Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-12
LAST HOURS OF M0X.
Mr.. DAVIS TELLS ABOUT HIS STAY AT
TRg COUNTY POORHOUSe.
srpd,y- Afternoon Visit to Mr.. Feitig's
Home-Thc Biood-stains and Other
Ciucs-Adsms's Case.

A great number Of people sought 20 visit 4
the farm Of MIR. Jacob Feitig on Sunday. /
hut j; is 50 secluded that very few of them 4
succeeded
II adjons the northwestern corner OF 4
Oakwood cemetery, and is entered by 4
road which passes through other small 4
truck farms
tisthe residence which for many years |
vas occupied by Mr.. Pcyton Johnson. and 4
consists of basement of brick and su- I
porstfuciure of wood. The hrst story 1
above the masonry il Of full heighth and /
the second is httlo more than garret un- 1
der high soplng roof.
To the front, that Is to say, between the I
house and 0akwOod are well-tilled fields I
covered with garden truck. To the rear
is "A lane leading down h.ll TO u pasture and /
running stream. and onward to the home \
of the elder Mr.. tetig.
Near each end Of tins lane ferocious .
watchdog is kept chained day and night. /
TIE HAY SHE'D.
Across the lane and opposite 90 the rear
porch of Mr. Feitig's house ~ q shed with /
three stalls. whicn for some time past nave
been used chiefly for storing horse-ieod'
and one OF them II now filled with iodder,
or rather the stalks and blades OF corn cut
green. .,,,
nosdoitcher Is said 10 have slept on the
night of July lst. when he received injuries
on ms head that resulted IN ms dehth at
the county almshOuse about tour weeks
later. On one Of the planks separating
two stalls are 90 be seen biood-prints, as II
Mox endeayored 10 raise himself from a |
reclining position on the ground by /
clutchineat one Of the boards. IhIs stan
j. about fifteen or twenty PAGES ia direct |
line from tho back door OF Alr. feitg /
house.
The blood. marks in Mr.. Feitigs resi-
dpnce alluded 70 bv the officers are TO be |
fouud-frst. at the hack-doOr step; second;
on the stairway leading from the second
story TO the third.
BLOOD OR OH.
Certainly there are marks on the back
door step. but whether they are blood or
oil no human being can tell. unless II be
some chemical expert who can determine
from the ANALYSIS of such small particles as
may he now scrapcd up.
On the wall beside the stairway therea are
certainly bioOd-stalns. There ~ no ques-
tiDu about this. Mr. Ieitlg says that he
poiuted them out 10 the officers. He does
not know how long they have been there
nor hy what means they came there, but he
supposes tha: they are marks made by. one
of the children who was suffering from
uOse-blecdlng.
Ia the same way he accounts for some
alleged drops of blood which ARE TO be seen
Ou the stIir-stcps.
Those who made their way by the de-
v.ous roads % Mr. Feitig's house on sun
day afternoon found him IN the midst OF
group of relatives and friends, all OF whom
were talking IL the livellest possible way
about KOsdcitchers death. There was no
reserve an all. no hesitation IN any respect
aud Mr.. Fetig seemed to have nothing TO
conceal
DISCOVERED BY ADAMS.
The wounded man was discovered oy
Thornton Adams. who arose at sunrise and
went las was his Customl % the wOod-plle
near the stalls for the purpose OF gather
ing fuel with which TO make the fire for
Mrs Feitigto cook breakfast.
Finding ROsdoltcher bloody and insensi-
ble he shouted ont and Mrs. Feitig came
10 the back porch. when Adams seeing her
there told her not 10 come down, That the
man was so bloody be didn't want her to
look at him.
This paper has already fully related how
Mr. Fclttg was notified: how DR.. Bryant I
was summoned how ind Pne evening Feitig
took Moy TO the county poOrhouse how
he recovered and walked about. and
finally how he sckened and died.
ID appears that after Rosdeitcher WAS
wounded and was able to walk about, he
returned 10 Mr.. feitlg's, not once but
three or four times. He came there and
got his horse and brought a lady with him
1
another occasion he came to MIR. Feltig's
and spent some time and then went over
90 the house of the senior Mr.. Feitlg. with
whom he sat down and drank glass of
wine.
DENIED CHABGING 1T TO FEITG.
On the occasion of one Of these visits
some of the members of Mr.. Feitig's family
RccOstcd him with some Vchemence and
demanded 20 know If 1t was true, as they
had heard reported. that he had been
around the neighbOrhoOd telling people
that hlr. Jacob tetlg was the man who
struck him. He denied II utterly and said
be- had never stated any such thing.
Mr. Thornton Adams. who is now held IN
jail as one of the accused like Mr.. jacob
feiug), bears very good reputation. All
the neiehbors say he - a mild and lnot-
fenslvc man and that he would not harm
dog. much less human creature. Some
wears ago hc was the victim of "A severe at
tack of fever, from which he emerged
with somewhat impaired health His mind
j. perhaps not of the most vigorous de-
scnpu0u.
THE DOCS DID BARK.
Mr Feitig. in conversation Sunday eve
ming, declared that II was not true that
whom Captain TYLER and party came TO
arrest him the dogs failed 10 bark. "On
The contrary" sad he, "the dogs barked
very lively, and hearing tins he got up
anu went 10 tNt NluAhM. ne ADMITS tDal
hc was excited and angry at the idea of
being walked from his bed at midnight
and arrested and carried TO jail by negro
constable. but ho insists that he did not
use any such language as that It was q
shame that be was 10 be arrested for the
murder of a "G - d tramp jew"
Suthcrland's driver also insists that tho
expression quoted was not used by MIR.
fetg.
With respect 10 the gum coat and the
pieces of oil-cloth which "Mox" owned,
and the former OF which is covered with
blood. Mr.. Feitlg said ne was under the
impression that the coat was either on
'Mox" when he was wounded or that II
vas under Mox's head.
Tue COUNTY PooRHoUsE.
About two miles from the eastern limits
OF the citv on the north side of the Seven
Pines railroad. ~ an old-fashiOned build
ing standing IN spacious yard. ornament
Ell with several varieties of shade-trees
Between the yard and the railroad is
pretty lawn Of more than an acre of
ground. The original house is two stories
high and built of brick. On two sides
frame additions of one story have been
tuilt. The place l. known as the county
poOrhOusc, but unless a stranger were
shown the subjects of HenricO's charity
grouped about their wards he would take
tho farm 20 be the home of a we'll
old Virginia family.
The yard is kept up with excellent taste.
the grass being neatly cut aud the trees
trimmed with care. The land about is in
high state OF cultivation. and the growing
crops OF corn aud trucks are looking splen-
did The farm-hOusos are all III excellent |
repair. and the stock is IN fine condition.
The county owns sixty acres of ground, I
which comprises the poorhouse farm.
wHeEE rnr PrppLER DIED.
IL was TO this place that Peddler Ros- 4
Geitchor was brought by MIR. Jacob feitig /
about sundown on July I'd. IL was here be /
lsy for several days struggling between life 4
aud death. Al last he grew better. was /
able 10 walk about the yard, and boasted /
TO the other inmates of his wonderful /
streneth. he improved so far AS % be able 1