Richmond planet., 1897-05-08

witness stated that the prisoner ran
after her twice, while she was going az
ter the horses. The second time he
ran after me, soon after a colored man
by the name of Brown had passed my
house in wagon, / walked along rap
IDLY, but he ran after me and when /
stopped, he stopped too.
he stopped when l waived NV hand
TO hr. Lowrie TO come over. bus he did
not see Mr.. Lowrfe.
On the redirect examination witness
wss asked to describe in detail ths ac-
tion OF the prisoner.
ALL SHE WOULD SAY
She replied that his actions were very
suggestive. AMI when pressed further
she declined to make any further state
ment.
When the prisoner started Co run af-
ter her, he was about 400 ysrds away
and he stopped when he came within
thirty or forty yards.
Mr. HoBEoK TEsTIFIEs
Mr. A. @. Hobeck, who was the next
witne IS, made the following sta tement.
L live within mile OF Manchester on
my Tar n On last Sunday morning,
when L passed Mr.. Aaderson's house,
rie's house. / was in company of M.
Lowrie, and walking towards the lat
ter's house We met n eolored man by
the name OF John Brown, who was in =
ton wagon. We talked with him for a
while, whsn / saw the prisoner further
down the road. K pt my eyes on
him, but did not recognize him.
OSEs SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.
Next 1 saw Mrs. Lowrie coming
across the fielo and she hoIlered to
catch him, he VS. a suspicious charac-
ter. / went after him through the
woods, which were about four acres
wides while Mr.. Lowrie was going to
his wife.
The prisoner beat me running, SO 1
stopped and went home. l got my pis-
tol and went after him again. he re-
fused and l shot at him three times
The last time he was about twenty or
thirty yards away. l finally caught
him after tussle After had caught
hold OF him two other men came up.
HAD DONE NOTHING.
Witness then identified the prisoner
as the person whom he captured. The
prisont said he had done nothing, ard
denied having seen any white woman.
he told me that he did hide from two
men who were on the road.
On cross examination by Captain
Wise. Mr. Hobeck reiterated his direct
tastimony. He thought And erson's
house was in full view OF the rye patch
mentioned during the trial. He was
on the road, which passed his house,
when he met John Brown, just Leyond
Ar. Anderson's house. The prisoner
- a ~
him, continued witness. l took him
to be John Dennis from Newtown. but
was mistaken. He then slipped
through the hedge and ran. 1 first
saw Mrs. Lowrie when she came acress
the field, and no Tered.
WAS WALKING FAST.
saw the prisoner then walking fast
through the woods.
Mr.. Lowrie had been robbed recent
ly, but do not think that that was
the reason why looked at the prison
er. took him TO be John Dennis, and
when l found out that he was not that
man, / took my eyes from him.
Captain James A. Lipscomb, the city
engineer who was next called, stated
that he had made the survey of the To-
calIty IN question, which was in the
city limits
Mr. William l.. Lpwrie gave some
evidence as To the distances between
the several houses. On last Sunday
beck's house, where he stayed for a
little while.
HAD wALKkD SHORT DISTANCE,
A ter Mr.. Hobeck had finished his
breakfast both walked to Mr. Lowris's 5
house. just after passing Mr.. Ander-
sons house they met John Brown in a
wagon. Afterwards he saw the evis-
Oner on his farm, and after he had
crossed the ditch, witness lost sight Of
the prisoner, but afterwards saw him
again IN the bushes " hen his wife ran
up TO him and ask ed him to catch the
man
1 first went to my wife to find out
what had happened. Then / started
after the man, and borrowed pistol
from Mrs Anderson.
WANTED TO SHOOT.
When 1 saw Mr.. Hobeck with the
prisoner in his custody l started to
shoot, but colored woman grabbed
my arm. l pushed her away, when
one of the gentlemen, who was with
while some one else took the pistol
from me.
After having promised not to shoot
the prisoner, the pistol was returned
to me. The man struggled for some
little while and refused to 60 to Man
chester, but he finally consented alter
l had again threatened to shoot him
turned him over to Captain LipscomO
as soon as had reached the city
At this juncture the court took a re-
cess for dinner until 3:15 p m.
CAPTAIN wIsE's CROSS EXAMINATION
After the recess Mr.. Lowrie was
cross-examined by Captain Wise as
veil as by Nr. Garnett, but no new
facts were brought out by his testimo-
ny. However the statements made by
witness were eagerly listened to by the
big crowd that had been admi ted to
the court room.
Mr.. join Jennings testified that he
lived on Ninth street Just outside OF
the corporation line. On last Sund ay
he was out Walking with Mr.. Trayior
when he heard some one shooting, and
afterwards saw the prisoner lump over
barbed wire fence. Mr. Hobeck was
running after him and called the wit
ness to stop the prisoner. The latter
soon afteEw ards was caught by Mr.
Hobeck. and denied that he had done
anything.
AMOUNTED TO NOTHING
Mr Joseph Traylor, who lives al
Eighth ard Stockton stree Is and who
was in MIR J nnjngs company on las
sunday morning, corroborated the
/ staten MT made bV the latter
The Commonwealth here rested itl
case and the defense called as frs
witness John Brown, the colOred maj
who passed Anderson's house on Sun
day morning in a top wagon.
II live on the Petersburg Turnpike, ,
he said, "and on Sunday morning las
! was with my wagon at Mr. Lowrie'
house, where l saw Mrs. Lowrie anC
her two chi 'dren. / also saw MIS-
Trimmer at her home. next to Mrs
/ lOWrie'y hOuSo Uharo I atonnad f.,