfh-vere
received 10y my aunt. Mrs. Tunstall. They
| were sent 70 nv aunt by Mr. George Robert
/ Baahy, oi tie city u Richmond. ~ 30 knew
! - the relationship that existed between ms
/ aunt and the deceased. The Diepotch Of
| the 1Gth contained tie announcement that
| the dead body Oi woman mad been found
| iu the reservoir. The Dispatch Of the 18Th
announced The fact that The dead body had
| been identified = that Of Fanny Lillian
! Madison hy fhe two Nis,e, pun,fan. who
| si the time lived on Reservoir street, and
formerly lived IN hing william county,
ItaT tic home oi the deceased, betwe.n
v BON there lad existed friend lv acqugiut-
rnr,. and fLt letters found in toe iruuk Of
ilc deceased. wri'tCu from Reservoir
~Io'-lNt asd Gt5- 'y one Of the Mi.sr,
Dun iau o. th" dr"eo-ed whilst H. Bath
county showed lAai thc friendship rontil.
r.d u- Co. ihe death oi the deceas"l.
le: J -upp0, d Il Wa> suicide. had
Io 80 HnG or reason 'o suppose otherwise.
AretD ,tilI of TIE opinion that deceased
committed ,uice;
au ,t.. @. the opinion taa' .t WIS SAFE
cice.
Aou1-re thrrchi ovortli, mattcra great
deal. doubt nos: viii YOU be good enough
tottH metiD reasons which incline Won to
believe thai Lille Madison committed sui
eide:
WHY UE TTI>Es i1LlIE Con"ITTEp SUICIDE
avo thought over the matter -reJ'
donl. a'd u} resous ior believing tia.
LuHp Madison committed suicide are:
j.. 80 human hein- had 50 srIur
motive fn i.i her I,reu II >ha h#I been
-,luc.t .u3 Acr srduref vas engaged 20
anutu,I -lN o~ ~le bed to terminate bar
OVID Gic. =ae l.G tcel fLe recipient u
uua1l- -rca.mslt iy lDr parents. and s1,
az ,.CA aftul eraUtui a- 90 contemplate
.ri-its Dl accoun, u that treatment. She
lad tAtu final leave q Der caIIII5JI'>
home. -h. b. u,j g necessity is.yo h.r home
ir lrt'. .su1 icr pros rcct ri social racrc-
rit..r .uu making hcr -upror, with ro-
sp,c'a'tp w ere about be destroyed.
She bed ..I The dread and apprehension
mat women b. her condition must eXpe-
ri,ucc D.. passing ilr1u.h their coutae-
lr.rf. She bad no home, friends. or mother
Go comfort her iu thc prospect that W. be-
fore tcr. She ave expression 90 her feel
ir1,t0 the ccr-uet-r OF the cars on her
vap tu Richmond from Bath. which shows
tbs, Oh. tendency % her thought, were -.
varj- suicide
- Ifrrtl.r lChcvcfas she committed
.iil d.. BECAUSE .iu addition to ~ h4t have
tbsrc ie ul fact OF circumstance proven I'm
uvoIlri1D. Grin the oliuiou 0i Coroner Dr.
Nilsl II. laylor,ta medical expert wb1
c1L-uclrd IAe yO>tWDrtcm examination,
and who's Coroner wa called 90 eXIuinC
tle lotv nj ,hc reservoir, q wholly contra
cIf' suicide. or taat Is IncOl~.>leu there
with.
30. 80 not believe That any man Of srdi-
nary muscular strength who had never had
h, strength developed by hard work or
OH a. llvslcai eNcrci,c could have raised
the tree4sec girl from the gpund in =
Ner.tle-s timber condition alter having
fr.i given Ter . stunning hlo., and thrown
hcr cgcr tle yicEe.-icncc on the reservoir
cmhguFmcut. ] certainly do not believe
ibst such mar could have taken woman
III Sur. condition ana stood lCI up inside
os tie rict ,-ituct. with her back % tac
fence. aud uc'd hcr aEl placed his hand
81 lcI 4cE ana showed her into TIE re>cr-
voir iecc foremost The position % Hei
body FRI TIE w1trY Wse consistent with hey
own COZ q = .u1siuc from tlc inside Oi the
rcket-f.rce into the water head foremost.
md both II Peer hands gong before hey O.
fb. bottom = She reservoir and ciuich,ng
the D. ld from the bottom.
rE1soNEr AND MOZART RAIL.
Your brother st.t"d TO PoHcc-Oficcr
Robin. 0u his way ~ Richmond 10 GU.
tods lLa' cn ihc Li-A' 0i The l3;h u March,
when Lille Madi-oh met her death a thc
reservoir. be was Q; Mozlr Hall You
remember hat thai Is IN evidence. Wei.
nov. bow il it that y0ur brother hae never
been able ~ produce witnesses 10 testify
That they saw him % the Mozart
do not know what nv brother said 20
Poiice-Oficer Robbins, nor DO know why
ne has been unable 10 produce witnesses 10
prov. that be was II the Mozart Friday
Tieht, bat the evidence on his trial SHOWS
ia, he was ~ tie MoZNr, 10 the afternoon.
anG tlat there was bu. cns person there Oh
that occasion vuO knew him and saw him
,Thoms. T. Bagby, Esq. Of West Point.
aud NT. Bagty testified thst lac ouiv sei
-hu p., of h1n IN the audience. IL Mr.
Bs-hy had not thus casually seen hlm II
NOulj net base been proven that he was a.
ibc Mozart A. all II follows. Therefore.
that he was not 50 well known in Rich
mord, and that be dIo not kno. 50 many
,ersOp. A. 10 he able 10 prove bis move
u1enis N the city. II Is reasonable. there
lore. 90 teieyc that there was no one al The
Mozart Friday night whom be saw and
knew. oi who saw and knew him.
Ifllak the chances would be against 3
stranger visiting large city and going
slore 10 theatre or place OF amusement
largely attend,d being ahie 20 prove that
be wss iheIe, and the life and liberty OF
sucn strspger. II dependent on such
proof, would be in great peril.
WHY ~ pID NOT ACCoCST FOR HIMSELF.
don't know that it i true, but have
heard il said that at The beginning OF the
Trial. or raiher before the trial began. your
brother promised 10 account for himself
every bour curing the day Of March l3,
ls.5 Caa YOU explain how < Nas that he
failed 70 60 80:
/ canno; explain IN any other wsy thgn
fhc following: lt was an easy matter, -
ne proceedings IN the trial court viii
show and n eycrv one viii admit, for the
GommouW calh, through The agencies ein-
ployed. and pressed 0a by public senti-
Ins NJ and prejudice. 20 produce any nrm-
l.ef Il wituessc, from al the walks Of life
70 sugpori tie charges against ms brother.
bat il was difficult o. End persons 30 Will |
jnr 20 De identified with my brother a.
WITNESSES IN his bebaif. Your paper. the |
gicbmoDG IsiSpGtch. was publishing every |
fhing that Il could obtain ~ keep ~ aud |
iced the moTb bid demand of the people f0r |
something s.bsaii0nsl--ihrotf - cof |
ulnDs prosecuted, tried. and convicted my |
brother ai the bar o! the pubic before ne |