Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-29
THE TRIAL OF GAUL.
me Testimony In His Case Almost
Gotten Through With Yesterday.
scyAsEE AGAIN ON THE STAND.
lie Thought Atwer Had Coupling
Fin In uls Hand--tvfdenco OF
Engineer Hsnkins.

.. che trial OF William T. Gaui the
Nd accomplice OF Thomas n. Nc
,..,,cc In the murder OF Robert Lee
Acwon ,,u A,..,
,..,c,ony. and the defence has only one
.o witness TO introduce. Counsei IN
=. case will go into court to-day win
,.,r Instructions In hand, and IL Is more
az, probable that verdict VIII DC
t,r.hcoming this evening.
v.spc the attendance upon the trial
,..,orlay morning was quite SLIM such
NOT the case in the afternoon. The
,,.r and sister of the accused and
t.,v with whom he boarded occu-
.i cats near the prisoner during the
..,- s.ssion. Gaul was more composed
.., before. and manifested no nervous
d., whatever.
,o.ture Of the day was the evidence
,,,Nanee and the long and rigid cross
...r..nation that he underwent at the
,.,l. II counsel for the prosecution.
THE CORONER'S STATEMENT.
,.,,n court assembled Coroner Taylor
go. placed on the witness stand. and
.yaln went over the result of the
..,opsv upon the body OF Atwell. The
r,..i,r exclaimed the course taken by the
,..r.fs. and illustrated the attitude Nc
x.r,ce and Atwell must have borne to-
..rl each other when the shots were
..,. He referred To the slight abrasiOns
...., the brow and nose Of the deceased,
,r.-r he said. could have been pro-
f...F hy falling upon the ground, or by
ft.ts from stick. From the appear
..... ~ the garments the Coroner had not
&c.,. able to ascertain the distance be-
t...n McNamee and Atwell. but thought
~ thoro had been struggle between
tta men the clothing would very proba-
l.r have been powdcr-burned. Dr. Tay-
I.r reiterated what he had formerly
..r concerning the size Of Atwell. He
..r the deceased measured &c IL inches
around his chest.
HELD by GAUL.
Tho second witness to testify vas VIII
INN IT, Nunnally. who opened the door
% .ae shanty when Gaul ratified at the
l,a--knoh. lie Identified the prisoner as
,-. man who called for Atwell, and said
t..t the yard conductor was being held
f-u behind when the first shot was
frf... Nf IiN3A lFllk AtAt Ipitnit Nhfl
Tan Iie observed a scuffle and heard At
wa boiler as II being choked lust be-
f.~e the shooting. After the first shot
ral been fired Atwell assumed a sort OF
s+..i.nC posture and ran toward Nun
ylrv Atwcll carried lighted lantern.
which went out when he fell. Witness
va. positive that Atwell wore no over
co.' On the night Of the killing.
N.ssrs. Smith and Carter subjected the
witness to rigid cross-eXamination. but
D. material points We're elected.
VIEW THE SCENE.
50 this iunCture recess was taken in
ori.r that the jury could 80 down TO the
scene u the homicide. The Judge. coun-
So and the witness went along, and
Nurnally pointed out to the jury the po-
s-.on OF the parties TO the tragedy of
I.-,mber 9th.
court reconvened and J. r.. Shelton.
nephew Of the deceased. was then called
t. IN. stand. and his statement was quite
SIMILAR - that made during the McNa-
nce trial. He. too. stated that Gaul ran
rp Dock street after the first shot had
taen fired. while McNamee ran down that
thoroughfare after the shooting The wit
ness said that he went twice TO the door
% see who called Atwell ont OF the
sr1nty. as he knew the yard conductors
family were away and that one Of his
Children had been sick. and feared that
tta message was from the family Of Mr.
Atwell When he went 10 the door the
second time he saw that Gaul and Atwell
l-d stepped across the street. He went
"a 'h'Ii time. and was accompanied by
g. soy but could not tell whether he and
q l-.y remained together after leaving
tte sh9nty.
STRUCK AT EACH OTHER.
shelton said he saw McNamee and
t'wtll strike at each other. Then he
saw Gaul hit at Atwell end grab him
Some further unimportant evidence was
gotten out II the witness.
Jack McD0nOuch. a mail-wagon driver
- The time OF the homicide. testified
hat be was about forty-five yards away
nom the electric-light pole when the
shooting occurred. He heard the shots.
mi looking toward the men. saw At
well pulling away from some one after
the first shot had been fired. Witness
could not recognize the man who held
A'wen hut only saw three parties TO the
difficulty.
CuNy Tralnhan. a negro Waterman In
the vicinity # the homicide, said that a
man ran past him after the first shot had
1-en fired The coat-sleeve Of the man
va. torn and the lining could be seen by
The witness. Trainham said he spoke to
,h- man. but the latter made no response.
Ne recognized this person In Gaul the
next Jay al the Coroner's inquest and
s1 told some one.
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
rIa,rher AIosbv. the negro youth who
stood In the door at Lees llmeklih anu
..w the tragedy testified that this was
short distance away from the scene OF
I'm, Killing He said he saw man with
U--. clothes on catch Mr.. Atwell In the
breast and strike him over the head
WITH stick and then turn him loose. Inc
n,.n with the light oveTcOat on fired one
.t.t II th.. ward conductor and the man
vim the dark clothes on ran up boch
STREET The man with the light oVercoa y. :
t1-n fired two other shots ana ran on
Gown Dock street. 90,
How many men did you see there!
asked Mr.. Richardson. No
81 SAW three. including the man VINO
va, KILLED. was the response OF the VIII
Bees. I'D
o- denomination Fletcher saiu
f. v.,s rositive that Mr.. Atwell was not
ts.ur held when the first shot was hIeu,
as the man with dark CLONES y" -,
then getting away. He did not see 'N'''
tho coat sleeve OF any ohO W." - "a
Flle Jones. another little negro, saiu
h. Mas sitting beside Fletcher Morton ui'
tie nght ~ the killing. He toid eNacuy
H.. mo story concerning the shooarns
thst had been narrated by Fletcner ihe
v.,r.ss could not tell whether the man
,so s,ruck Mr.. Atwell had an oVercoa'
nn ~ NOT hut he was positive that the
person who shot the pistol haa on ISL Is,
oyerc,at. lie said he did not near az = =
bo,y hallow except Mr.. Atweh, anu nr
ceyit moi tell what the yard-conuuSsoi
said After having answered some tut
lher unimportant questions TINS wiuivss
A. asked TO stand aside, ana inc @o"'
IA a recess until AIS O'Clock.
The Afternoon Session.
4 much larger crowd was In at,ehuano.
s.on the afternoon session or the couI
yzan were on hand In the morning. ~
hrsi Witness TO testify was Oihcer ,. w.
H0idcraft. who WAS dispatched 10 .no
scene Of the killing. lie described 'he
manner In which he found the uead man
and added. in response TO a question pro-
rounded by Mr. Richardson, that the uc-
ceased did not have a weapon IN MS pocN-
cts or about him. He said he did not
even find a pocket-knife among Atwehs
Effects. =
This statement was corroborated py
Sergeant Matthews. who also went dowh
20 the corner Of Twenty-eighth and DOCK
streets shortly after the killing. the ser
geant told Of the finding OF the broken
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