Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-04
do Won know what he carried with him


Mr.. Feitig called him 70 get up and
hitch It. and he did so. i didn't see him
any more until o'clock then. for after my
husband left he went upstairs again"
AS FAR as you know was Mr.. Adams the
only man on the place after your husband
left?
Yes. AS far as I know he was"
Mr.. Richardson again asked the witness
ne 10 the amount OF money "Mox" had on
the night before his assault. TO the best
of your recollection was it a S5 note and
some ga nofesl" he inquired.
She replied: II couldn't say for sure
think that was IT,"
"Who was in the room when Mox was
counting his money!
Adams and Sully."
CROSS KxAMISEp.
Mr.. Wise asked the witness where the
negro Sully slept when on their place.
I'VE have q little room next TO the
kitchen-room where he sleeps" she an
swered.
when your husband woke up tnat
morning whom did be call TO hitch the
horse?"
Adams. He first called the colored
boy sst he warn't in his room"
" Had he been in there that night?
asked Dlr. Wise.
Il can't saw" replied the witness.
Did il often happen that he would be
absent when Mr.. Feitig would call him!
He was always there 10 hitch up the
horse except that morning"
Upon finding that Sully was not IN his
room. YOU say that your husband then
called Adams. Was he in his ROOM"
" Yes. SIR, and he came down the way he
ALWAYS does"
Did he go TO the stable?'
Yes, sir"
WAS the stable IN different direction
from the barnI"
Yes. sir"
lie couldn't see the peddler then; he
would come in different direction Z"
YES"
"When Mr.. Feitig left, where did Adams
go?n go?.,,,
THE FOUR PRESENT.
Mrs. Feitig stated that on the night be-
fore the assault after supper Mr.. Feltlg
commenced reading aloud, and there were
then present herself. Mox." and Adams.
What was Adams then doing" she
was asked.
=" He was sleep"
Didn't be go to bed before Mox
left?"
Yes"
After supper he went away"
DID YOU hear Adams leave the house
until he was called the next morning.
"NO. sir, | did not, although i have q
young baby and am awake great deal III
the night. He couldn't move without my
hearing him
Where was 'Mox' going to sleep that
night"
in the she'd"
do YOU remember on one occasion
giving .an old pocket-bOok to Thornton
Adams?n asked Mr.. Wise.
." Yes. sir, replied Mrs. Feitig, II gave
hlm one. He came to me one day and SAID
he lost some money and that he wished he
had purse and gave him one"
is that ANYTHING like the one you gave
him 7" asked Mr.. Wise, producing the
pocket-book found in Adams's room,
" ! think this is the one" the lady re-
piled. u
this pocket-book had 1t escaped your men,
ory? ~ asked Mr.. Wise.
" Yes sir. but remember it now"
You didn't remember the circumstance
of giving ii TO Thornton Adams when first
questionedf
Il didn't then, but do now"
SHE DIDN'T REMEMBER.
Here Mr.. Thomas commenced a cross
examination of the witness and asked her
If She hadn't made contradictory state.
ments when speaking to the county au-
tborities about the pocket book.
Didn't you say that Won didn't know
ANYTHING about il them" he asked.
Il didn't think about it then" the wit
ness replied, but remembered 1t when
Adams told me of It,"
"Didn't YOU tell us that you thought II
resemblcd Mox's book
Il said il was like MoN's book, but
couldn't swear 1t was IT."
AT the time Mr.. Adams was arrested dld
he have any pocket-booll on his person that
you know of"
u cannot say, but he gave me his money
TO keep for hun. II was "A IS bill and ~
piece"
During her testimony Mrs. Feitig was put
through most searching examination, but
with the exception Of her statements about
the purse, her testimony was very straight
forward.
WHAT TIE SHERIFF KNOWS.
Sheriff Southwark was next called, anc
stated that when he arrested Adams, h'
searched his room and found the pocket
book. After he had been arrested he was
told TO 90 and dress and started of for his
room, but before doing SO II occurred t6
the Sheriff TO search his room. This h'
did, and found the pocket t-book. he ask
ed Adams was IL his. and he. said IT wa
not. Some time after this Adams told Mr
Southwark that Mrs. Feitig had gwen 1t tC
HIM. That was when he was in jail anc
after some of his friends had been TO sec
him. Mrs. Feitig, the Sheriff said, tolc
him that hIox had purse like the one II
Adams's possession, but she would mol
state positively that it was the peddler's
she would not like to say whether 1t was ol
not.
At tho house of Mr.. Feitig Adams hat
no clothes. All he had were at his sister
m this city, and her house was searched
by an officer with a search-warrant
"When YOU arrested Adams where was
hep" asked Mr.. Wise.
II think he was out in the field, replied
the Sheriff. The pocket-book was on th'
mantelpiece in paper box"
Didn't people visit Adams at the JAN
"He was never seen unless the county
officers were present, but went III once
or twice and saw him alone myself"
THE DEAD MANS FRIEND.
The next witness called was Mr.. Nj. Me
tellts. a venerable old Hebrew gentleman
with long white beard and patrlarcha
air about him. He did not speak Englisi
very well-perhaps not es well as he doe
on other occasions, being somewhat ex
cited-but stated that he knew Mox
from the time that he first came TO thi'
country: that he was at his house on tn
29th Of June. Deceased then had SSS Il
ereenbacks. S1l in silver dollars, anC
300. GO in small change. There were two
Sl0 notes, two IS. two 81, and four =
notes. "Mox" carried his notes in lon
red purse or pocket-book. A purse Will
! two clasps contained his silver money.
When the purse referred TO IN the abo'y
evidence was shown 10 MIR. Metellits h
WAS almost confident that II was the on
formerly owned by the peddler, but be
tween HIS broken English and the frequen
and puzzling interrogationso OF the lawyer
il was difficult to get u very straight stor.
/ from him.
ABOUT THE PURSE.
Sam. Metellits. the son of the gentlema
who preceded him, was then placed on tn
stand. and rivalled Sam Weller IN tn
complexity of his statements, He ais
( knew the peddler well and had had frt
ouent dealings with him. He had had Tn
pocket book of the deceased IN his han
and knew all about II. 1t was rather woIr