The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

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drove over to the FORBES place one Sum
| day morning to examine the gray On B
their way there they heard tile report
that Charlie Forbes had been sect, to get
or the train at Appomattox Station and !
| hire a team and drive of towards Buck a
bingham. The Fnrtnvllle party went TO
the house Of u. g. Woodbridge, called for, /
Forbes, who was not to DO found, and !
there arrested woodbridge, charging him
with completely In tile crime OF burning
| ana robbery. n The effect was electrical
Tho entire community was stirred as IL
mover had beer, before. Woodbridge waag
taken to Farrnvllle and placed In jail u
and that same Sunday night Cha:lies5
| Forbes was arrested OH a Norfolk and K
western train between Prospects and
lTarmvillc. Ills trousers were wet8tins
to his knees; he had two vhliscs and
more than a hundred dollars In money
Hc resisted arrest and lis said to have
stated! that he boarded the train. III, +
Il Cincinnati. when lle was seen to get on
at Prospect. N $5' !,
The Preliminary Trial.
Tho preliminary examination OF Wool
drtdge was 4 held before an enormous
crowd the following Tuesday, and Tho !.
| three justices at B,icking CHAM Courthouse
sent the cas- on TO the grand Jury. p On
| the 18th OF June the case came before the
| grand Jury. A number OF the leading
| lawyers IN Virginia were concerned I'M
the case Edmund w. Hubbard. Cow
monwealth' % attorney for Buckingh
county. assisted by Aubrey y. Strobe, OF /
lJ5ynchburg, are prosecuting tho case;
while Messrs. Leo and Howard, OF Lynch.f
Ibprg. assisted BY Judge Crute. OF FARM
vile. will defend Forbes. and ! Congress-
man Flood and Mr.. William Lancaters
will defend Woodbridge. The grand Jury
mot only h found "a O true bill against
Woodbridge and Forbes, but also "a gainst 4
young Dan Woodbridge. - COL vs.
iballed out. but Charlie Forbes could mot 3
give ball. and has been in The Eucking-
ham jail since late In May.
n Many sensational features "a re connect
ed with 1.-The case II Is 81 thought also II
that tllefsensations have but Just started. Y.
When the case comes UP for trial next /,
week t Is thought, and ssa Id $openi " that
Interesting IN the extreme. "a ~
Some Dramatic T estimony.
The testimony of old ..Annt" Nancyg
Morgan, the colored woman, who was in B
the houso at tho time OF the q fire, is&
looked forward to with much Interest
A grand Juror, OF much tellrgence and i
experience. said she made by far tho
best and most dramatic witness ho had 4
ever seen III Ills life. Her lincanny and y
weird account of the fire will bcs told ii
with full force early in the TRIAL wit
tncsses will u be- brought from II ynchburE
To testtf y that Charlie Forbes was II y
ftllat city on the mtg hit OF the fire or the 4
\ liyht nltowlHg. Ss 81.
\ Miss JAMIE FORBES Will give the most
vnlunble evidence in the whole case. Shs
IS a. young girl OF fine sense and great
personal beanty J, md is one OF the most i;
i9pp az gIIIls in the courit ~. d
9 Taxi thing into consideration Il
the case VIII be the most remarknb BILE one
OF Its kind ever tried In the State.# and D
there is little doubt TINT the sensatlo ns
aiIeady brought out VII u DO vastly aus 81.
mcnted BY. others. 55;.s AZ s.
There viii 10 probably between flfty@
and seventy five witnesses, \ tho majority /;
or them being commonwealth witnesses
All the attorneys employee In the case
Will be. on hand fully prepared to enter
d legal battle seldom Y qual lied J, in V he
history OF the sta 3ss 8li@
illnesses From Appornattox.
ssS6s Especial to The Times DIspatch.)
/ 1sARRAMlA'GTOx.8{ Y Al. July 16t--About&
fifty witnesses have been summoned from
3hls, comfy to attend the u arson CASES I
at Buckingham Monday Large crowds Y
nj at tend court from this county.
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