Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-17
SMITH AND WITHERS.
p,,a 70 Tell Which Is The Prosecutor
and Which The Accused
,.,,rrycr N coLp-u"Io< CASE
The victim Tells lilo" lie
,,.ocea Of $1,000, and j. ''''''
Questioned Concerning "'
,tfc-Tcstimony of other VIZ"

.-.. rr4r.ue 81 evidence D"
.,..-.,,s IL Parker aIias ti""'
'' 800, .tt,. ceoree IS. Garden '''
V''i 9'"',' -...,.ft.r began in in'
aIeeci t'''''' ...t....y morn
d .ulco County ''''- ,..re OK
,..-,n q O. Wlta,
,...... .i. ..v. ami enc proves
o'A"i'' ......1.l % tim s..
iUrS we've i.t -.. v.ae ftc
.rro CHIEF feature On. '. ..,.,rg of
,... ..,. tr. f.rt Uf NI N.'' ...,
' - r.f..... t1 iI.'N
c'Hntr '.' 90. vs.. N.h'ir'
trr 3D.. t-.n.lct' 1870. oy
tlc N.C.H O. l.. o.. ,vn private
......a.r. I.m o.. -.,,t was
De- Oils. I.a.t t . .,.
''" Gil. Witness. JANUS
500 on" ... ilur should De
..-. .....r 0t other Wit
D.. OH. N ,rforcefcd
.r l..
.f...t. were Cd" "'"'
... morning and tie
....t..a .... ,..cf.
STATING i.t'
,.... t t..rt Dit.' ''i
. d. t.. attorneys TOT inc
...l The case 10 the
...t.. expected 10 prove
F.fI fuT0uEl
.. vh..A De- had entered
obtained ny false Iretences
..... tr.u Alfred vs.. W.thers.
....fy. .nat the Common
BIZ. move that the prison
... a.. man who received
.I .,..l. from the express
.f.t t- wa. present when
F tt. money over 10 the
,. ,..t .lt.r the fraud had
..r . I.tter had been rc-
,lt.rars. Informing him Of
.....t.o- fIrf hHI been practiced
- and .ri,inir- him 10 beysar.
Ola. ....gf.. tn.t must necessarily re-
... .rr ..wrlaint 90 the police
....., 0.,. written bv the hand Of
....~ .r the bar Mr.. smith re-
,.,..us other points In the de
..-t Of fhe scheme by which
..-. v,s eventually cntrapped, and
-..r.f it DTS purpose TO show the mark
H. band ol Parker alias smith at
tH ant every luI lh 1nt pioC. - ,'..-,,
'ii h.H TO ,.I' gi ,u. -, IL. lin
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a'.'l.4 ny J~'7c
N'i-
81 10 .sastr 'faN Nttf 80 tht"'.f
,f- Vi+r.re tha victim Of the steal
,... ,,. t-at witness called. and ne mar
,.,.l io his own peculiar STYLE his eX
ID .,..s ,,.ltb tta eueeel r3nchman. Civ
t... t,. ,.,,,. oe Iotn Williams. and alst
49, .t,g smith tho prisoner
~, ,t. rcr,tr,, IN his home II
-. ,.,,,,.t,. 80 he man Williams
80. li.t....t A. h.. looking f,r an uncb
- y,,rt.r. II vas then that IN
,.rl .,,.i,i,,, lueire.s lu Arizona. an.
,r 'r ,f. Irfi,n ,ybop William
.ff., ,.-t., ,f.,r.,reil, Mr. yvithcrs eab
...., 49,, az tsCr.I.s llltol yyhcI
49,. .,tI.triot man claimed 10 be al
- t-rit.J ct.t.s mint a
,.4,.tt, o,1 . ,,areou,l friend %
,r-,.,s,ri s,oartrf.rf.rt Of tina
t, 80 ,,,,..tiorod briefly d,
lh'u utl.h re We ',..-.,I .sii
c''h-.l ,'I 'Ie N'i'".1' anu
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THE ARREST or fAi'Nii''
UnteCtlyc-S rgcant Alexander VI. Tom
1u-.u. who did such faithful and EN-
,..r- work I'm the case. was called 20 M
stand H. only told Of the arrest %
Parker by Ofccr Raglaud. of Petersburg
900 tlc night OF January attn last, unde
bal. tTomnnsou'sl instructions, and OF tn
recovery of parker's baggage from Ford.
HOT" ann IIF t|IIlFllNr OFT kIlF FfAf'Hs
Sir. Wend,nburg wanted 10 know how
tre with SIS Dad gained access % the PR
vate room. ana was informed mat tn'
hotel proprietor had opened IL al the re-
quc-. OF ihe officers. lh- prisoner coul
s"i Thought thc s'M"i- o' u y,
h'ti. anu le!l'' .'. 3''''i 81, ,ntrod,ce.
,s....,' ,h1 rts,n.l opened bv the seizur
1r,. t,r,, MA. ord. red 10 retire pendin
a.. ar,,,r,ort ON This point. The Cour
r,l.5 f.r he admission OF the propertie
fnfo evidence as u0ss.bi being the instru
urnts with which the crime was com
uitt,I. and counsel for the defence eN
c.rt.I 90 the ruling.
Sergeant Tominson, continuing his ties
tmouv. said De- found in the satcht
containing the Indian makeup also
quantity u linen. "a case Of Walls, som
gold filings. q magnifyug-gass, ana Othe
articles. Ths witness had shown th
maeuifyinC glass 90 Withers, VINO hau lh
mciatcly recognized % as having bee
used ln bis presence Icy the bogus assay ~
Witness stated thdt "h 'hv l'lsu''e
was arrested IN tctrISp"ib Hv
that De- had registered OF StuIl',' "
lofd's iiol0l ], Yet the MY "i INC '"'i" W"
found I'D hi7 l'th.. A. p,ot,,or
M'' Ah'It" ",i'", ~ - -,
agent OF 'Ho .','9Ii p.,l-,
lahl' Sl't'd 'lt' ne - "a -,
tl'a 9iu''H "' wv .'i'''' 80, pich,,,ons
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Mr. Smith then recalled Mr.. winner
ana thc latter related IN minute ugS"
me H'1IE OIL 'l'e nun az" on, ,.a,,.,',,
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h'II' lou"I "l'."H me- .rt,
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n'de out hi"'N ''Hu =, .,,t,'-+ 49,,
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49, ,,.'.', Tr,,f,'R st,tcs min
-, ~ d.. ,c.l have no besiiatlo
,l,,t,,''. M, +. i,rco el,u of money O.
e'1J ,-liI.s A., had be.p completei
- 1,.t,r.., mo trio that he t,y
Irici.s ,var, o., ba taken nv them TO Phlla
I.r,1i, ana d. sold ou the followin
V,.,tr..4,v opt of tbe uroceeds Vitber
.,.,,..f d.. u.es IN receive bac
49, ,,, ..,l,,s,ceJ and IN rat one tbir
80 - ,...,,tn,I,r Tba other two third
.. a., ort, the Trdigp Wttbcr
,..-t,.. a. o,o-ttir4 interas
o. ,..iri,,-, ,ronorty Tho letter r.
t.'.t 50, W,,l,a~s ,fter tho swln5Ie IA,
49,. -. So, 30, 80 II WIS siepe,
So, ~, ,,.iili,,,,s ." Who said in IN.
,',,.r ,te, parifer The alleged asgaver