The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-30
He told me that he did hide romp'V
-. .rho mere IN the road.

during tho trial. lie was on e"o
which passed his house. wheh ne me-
John Brown. just beyond Mr.. Anoe,sons
house. The prisoner was on the neoge
rosd nhen 7 FIRST saw him. continued wit
ncss I took him 10 be John Dennis from
Newtown. but was mistaken. He then
ellppcd through the hedge ana ran l
erst saw Mrs. Lowrie when she came
across the field. and hollered. saw the
prisoner then walking fast through inc
woods. -
Mr. Lowrle had been robbed recently,
but / do not think that that was 'ne
reason why | looked at the prisoner. l
took him 10 be John Dennis, and when |
round 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 within the
city limits.
MIR. william L. Lowrie gave some evil
| dence as 10 the distances between the
several houses. On last Sunday after
breakfast he walked to Mr.. Hopeck $
| house. where he stayed for a little While.
After Mr.. Hoheck had finished his break
fast both walked towards Mr.. Lawries
| house. lust after passing Mr.. Andcrson's
house they met John Brown In n wagon.
Afterwards he saw the prisoner on his
farm. and after he had crossed the ditch.
witness lost sight OF the prisoner. but
afterwards saw him again in the bushes
when his wife ran up 10 him and asked
| him 10 catch the man.
Inrst went TO my wife to find out wha.
had happened. Then [ started after the
man. and borrowed a pistol from Mrs.
| Anderson. When I saw Mr.. Hobeck with
the prisoner in his custody | started to
shoot him. but Il colored woman grabbed
my arm. | pushed her way. when one
or the gentlemen, who was with MIR. Ho-
beck held my arms from the rear, while
some one else took the pistol from me.
After having promised not 10 shoot the
prisoner. the pistol was returned to me.
The man struggled for some little while
| and refused 10 go to Manchester. but he
finally consented after l had again
threatened to shoot him. I turned him
| over TO Captain Lipscomb as soon as We
came 10 the city.
At this juncture the court took a recess
for dinner until 3:15 L. NJ.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the recess Mr.. Lowrie was cross
examined by Captain Wise as well as
nv Mr.. Garnett. but no new facts were
! brought out by his testimony. How
ever the statements made by witness
were eagerly listened to by the big crowd
| lnIl nlU Dfin UAiillllfu I AI' 'VtiN
Mr.. John Jennings testified that he
lived on Ninth street Just ouaside Of the
corporation line. On last Sunday he
was out walking with Mr.. Traylor, when
he heard ONE one shooting. and AFTER
wards saw the prisoner jump over a
barbed wire fence. Mr.. Hoback was
running after him and called the witness
TO stop the prisoner. The latter soon
afterwards was caught by Mr.. Hoback.
and denied that he had done anything.
Mr.. joseph Traylor, who lives at Eighth
and Stockton street and who was In MIR
Jennings company on last Sunday morn
ing. corroborated the statement made
by the latter.
The Commonwealth here rested its
| case and the defense called as first wit
ness John Brown. the colored man who
passed Anderson's house on Sunday
morning in a top wagon.
Il live on the Petersburg Turnpike" he
said. land on Sunday morning last ] was
with my wago at Mr.. Lowrie's house.
where l saw Mrs Lowrie and her two
children. l also saw Mrs. Trimmer at
her home. next to Mrs. Lowrie's, where
| stopped for about twenty minutes. l
/ saw a colored man standing In the road.
He was in his shirt sleeves and wore a
cap. He was In Drewry's road but not
in Lowrie's road. ] met Mr.. Hobeck and
Mr.. Lowrie Just this side Of Mr.. Ander-
sons, and talked with them for about
ten minutes.
| was on Mr.. Lowrie's farm in all
for about twenty-five minutes. and if I
had seen the prisoner do anything wrong
as has been stated. l would have GER
tainiy assisted in capturing him. l have
known Mayo by sight, but do not know
where he lives"
Henrietta Trimmer (colored) who lives
in the lot of MIR. Lowrie's. said that she
saw the p~risoier inside of Drewry's man.
sion at the gap and not at Mr.. Lowrie's
property. when Brown came by / was
in my house. Mrs. Lowrie called my at
tentiOn to the prisoner before Brown
came. Mrs. Lowrie called my attention
TO him twice. and each time | saw him
inside OF the Drewry's mansions lane"
Witness persisted that she had seen the
prisoner only in Drewry Mansions road.
She did not hollow to Mr.. Lowrie TO
stop the Mrs. Lowrie was then
going across the field towards her hus-
band. and she did not say anything. She
did not see the prisoner make any signs
nor did she hear Mrs. Lowrie make any
remarks to that effect.
William Richardson (colored) who lives
ar Drewry's Mansion. saw the prisoner
on Sunday morning go through Drewry's
tfFf saw ~ HAu If0Iu lOlllllE
in regard to the charge made. He knew
the prisoner but did not know where he
lived. Witness said he was cleaning fish
at the time but he could not tell wha
kim of fish. they were either croakers
| Of bunkers.
THE PRISONERS TESTIMONY.
Counsel for the defence the withdrew
for a brief consultation after which the ac-
cused vas called TO the stand. who made
the following statement:
IL am about forty years old and live in
Swanstoro. / am working for the Belle
Isle Company. | went out last Sunday
morning before breakfast. ! have been
suffering with q strain and went 10 get
some cider from which l wanted to make
tea. ! did not see Mrs. Lowrie and in
fact | did not see any woman at all. If
that is not the truth. God may paralyze
me. I I'm a married man and have two
small children. The only man ] saw out
there was JOIN Brown: ] saw him in the
Drewry Mansion road. | had not seen
Mr.. Louvre CT Mr.. Hoibeck at that lime.
| did not before last Sunday know MIR.
or Mrs LCwrie. nor did ] know where
Mr.. Anderson or Mr.. Holbeck lived.
was in the Drewry Mansion path
when Mcssrs Lcwrie and Holbeck spoke
10 me. | told them not TO shoot and
threw up my hands. | had nothing to
protect me and when they shot at ne !
tried to get away as best I could. l
did not jump the fence but went under It.
There is a ditch there about three feet
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