The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-16
Star Witness was 9. 'P. Wat
IS. son. Formerly s. So'hl Ter Of Fort
.THE.lMPoRTANTsEv EVIDENCE.
He Z estlfied IN Regard TO Converse.
tlon Between the Prisone' and a. y.
IA F'ritchard, Also Chrged
With Dysart's MureAr.
Especial to Tho .Tlmcs.Dlsptci.)

n WORT NEWS VA 1pril 15.--
After being out for3just ten minutes. tins
sjury IN the case OF William slolbyDnllns
6t'..14anlsy Bob Ryan bro,iglM IN verdict
Of mot guilty" THIS Afternoon. The
prisoner was on the stand hisafternoon
and denied positively that he A,ew any
thing Of the murder Y Amos pysart IN
October, 1900, and dccl.red thntIthe story
OF his conversation WITH pritdlard was
Il myth. He said that e was 1ldt on good
\ terms With Prltcharl and had not Had
anything TO do with hit, since june 1900,
several months before tc murder. Prltch-i
ard confirmed this esthony
Commemorative Attorney Hughes,
after tho verdict was read. desired to
enter n nole PROSE- intho case against
aPritchard, but the Cont refused to al
low him To DO 80, nndtho case Will be
taken up tomorrow. SAlby says that 1ho
enlisted In the army ,Ner tho name OF
Ryan because his sister Ills only living
relative, was opposed his going Into
sthe services
3 Tht case was called In to County Court
OF Elizabeth City county yesterday after
noon, and before the coul nd jo,lrned for
the midday session to-dni tho most I'm
portnnt evidence for the tosecution had
been heard. F 5
IA number OF witnesses tere examined,
and the facts about tho disappearance
OF Dysart, who was,.n sHier at Fort
Monroe, and tho finding pf tho body
Floating Under tho bridge oyr Mill Creek,
were brought out. but thcstar witness
was c. p. Watson, OF ALA bAia, formerly
soldier at the fort. lie estihed con-
corning n conversation betwln tho pris-
oner md a. r. II. Pritchnrd.wllo Is also
charged with tho murder on To night the
body was found. He said tha Ryan was
doing most or the talking, nndvas. telling
Pritchnrd that no did not SGD how "the {
drug could have killed soakNlke him."
referring to Dysart. Tho wltrss stated
that 1t seemed that Ryan had ptten his
share OF the money which Ind cen got
say said 'tAs we have killed him though
we didn't intend to do IT. " must
post tho other boys and keep ledark. Il
Ptrkle i know, won't tell Just that
time. tho witness snid. Pirkle case in,
and after more talk the crowd dlstraed.
Pirkle, the man referred 10 by thlwit-
ness, was soldier also. and was inrted
by the grand Jury along with Ryarand
Pritchard. He Is believed to BIO intha
Philippines now N
Watson, when he was closely cr,s-
examined by Attorney u. s. Collier, or
the defense. said thnt he had kept out
about the conversation lot tnFee yeAJ &
because there were four men concerns
and he did not know tho fourth ma,
He said he came from his home In Ala
bamh to testify In tho case because he
was summoned. u 81 s
The sevcn-mastcd schooner Thomas w.
Lawson arrived here this morning from
Boston. The vessel was at sea last night
In the Storm, and tho captain says that
he and his crew had Il rough time. Tho
Lawson Will go to the shipyard for
painting and slight repairs. and. will then
load coal for Boston.
II. II. Carter, n young negro who has
been given four months In jail in Rich
mond for stealing bicycles. is, wanted
here on the charge OF stealing clothes.
and Will probably DO brought here for
trial after he has served Ills time =
Richmond II 5Is,
Maryland Agricultural Colleas. OF Bal
timore to-day defeated tho Artillery
School, at Fortress Monroe. by the score
OF to 0.
Albert D. Johnson, young man em-
ployetl at the shp-ynrd, and AlRs Chris.
tine Campbell. Of Hampton. wen publicly
married at the Carnival to-nIgl ,ss