Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-11
how part Of that interval Of time was

fhis morning, as want 10 go with a friend
OF mine on quite an unexpected little trip.
Then she tells Of her Intention TO go To old
Point at the invitation OF friend. Then
she writes: Il have not time TO say more.
as ID will be time TO start soon. We came
down on the train this morning. love 10
all and tell Tommie will write real soon:
but they must not count Letters with me.
You ali need not write until you hear from
me again, &C. As J am IN sueh hurry
must stop" &c.
THE INTENTION TO MuRDER.
The Commonwealth claims that then II
not before. the prisoner had the intention
to murder the girl. lt was written at the
suggestion OF the prisoner for the purpose OF
an dhhi. IL will be noticed that II ~ dated
March l4th." 1T 10 not probable that THIS
girl. " no knew that she left home on the
day befole 10 keep an appointment for
March 18th. would think that the next day
was the lith. 10 n more probable in itse!f
THAT IL was Intentionally misdated. Taken
IN connection with the subsequent events,
lt becomes almost absolutely certain thati
Was puTposely misdated. The prisoner
ould be at home the day after 10 was Writ-
teh--Slz.. the IAN. That together with the
message OF love To Iommie, was intended
To furnish proof that the prisoner did not
see hCr while IN the city.
Again: The letter said II was written I'm
the morning. There - no proof That she
vas In n hurry during any part Of the morn
ing except when she left her breakfast and
the hotel 10 meet the prisoner. IL II had
been written In the morning instead OF
between haif past ana O'Clock at night.
IL would have been mailed sooner. She
wrote two pOstals to Mrs. Dickinson. BOtn
OF them were In Bath county next morning.
Why should she have mailed both postais
and have neglected 10 mail this letter
THIS letter, IL appears by the statement Of
Mr. Caruthers. was mailed between nali-
lasi 6 o clock In the evening probably after
half past O'Clock and haf.past IN the
morning. IL Is most Improbable that 10
was written In the morning.
Again. she says. " 10 VIII be time tO start
soon," There Was no such haste in the
morning, nor any 10 Justify the statement
" As / am I'm such hurry ! must stop But
there was Just such hurry after Iyleriett
her and the prisoner in the parlOr. II was
gettiIg late. 10 was approaching % ciOck.
The street. caIs would stop running soon.
The unexpected little mp upon Whlcn
the prisoner proposed 10 take her must be
taken part OF the way on ne of those cars.
She whites the letter nuTriediy-gocs tO her
loOm in such a hurry that when she leaves
~ she leaves the gas burning brightly.
Win the prisoner she comes out of the
American Hotel. and he halls passing cat.
IUG.HoKsE Roy.
william Tucker. a young colored boy
whose duty it was to manage the tug
horte used FOR the purpose OF assisting the
other hoIses IN pulling the sirect-csts up
the hill between Fifteenth and Twelfth
streets, ou Nam street, says that on That
night a few minutes after 30 clock he stop
ned car lOr "a man and a woman standing
Gu Main street lust above tue American
Hotel. To stop the car he ran after II and
caught up with it. lie saw them tiNt 10y
the light OF the "blg lamp meaning a
laIgc.SlIc gas lamp. lie again saw them as
they got into the car at the side Of which
he Was standing. The lady had ON "a red
shawl: the man a O. light greyish over.
coat and carried a satcheL lie identified
the prisoner as the man.
We ask the attention of TIE Court 10 the
lengthy snd severe crosse cNamlnatton to
winch this boy was SUB cctei. And we call
attention To the fact mat he stood 10 most
crCdItaby. IN ignorant boy Ike ne could
NOT well have come out II sucn cross -cN-
am NATION without suffering had he not
been telling the Truth. But ms testimony
should not be looked nj by Itself II should
be viewed in IN" llght OF all tne preceding
circuU stances showing that N must nave
been the prisoner aud In the lgnt OF the
subsequent testimony while Ice was tn
ignorant boy yet he stand, IN this record
as a truthful one. No attempt whatever
was made to attack his character. with all
the probabilities of truth IN his favor with
his statement uucontmdicted with ms
character not attacked. 10 would be indeed
strange that mis- testimony should not be
believed. lie also stated that the ear the
couple got ON was driven bN Mr. Thomas
Williams.
1liE ~IREEl-fAh DRIVER.
Mr. Williams testified that "A young man
wearing "a llght ONcrcOat aud sloucn hat
and Carrying satchel. got on his car AT
the end Of the line, al the corner ~ Reser-
VOir and Main streets. lie WAS accOmpa-
MED by a .ady. He did not notice tue lady
as She stood on the Sidewalk. The man
came TO him aud asked twice whether the
cIots.stTeet Mas Reseryol street. He bad a
chance 10 sce tie man, While hc would
not swear that tie man WIS the prisoner.
yet he stated to the best OF MS uoWicdgc
the risuncr was tine man.
When the Cont reads Mr.. " Milliams's tes-
tiuouy u Win be struck with the console
tious attempt On his part To he guarded Ia
his statements. ~ Vii appear that IN his
honest attempt TO DO no injustice 10 the
prison er be has scarcely done lustlce 10 the
state. THIS honest. prudent man sweats
that TO the best of his belief the prisoner
WAS the man. Is II probable that he was
mistaken? Where IL the fact In the cause
To suggest such possibility Every fact
In the cause tends to prove that Williams
was right in his belief.
All the details OF their lives during July.
January. and that day in March, that w"rr
brought TO light in this case. tend 20 render
certain Willams's belief. Treat saw the
prisoner come into the hotel. DIiard sent
him upstairs 10 see the girl. Tyler lefl
them together Tucker put them on tire
sirtet.Csr about half. hOur Afterwards.
Miliamssaw them get Oh the ear about u
fhlis lbhi biN O. ili'1 kpt bti nus Al4t Ia -
ifgce Them nearly 10 the scene OF the muir
der. Williams says tnat they got OH Of his
car about twenty-five minutes 10 10
O'Clock and started down the left.haud side
Of l,,serN or street towards the cd reser-
yOir Not only did the man resemble the
PRISONER, but he was seen going tpoHlds the
place Ol the murder.
DIR. srHArIoN.
About that hour Dr. Thomas r. ~trattOn
gong down the same ~tiect at about that
tine. overlook coupe going towards the
reservoir. The man mad on slouch- that,
pulled down 30 a. 10 prevent his face nom
ieing s.en. In size ana bulld he CORES pond
ed To the prisoner. lie made the same ia.
auiTy Of DR.. StraitOn as 10 the name Of the
street lat the young man made of the car
driver They were going AT about the same
ume Of the night towards tho reservoir
I mus the facts indicate That they were tue
same parties that Mr. " iIllams saw.
But II may bs suggested that the
tIscks u tie man could not have
been those Of the prisoner for the
We submit That this contention Will not
hold. when it - remembered that he had
with him "A pair Of old OveT-shues gum or
halfarctics. lne heel ola gum .shoe would
make the impression described by the wit.
nesses. one Ofthe witnesses testified that
he saw no print. Of nails IN the tracks.
We submit that while The possession
OF tie gum.shOes does not prove tnat
they weie his tracks yet the possession
dlspIoN es tie assertion ina they could not
have been MS. Thus there is nothing 10
cOntradicI the proof Of his guilt.
Thus this couple. That every TACT shows
we've the prisoner and the dead girl. were
going "A little before 100 clock, towards the
reservoir. where her dead body was found
The next morning. Whether they went di-
Tectly there or went elsewhere nrst tho
Stale does not know. But at some time be.
tween 10 and IL O'Clock that night the
I'm. IA
heard.
THE sCFNEAT THF RESERVOIR,
They are on top the reservoir together.
The tracks prove that.
There, Just opposite where the body was
found. Weie seen the evident marks Of a
scUfiie. Her distressed voice j. heard. On
tie lower Up ~ the murdered 2irl IN found
the Indication of some pressure having
been put. she cries aloud again. The pres
sure on her mouth ls unaVailng. More
severe means must b. used. The man
strikes her over the right temple. The
naIk Of "A blow Of tuat character Is fDnud
over The right tempe Of the murdered zirl.
The blow is senectlye Her voice Is silcnced
She is insensble. The autopsy shows that
the murdered girl Was insensible before she
struck the water. Now she is IN a cOndi-
ton TO be thrown into the water. Tue
deed is done. and now all traces Of lt must
be ODiiteTNted. Now, with MIN. when the
fear OF the .conseq uences iirst begin ~
nhunt hlIh' IL must VIC .ful'h tl"usht anu
quick action. His deed his struggle with
her has excited him. There was no Ger.
tainty that her cries had not been heard.
II heard, he could not tell how soon some
one would come upon him.
HEPITCHEs HER IN,
The dread OF discovery impels him. Her
hat and shawl in the struggle have fallen
of. When found he does not wish her tO
have on any more articles OF wearing ap.
paTel than absolutely necessary. lie hastily
pulls OF her gloves He raises her-lifts hes
over the fence. and resting her fest On tue
bfich side he throws her face forward into
the reservoir. Her face strikes the water.