The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-23
DAVID ANDERSON.
HIS SECOND TRIAL FOR BURGLARY
AND FELONl0uS ASSAULT.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ED IN THE CASE YESTERDAY
To be Continued To-day.

The jury who are engaged IN trying
Daniel Anderson (cOlOredl for burglary
and felOniOus assault spent the ni2hl
comfortably al the ST. Charles hoiel' ana
Yesterday morning, after eating a eoou
breakfast, were. at II o'clock, brought 10
the county courthouse by the two dep
utv sherils who had them in charge.
The felonious assault on Rev William
G. Hall and his wife occurred on the
night Of May 11th. 1856, and the hf't
Trial of the case by jury was At the
January term Of the Circuit Court ol
Hcnrico county, 1887. Since that trlal
one of the detectives, Mr. Dan Wren,
has died, but Sheriff Southwark yeslcr-
day said that he was with wren all the
time, and could give practically the same
evidence.
The jury being polled, the hearing OF
evidence began. Rev Mr.. Hall, who
was very feeble, testified TO a coloredi
man coming to his house that night, and
when he lMr. lIalD opened the door he
was struck down and became insenslblc.
Mrs. Hall testified to the attempted le-
lOnious assault made on her
T..
of his professional services, and Mrs.
Archer also gave important testimony.
Sheriff Southwark detailed the tracks
leading 90 the house of Anderson from
Mr.. Halls He searched his house, but
found nothing eliminating excepting
his pants and boots. which were muddy,
lust as boots and pants would likely be
when they plunged down in mud hole
pa the tracks showed the running assail-
ant had done lie arrested him on
the shore of James river where
he was fishing The prisoner told him
lac had been fishing the day of the com
initial Of the crime, and went home that
night early and did not leave. lie meas
ured the racks and found them TO agree
with Anderson shoes both in length
and width. Afterth arrest be made the
prisoner put his foot in the tracks and IL
fit exactly
Mr.. W. B Grover testified as 10 Mrs
Halls condition when he first saw her
IN his opinion. then. She could not live
He described the tracks, and how he
followed them They ran i'm round-a-
bout way from Rev Mr. Halls house TO
the prisoners lie tracked them TO
within 100 Yards of the house, and then
lost them because Of the grass and weeds.
At 3 o'clock the court took recess
until 4 o'clock
EVENING SESSION.
At4o'clock the hearing of testimony
was resumed
Mr.. A. /. Bufiln Dr., was placed on
the stand He said that the rain fell
while Bee Wag. with others, trailing The
track. The roundabout tract. was "a cir
cult of one mile and half lie was
with the parties while the circuit was
being trailed The father of Mt. 4. J.
Bufhn testified TO his being with his son,
and HELPED to trail the footsteps from
Mr.. Halls residence around the circuit
TO within fifty yards of David Ander-
sons house They were the only tracks
ON the road. They were in soft ground
Witness saw them early i'm ihe morning
only few hours after the assault.
Mr.. John X Russell, superintendent
of the public schools for the county, was
the next witness. lie lived about two
and a-half miles from Rev Mr. Halls
house. He was summoned, and on reach
ing the house found Nr. Hall and wife
badly injured He remained there all
night. and next morning saw a track as
if a party had been running away from
the house. He was satisfied that the
tracks were made by number eight or
nine boot OF shoe The rain had been
continuous, and the mud partially
washed them. He said, pointed out TO
Sheriff Southwark where they were, and
where | saw them. The witness was
cross questioned at length as 10 the GUS
tom OF negroes and white people in the
county as TO wearing brogans, coarse
shoes or fine grained shoes.
John Cook, an aged colored man,
walked past David Anderson's house
the night of the assault The Common
wealth asked him did he see any one
there, and if so. what did they say The
defense objected 10 this, and the jury
was sent out. The court Over-ruled the
objections, and the defense excepted.
The Jury were then brought in. The
witness then said be had a conversation
with Anders0n's vile, but did not see
Anderson. Told Anderson's wife that
Mr. Hall had been beaten heard his
wife tell Anderson, and Anderson re-
piled. but could not tell what he said
Passed Andeison's house 10 the setting
up over a corpse, but David was abb
sent
The Commonwealth Attorney after
Cook left the stand, said he was suffer
ing with illness. and in consequence the
court al $3.50 was adjourned until to-day