Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-06
THE GRISS0M CASE.
MORE TEsTlMoNY-AeAe or REPORTS
MISSING.
,,,tdencc Cor the Prosecution Concluded
4 Rich and Interesting Preliminary
Examination Capturcd-~Noies.



BurraH. n. G. July 5--The Grissom in
Vcstication was continued to-day with the
same manifestation on the part of thepub-
lie rs has prevailed during the week. SIEVE
al witnesses were examined touching the
charges Of cruelty 90 patients and misap-
Yropraiion. One witness. former at
taudant. testified that DIR. Grlssom forced
INN with 81 revolver pointed at his head 90
SION paper stating that he had not wit
messed any immortality at the asylum.
yohu W. Thompson. steward of the asylum
one of the prosecutors. was put on the
stand TO-DAY and gave evidence on the
charges of cruelty 20 patients and misap-
propuailon.
In fhe opening Of the session this morn
inc Mr. Whitaker, for the prosecution,
called f0r the reports for the female wards
far March. 1855. They Aere produced
D.. Grisson was asked if he could pro-
duo. tho reports for March. He said: BE- !
9ouot know. After the reports were in
G1ccfrd bN the officers those for the female
wards were turned over 20 the matrcn, aud
those ior thc male wards to the steward"
Mrs. Lawrence, The matron. was called IN
nnd asked il she knew where the reports
ior March were. She said she had put
faem ~ q sack and slowed them away in
the attc. There we're other reports dating
nlch TO 1882, which were in the same sack
She did not know they were misplaced I'M
al She looked for them last week. She
made q thorough search herself and failed
60 End thcm
Counsel for defendant requested that
lirs Lawrence should make another
th1r0ugh search for the reports, and she
loit Co uo so.
The prosecution closed it, evidence to-
day. The defence will call witnesses to-
morrow There Rre nearly one hundred.
Dr. Griss0m himself VIII appear in his own
behalf on the witness-stand.
INTERESTING CASE.
An interesting case was heard in a pre-
limuary tuI n BuncOmbe county yester-
dar. s number of lawless individuals
were arrested. and in the examination of
witnesses % mass Of deviltry was laid bare.
Tearing down Of buildings. the shooting at
boys. rocking houses. burning Of lumber,
destruction Of wagons and other property
We're brought prominently 10 knowledge
Oid-'iWc feuds between nclghbOTs were
exposed. aud former indictments for
yAuous offences against tie law were
God 90 ln open court. In most OF these
disturbances the cause had been disputes
ivc titles to lands. The law had been SLOW
o. settling disputes and certain citizens
concluded upon adopting law upon them
Selves. The spirit Of ucighbOrly love and
good feeling has not been largely developed
iu that section of late years. After hearing
the testimony Henry Clay Dillingham;,
Thomas Dillingham;, Bud Iudgins. Ebert
Dillingham;, and Faris Dillingham; were
bound over for Criminal Court for general
lsRlcssno~s aud outrage.
GRAND ENTERTATNNKST
The ladies Of Asheyillc Yesterday de-
ciicl 20 arrange for grand entertainment
ior the bonfit of the disabled and needy
soldiers of Buncombe county, to be held
carly iu the fall. 10 Is possible that part
Of the proceeds may be given 10 the pro-
posed soldiers home.
The Cumberland Mills, Fayetteville. have
stopped their machinery for sixty days.
During the stoppege the propUctors viii
put new floors an the mill, throw out "a large
part OF the present machinery, and re-
place It with the latest improved.
The dyseuterv Is raging IN Laurinburg
with alarming fatality. A funeral sermon
was lr achcd over three bodies at the
came time one day his week.
A nugget ~ gold weighing IL mounds
b Just been found in the Bllosyille gold
mile. Stanley county. and rich finds OF
smaller nuggets are being made.
cAPrUHrD.
John Williams. who shot and seriously
wounded Is. j.. Lewis, of Moore county,
November DO. 1883. was captured this week.
n shooting affair was on account OF
H woman with whom both men were
Hn love Lewis has recovered and Is al
Mork. though his life for a long time hung
W q thread. Williams went 10 Favette-
Vilc. where hc was more fortunate IN
~ oing. now being Ii possession OF a POO
b uul better half
Il MOTIFS.
lfilo p0ard ~ t.sossors TO value the
III nchisp of the tapc Fear and ladkn-
" los Railroad Company, composed Of the
dwcrr9r, Auditor, and Treasurer of the
Sit. hayefxed the value of the franchises
az the road at S#i.8I0.4S. The Board
OF Assessors representing the counties
through which the road runs determined
the value of the road. right OF way, super
structure. main and side tracks, depot
buildings. grounds, section and other
houses. and tools of tho road TO be SGl4,-
fH0.s-. and rollug-stOck TO be Sl2O,5'j,
making total ot S795. 335.8s.
Lightning killed a pair Of INC mules be-
longing To tbo Rcd Springs Lumber Conn
r1uy five miles from Red Springs vcstor-
nay The driver was knocked % distance
Of several feet and badly stunned.
Rev. r.. T. Gray pastor Of the Baptist
gnrrch Dol Fayetteville. and family made
fhe.r departure yesterday for Denver, Col,
their future home where MIR. Gray goes TO
tcc.pt % cai ln that city.
? The truck-lagug ON the railroad 20
Greonvle is progressing rapidly. The
Cr,auvlllo people expect TO hear the loco
hafiy.-,gh i-tlr by July 18th.