The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-11

IL occurred to me then that he was the
man saw at the new houses. went
there to look at him at the request of
MIR. Massie. do not know whe ther he
was white or colored."
WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE.
hon. II. S. Trout, who was on the
coroner's jury in the Massie case, was
| tho next witness. He was introduced
by the defense, as he had to- leave the
city on the noon train. He was allowed
to testify. He said that Mr. Yates had
told him he had found Stone at the
spot where Mr.. Massie was assaulted
and went with him to the place and
found 1T. He did not remember the
| conversation he had with Yates when
he found the stone.
MORE ABOUT THE PRISONER
c. r. Humphreys: 81 am an engineer
and was working last December on the
narrow gauge road. On the morning of
the 23d OF December L saw Lakewood
at the engine house, just across the
river, near the bridge. He was stand
ing by the fire about o'clock. He was
there again in the evening. 1 asked
him what he was doing. lie SAID he
was working in Roanoke. I never saw
him after that"
EX-OFFIcER BOWER DESCRIBES THE AR
REST.
+. n. Bower: II was a policeman last
December, but am now sanitary inspec-
tor. l was called up in the evening of
tho 10th OF January by man living on
Norfolk avenue to arrest a tramp who
had been giving the people much
trouble. Officer Tally went with mo.
A crowd CT persons followed and we
found ths prisoner standing by q fire
near Tazewell street, which no had
built in the woods. I asked his name,
ana nc gave two names, one of them
was Lakewood.
81 told him I would have to bring
him to town, and told him what it was
for. Coming along he asked what it
was Tor He repeated the question sew
eral times, and when near Woodland
Park, asked If it was not "for that old
man lilo tried to get away once and
insisted that should let him go. When
we got to Railroad avenue he asked mo
how that fellow" was.
VI think he asked mo what he was
arrested for about twenty times.
thought he was negro until tho next
morning when we madc him wash the
black Off His face, hands and neck
had been BACKED all over Mr. Tally
was along with mo, but do not think
he heard what the prisoner said.
These questions aroused my suspicious
and believed that he knew something
about tho case, but never worked on
it."
DETECTIVE CAMpBELL's TESTIMONY.
L. A. Campbell was next sworn and
testified as follows: Il am detective
and have followed the business for six
teen or eighteen years. 1 was en-
ployed to work up this case and came
here January for that purpose.
81 was to he paid per diem and ex-
penses. 1 was to receive no reward.
The first thing I did was to make an
investigation, and the second or third
day after came here found that this
man Daniel had worked at Mr. Massie's.
found this out through Mr.. Tom Mas
sic, and struck the clue in that way.
The next heard Of him he was locked
up the evening of tho 10th. I went
into tho lookup but could not get
much satisfaction out of him. He said
he could not tell which way he went
when no left Mr.. Massie, but if he was
out there he could show me. l saw the
mayor and he ageeed TO let me take him
out.
81 took him out, and in company with
MIR. Wolfe, Mr.. T.. Il. Massie and Mr.
Greasy, went up to the place whore Mr.
Massie was assaulted. He claimed at
first that he came down the street from
Mr.. Massie's to store and got some
goods. He then went to the West End
Furnace. He said he came back the
next morning. We then went up to Mr..
Massie's house. Here he made differ
emit statement. He said he came down
the board walk on Campbell street to
the stone house and went over to the
railroad. Then he went on down to the
Bridge Works, where he staid all night
81 found | could get no satisfaction
out OF him and so got colored man
and put him in the cell with him. One
night at the station-house Mr.. Massie
and myself were together. We gave
this colored man letter which | had
prepared purporting to come from his
sister, Laura Daniel. The keeper of
the station took the letter into the pris-
oner. heard the colored man reading
the letter to the prisoner"
Objections were made by the defense
to this testimony, which were overruled
by the judge
81 was standing at the door and heard
him reading it. Then Mr.. Bailey, the
keeper, turned out the lights then
took off my shoes, crowed-in, and got up
close to tho cell. Grasty said, Laura
and Redd are sorry you have got into
trouble. Daniel replied, Redd and l
used to have good times when we strip
ped tobacco together in Danville.'
Grasty then said, What made you hit
tho old man so hard?' Daniel replied,
Il did not mean to hit him so hard"
Mr.. Campbell was cross-examined at
considerable length by Capt. Berkely.