Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-13

OF august I'd, but witness said it was |
really signed by Police Justice Taylor
on the morning of the 4th.
On cross-eXamination he stated that
he could not be sure that the paper |
submitted to him was the mitti.nas
signed on the 4th, but he knew there
hau peen such paper
MRS. CHAS. j. CANNON.
Mrs. Cannon, wife of the deceased
was called to the stand. She was in
deep mourning with Il long black VEIL
winch was pushed back from her face
sad one. In reply to a question she
saiu she was the widow of Charles ].
Cannon and added "and I have five
helpless children" Witness stated that
her husband and Mr.. Prince had been
friends Tor twenty-five years and she
knew OF nothing to disturb that friend
snip UP to the time of the killing. Wit
ness saw the prisoner, Prince. two
weeks after he had received two notes
from witness; there was ut that time
no evidence of d change in the pris-
oners friendship for her husband 1t
was TWO weeks before the killing when
she saw Prince, and that interview was
TWO weeks after he had received the
letters from her.
Cross-examined by Judge Wilcox she
sald; wrote the prisoner Il note in
May or June. Couldn't say how tho
note was signed She was then shown
by Judge Wilcox an anonymous note
and she said it was not hers After
examining it more carefully she said
she thought il was hers. She then said
that she couldn't see we'll without
glasses and asked District Attorney
Allan to read it and She would then
say positively whether or not it was
hers. District Attorney Allan loaned
her his glasses and she after reading
the note over, said there were things
IN the note which she didn't write
Judge Wilcox asked her what part of
the note she didn't write.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OBJECTS.
District Attorney Allan objected to
the introduction of the note on the
ground that it was not one of the notes
TO which reference had been made by
him (Allan).
The court said that District Attorney
Allan hadn't, in asking for the notes
written by Mrs. Cannon, specified
which notes. and the note produced by
Judge Wilcox was admissible
1t was read by Mrs. Cannon after she
had gone through 1t and erased words
which she said she didn't write. 1t
TOOK her some time to do the erasing
She said She wrote what she had left
INCREASED She read the note rs fol-
lows, the words in brackets being the
ones she erased, and the word Plume"
in Plume street" not being in the let
ter but the evidence developed the fact
that Mrs Cannon wrote plume" in
her letter instead of the word RAN
dolph:
THE LETTER.
Mike don't like to have anything
to do with man and wife, but | think
| 1t a dam shame the way that your wife
is treating you and you make it your
business to go down on randolph
Plume street nightly and watch her
| going down there to meet a married
man between the hours of half-past
seven and eight o'clock She is going
with this man for over two years to
mine knowing land shortly afterl she
meets him he goes to her (houseJ he is
| no friend of yours and when you see
| hcr with this man you beat her like
hell. lWhcn] she go home God dam
her L would kill her if she was mine
"a FRIEND"
(Received June Goth, 1901
MRS. CANNON PROCEEDS.
The line received June goth. 1900"
! was not on the original letter, but was
written after its receipt.
The note, above the signature is ap-
| parently all in the same handwriting
The envelope is addrcssed Mr.. Mike
Prince. Police Station, Norfolk. Va"
Mrs. Cannon proceeded with her evil
| dcnce. and said In reply to Judge Will
| cox, as to who handled the pen. that is
| who actually wrote the note she had
| read, that she wrote it, but not the
words she had stricken out. Witness
| said the man referred to in the note
| was her husband. That an interview
between witness and Prince took place
| at witness house. She told him she
| had written him an anonymous note
| She gave him two letters tshown her
! by Judge Wilcox while testifyingl
| One of these letters came by mail and
she found the other on her husbands
desk. The reason She sent for Mr.
Prince she was trying to avoid shame
II knew" she said. Mrs Prince
wrote those letters. Mr.. Prince testl.
| fed 10 it. She is the woman l saw
| down there
District Attorney Allan asked Mrs.
Cannon what occurred at her house at
the time she showed Prince the letters
from Mrs. Prince The question was
objected to by defense and ruled out
by the court Mrs. Cannon then left
the stand.
TWO MORE LETTERS.
The following are the two letters
given to the prisoner by Mrs. Cannon:
Charlie: Come up too night I think
| this will be the last week 1 will be by
myself you know the partie ] was tell
ing you about think they will he here
next week. will tell you all about it.
Yours. DICK"
Come up tco night 1 have something
too show you. ! know you want too
see. Charlie bring me some money.
you know you promised me that you
would. 1 would not ask you but have
haven't none and wont be able too get
any before Saturday don't disappoint
me too night l have some thing very
particular too tell you.
Yours, DICK"
The envelope accompanying one of
the letters is postmarl<ed July 10. 1900.
The address is MIR. Chas. ]. Cannon,
Plume street, city"