Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-22
GOODMAN SET FREE.
The Jury Brings In q Verdict
This Morning.
A MOST NOTED CASE.
The Slayer of Colonel II. @.
Parsons is Acquitted.

Jury returned a verdict of not
guilty in the Goodman case. Ire.
mendous shouts aud an affecting
scene between the family.
Charlottesville, Va, March &c.
Several circum stances tended TO
influence the jury, the strongest,
perhaps, was the point brought
out by Crump's speech when he
showed by absence OF bullet holes
OH tue right side Of Col. Parsons
coat that 1t waa reasonable to sup
pose that Col. Parsons was holding
back his coat by having hi4 right
hand in hlppOcketas testifi dby the
prisoner. The jury had no idea of
the sentiment of the people. They
were d unit III 0IsapprOvlhg Col.
G aig's method of cross ex ImInlng
the prisoner. & ,Odman received
ronslng cheers from the audience
AMI hearty congratulations. The
scene IN the courtroom beggaIs
desc, iption. G ,Odman and Ills
family went to Farieh HItel to re
main until Monday evening, when
they go to Richmond for medical
Il eatment. Goodman received
large numbers of congratulatOry
kilograms.
HISTORY, OF THE CASE.
On Friday, June 30, 1894, the
startling Intelligence was received
in this city that Col. H. G. Parsons,
builder of the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad, owner OF the
Natural Bridge properly, and a
man of national reputation, had
been shot aud intsns ly killed b,
t A. Good nan. conductor on the
James River Division OF the q. &
10 Railway, in the lobby Of Gladys
Iun, at Clifton Forge, Va.
Goodman ana Parsons had been
on bad terms for years, Parsons
claiming that Goodman had been
rude aud cruel 10 bis treatment OF
Miss p lrsonS, a daughter OF the
Colonel. Tue Parsons family had
a pass over the rOa ! al on y GER
tain occasion Miss Parsons board
ed G0odman's train without having
the pass in her possession. Cool
man den anded fare and, 1t is said,
threatened TO put the young lady
of the train, il she failed TO pay.
She had no money on her person
and was forced to borrow from a
passenger. Parsons resented this
and a GOODNESS sprang up between
Goodman and the Parsons family.
Parsons finally wrote to the q. q
/ o. authorities complaining OF
Goodmsn's conduct, declared that
the conductors manner was 80 CT
fensive that members OF his family
would not ride on GOodman's
train and then said that be had
heard that Goodman was min
of bad morals, who had carried
women on his train for immoral pur.
poses aud had made improper
Overtures towards q Mrs. Staples.
He asked the officials to investl.
gate these rumOrs,
Steps were taken by the c. Il o..
people to investigate, but in the
meantime Parsons and Goodman
met at Gladys Inn. Tue fatal letter
of Parsons was unsigned, but the
absence Of the signature was con-
ceded to be an unintentiOnal omis.
sion as there was everything in the
Litter TO show that it was from
Parsons. Goodman called Parsons
o 1t OF the lobby, showed him a
copy of the letter, asked If Parsons
was the author, to which Parsons
replied in the aft atiye. Good.
nan demanded a retractiOa, which
Parsons declined to make, aud
G. GOLDMAN then shot him down and
killed him. Goodman was tried In
the County Court of Allegheny In
August fullowiDg. The jury found
tim guilty of murder IN the second
degree aud fixed his punishment
1t eighteen ears in the peuitenti.
airy. An appeal was taken to the
Circuit Court and Judge McGlAugh.
lin granted u new trial. The Case
was removed 70 the & ,uuty COur:
of Albemsrle aud the second trial
be Jan at Charlottesville on Tues.
tay, March 8. Goodman's defense
was, as he testified on The
stand, that when he showed
Parsons the letter Parsons
thew 1t down contemptuously aud
said: II do not consider either you
or your f.mly,"or words to that
fl ct. That he then demanded u
Iretraction and Parsons threw his
h md to his hip pocket az though
he would draw a pistol anil believ
|. ~ 10 Hill