Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-09
FUN WITH TOM OCHILTReE.
The Bold Texans yeracity and Capacity
for Scotch wbislsey Attacked.
lNew Yol'k MorId.l

Colonel Tom Ochiltree diplomat, states
man, and warrior held a levee I'm Part
III. General Sessions. New York. on We'll
.nesday. whero he appeared as the COM
planning witness against James +. Lynch.
n Misunderstanding lad. who nursed the
doughty Colonel when he was sick last
January in his apartments at No. west
Thirty-thir1 street.
Some time during the night 81 January
18th II seems that the Colonies gold watch
and chain. and a miscellaneous lot Of
jewelry. and what the attorney for the
defendant termed "a lot of the gallant
Coloners misht clothes" disappeared with
the niSht. Colonel Ochiltree was able u
sit up the next morning and incidentally
sent for a policeman, who arrested Lynch,
his nurse.
When Judge Cowing callel the case
every available foot Of space I'm the court
room was tenautcd Colonel Ochiltree
went on the stand and made brief state
ment. When J. Power DOnnelan,
young attorney. who represented Lynch,
took the Colonel for Gro accumulation
the fun that the crowd was waiting for
commenced The defendants attorney
started out at once by asking Colonel
tfniltfFfs W nat - 1pttt ifRuAhAipilf ~
for truth and veraclty?'
why sir this is perfectly Infamous"
gasped the Colonel. while Judge Cowing
looked up In disapproval at the smiling
audience. but Donnellan kept up his fire
rs IL true. Colonel, that this watcr
which you claim You lost you won from
n FRIEND IN e game Of poker
at IS UNANIMOUSLY false" almost hiSs d
the Colonel ut was the gift of a friend
1T is not true. then. that YOU at one
time left that watch with n girl. and she
gave you her locket TO wear instead?'
at Is perfectly false" shouted the Colo
mel. az he glared up AT the Judge.
is It not probable that some one else
might have taken that watch besides
Lynch: that Is. " there were other people
around?"
"You might have taken 1t If you'd been
there"
Then the Colonel replied to various
questions. denying that on the night OF
January 18th he had sent the faithful
Lynch out three times for a quart of
Scotch whiskey. He declared. moreover,
that on the night in question he had
drank nothing but club soda.
After the Colonel was allowed 10 leave
the witness-chair. Stephen Pearl
queer-looking little d,ky with a very
elastic memory, was put on the stand To
testify to having seen the watch I'm
Iynch'S possession. Pearl is a hall-boy.
IN the building where Colonel Ochiltree
has apartments. and he told the Court
what an honest boy he was, and how
panied he was To see Lynch coming down
stairs on the night of the thefts gayly
displaying the Colonies watch. other
witnesses were put on the stand to patch
up the Colonels tattered case against
Lynch. but IL was almost useless.
Lynch himself told a Straightforward
story of his actions on the night Of the
DISAPPEARANCE Of the articles. and Gre
ated more than n favorable impression
on the Jury. Several businessmen or
good standing went on the stand and tes-
titled to his good reputation in the past,
and the result of il all was that the jury
came out in four minutes after retiring
with verdict Of not guilty.
Colonel Ochiltree did not wait TO near
the verdict. He seemed To divine that his
case was lost. and only remained long
enough TO hear his praises as congress-
man and marshal voiced by Assistant
District Attorney Townsend.
The Colonel, however. still bears some
malice against Donnellan. and as he
walked out Of the court he whispered to
the bailf. lomging against the outer
rail; THE idea. Of a man asking me
my reputation for veracity. Ii Is IN
famous.