Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-19
THE DEURTNG CASE.
ACCUSED SENT ON TO THE eRANp JURY
FOR CONSPIRACY.
Dply Two witnesses Examined for the
Commonwealth and None FOR
the Defence.

m examination IN the Dcufing Hilte',
which was an outgrowth Of the celebrated
(iuyerius case, and which OF itsell has Gre
a,ed considerable interest. c. III. +.
Duering, an cx.rolicoman and private de-
tct,yc, was arrested on the evening OF No
x,mber sth by officer X. u. Chestermm
upon warrant Issued by Justice Richard
son.
The warrant charges the accused with
intending unlawfuliy TO obsiruct ana lm.
n,de The administration OF justice. and
Thai he did unlswiully and corrupliy con-
,nirc. combine, confederate, aud agree Win
snother pcrson or persons unknown 10
ef1sr TO Herman joel money. and thereby
.,t,mpt TO persuade and induce the said
Herman Joel 10 make a false statement TO
The Governor az Virginia touching a mat
ter then yNndiug before him concerning
The opplieation for pardon or Communication
of sentence Of Thomas J. CluyeriuS OF the
sentence against bun. The said Ciuvorlus
having been convicted OF murder ana sen.
fenced by the Hastings Court OF The city OF
Richmond.
THE CONTINUATION.
The history OF the case is fresh IN the
Minds NJ the readers Of the DiSpdfch.
When Deurng was before the court on
Thursday The 9th Instant the case Wds con-
timed until Yesterday, in order to allow
the accused time 10 have witnesses sum
moped. Bail was then allowed in the sun
Of 81 600: bit the prisoner, not being a9le
10 give it, had 20 60 10 jail, where he ha'
. since been, The case was called win thr
regular docket Yesterday morning; but. ~
betnc ineonyenieni for some OF The couhsei
40 be prcsont then, IL was postponed un'il
3P. NJ
THE CASE CALLED.
Al ,be amounted time the prisoner came
into court under custody Of BAUM Mur-
uby. Counsel arrived one mt time. ana
each brought a stack OF LAW hooks. rue
nrospect was ihlt the ease would extend
way into the night. but such was not tLr
case. as the examination was concluded
btfoTe 3 o'clock. =,
Mcs.rs. &. Aston Cabell, samuel VI.
poce and cx-.Judge Edmund WadillI, Jr..
ann,ared A. counsel for the defence, ana
Edgar Allan, Esq represented the COM
monUesltb. circumstances being such a. 10
make II embarrassing for either Mr. wiz.
tbe Commonwealth attorney for the Ely,
or &. V. Meredith, E.q, who prosecuted
ClnNoTius. 20 appear.
shortly after 3 O'Clock Justice Richard
son asc,nded the bench, aud sergeant
Thomas called the witnesses for The Com
mnnwcalth. OF these there were OnlE two,
N,ssrs. Herman joel aud Il. -. Chester
nan. Mr.. Page askcd that these be >epl
rated, which was done. The Witnesses Tor
the defence, OF whom there were several,
were also sent out II court.
Considering the hour Il, which the exam
ina,ion was held, and the fact that there
had been no public notice Of it, there were
quite . number Of persons other than those
connected with tie case present. The
wife Of the stcusCd WAS present. but re-
naiuCd in Justice Richardson's Office
Turing the examination.
The first witness examined wa, Herman
Jocl. The jewCllCT who testified IN th' u
ye,ips case with reference t. the Whc1
k,y. and who. 10 identity bi~ work. lhen
desired 10 oVen the KEY, bui was not A.
lowed. WitnssS started tn tell about y in-
sent for by the Governor ana cV1mnl1S
the vatch.key on the night 81 November
23d. hut The defence objected, and Mr..
Alan withdrew the questions on this sub
icct. lie said that Deuring called a. h',
Store. which j, 81 1853 east Min
street, and asked for Mr.. Nrcn's
watch, which had been left to BE-
fixed, The watch was not then ready:
SO Deurirg left the money charged for the
repairs Uhirty cents, and said that he
would call later in the day and get The
watch. He did call between II and !
O'Clock, End found the witncs, making pre-
paraton to leave on the $50 lork-fi'er
train for Baltimore. They talked about the
Cluycrius case, and Dcuung remarked ::
"You will need money TO 90 t. R-timore.
and | will 20 and get IT for you Deu-
ring returned before O'Clock AMI
banded witness $50 Sli in silver aud 81
in notes Witness asked what the money
was for; TO which DCurng replied: ID" lou,i u
have TO opCn that walchkey, and You'll
know what 10 CO." joel then put the
money i'm the mOnev-drtwer with ether
monty which he had. iie missed the York
River train: so had to take the G:20 Fredc-
ricksburg tram for Baltimore. He returned
Friday, and on the Tuesday morning
following lie went 10 the Governor,
related what had occurred between him
self and Deuring and asked the Governor
What he NUT do. lie was not allowed to
tell what the Governor said 10 him. bur
stated that he left the money with the GOV
ernor. When Deuring called on JOelaGain
the latter said "lOu got $50 for this and
you have only given me SD OF A..
Duerirg replied; IL am TO get
$50 more. out Of which you Will
receive $40 and $40. So out OF the 500
YOU will get SIS and So The accused
did not then LAY from whom the money
was gotten. joel asked Deufmg If he
would not have 10 swear 10 what he said
10 the Governor On this subject. DeurlDS
repli,d that he need not remember all that
he knew about the key. Deurlng bou@h
awalch and chain, for which ne paid So
exclusive Of the $50. Several time, Whel
Deurimg visited witness Officer Chester
man was present, but not where he cou''
be seen.
Mr.. Joel, in answer TO further questions
gave a more detailed statement oI what o.
Cured between the accused and himself
but nothing Of importance or SPECIAL III
terest that i not contained above, eNcep
what Will be found below.
OFFICER r. b. CnEsTERNAN.
The next witness examined was Police
man X. ID. ChestCrman. who heard sever
az The conversations between Dcurlng an
Jocl. ON the lst Of December he. IN az
cordance with the orders OF Captain Epp'
went down TO JOel'S, arriving there a0ou
1?t O'Clock. lie kept watch on the >lor'
hut did not see DeuIing enter until Frid
L ION tnltInE NntU, bthliuE N9NN" wv
something in German, which wine
did moi understand. joel told him to TAI
in English, nodding at the time to the al
joiping room, in which was JoeFs WIZ
Nothing OF Importance was said on IN
occasion. DCurng called AGAIN on SUI
dsy, and addressed joel in German. i
was again told 10 speak English. Deurir
asked, "What'S the news joel replied
81 went 10 ste the Governor yeStc
day." "What did the Governor LAY +:
queried Douring. ellie said he wanted
consult With Mr. Meredith answer'
joel. IL expected that" laid Deurin
DeuTng then left, saying that he would
turn at o O'Clock that night. lie returnC
however, three hours earlier than by g
gagement. joel asked that night II q
money had been gotten, and Deuring
piled that 1t had not; that Willie Ciu'
RUS had been telegraphed for To 90
Alexandria 10 see something about
dayits that he (DeurinR) would go up
The hotel next morning, and would
down and pay the money next morning G
tainly by 10 O'Clock. Deuring called
s.D0 o'clock Nionday morning, but did !
then have the money. Deuring then lef
watch to be fixed. joel told Deuring q
he must have the money; that he did !
want TO get left, and Deuring reptile
\ "lou sha'n't; I'll swear YOU sha'n'
Tuesday morning Deuring called
ll:iO O'Clock and asked joel il
went cup there yesterday" joel repll