The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-15
BURNETT ACTED
IN SELF |. |. -OE:..F| q NsE !.
Justice Crutcllield Promptly
Discharged Man Who Shot
5 Down Fletcher.
MRS MRS: FuLcH Z TEsTIF'es
Evidently Her Husband [,!;: Had lad
Provoked the Shooting Not
iii Mourning.
MRS. FuLCHER TEsTI.FlEs' '

Justice Crutchflell on yesterday morn
ing after hearing In tho Police Court,
discharged Il. G. Burnett. charged with
tic murder OF II. l.. tulchcr.
IT came out in evidence TINT Burnett
weighed fifty pounds less than Fulcher
who had tho reputation Of being a hard
man to handle Burnett was suffering
from two bad boi,s and this was known
10 Fulchcr.
Tony tyler, II painter, who was present.
did not know whether pistol or II rille
had been used II was Il tritle drnmny
and paid no attention to noises, sud
Tony.
T. II. Hubbard saw the whole affair.
He saw l,ulcnert Deat burnett, VINO sulGW.
4 his gui, and fired tour SHOTS behind nm
ln,o the body OF the man on his back.
Burnett dropped tho gun and ran out Of
tho door. tulcner picked up the pistol anu.
ran to the door, but returned and gave
Lord the PISTOL Saying: il, ,l.Il u, !
ought to have shot him.. 3i4 -s
AZ Or. Parker, testified that Fulcher re-
8ccivcd four bu- lot wounds, one through
collar bone, ono through left elbow ore.
81 through his crt hip ana ono through the
leftS breast-b below tho nipple ~ Nus tl de
wound that proved fatal and brrous NJ
about death.
mrs. Fulcler Testiies.
Mrs. Fulcher, wife OF tho dead man
told the story Of the quarrel that brousht
about tho fight.
she was 1T tho door OF the Virginia
Bargain House on Broad Street on Satur--
day, &C lober 1st. when Burnett came
down 4 the street. She called him and
ASKED why he looked SO badly lie ex-'
planned 4 that he was suffering greatly
from boi.s. At this point %F'uicherA came
up and began to abuse Burnett, saying
that he would fix him later on. Mrs:
Fulchcr said she supposed her husband
was Js.pous Of burnc.s out tia :, ..'s -. 80.
no cause for jealousy, as she haas no
seen, Burnett for several months before
the meeting on Broad Street.
h Mrs. Fulchcr explained that she and herr
husband had tquarrced about an older
BROTHER OF Burnett. and that shc ana
her husband did not live together IN con-
sequence. * i4d 4
There wa no mourning visible about
Mrs. Fulchers garments. She wore !; Y
tan coat, and no one would have guessed
that her husband died four days ago
One Fox testified that on sunday pc pc
fore the SHOCKING, fS,lcher tod nun tllue
j stNOl Id
a Burnett was put on the stand ana asked ''
a but one question. III ,
Have your relations with Mrs t,u iltcl
been such that her husband had " the
right to object to them? $ .s
Burnett replied that he had not seen
Mrs Fulchcr for three months before te'i
the meeting on Broad Street. and he only
knew her$ln casual way. Fl
This was the evidence. s.,
MI. Smtl, spoke briefly. imprcsslng tils
Honor with the fact that Fulchcr had used
threats and that Burnett, under the laws w
OF Virginia. had the right to shoot ann
down. III.
Judge -. c. Richardson replied briefly
He said that he had heard the dying
statement OF Fulcher, and that the ev cyl
dence given by the witnesses had Deen
corrobora,cd BY that statement.
II am frank to say that 7 do not think
d Jury would convict this man, and were
the case In the Hastings Court = would .oNil
ask the .3urysto bring In q verdict or not
guilty. These were the closing words
Of the attorney for the Commonwealth y; !,
Justice Crutchf!eld at once dismissed
The case, and Burnett left the courthouse
u free man.