Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-29

/ Between 10 and II Lillian j. brcakfaNt'7
' in her room. At that time q little ycilo..
/ loy, whom Hunt the Office bow j. in The
I hablt Of'Sccng. brings note Tor her.
B Hunt takes ii tO her room and " iii, for ihr
answer. she writes il, hands 1T bin,
and be- band, Il 10 the yellow bOy. IN.
amiutd before the Coroner, he >Wcars that
after O'Clock the yellow boy brought tho
note rack and handed il II Mr. Dod-
,On At about > O'Clock he met her ~ the
hall aud she asked him If he had dcliycre
thcnotc. upon hi, eyes adding the gentle
man SAWS that he never received Il; tn, be-
fore the note was brought back. AZ tlc
Trial this story Naul>he,. and he >weqr> o.
what Mr. Joseph II. Dod>on >wear> to
Mr.. Joseph pndson testified on the trial
that between II and quarter past he >lr
Hunt give nOtc to Colored boy, VII
took il and went away, returning in absu
i've minutes and handing him note. which
be laid upon the desk waiting 60 bc called
for. He could not identity il IL the not
,nt, hat he could identify the note handed
him. Mr. Charles Dodson testified tia
Lulsn at about asked him i 10y had
left note there. He answered That b.
knew nothing Of the note. his brothcr
having been on duty. She then passed or
Tie envelope was crclm.colorcd. 10,
oddro,, had thi. peculiarly: Mr, +. d.
Clu Na> written boldly and distinctly:
he remaining letters are 50 hastily
run together ibdt careful examination only
can COnstrue thtm, then Richmond. a..
are pllink and boldly written. In tho
euNriouc were two sheets Of common D..
p,r. folded. 10 The - will be- there.
&c. thcrc was neither addrc>. nor >iGu1
tuIr. pon The decision of court thlt 1r
envelope. addressed 10 = person, i proc.
ihai D, las written a letter. % which il i-
an answer. comment would neither Dr. T..
,ICctiul nor useful. pom that point o.
Inv lLc ca,c TUNED Ia one ~ il, phases.
There is great deal Of testimony in thi,
c9sc which cannot be- true, and i, most dln.
gcrous because not Intentionally ill,c.
Whenever there = q mystery, real or sup
posed, something ~ black rs a crow sODr
grows 10 thrce black crows. Person, OF
detective education and unframed mind
constantly coniound mental conclusions
with physical sensations. Their belief be-.
comes their cye>ieht. The TichbOrnc case
j. full of examples Of that source Of mis-
fakes. Upon iden.Iiy and upon time tn
more honest and Intelligent the wiines,,
the more hesitatins; dulnes> never doubts.
EVon the best mistake, and often. High in
,Cciai standing were the witnesses Who
swOTe 10 having met Dr. Parkmn on the
day after that on which hr was Killed.
while one Mis, Dun,tan, friend and com
p1nion, could not recognize Lillian IN tn
corpse, they Who hid merely glanced al her
the day before, or Thought that they inl,
were capable Of instant recognition.
This hls been termed a ease of ciieum
siantial evidence. II IS no, il lark' The
%. .l.
staniial evidence st4rt> from fact. link,
that 10 another, the Two 10 a thrd, and 50
OF. until The Grst tact and the last fact are !
the two end. OF one chsin. THIS j. a ease !
OF assumptions Seduction. mailing the |
Laum curtis letter, owning the key, wc1t- |
ing ri on The 18th, q meal ~ Lillian !
between { aud >. and q murder. have - br |
taken Ior granted. The hypOtbes, OF su.i' |
exact. that Cluyerius should have put onc !
band over her mouth, struck her into IN |
,nsibility with the other. aud vet kept h,r /
from falling, for il ,hc fell The imprint |
would have been visible. Tie must then |
throw The imp body, one hundred ana |
twenty pounds. 80 clear above a picket |
fence three itei four inches nigh that her /
,kr,s in the inevitable huiter do no. !
catch this, too, without rufling ribbon. 4
lOusenipe q hsir pm. or icatin. his loot
lIibts.
" hen knoWledcc Is impossible, probibili-
ties must De- sought. she left the hotel at g,
Iaking hcr satchei Had she intended rctum
he would baVe LETT IL. and locked her door
ii, before. Her motive for leaving her
.bawl at the Dun.fau's l. comprehensive;
murderer iucOmpTehcndble. \ desire
Tor death l. shown In her: no desire for
Der death ~ any other. II suicide or MUIR
ieI are, ~ the medical testimony show,
,qually balanced scales. the smallest weight
n either being added must turn the
,alance. aud these considerations are such
IN ADDED weight. The law demands
nore--thai suicide shall be fully disproyed.
L does not allow conjecture TO be the basis
4 conviction. Turn from The theory OF
be law 10 the conclusions Of the reasoning