The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-15
WESIlNORELAlN
MURDER CASE
The Evidence That a Witness Gave
Before Grand Jury.
THE MAN WHO KILLED HIM.
Beaslcy Declared John warrenton Was tho
msn Who Shot the Waterman -fe
Afterwards Denied the Statement.
trial Of Thomas Nj. Gillian.
THE MAN WHO KILLED HIM.
,s,,oin, ,,isns.rh 10 The Times.

pr-rs,pSBI-BG VA. March 1z.-Mr
John Moore The substance OF "hoss W.
.i,no..ye before The grand winch i.iat s,
N'arrerton EeaSlcS ana 1ooitts ~ t's
murder OF William Ncstinoreia.iu' va.
ns.,,,ishca in The Times this morning. Said
aa,, no, .,,n published account differed
,,,t3e from The testimony he gave before
che spry He made the following state
mon, w-,,ich he said is identical With that
made before the grand jury
THE STATEMENT
AZ was going down Hinton Street WITH
Charles Scasley AMOUR d noun sitsSi .i's
>stesf,norclarad murder. Bcasley vas
DRINK at the time. We were talking
.a,o,It the murder. when Ecaslcy said to
INC: i will toll you who killed NcStmorc-
land told him he had better not tell
me, IL he knew. lie replied that he oid
not mind telling me. and said: 3ohn War
renton was tho man who killed West
ruorciand. and Willie Cooley was with
him.
AFTER THE MURDER.
Continuing Bcasicy Said:7 After the
murder both Waraenton and Cooley went
down TO Warrcntons house, on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad. and stayed
Till half-past four O'Clock in the morning.
when Warre1.Ion told Cooley he had pct
ter leave and 30 home
II asked tScaslcy how he knew this: lie
said: 'Earrcuton let tho cat out the bag.
] told several people what Beaslcy said.
and about two weeks afterwards went to
Beaslcy and asked him something about
it He said: 4 know nothing about it;
If told you anything about il ! told You
q d. lie.
Thousands Of feet OF lumber are piled
on the wharves at City Point awaiting
shipment.
GILLIAN TRIAL.
The trial of Thomas NJ. Gillian. charged
\. i, a,t, ,.s &c
last November. twelve months ago. was
proceeded with in Prince George County
Court today.
Miss Stern was tho only witness on the
stand today. There are tlirty-six wit
nesses, and the case is expected TO last
several days.
". D. FALCoNER
Mr.. Nm. u. Falccner. one of the most
prominent citizens of Dinwiddie county.
died suddenly last night at De Witt. Mr.
taiconcrS home WAS in front of the
Central State Hospital. near this city.
iie has been suffering from hemorrhases
for some time. Recently he visited a
friend at De Witt and seemed TO i'm
prove by the change. He was in Peters
burg yesterday and went to De Witt
again in the afternoon. He was taken
with hemorrhagc last night and died
from it
lie and political life of his county
de was chairman. of the School Board
in Namozine District.
A widow. two sons and two daughters
survive him. lie lost a daughter only
month ago.
HOTEL PURCHASE.
The Shirley Hotel has been purchased
privately from w. r. NcKenney by G. A
WhitInore. proprietor OF -Albemarle Hotel
The price paid was sS.ooo. cash.
Mr. Whitmore viii make extensive i'm
provements to the hotel.
The barn and other outlouses belong
ing TO WareIly Gillian. a well-to-do col
ored man living in Chesterfield county.
near this city, We're destroyed by fire
last night about II O'Clock. An attempt
by an enemy to burn the houses about
Year ago was frustrated. The fire last
night was supposed to be the work OF
an incendary.
valuable setter dog belonging to Mr.
German Gill. City Auditor was killed by
an electric car on Sycamore Street last
night