Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-24
SEARCEY TESTIFlES.
The Strange Story Of His Career as
Told BY the ffain.Robher.
WHERE DID HE LIVE?
Ills Wandsrlnss All Over This Country
and South America.
4 LEGAL SPAr WITH THE COURT.
Some Sharp Passages Between Senator
Little and Judge Ashton.
MoRGANFIELD ~ IDENTIFIED
Witnesses from Various Places j"
maryland, District Of co'"'""'''
and virginia swear PositiVeiS ="
searcey'a Companion In oc'"
Last.
4 LEGAL SpAr WITH THE COURT.
moRcASrIELD rs IDENTIFIED.

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- ., ,cncc,,i, The fourth days IN
tercst in the train-robIeIy VA -.
M signs Of abatement As Oh VI.
,tops day. a large crowd was III "'''''
SO ON the opening OF court 9'a'CeS,
80 a., the close last night oad hi's''e'
,..,rioation IN chief, was brought
a. and nut on The stand for cross-eAa"''-
H. ,rovcd 70 he a shrewd and cunning
..I,.,ss The line pursued by Colonei
CO.., coun.el for the defence, was 10
.t.,at, goarceys history. and after s"ve-
81 ATTEMPTS and numerous objections by
the commonwealth as to the Pu-a'ionS
proponndcd by the defence Noionel S''ay
at last succeeded in drawing from MN
a history which, for romance and variety
s remarkable
His examination began by being asked
II ne knew what an oath Was. ms que''
ton he probably misunderstood LOT III
reply he said:
"Tbcre are many kinds Of notes; some
In music
ooh. no" said Colonel Shay; Il mean
an OATH ..
well" replied searcey, Il suppose 1t
means TO swear to the truth.
"Wcu what does witness mean VIM,
ne Kisses the Book continued Colonel
shay.
what book" he asked.
II mean the bible
Il supposc II means that sou are to tel
the truth: and believe In Chflsuah io
liglon.'
AT Fort Bonkndp. TcNy on January IL
IGS" .o.
Pour years. a.. er
wen" continued Colonel Shay, go on
and ten where you then went, ana wha'
you did for a living.
ne ROAMED.
"Aner leaving home l went 10 Hospue
co,rtr Tex, where / worked Tor my
fatber-in-law, Colonel j. H. Barry u"iii
was eighteen years Old. ] then went
70 sbacklefofd Tex, where ] managed
stock for live years; also for my iathei-
iu-Iaw. Dodge city, Kan, was my HcN'
move. and there I began The traue o, a
carpantcr. and worked in ana near thdl
So Zoe TWO wears. From there | went
g. wyoming Territory and followed the
no al a cowboy. After three months
I'm mat Territory l went to Montana
where pursued the same a'o'd'loh
,rhor, remained about six months. LeaN,
ing there went to Buhalo' anu
for eight or nine months worked IN lha'
rlacc Becoming tired OF IT, ! wen' ~
Dallas Tex, and icmalncl Io", u'S =,
roing thence 20 Cleveland. where s'ay'n
t,r two DAYS. / then visited my pai-h'S,
q, u.eou, r.uttr. with whom / remalheu
for three months. ..- -.'
"kN0tNED AROUND
,..,.i,,, home AGAIN. | went TO New
ORLEANS where / stayed for two weeks
Al this place | determined To WISH Zen
,,4l America. ana, accordingly lv'' i"'
C.,touala where for three or iouI
month, I Knocked around. There p'lhS
mo- steamer which l could take ,'"'
would carry me to Buenos Ayies, "hI'
I wanted to go. 1 came TO New noIh ny
~ the Jamaica Islands for the
t.ftot, Of returning to Bueuos ANIt''
,,bI,h / did in about three weeks vi,
arrt,tup there. however. / only remained
about four days; leaving there Vls''ei
mo Jtneiro. where ! stayed three WctNS
WORKING m loading and unlodo'hs
steamers From there J went to Nome
y.1co. aud q week later went back 10
If.tuos ANrc-.'
Al mi. point the Court interrupted ht
termination. AND said MAT he did moi
s.. an what way Scarcey's past history
related O., tins trial. In reply Iolont
Sr., stated that in all his pracuce IL
criminal law he had never known ol
case whore a man was being cnaI se,
with "A crime that VAS punlshaple WI
death that the history OF wines
who was a confessed criminal, could MOI
=. drawn out I'm order that his credt
bltty could uo; be- fully asceriained' an'
D.. knew of no way whereby ne cou''
Obtain this information except III Tie
way he was proceeding
\ LEGAL. sPAT
senator Little. also. counsel for IN,
tefeucc. ar.ucd at some length upon IN
rour,'s remark. quite lively "olloq1'
,r.u,d between him and Judge Ashton
ana IL finally resulted M 40 little excite
mcut.
During his remarks Senator Little said
1T lis very evident Jnat the Court !
gliding tho Commonwealth = Attorney j
manner that 81 should not
Mr. Luue." replied the judge, tn
Court Will not pe-mlt such remarks an
,ou must NOT aralu reitcratc The charge.
well. ! Will say a disposition 10 d
So" responded senator Little.
you have not yet stated u properl
or respectfully. and / Will say here IL
the benefit OF ALL continued the JudS
chat This Court VIII not permit any pei
sonal reflections"
Senator. you viii not certainly den
the fact that YOU have framed question
Tor the commemorative Attorney IN,
putting into the mouths OF the witn'ssS
their answers
Of have only dcae SO when they wei
improperly made and Il IS my tuty
soc tuGt no improper questions are y.
either 10y the commonwealth or the d'
fence"
sEARCEY \ SCOUNDREL.
Continuing. senator Little severely n
rahucd Sratccy. and just before closin
ms argument called &m 4 scounGre
which oga!n caused the Iddge 10 cad hh
Go CIDER
In answer he said: Il can't help IT,"
"But you must" replied the Judge.
After somc Jew remarks in refcrcnc
e. hc salty OF Colonel Shay's pro
csiurc tie Court ruled that the quCstio
propJunfcd was proper.
SraIc,y then. continuing. said that. al
tor arriving az Buenos Ayres. he secure
work With a steamship company. an
remained in TIA. place about three year!
and on leaving there went TO B0stoi
Mas There he remained about tw
months, auj then went 20 New orleans
whore. aitcr q stay OF week. he iei
fl Montgomery Ala. where he worke
Tor niue months for a man %
the name Of ". H. Male an
on leaving Montgomery he returnc
60 his home. IN rosque county. Tex. ~
visit there however. was for only abou
a wccA leaving for Fort Worth. wher
hr worked Tor three months. lie tac
eraiu returned home and after spend
iaa two weeks. left for Alexander, Ii
a that place he remained two days look
mg for work. and. falling, went 20 Mon
Toe. where ne spent two months.
FURTHER WANDERINGs.
From there ne visited Greensville, Miss
and. after spending a month. left 10
Arkansas city. \ stop, however OF onl
two days was made there and. con,inuin
hs journey. he stopped az Memphl'
Tenn. for week His next place TO vls
Vas Humboldt Tenn. where he RENAME
two weeks. on leaving this place he wer
TO Brownsville. also in that state whef
Tor foJr months he worked at his trade
that az 4 carpenter. lie was not satisiie'
however. with the place. and decided
y.st Paragua, ARK This, also. ala nc
suit him, and. after looking over the maj
he decided to visit Nelilsyille. Mo. Thre
months was the length OF his stay tner'
dc then determined to again visit Men
piss Tenn, but on arriving there DECIDE