Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-27
COLOR OF HER DRESS.
THIS MAY PROVE AN IMPORINN
POINT IN THE BRADLEY MURDER
Annie Taylor Has an Examination ana 'ho
Case IL Sent On to the
Grand Jury.

! of James Bradley on sunday last'
This may seem unnatural. but the state
ment is borne out by facts developed inthe
preliminary examination held in the Ponce
/ Court yesterday morning. one oi the VIII
nesses having testified positively that the
woman who plunged the knife INTO the
/ young mans side and drew hls life's Oloou
/ wore a frOck of different pattern from that
/ which il is claimed was worn Oy the pri-
| soner on the occasion Of the fatal deed.
/ What can be made Of this remains - DO
seen but IL having come from one oL M .ho
/ sworn in behalf Of the COmmonweaIn tne
! defence will give all the weight possiDle 10
| it and think they can produce corroDora-
/ tive proof.
N THE COURTROOM.
The courtroom was jammed full of peo-
pie. A., A.. oo.o
would come mp at this time ana huhuIeus
/ Of persons, white and black. crowded INTO
/ the building.
The windows were lowered to afford as
much ventilation AS possible, and yet inc
/ ar was 50 fOul that many persons OF sensl-
! tive instincts found it best TO retire.
| The court-rOoms holding capacity ls
often taxed, but for a woman 20 be charged
with bold and deliberate murder lsanoyel
thing here. and the curiosity TO get
/ glimpse al the alleged slayer OF an unfalth-
/ full lover drew as many persons perhaps as
/ the inclination TO hear the details OF the
I killing. a full and complete account OF
which was published in the Dispatch lues-
/ day morning. ., ,
/ Tho docket being an unusually heavy
one for the middle of the week Justice
/ Crutchfield decided to take up tins char6e
! last, and the people simply had 20 wait.
PRISONER AND COUNSEL.
/ Mr.. Edgar Allan. counsel for the defence.
entered the courtroom about hali-past ~
/ o'clock and, with consent Of the Court.
/ took the prisoner into the private once OF
/ the Police Justice for consultation.
| At o'clock the case was calledi Tor eXaml-
nation. u,,
appeared utterly indifferent 10 what was
/ going on. ,
Commonwealth's Attorney Spotswood
was present for the prosecution.
A DISCREPANCY.
/ Polly White, the first witness, testified
/ that james Bradley was at her house sun
/ day afternoon and tho prisoner came up.
/ jim peeped through the crack OF the door
/ and che (Polly) told him to stand aside,
she weuld see what Annie wanted; Annie
| entered the room, cursed jim, and selzlng
| him bv the coat collar pulled him out IN
the street. She Polly) looked through
the window and saw Annie stab HIM twice
/ with a knife.
AT the Coroner's inquest this witness
was recorded as saving that when Bradley
was stabbed she heard Annie say, You
d son of u -, die Yesterday on
/ cross examination she said the only utter
ancc she heard was the exclamation Ot
Bradley, "Oh, Lordy'"
COLOR OF TUE DRESS.
Mr.. l.. II. Tucker, the only white witness |
/
woman come out Of Polly Whites house |
con Union street and saw the woman stab
the man, but could not identify the woman /
who did the stabbing, as ne could not see /
her face She had on adark-strped dress.
The prisoner, who II was claimed wore
the same dress that she had on at the time
of the killing WAS told to stand up so that
the witness could get good look at her
dress. She had on irock OF blue calico
with large white flowers, and witness sad !
il was not ike the dress worn By the woman /
he SAW do the stabblng.
Polly White was recalled and said she .
wore a blue dress Sunday afternoon but
did not know what kind the prisoner wore. /
oTHEa WITNESSES.
The other witnesses examined We're /
George Bailey, David Carter, Annie wills. |
Christina Page, Emma Davis, and victoria |
GOingS.
None Of these were sworn at the inquest, /
but their evidence in the main was the .
same IA given before the COroners jury. (
The statemants differed in some partcu- /
lars. and were III some degree confilctlng, /
but on the whole they confirm the original /
story.
saw the stabbing and there was no doubt /
on their minds that Annie committed the /
deed George Bailey while on the stand /
said he saw Annie catch deceased by his /
collar and pull him out of the door, and /
and when she got him to the street she /
stabbed him in the lett side. When prI- /
soner came to the house she went through T
all the girls rooms looking for jim, opened .
the knife while III Annie Green's room, and .
declared she would not let him 90 up .
town with any clothes on.
WHAT he SAID.
There was some conflict among the wit /
nesses as to what deceased SAID after beng +
cut. Most Of them agreed that he only .
exclaimed "Oh, Lordy," while Others lu-
sist that he sad more:
Christina Page said when the prisoner /.
dragged Bradley out of the door she re- ,
marked. lyon d-d son -- come on" I
Altogether the evidence made quite "A
strong case for the Commonwealth, and
Annie was sent on 10 the grand jury and 4
tho witnesses recognized for the March .
term of the Hastings Court, which meets /
Monday.
THE DEFENCH.
Mr.. Allan has not yet shown his hand
nor has there been an lntlnatlOn a To 7
what line the defence will take. To a .
Dispafcli reporter he said after the eXami- .
nation that he has large number OF wit I
nes.as whose testimony will throw very .
different aspect on the case,
When the case had been disposed of the
prisoner was taken to photograph gale F
rv. where her picture was taken with a
view to 1t being published. Both she and /
her mother objected 10 this, but her coun- /
sci advised her to allow the picture to be !
published.
William Landrum. who was pardoned |
ont Of lail by Governor Mckinney about /
ten davs ago. was charged with assaultlng
and beating j. T. Wilson. Wilson testified
that he was standing at mis- gate Tuesday
afternoon, and the accused and two other .
Young men passed by. They used pro-
fame language and were disorderly. and
he spoke 10 them, whereupon they
cursed him, and one OF them
threatened to kill him. He (Wilson) I
walked up the street and requested some
one to 90 for an officer. Landrum adj
vanced on him in threatening manner.
He retreated in the direction Of his house, /.
and Landrum took up piece or scantllnS
anu SlFuth MN ONtI lht ithNAs "
painful scalp-wound, which was dressed by
DR.. Smith.
Landrum was sent on to the grand jury. |
James j. Childress. charged with shoot /
ing at and attempting 10 Kill his wlie, /
Emma Childress. was fined $40 for carry
ing concealed weapons and was required
to give bond in the sum OF 500 tor ms I
good behavior for twelve months. Chll- /
dress was before court on the 9TH of Febru- !.
airy on the charge of assaultlng, abusing;
and threatening his wife, and was placed
under bonds in the sum of $500 for ms
good behavior. This bond Justice Crutch- I
field declared forfeited and certified 1t to
the Hastings Court.
An examination was held in the con; |
| tinued case of Charles Fisher charged
with feloniously assaulting and stabbing |
Bundy Ball in the house of Ida Leslie, |
and he was sent on To the grand jury. lie /
was allowed bail in the sum of $500 for /
his appearance in the Hastings Court next
Monday.
THE NEWS or MANCHESTER.