The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-04
QUESTIONS AND ANswnRs.

/ QUESTIONS AND ANHN tk~s
| In the following evidence great deal was
given by witnesses in answer 10 questions.
the questions in most cases being only Ia
make the answers more clear:
| Mrs. Jacob Fetig: MoN came 10 my
house on Saturday evening and stayed until
| Wednesday. when Mr.. Feiug carried him
10 the pOOr-hOuse. The night before be was
struck, Nh Feitig was reading 10 MOX.
saw him have MONEY. | was fixing supper
and the colOred boy had come in. MoN
showed me the m0ney-Sll in all. one
piece was a 50 note. paid Sully $50, the
money due him. lie bought some things
from MoX, and paid him $l.20.
AT this point pOcket-bOOk, Of which the
public had not heard of before, was pro-
duced. 1t is very old, well-worn purse,
double clasps, and the division in the mid
| die bad been torn out.
Mrs. Fetig said that MoX's pOcket-bOok
did not look like the one handed her. Con-
tinuing, she said Mr.. Adams told me about
MOX being wounded. He went out To the
wood-pile to get me some wood to start Il
fire. The axe always lies on the wOod-pile.
1t was between and 6 o'clock in the morn
ing. Mr.. Fetig got up about O'Clock and
carried vegetables to market. Mr.. Adams
hitched up the horse. Sully was not
there. Adams went upstairs after my hus-
band LEFT. lie was not bound to see Ross
deitcher in htching the horse, as the stable
was in different direction from where MOX
was lying. The night before my husband
was reading. Adams was sleeping shortly
after. Adams went upstairs. In the
morning Sully came up the road.
When ROssdeitcher left us at night he
went out back door by Sully's room. lie
went 10 sleep in the shed. The steps are by
the pump. Yes, gave Thornton Adams "A
pOckei-bOok. lie lost some money-ten
cents-one day, and when he came back he
asked me for something to put his money
in. The pOckct-bOOk handed 10 her before
was identified by her as the one she gave to
Adams. saw it when it was found in
Adams room. Mr.. Southwark showed il 10
me. Yes, at that time | said Mox had a
pOcket-bOOk like that one. ! did not remem-
Der then about my giving pOcket-bOOk TO
Adams. When Adams was arrested | DO
not know whether he had a pocket-book or
not. lie gave me six dollars the day he
was arrested TO keep for him.
sHERIFF's TESTIMONY.
Mr.. j. w. Southwark: When | arrested
Adams | found the pOcket-bOOk (reierring
10 the one shown Mrs. Feitig) in Adam :
room. arrested him out near the shed in
which ROssdeitcher was hurt. While we
were ltlkll-. MIS- Ttitlg tOlu MN 10 ulte,
himself, | wanted to search the room. |
found the pocket-book on the mantle-piece.
asked him whose p0cket-b0ok il was, and
he replied that ii was an old one that had
been thrown around. but did not think il be-
longed 10 him. He had been In jail three
or four days when | asked Mrs. Feitg about
the book. She stated that MoX had owned
poe textbook like the one showed her, but
could not say positively that il was the
one. | think Mr.. fetig was present
at the examination. When searched
Adams room | found a lot of children's
toys and an oyercOat. Adams stated that
his clothes were at his sisters in the city.
Before leaving Mr.. Feiiig's he gave Mrs.
feitig fye-dOllar bill and silver dollar TO
Keep for him. The purse was found "a
month after Hcss0eitcher was found. We
searched sully's room when we arrested
him. No persons have seen Adams in Jail
without the presence of myself or deputy
sheriff.
Mr.. NJ. Mettalits: Rossdeitcher came 10
my house sunday, the c9th Of June. My
house is on Franklin street. ] am tailor.
knew him when he first came TO this
country, and once lac stayed with me six
months. The sunday he came 10 my house
he had SIS in greenbacks, Sll in silver dol.