Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-19
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r,ar., come back again; no. SIR.
Mr Ieclv. O. which fioor OF the house
Was that room ony .,
That Is on the main floor. 1t 10 o
basement house.
Mr.. Lamb: Q. That is the first noor'
Mr I,ecky: @. How was the house ar
ranged; how many rooms? Did they have
parlory
A. Yes, sir.
o. what was the next room TO that7
A. The next one is what they call the
spare bedroom.
o. What ia the next to that?
A. The. next one is the room commonly
called Captain Henry's bedroom, which
IS the room refer 20.
O Mr.. Massey. Mr.. womack. and Mr..
FOXES were in Mr.. Henry's bedroom?
A. The one that is commonly known as
his bedroom.
q. was Captain Henry in the house
that nighty
A. No, STR.
O. What business Is Captain Henry in?
A. He is the general agent for the Uni
verslty Publishing Company, so i have
heard them say In the house.
O. Was IL the habit of Mr.. Massey TO
stop at that house?
A. Yes. sir.
q. You knew Mr.. Womack?
A. haven't a speaking acquaintance
with him. although 1 have seen him very
frequently come 10 the house. nave
been introduced 10 him, although don't
know him well enough TO speak TO MIN
when / meet him on the street.
o. Is he in the habit of coming there
whether Mr.. Massey is there or not?
A couldn't say that; wouldn't Ike TO
say.
Mr.. Lamb: @. Mr.. Howell are you posi-
tive that that was the night?
A. Yes, sir; am very positive OF that
fact.
O. Have you any way by which you
could fix the date?
A. Yes. sir; / remember having read
about IT; and MIR. Christian, who was one
of the gentlemen who sat In the hall
way, was there. and l know / remarked
20 him about that night; l told him ]
would like very much TO go up there and
hear H., and know / walked by the hall
that evening with Mr. Lodor.
Q. Is Mr. Christian member of r. t.
Lee Camp. No. i?
A. Yes, sir; so he says.
QUESTIONED BY CAPTAIN WISE.
CAPTAIN Wise: O. How long have You
A. have been boarding there Dince
August. think, 1896. am not boarding
there now.
O. Since August, 1886?
A. Yes sir.
O. MIR. Womack ever boarded there?
A. don't think Mr.. Womack has ever
boarded there that know OF.
@. You don't know that?
A. No, sir.
q. Are you prepared to contradict the
fact that he has boarded there?
A. He never has boarded there any
more than couple of days at time.
Captain Wise: Q. I am not asking you
how much time. Are you prepared-is
your knowledge so accurate that you can
say MIR. Womack has not been In the
habit Of stopping there at that house?
A. No, sir; he has not been in the habit |
,f stopping there.
@. viii you say he has never stopped |
here?
A. He has stopped there; yes, sir.
q. mean as a boarder?
A. think that he has while have been |
here; he stopped there probably couple |
II days with his wife, l am under the |
Impression, but l am not very certain as |
% that If it was, 1t was some time ago. |
MR.. LEcKY EXPLAINS.
Mr.. Leclxy: The chairman has neglected |
% state at the beginning of these pro-
.eedings, as of the preceding meetings, |
hat the witnesses who are testifying are |
.estifying through an act Of courtesy TO
The committee, and, as we all know, we
have no legal right by which we can
make them testify; and the committee
md all interested i'm the case Will appre-
:iate the fullest light possible from the |
Il -
witnesses in advance for the services that |
hey may see fit to render.
MIR. Lodor the Next Witness.
Mr.. n. Lodor was next called as a wit
hess, and, after being sworn, testified as |
follows:
Mr.. Lamb: Where did you reside Sep
ember 9Th?
A. Eleventh and Clay.
q. Who kept that house?
A. Mrs. Morris.
@. Did you see Mr.. Massey there that |
lay?
A. could not fix the date in my mind, |
,ut he was there on the night he made |
| speech before the Sons of Veterans.
O. Did you see Mr.. Folkes there that |
light?
A. Yes. sir.
@. Who else?
A. Mr.. Womack.
O. Where did you see them?
A. We were all sitting in the hall walt
ng for supper, and they passed out.
q. From where?
A. From the rear room.
q. What Is that room known as?
A. Mr.. Henry's bedroom.
Q. You are positive that Mr.. Womack |
md Mr.. Folkes and Mr.. Massey passed
'ut thereY
A. Yes. sir.
@. Where did they go?
A. have no idea.
Q. Did they go to the front door?
A. They went to the front door, and |
Mr.. Womack and Mr. Folkes. 1 suppose |
eft the house; Mr.. Massey did not
O. Mr.. Womaek and Mr.. Folkes left |
he house together?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Mr.. Massey returned to the house? |
A. Yes, sir, took tea.
Q. How is that house located? What |
loor was that ong
A. They have cellar in which the |
lining room is; it is the FIRST floor above
hat.
O. Was that the back room or front |
DOM or middle room?
A. Back room. The hallway runs per-
'ectly straight in The house. The first
pom is the parior, the second room a
pare bedroom. then this door opens
traight down the hallway, at the end OF
he hall.
O. You were sitting right in the hall? |
A. We were sitting in the hall at the
DOT OF the steps.
@. When they came out they faced