Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-23

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| into OF tho brain was not necessarily
latai, but those cases were rare. II
| tinsley had not gotten up In bed. Il
might have been possible for him TO
have survived, but highly improbable.
II was his death-struggle. and witness
did not attribute his death 20 the fact OF
! his getting up"
MADE THE ASSAULT ON PURPOSE
John Sterling. another inmate Of the
| retormatory. who occupied bed in the
| dormitory adjacent 10 Foushee. said Fou-
shee told him that he made the assault on
/ purpose; he was bloodthlrsty. If he had
a chance TO do It over again. he would
/ He did not want TO kin him for meanness
but he and Frank wanted to run away
/ AT ono time Foushoe said he felt sorry
! that he made the assault. When they
were turning logs Foushee stepped over
the log and Frank beckoned him to hit
| Mr.. rinslcy.
! Mr.. Mosby, one of the county constables,
/ said arrangements were made by him for
the holding OF an inquest on November
2Sth. He testified 10 bringing the boys TO
| Richmond. Foushee said Jordan made the
! plot 10 kill Tinsley. and that he was TO
| hit the second lick If the first lick did not
| tell. and Jordon admitted 1t. Foushee
then explained in detail how the deed was
| done. Foushee said he did not intend TO
/ kill Mr.. Tinsley, but wanted TO cripple him
| so that he might be arrested and serve
/ some time out, TO get clear afterwards
Both boys seemed to make very light Of
IL. and did not seem TO realize the serious
ness Of their situation.
Cross-exsmined, witness stated that
while at the reformatory Jordon said
when Foushee referred to the plot to kill
/ Mr. Tlnsey, he thought that Foushee was
] ast1x foc1fnrr "a Thought xyhpp fba flIrV
was at the school Jordon said that he
was a party to a plot 10 run away but
denied that he was a party to hitting Mr.
Tinsley I'm the head.
At this point court adjourned for din
ner
THE DETAILING OFFICER.
! Court reconvened shortly after $3.50
1 o'clock Mr.. Alexander Gibson, teacher at
/ the reformatory. was called by the prose-
/ cution. He was detailieg officer on the
| 9th Foushee was put in mr.. Tinsley's
force to work on the farm at l o'clock.
! At o'clock the same afternoon he saw
/ the Doctor and some Of the boys on their
way TO the hospital The boys told him
/ Mr.. Tinsley had been hit on the head
with an axe. Foushee on the following
/ day put himself into position and enacted
/ the scene which had taken place the day
/ before, saying that he had hit Tinsey on
purpose. He stated that he and Jordon
/ had made a plan to XIII Tinsley and run
away from the reformatory. Jordon de-
MED having made any plan. Mr. Iinsiey
had been working regularly at the re-
/ formatory for five months, and off and
on for two years. He was wen thought Of
as an officer and generally liked by the
boys.
Cross-examined, Mr.. Gibson said that
Jordon had denied emphaucally any col
fusion with Foushee. Jordon had said,
/ however that he would have spent the
/ last drop of blood sooner than give tou-
shee away. He had never heard that any
/ ill-feeling existed between Mr. Iinsley
and the prisoners. FOushee was regularly
employed in the collar-factory, and had
| been employed there ever since the shop
was started. When there was no work
/ for boys in the shops they were put on
| the farm Witness was present at the
place where the accident took place during
the time that the Coroners jury was
| there Jordon stoutly denied all through
/ those proceedings that he had had any
part in the crime. He thought he heard
nearly everything that took place, and II
any statement TO the contrary was made
| in his opinion. il was 4 mistake. The
treatment of the inmates of the reforma-
| tory was invariably kind and gentle.
SAW HIM PREPARE TO STRIKE.
Upton McDermot, a small boy Of II
years Of age. said that on November
9th he was with Mr. Tinsley's force.
and he saw Foushee preparing to strike
a blow at the log, as he thought and
looked away When next he looked
around. he saw Mr.. Tinsley stagger-
ing across the logs. He ran and called
Mr.. Sampson, superintendent Of the
school. Foushee made no statement at
that time Under cross-examination,
witness said he was working on Frank
Jordon's log at the time the act was
committed and talking 20 him. Jordon
made no statement TO him.
James Mckinney, a negro, who was
/ employed at the Laurel Reformatory
on November 9th, was the next wit
ness. lie said that on the day sue
ceeding the killing of Tinsley, he, with
several Of the boys and some OF the
officials. was at the logs. Foushee
made confession that he had struck the
blow on purpose, and that he and Jor-
don had concocted the plan. Jordon
denied this. Mr.. Tinsley. he said had
said. lust after the occurrence, when
witness was attending to his injuries
that Foushee had struck the blow on
purpose. and that he had not given hin
n report or a cross word all the eve
ming and could not understand II.
| Cross-examined, witness said that Tins
lev had not referred 10 Frank Jordon
AT all. To the best Of his belief, Jordon
had never made any statement that he
was In collision with Foushee-
A JUROR AS WITNESS.
eomnel Waldrop was next called. He
WAS one of the Coroners jury when
| M,