Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-11
az TRIAL FOR LIFE.
william NeadOrS ArraiSned eiOre jbe
JudgeOf the Hastings Court.
,,s SUBJECT 70 EPILEPSY.
800 the Prosecution submits Its
.,..timony the Defence Pats on
Expert Witnesses TO show the
,.,dition of Mind of Accused.

,,,rrt Witnesses TO show the
,,,dition of Mind of Accused.
,r.e crowd Of friends and relatives
.,v.am Mcadors. who is charged With
,flcr OF Maggie Driver. assembled
r. Hastings Court yesterday to at
..tIs trial. which was begun on Tues-
when court convened at 10 o'clock
..ray morning 81 was ascertained
..t .ae OF the jurors. Mr.. W. Greed
-. bad been taken sick. A special
- .f SIX was summoned. and the
..rll juror was secured in r. a.
,r making up the panel Mcadors.
.. looked rather anxious and pale
..I "not guilty" when arraigred
r...a tho case was opened up Coroner
r Taylor was called TO the stand
SID. testified as to viewing the body OF
va Driver ON the night of the muir
January 9th. lie rccltod the re-
.- Of uc post-mortem the next day
..b showed that four bullets had en-
.. Oh. wom1n's body one entered
H.t breast. had gone down into
heart and caused death. one
M v fred when the pistol was so
,5 me woman that her flesh was
.r.l uy thc powder
r- Taylor exhibited to the jury
. bullets taken from Maggie Drivers
r
TIE SECOND WITNESS.
r.t Gazebrook. who at the time Of
ord. .Htr- resided ON Fourteenth street.
....rT rrftr4ac called Che cofT
Maggie Driver and Mcadors on
-.I.l. of The murder Meadors came
..r.r r.om that evening. lie was dress
.r DIS uniform. lie asked for Maggie.
ST.. told him that she did not know
r..rs She was. lie then said that he
wanted Gu see Maggie and the baby and
.. tI.m goOd-by. as he was going
.rrr. He afterwards asserted that be
N her and then Kiln himself if
.I. would not kiss him. He displayed a
revolver and placed il at his head. Wit
r... l he told him not TO shoot him
.t Hs pat the revolver I'm his pocket
M 'e., the house. Later she heard him
remark that me and Maggie VIII bee
r..k JOB h-l tomorrow" The witness
ga. rat Mcadors was sober at the time
.. called at her house. She had seen
r both drunk and sober and was
positive that he was sober then. Wit
loss testified that Meadors was very
BRUTAL t0 Maggie when drunk. His treat
r..t of hcr when sober was excellent.
o. clifford. being called to the wit
r.---stau3. stated that on the evening
he killing Meadors had called for
Maggie ana carried on very much as he
at the apartments of Kate Glaze
brook
WAS AN EYEWITNESS.
Doc Robinson said that he knew both
.. prisoner and the murdered girl. He
ta, with The party the night OF the muir
..- and met Ellis i'm uniform and asked
where %eadors was, and was
. That he and Maggie were in the
.st.r saloon on Fifteenth and Frank
He went I'm the place and found both.
F. told Meade he had better go
t1 tie barracks as IL was
uue late Meadors said he wasn't
- and would spend the night at his
r.u.fs A man named oscar Joined
t. fatty. and Mcadors asked him for a
r.. Oscar refused. and Robinson
M Lend Willie the money. and I'll
rr for IT," oscar again refused, but
y agreed TO make the loan 10
cents lie dropped the coin into A6lg-
. hand. and Immediately Meadors
pulled DIS revolver and fired at the girl.
-H She jumped mp and ran
trough hail and into another room.
tr. four shots. and the girl died I'm
3D.. r..m next TO tho barroom.
burning the talk in the back room be-
l oscar gave Maggie the 10 cents
.s told the party that he was
t0 The army for three years, and
.t h. would give Maggie TO oscar for
rt tme Then the 10 cents was
gwen t0 Maggie and Moadors commenced
On .r. After the shooting the prisoner
stood AL the door and snapped his re-
'-.or 90 the witness twice.
Upon CROSS cNamaination, the witness
chat De- was a friend Of the pris-
... Hc l.d not seem 10 know whether
thought NCaqOrs drunk or sober on
r-ht Of TIE murder.
The witness said that Meadors appear
OH n h. enjoying mis- horrible work while
1874. shooting fte unfortunate woman.
IH... I.cared that when the shots
... fired Doe ran around 10 the sta
t-.I to give the alarm. and that
when I. came back 20 the scene Meadors
E..'Iue by the side OF the dead girl,
l utn the revolver IN his mouth H.
H.s standing 40 the corner with the
crowd when Doe heard the shot that
wounded himself When the
t.r.r asked the girl if she would tell
I. --I-iy her only answer was
slower " kisses.
had SWORN TO KILL HER.
Captain w. L. Thomas. Of the First
r.t testified that he went TO the
.... of Che murder Immediately after it
occurred He asked Meadors, while be
r N..Ine why he had shot Maggie.
d.. replied. 81 swore to-day that II she
T pot tcu me good-by that l wouio
Ie- and / have done so. 1 loved her
Nrr .au any one bon the world Cap
t.a Thomas described the position Of the
murdered woman and Meadors Wneh nc
entered.
ur $751; d. Parker. the almshouse physi-
... nn1 accompanied the ambulance TO
t-. -...c of the tragedy testified mat ne
responded with the ambulance upon the
Occasion 0f he killing He said he had
M NotIors tell Captain Thomas WY
..t.. II.l the girl. Meadors said. con
..... the witness. that he had bought
-.. ..-t. for the purpose of killing NM
.al line cirl. II she would not tell
tn. e..I-hv Ou the day of the woman
tIr. lfalors said that she was better
fhan alive. and expressed no re-
H H.r DIS deed.
concluded the evidence for the
luea.tn ana the court tooA
until 8 o'clock.
rH EVIDENCE OF ELLIS
". fl. court had been opened az
so Tor the afternoon session. WI
..H EUe. tho United states army re-
DOW under sentence 90 one year
umort for dcsertion. was placed