The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-23
THE RICHARDSON CASE.
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with Mrs. Richardson. charged with the
murder 1t was the claim OF the prosecu-
ton that their relations could be shown 70
be such that each would nave nioli'e Ao'
taking Richardson's life.
The defense objected to the Introduction
of such testimony. contending that IL hao
no bearing on the case against MIS-. hieh-
ardscn The question was argued 1uesuay
afternoon, the prosecution claiming MI. 1na.
therein could motive be iounu, -
morning Judge Burns announced that he
had decided to admit such testimony.
1t was shown that Fife and Mrs. Richar"
son Was friendly. One witness testinea
that Richardson had accused fl1e OIL pa9
ing attentions to Mrs. Richardson anu .na
hot words passed. Another witness Lestineo
to having seen Fife and Mrs Richardson W
gether at II 80 o'clock at night
NO GUILTY ASSOCIATION
HETwEEN COUPLE PROVEN.
p,t In the opinion of Judge Burns. e1-
messed when he decided against the motioh
70 dismiss. no guilty association petween
the couple had been proven, ana ne eai0
that accordingly a motive had not oee"
proven. ,,,,.-scl-
lanes Rea, a lawyer. and W. 3: LAmerieh usa
of Savannah
done. gave the chief testimony VIZ VIZ
relation to the finding of the olooo spo.s. y,,s.
Rea told that he had not seen Stewars rIie
op the Christmas Eve OF RichaiusoI 81
death. In walking home from the 80
town section of Savannah. ne staleo ctnn. tnr
he had seen Charles Glazier ana oruSe ~,
ton two young men Of Savannah, VIZ
vera nm the witness stand to-day. hurryIhs
touard the Richardson home. HIS curios,.s
Vas aroused. and he followed to learn ens
carsa Of their haste, and at the front uoo.
or the Richardson home was in1oraeu u
the tragedy. a.. roonc in
He said that he examined the ,,o.,a-ed ioo
y e,g.r stump lust inside the door ieaonis
eror, tho ,ou to the hall and behino tne
dnor which swung back into the room. ne
To,nd Richardson's hat. He did not Ano"
how II had gotten behind the door.
FOUND BLOOD STAINS
IN THE HALLWAY.
pea found blood stains in the nafway.
They covered a small area ana were "oo''
three feet outside the room ooor.
ITnl,ar cross-examination. he said that ne
had NOT found particles of brain near THESE
stains. It is the claim Of the attorneys ~,
the defense that evidence Will De aooueeu
today to show that particles OF BRAIN "ere
noted near these stains
In his testimony. Limerick told OF ho.iiis
spots which 1t seemed to nun were ,r.1osa D.ooe
.t.ins on the carpet inside the room inese
.'a.. x,ars of smaller area tn n those in the
hall. -. +ne
T. Somerville who arrived at tne
Richardson house about an hour aiter Tue
shooting. also told of seeing the stains
which Limerick described as being insoe
the room Limerick began MS tes.iihony
~ ,re ,arrat,n0 that he ran to the Richard
~, hon,e as soon as he heard the news
of Richardson's death. He stated that ne
,raerstood that Richardson had commit
ta, .,,,c;de and that but three persons, De-
sides Mrs Richardson. were at the Iouee
when he arrived. They were MRS. her''
Charles Glazer and MISS nora te,no 49,
81 knelt beside the body, salo me- anu
ra,t for the pulse Mrs. Richardson aiso
stooped over the body on the opposite SUI
70 me. She seemed agttateo. anu en
deavored to induce her to go into anotheF
room She refused at the time. ana as
sisted me in lifting the BODY 70 inc
lounge"
Attorney Booher, IN conducting the cross
examination of Limerick. made point on
tho condition Of Richardson's clothing, at
tempting to show that the BODY had not
been dragged forward after the shot was
fred, as Mrs Richardson claimed to have
dragged it in her nervous agitation', foiiow-
ing upon her husbands fall.
limerick stated that the dead mans
overcoat lay smooth under him, which, ac-
co. ding to the claims Of the defense, would
have been impossible had the body been
| dragged any distance feet foremost.
SAYS MRS. RICHARDSON
AND FIFE WE'RE FRIENDLY.
Cherries Glazier, who was clerk IN the
| Richardson store at the time Of the ms
| terious shooting, and who now lives at
Bloomington, ILL.,, was one of the witnesses
| whose testimony was expected to connect
Fife, Mrs Richardson and the alleged
| crime. He said he had frequently seen Mrs.
! richardson and Fife together, and that
when Mrs. Richardson visited the Richard
| son store she often chatted familiarly with
J Young Fife, who was also clerk in the
| same establishment
Clazier testified that Fife came into the
| store about 10 o'clock on the Christmas
! Eve of the shooting. and that he had left
! the store about 7:30 p. m. He also said
! that Fife had once shown him revolver,
| a 3e-calfber center-fire weapon such as was
| found beneath the sidewalk near the Rich
! ardson home two weeks after Richardson's 8
death. After the news had spread that
| night before Christmas. Glazier ran to the
| Richardson home.
| He told from the witness stand. Of the
| position of Richardson's body. but more
1 particularly of Mrs. Richardson's appear
| ance at this time. She seemed much ex-
| cited.
| MRS. RICHARDSON'S WORDS
| OVER HUSBANDS BODY.
| After being urged to leave her dead hus-
I bands side. she refused and Glazier said
| she worded the refusal: Leave me. i
| krow more Of this than anybody"
| Attorney Brewster, cross-examiner for the
! defense, attempted to force an admission
from witness that he might possibly have
| been mistaken in quoting these words. The
| lawyer asked: Ibid not Mrs Richardson
say, I know him better than any one
| else,''
diazier ayerred that the former version