The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-16

..... ..,r.- e1rl,4t1 defence
~,,f.a ts testimony to-day III ''e
r.....r murder Trial. end "lter 'he
r-.... bus passed upon tAc Instructions 10
a.. t.r, tomorrow, argument oi Cou"sel
VII begin.
r,r. Misses Parsons made their appear
.rre s1r The first time IN court to-day
and testified simply O. the iuct that their
..+ra-.s r.rht hand was disabled, ana
t..t ne could NOT Erasp any thing with H.
This WAS to retut the statement OF Good
..,n that Parsons erapplel with him for
....-.ssioa OF the pistol. Court convened
,nortlv after 50 oclocA, with the usual
attendance
THE FIRST witness called was Mr.. George
p. .ner. an engineer on the Chesapeake
nd Ohio railway who runs, he said. be
+...D Hf fhmoui and Clfton Forge. He
Ind d r.om with Captain Goodman for
...gt SIX years. and was asked by Mr..
Parrish the habits of Goodman. in refer
,.c. a. carrying a pistol. when Mir. Craig
Objected. and the court sustained the
..I.. ton The witness was then asked
about the general r..utation OF Goodman
fr truth and vcraci,y, when Mr. Allen
objected. and Mr.. Parrish drew the legal
a.fr rifles on him.
paUcher fin Twenty-eichth Grattan. Mt.
craig was not satlsuco, however, anu
lrpcre,lel 20 argue the question, WAeh
SIR Parrish suggested tlat the jury pe
u+tblravn. which was done. Nh. Craig
sid the testimony in support oi foou-
mans veraclty was irrelevant until thdt
l.racitv had been assalltQ air. loirlsh
read from his authority ana applied il
r. the present case ln clear ana uI-
ufetakable manner. judge Moore admit
t.i the testimony saying as ne dld 50
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cision Of the Supreme Court Inc jury -
turned. and Mt Fisher proceeded
M MI FISHER in reply to Mr.. Parrish's
QUESTIONS, stated that he considered
GOodmans s rel utauon TOT NeIdCltS %
the highest order ana that he would be
licye him on oath. 9lthough he was inter
es,fH NJ iFisHer isHt' r'',ie th. somewhat starr
ling statement that Colonel Bryants rep
utation for veracity was not so good,
and ne had heard a railway man state
that this morning
RICHMOND WITNESSES.
Then came q number of witnesses,
among them several Richmonders, VINO
testified that Captain GOODMAN 5 rePu-
tatun for truth and veracity was or tIS
Very highest order and that they Woulu
believe him, MISUNDERSTANDING tne Ia
that be was Interested in the controversy;
These witnesses came from nearly al
of the walks of life, the testimony opening
with the law and the gospel, the latter
Grace-Street Baptist church, ilchmond'
and the former by Captain p. r. Hulcs'
OF the Third police station Of Richmond.
one was Goodman's pastor and the other
his neighbor. both OF whom made attes-
tation as 10 the prisoners good charac-
When the name Of Mr. c. c. Walker was
called ne responded promptly, although
sheriff Dyer, failing TO see him. went out
and was shouting &C. G. Walker throusn
custom, while the witness was seated IN
fc IA Walker 5
superintendent of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio railroad, and who Is IN charge OF the
conductors Of the road said ne had known
Goodman since 1880, and regarded ms rep
utati0n for truth and veracity 10 be very
Mr. NJ. L. Akers was placed on the stand
u testify In reference to the opening OF
the new depot at Clifton Forge The new
depot he said, at East Clifton Forge was
not opened until the latter part OF 1871,
prior TO which time no trains stopped at
that depot. Train No. ! was not sche-
duled 10 stop at either East Cltton toISe
or Low Moor from May 18th to May l3th,
1894 Had known Goodman for nVe years
his reputation for veracity was nigh Inc
Chesapeake and ohio began operating the
Richmond and Allegheny road in 1883.
Prior 10 that time II was operated under
a receivership, with Mr.. Decatur AXteu
as managing receiver.
OTHER WITNESSES AS TO CHARACTER.
The following are the others who tes
titled as 10 the good reputation OF Good
man for truth and Veractty; Messrs:
Charles A. Rose. real estate dealer or
Richmond; captain John Talley editor
an3 hotel proprietor. OF Buena vista,
Eugene Davis. assistant superintendent
city water works, Richmond; Henry Sauh-
dersu brake man on the g. ana -
A. T. WithrOW q member of the Legis-
lature from Bath county; r. /. CabeH,
chief engineer OF maintenance OF way OF
the Chesapeake and OHIO; G.. W. Kyle a
travelling salesman. Of Buffalo. y. y.
o. B. Smith, freight agent OF the Chesa-
peake ana ONO, clifton Forge; Captain
X. IL. DAVIS. OF Clifton Forge l. s. Wood,
brakeman on the Chesapeake and Ohio;
Captain T. L. BOwles. eX-Mayor of Clif-
ton Forge: c. l.. Antrim, wb0ieseIo ero-
Ger. Of Richmond; +. j. Mitchell station
agent az SpriDgwo0d station; j. ID Mus
toe. druggist Of COyington, Major r. G.
Selden. a farmer Of Goochland county; G.
N. Carper. a merchant OF Galawater.
Mr. Mitchell, the station agent at
SpringWoOd. also testified that on one
occasion Mrs. staples inquired OF him
whether or not Captain Goodman was ON
q certain train expected TO arrive In
few minutes He replied that be did not
know Captain Goodman was on the train
however. and Mrs. Staples boarded It.
ATrrMPr ToL MPEACH COLONEL BRYANT
The defence next sought 10 impeach the
testimony OF Colonel Bryant, who stated
that when Goodman came 70 inform him
that ne must get another conductor said:
81 coiared him and gave him all had
Mr. r.. s. Cooper, the train dispatcher,
was used for this purpose. He said that
De- was present at the conversation be
tween Bryant and Goodman. and that
The latter did not make that statement
o. Bryant Mr.. cooper was crOss-eXaln-
iled and rccrOEs-cS mined, both by Mr.
Allen and Mr. CRAIG, they endeaYoring TO
make him admit that Goodman could
have said ;his. and he (witness) not have
heard II. The witness stuck 10 the state
mcnt that II Goodman had made the
statement attributed TO him he would
have heard H.
After recess Mr.. X. Haden Penn, a prac-
ucing attorney at Buefeld, W. Va, was
placed on the stand TO impeach the moral
character OF Mrs. Staples. The witness
said that he had resided at Springwood
station until last September, living about
four hundred yards from Mrs. Staples
house.
Mr Parrish asked the witness II Mrs
staples ever made any immoral advances
10 him. TO this the prosecution objected.
and the Court sustained the objection
THR OBGAS sQuKIcEED.
While the question was argued the jury
occupied the loft Juror Fudge enter
tained his fellows up there by performing
upon an organ. which had evidently been
stored for repairs.
The effort however was not appreciated