Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-22
mnoueALp MURDER TRIAL.
Insurance Policy, Postal-CRrds, Clothes,
and Attem pied Poisoning of Connolly


and Attempted Poisoning of Connolly.
Especial telegram to the Dispatchl
FAxErTRvrILE, N. c., November 21.-G.
8. Mcmillan, DIR. A. w. Hamer, ID. U.
Roper. John Currie, John Wilkes, George
Currie. DIR. Currie, DIR. Prince, g. ID. Eve
rlngton, Powell Hill. w. s. Graham, A: +.
BiEzell, George Rich. and Mckay McKin-
non were the witnesses examined to-day.
The evidence consisted in identifying Nc
Dougald's handwriting and establishing
the fact that the prisoner at the bar was
instrumental in Conolly's taking out the
Sc, 200 insurance policy ON his life, making
HIS aunt. Margaret Connolly, the beneficiary
In the event OF the policy holders death,
and that McDougald paid the first pre-
MUM ($239) on the policy.
TELL-TALE PosTAL-cARD.
A postal card was introduced ostensibly
for the purpose of weaving the web of EVIL
dence closer around the prisoner bearing
date of {" Iaurinburg, N. O., September IS,
1880, addressed to ID. q. Roper, agent OF
the Mutual Life Insurance Company, OF
New York, ut Tatums Station, 5. Co." as
"Dear Dan,-You can send me the policy
and I'll remit to you. MIR. Connolly ar
ranged il with me to pay you, so you can
send or bring it when you get 1t approved
ttfy Ic5DtCllull1s
ID. A. McDoUoALD."
ATTEMPTED POISONING.
The evidence also showed an effort on
McDougald's part TO poison Connolly last
fall with strvchnine IN candy, John
Wilkes, q nearby neighbor, testltying
that Connolly came to his house one morn
ing about the latter part of November last
directly from the defendant and was sud
denly taken violently i'll, shaking and
Jerking, finally keeling over and making
the noise of dying man. at which wilkes
became alarmed and sent post-haste tor
DIR. Currie. who came and pronounced the
symptoms similar to those produced by
taking poison into the stomach, IN which
opinion other physicians eoncurred. Inc
testimony of G.. ID. EverlnRton and MS
clerk (Mr. HID, druggists of LauriD burg,
was that McDougald bought OF them on
one occasion ten cents worth of brandy
drops and five cents worth later, helping
himself in the last instance out OF box.
when he was virtually caught IN the act or
mixing powders with the candy, and
which afterwards was chemically analysed
and found to be strychnine.
THE SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Mckay MeKinnoL testified that he saw
the prisoner at his house April 25th last,
who told witness that he was gong over
70 Mchinnon's mill, at Campoells DrluBe,
after some clothes he heard had been
found there, and which defendant thought
would form an important link in evidence
against the murderer of his uncle, Simeon
Connolly; that he returned about noon with
the clothes, and showed witness light
pair pants, an undershirt, slightly. soiled
About the neck, and package OF lamp
black, and asked If he did not. think the
pants had been worn by ploughman, and
that he suspected Willard Moore as q muir
derer.
McDougald has In every instance proved
an unspotted character. 1t is now alleged
that the most startling testimony has been
purposely withheld for the last. The tes-
timony for the defence will hardly be
opened before next Tuesday. The court
adjourned till Monday.