Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-16
EVIDENCE ALL In.
,rgument in The Goodman Murder Trial
Will Begin To-Day.
PROSPECTS, FOR THE PRISONER.
| Light Sentence or a MiStrial Looked
for by Outsiders.
lis REPUTATION FOR VERAClrf
Sustained by Prominent '''''"''
Md Richmond city om''"''' """
E.y. pr. hatcher.


Md Richmond city ome'a''' """
Rev. Dr. hatcher.
>c,.,, ,.o,rcepsndence Of the DISPATCH
c,,,~GToN. VA. August lS.-Ihe eVi-
,,o Goodman murder trial, which
already been In progress e's"' u"' =
IS concluded this afternoon. arsune"'
-. ,.,.t, tomorrow as soon as JuoSe
49,. Gives his Instructions to the jury
a,t ,bc case viii probably be submitted
Friday afternoon.
Averiict may therefore be expected oy
a. ..,, - ,te week. but what will this
verdict be-
This Question is now on every ip' anu
s,.er,dailon IS rife As to the result in'
friends of Captain Goodman feel 'ha' ms
defence has been made strong A'lo ~"
acicnt. and expect either "A Ne'u''' -
aroittal or hung jury
Tho prosecution. on the other hand. oA-
,rcss the belief that they have h'@"e .
strong cnse Of murder IN the hfst oes'e''
ana look for such hndlng' ,...,
m. consensus Of opinion. ho"eN.''
~. chose who have heard the teSu-
,,'g,v and are not interested on ellner
49, maj there will either be hung
iury or q very light sentence
OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.
.r,... outlook for the prisoner certainly
-. Car brighter that u has at any other
,.,.. during the Trial Monday hlght Iht
','.,.r..4,.n about the courthouse was 'h't
.ee verdict would be murder IN the Sc
,4 degree. and even last night. ai'er
,... r~.-oner's apparently frank ana non
49,. settlement ~ the whole occu'icnsc
,.I been somewhat weakened by seN''c
,.-.x.rrlinatiou. the same view was
49,. many. This evening. however
90. ,..rl. are 10 be found who look ior
- r,,u a few years Imprisonment
Ii, nutshell. the result Of TO-DAY
',t,,... vr.s that Captain Goodman
rr.g,i the highest possible reputA tIoh loi
IN and veracity. and indirectly es-
,.ht.b.d "A fine character generally 'hdt
u. commonwealth received sci oaoN
.. inadtistily pressing one OF the
fences witnesses to tcstity that ne "HN
hoard the yeracity Of one oi the 'on'-
r..owcalth's most important w',nesS
,...-tion.d. and that the defence uh"eI'ooA
g., rrovc that So far from Mrs. Staples
tovirr had advances made 10 her oy
,..,.tu1u. she had herself made over
,,,,.s of "a doubtful character. not ohIy
=, fhe prisoner at the bar but to other
mon This evidence. however, was IN
Guided. ,.,,o,.r
MUST FEEL PROUD.
,,art.in Goodman and his refined anu
e.uhfil wife, must feel proud OF the Ilth
,i..rart.r given the prisoner to-day INC
,.r...cufinn fought the Introduction oi
ME testimony. but Judge Moore, at'er
hearing argument and having ms ave-"
tion called to the Supreme Court uc'4Sloi'
fl the PilCheT-GcorEc case proihP''S
r.d.1 10 admit it, Between the excite
,,.nt incident TO the smashing OF n
,.Iudovpauc near pr Hatcher ana thc
music that foated In from the Jury-roonl'
,l. iulee WAS hardly able to hear lie
.r.lIv said to Sheriff Dyer: "Mr Sh'rili,
,,o,sa go and have that organ stoppe"'
,,e prcfer for the jury TO suspend ,ho'r
music. hut n they cannot we VIII nave
L. suspend" .,,.. -. o,.,-
White arguing the admissibility OF eN-
..rcD Mr.. Craig was hard on the prisoner
in referring TO his testimony gwen ''
t,rlay.
4 GRAND ARRAY.
Tho witnesses examined with reference
o. th. prisoners reputation for truth ana
,.~,citv were: Rev. Dr. William j..
Hatcher. Of Grace-Street Baptist churca'
Cty-~arcoant Epps. Captain Hulce'
CHARLES 4. Kose. T. Il. Davis. g. II. An
tim e. g. Walker. NJ. L. Akers. ana
J. J. Cabcn. all of Richmond ana the
trf.. last-named connected win the
,f..areakc and ohio Railway Conn
,..,,. Captain George Fisher, the
,.-nccr with whom Goodman often
f.n. and who roomcd with him
O., chiffon Forge: Captain Jack Talley.
a. Eg.na Vista. Henry Saunders. brake
i..r. Hon. A. r. Withrow, of Bath; J.
~ KYLE. of Buffalo Springs q. h. Smith.
fr.i.nt rsent at clifton Forge; captain
d. d. Davis l. :. Wood, and eN-MaNpr
lovI.-. of Clifton Forge, Z. y. Mitchell.
station agent at Springwood. J. :. Nusloe,
DOLLY Ann Mines. Major r. G. Selden. OF
C.a,hiaui. George NJ. Carper of Gala
Water. aui Traln-Dispatcher Cooper. OF
Cn0on Forge.
AID Of these gentlemen gave Captain
Goodman the highest testimonials, and
sai they would believe him on oath,
whether he was Interested or not. lr.
Hatcher said he would hear Captain Good
man with as much confidence as most
any mln.
No man ever had a stronger array OF
testimony. and the effect of il must be
f.t when the jury comes to consider
tine case in all us phases. The contrast
between these witnesses and some OF
those vino attempted 10 blacken the Con-
du,tors character was frequently COM
m-nl,d upon.
Thc defence started to question Mr..
Fisher about Captain Goodmdn's usual
WHY OF handling his pistol at night. but
thls was ruled out.
y SETBACK.
Engineer Fisher was about the only one
of tnr ch,racter-witnesses for the
defence who Was cToss-eXamined: and his
Answers proved a decided setback for the
prosecution. Colonel A. &. Bryant. train
Iurster al Clifton Forge. testified a few
days ago THAI when Captain Goodman
came to hrs office after the shooting he
Hsli. Il co.iarcl him Parsons) and gave
nm an had"
IL his testimony yesterday the prisoner
Indignantly denied having made use OF
any such language.
To combat this denial Mr.. Craig asked
Mr Fisher ~ he WAS acquainted with the
reputation of Colonel Bryant for truth
su3 yrracity. and witness replied that
Ac aad heard some question raised on this
point Mr.. Craig pressed 10 know II wit
r-.s had heard any responsible man say
ts-t Colonel Bryant was not reliable, and
~. Fisher repl "a that he had this morn
iue heard MIR Gunter. baegage-master At
Cufton Forge say that he would not be-
ll-yr him on oath. The witness was quick
j. fl'I O. stand aside
DID NOT USE THE LANGUAGE.
later on the defence called Train-Dis-
pa'.tr Cooper 20 prove by him that Cap
i.i Goodman did not use the language
atl.t.teI TO him by Colonel Bryant lie
Nas q... uyned long and closely 10y both
sf.s. and Judge Moore observed that
r."'.r seemed willing 10 let go. Witness
sai- De was near Captain Goodman ana
',..fi Bryant during their brief con-
N.'>s'icu and was certain that the for
iH-r .r llo such remark as II cohared
hiia n.i gave him all had" lie did not
i'"'m.sr hearing Goodman say with
whom re had had trouble; and some
g." wor.s might have escaped him. but
Le "as folly satisfied that the language
fc'"irsd 90 Was not used. lie was only
few feet away. and would have been
OBJ ge1 % hear the remark had II been
made There was no doubt In his mind
Oh tAis store.
NJ Ahefs clerk TO General-Manager
ftesens WAS examined 10 disprove the
statement OF Mrs staples. and OF the
Phelps women that on the alleged Low