Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-30

day or night this week. So ON weanea.
Gay night I went TO his house. hut be
was not at homc az he had said he would
be. The next night l went 20 zee a friend
OF mine and OF Atwell's He was a MIR.
Faris (or Ferris). He told me that MIR.
Aiweii and his ,amiiy had gone 10 the
cecntry, and would not return until FRI
cay evening. That belrg this evening, /
wtnt again to his house and found him
cut. but his family at home. then went
again 90 see Mr.. Faris, and he said that
he had discovered that ne was mistaken
In saying that Atwell had left the city, as
only his family had gone. He said to me
that would find Atwell down on Twenty
cigl,th street Richmond).
WANTED AN APOLOGY.
81 then remarked that he must apollo
gize for having insulted my wife. and
went out 10 find Atweil. He was found
by me on the street at the corner OF
Twenty and Dock. 1 do not care
20 go into the details OF the difficulty
until have secured counsel"
Then you have not engaged an attor-
neyg' queried the scribe.
mo. After the shooting l may have
run about a square: then thought about
what 70 do. | remembered that Mr..
Vaughan. who Is here with me now, was
my brother-in-law, and only lived about
square or two away. / went 10 his
house and told him that l had shot Atwell
I'm sclf-deferce."
THAT Is Just what he did" interposed
Mr.. Vaughan. who was anxious that the
prisoner should not talk any more to the
reporter.
''Did you ask Mr. AtwelI to retract the
offensive language used to your wife?'
asked the news-gatherer.
4 frf aA ha. rnVafNn h5y n
me II came to him for the purpose Of
having him make an apology, and l re
Piled that did He then struck me with
something twice" Here the accused ex-
hibited black greasy mark across the
palm Of his left hand and a slight bruise
on the back Of the same hand.
81 wnrded each blow. and he then
stepped back and threw his hand behind
him as II TO draw a pistol, when fired
at him"
WAS MNAMEE'S STICK.
At this juncture Sergeant Matthews and
Officer Holdcraft. who had gone out TO
hunt for McNamee. came in. The latter
Immediately walked up to the prisoner
and asked who it was with him when he
did the shooting.
He replied; If there was any one
within the distance Of this room at the
time except Atwell l did not know it,
The officer had with him a broken stick
| of some sort Of hard wood, painted black.
rs this your cane?' interrogated the
Dispatch man.
YES sir
How came II to be broken?"
81 struck at Atwell in the ARRAY but
do not think | hit him. l was under the
impression that l struck the blunt in
strument he held In his hand"
JfpIdprQf ''WhO are GTnnlONcd Will
you in your upholsterinG business
~ Mr. Henney and another man.
DECLINES TO ANSWER.
"Who was 1t with you in Manchester
at o'clock this evening"
II must decline to answer that ques
| ton"
What di1 you do with the pistolY'
81 threw It away"
"Haye you any idea where you threw
it?"
Il can say had the weapon when
went to Mr.. Vaughan's house but tha
he knew nothing of it. do not know
| now where II is
He intimated that any discussion of th'
revolver would possibly bring some one
| into the affair who had no earthly con
noction with the killing.
ATWELL QUITE POPULAR.
| Lee AtWell, as ne was cohlUohly Caic'
! by his friends. was one Of the most popu
lar employees OF the railroad. All Of hi
| fellow-employees spoke in the hlghes
terms OF him. and around his home II
! Manchester the greatest grief was ex
| pressed over the sad tragedy. McNamee
too. has always been highly esteeme'
bv his neighbors in Manchester. and hi
action was a surprise to all VINO knew
! him
Atwen was a consistent member O
| stockton Street Baptist church, Mancnes
ter. and was member of Hende rsoI
Lodge No. 105, Odd-FelloVs. He leaves
n wife and three children. the Oldest o
whom Il years and the youngest
| His wife was a Miss Taylor of Amelia
| county. and she. with her children Il
| at Amelia Courthouse spending the Christ
mas with her parents.
! NcNamee has a wife and one child
! 4 reporter called on Mrs. McNamee las
| night but she was suffering from seVeI'
nervous prostration and could not b'
/ cpaD