The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-12
the smell of whisky on the prisoner $

surprise OF the defence, that the CONF
monwealth would rest. a number OF Wit
nesses were retained for reouttat
The defence then introduced Mrs. Rhodes,
the wife of the accused, VINO came into
court accompanied by the mother or the
accused and 3 lady companion.
She stated that she was Miss Loving
before she was married, was d resident OK
Richmond, and 0ad known her husband
for about three years previous TO the mar
rage They were married on the 18th OF
| April, 1889, in Ashland. After that they
| came to Richmond and resided for three
days with the mother of the accused, on
Twents-third Street. She knew Mr.. Bar
nett about four years before she was
married. She met him at tae Hasker-
AIarcuse factory, where both of them
worked.
She saw Barnett the next day after her
| marriage, when ne passed the house and
saw her sitting at the window. He asked
her out to the front porch, where ne
| talked with her for few minutes about
| an accident that had happened to one of
| the girls at the shop. She saw him again
the next day under similar circumstances.
| They then moved to II Street. and she
did not see Barnett until about month
afterward At that time he came TO the
door and asked for her. she Went 70 the
| door and he asked if her husband was in
/
declined to allow him 10 do 50. but he
forced mis- way in. and while there, wit
ness stated, he assaulted her She re-
sisted and declared il he ever came there
again she would tell her husband.
She saw aim again a month later. He
came in the back way and forced him.
self into the house. Witness said if he did
not go away she would call the lady who
occupied another part of the house. She
!
| after they had moved TO No. 1918 Twenty
ninth Street. Upon that occasion q young
| woman named Grace Meoui. whom she
| knew, came, and half an hour afterward
| Barnett came. The day was very rainy.
I She went into the yard 10 get some
| kindling. and while she was there Bar
| nett came and the young woman opened
| the door for him When she saw him she
| told him to go away, but he declined. She
| threatened to call her brother-in-law. and
| ne then went away. The young woman
| left about an hour later.
| Her husband came home shortly after 8
| O'Clock. She told him what had happened
and he became quite excited, and rushed
| out. saving that he would see Barnett He
returned in short while and said that
| Barnett told MIN he was going to leave
| town.
| TOLD HIM AT LAST.
| She did not tell her husband about the
assault until about II O'Clock of the
morning of the day of the shooting. On
| that day Rhodes came down from work
and asked her if she had seen Barnett
| that morning. He was excited to a
| great degree. and she saw that she could
not keep Barnett away from her home,
] SO she told her husband all about it
| He grew very angry, and She begged
| him not to go out, but he paid no atten-
| ton to her pleadings- He went out,
| h,,f cpn Of fha CHI tfr,cy
| until about 4 o'clock of the same day,
| when Mr.. Smith. of counsel for defence,
/ came to her and told her Of it.
| On cross-examinati ton by Mr.. Richard
| son, witness stated that upon the occa-
| sion of the visit of the young woman
| to her residence. when Barnett aifo
| came, that she did not send for her. Ile
! had known the young woman for about
| three years. and had worked with her
| in the shop. Upon the occasion of the
| visit the young woman remained about
| two hours: Barnett about fifteen min
| utes. She did not tell her husband
| about the assault at the time, because
| she feared trouble. But when she learn
| ed that Barnett was back in the city.
| she felt that she must tell her husband
| The accused was placed on the stand
| He stated that he was born and raised
| in Richmond, and was twenty-five years
.old. He was a member of Company H.
| Fourth Virginia. in the Spanish war.
! He was married Il few days after his
return from Jacksonville. He had known
| Barnett for several years as a passing
| acquaintance. On January 1lth last he
| went home to supper. His wife looked
worried, and said she had something to
tell him. Then she told of the visit of
| the young woman and Barnett.
He related the circumstance of having
| seen Barnett and warned him to keep
| from
| ne saw the young woman and admonish-
| ed her. telling her to keep away from
| his house. A rumor had gone through
| the factory about the circumstance, and
several persons had said they heard that
| he had threatened to shoot a man. The
| young woman had seen him and asked
| him to say nothing about the matter at
| the factory. He said he didn't want
| it known about the factory any mora
| than She did. She wanted to go with
| him to see his wife and talk il over
She would do anything she could for
them He told her not to go. He was
so worried about the circumstance that
| he could not work, and asked off from
| work.
HAD HIS Suspicious.
On the morning OF the shooting, January
oath he saw Barnett in the factory. and
he feared that. as he was back in town
after having promised to go away, ne
was mere Tor some evil purpose. he got
off from work and went home, and asked
his wife if Barnett had been there. She
said he had not, and then upon further
questioning, he learned the truth concern
ing the assault This frenzied him and
he took his pistol from under the pillow
| paid attention to the pleadings of his
wife. and went out. His mind was con-
fused, he knew not what to do nor where
to go. He wandered about. and finally
went toward his mothers house. not de-
cided whether to go to her and tell her
| about the matter or not. He hesitated and
stood for awhile on the corner. He did
not realize that he was near the home
| OF Barnett, even though Barnett was
| the foremost thosht on his mind. Sud-
| denly he remembered that there were no
| cartridges in his pistol Then he went
| down the avenue and got some cartridges.
| Half confused and almost helpless In
his burning frenzy and madness. ne
/ turned out the avenue and met Mr. Mar
cuse, with whom he had the conversation
| related by Mr.. Marcuse in his testimony.
He afterward found himself going. out
Twenty-Second Street, and hardly without
knowing 1t, came up face to face with