The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-23
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The last OF the witnesses for the Com u
|monwealtn I'M the celebrated Woold driage3
4 case gave their esttmony this afternoon
II After he sexaminatlonSo OF a large number
lfof important witnesses, the Com1no oll-SS
wealth at a $50 ock rested Its ca Sc
There is IA diversity Of opinion q at this
time as tcySt the real meri Is of the case
lumber of vistt tors, laW Wyers md 18th her
professional men present have stated ed
openly that they bel ieVes rl'o-5S
Sceedings weak ened the ca ofs the pros
secution to $a8 grea exte en- T. $82s5
s1A number Of features have made the
day a most Interesting one. Early il, q
tho morning, in,me dat tel II So IT.
vened. Miss syyoo @ dge, the Oldest
tdaugllter Of l5sSs ldridge a very y3S
han dsome oung sc ma IN. app ppeared In the
court room. and MI She greeted lierSs
father the 4 prisoner ID owed { greats " signs \
OF emo tlol, and Yept 4 for, some minutes
Miss oldrld ge, soon rriyn IN
the court seat me- aplesS
and hega nst to Ike WI the test tin1ony
shortlland. She II Is an Il expert d steno a.s
j 8pher.. and rendered much a assiatance sto
the stenographer who I'd N emn nloyed iiltlF5
1.-THE case. S s$ss lt5ss sS3sA
tomorrow HE defens es vii place on
1 the stand a number Of i'm port an III wit-ss
Illnesses. An, ong hes Ii sheS dlidgaSSs
hnlse lis testin1o isSl looked forRa " "a
to with Intense int rest by the people,
and here Is little doubt hat here will
i be- rem dous crowd present rs
i imp slbe to 81 Y Just resent ~ la Nh
Il this testiinonyis going XII be,
I Witnesses Fell Same Story. ss
tSs Mr. j. g. Sutherland, "a young man who
il formerly lived In IA lbema rle county now
Ia citizen o Ii the town of Farnlville vas
the first witness his morning. He was
one of the party who left Farmville on
i Sunday. the ed o N lay for the pul.-
Il lHpose of Investigating the supposed murder
i subsequently ended the day by aarrestinges
4 INVnoldridg e7and king him to5t the Farms
Vile S1ail. Mr.. Sutherland told the story,
5lof the rrest wi til some $detal 4.
Reece{ M organ, % cousin of Cha rllel /
hes. who was a. In 4 he par ~ w II o.
aarres ted Wooldridg e.. relnted a. story quite
similar to that Of the first ltness. Many
i of neutrality-suspicious. We're SO much al ike5s
that N1r. m lood asked Mr.. NlorganS there
i had been9u conference Of these witnesses
before coming into court 3 In order to de-
termne what should be their story.
Statements Of oldridg Ice. SEs1
/ l Mr.. r. o. Morgan, who SAW Wooldridgeft
on III day of his arrest, testi fled as to
i certain statements W hlch were made by
oldrld sc i.st aft err his arrest. He!
said Wz5oldrlda toid sim that Charlie 4
Forbe was within four and a half miles
i Of thst place (Forbes's posto' 'fice) at the V
l#timei EwheE ha wa s Tspea ki AZ He lalsoA
said that Forbes did not do tho burning,
i but heE got the money. IA @ y
, IL Mr. Ftehard d. PaSne 5testified that feSI
| saw 5HYnt idge OH the day OF the burial !;
/ about this ca tastrophe which had hap-8
i paned, and other things connected there
\ with, and NVnoldrld dge{ told him he wished 4
i forty square miles Of that country around I
j about was sunk into hell. md that he
was hit ii Some one made ii remark;
lat the time that Charlie Forbes was the
guilty party, M Woodbridge said II! was not
sol that ~ IT was 50 he himself was
4 also guilty. Fl Il g5 " /, $gfs
Young Forbes in Hurry
1 q Mr. Rod, Chlldress, asliveryInan8 Of Ap-
/ pomattoX, stated that he furnished strans-fS3
| portation to Charlie Forbes when he res
| turned to Buckingham on the night OF
| the 2lst OF May, Ills little boy, Jlmmle,5
drove Forbes ina top buggy. i to which;
one horse was hltched. Forbes asked for 4
transportation only to Rosehower. bntS
he induced the little boy to- drive him 4
four or five miles beyond Rose bower.
nearly to Wooldridges s house, is$ sf ~ M
Mr., Joel II, Harvey, merchant and D
farmer, who lives at Rosebower. testi-
fled that Ste saw Charlie Forbes and
Jimmie chlldress on Saturday morning. \;
the slsts,.ofi May. as they were passing
| his place ~ n 4. q n 81 - iiiss 4 ss5
Jimmie Childress. "A hoy eleven years e
OF age testified that he drove Charlie
Forbes from Apponlat ttox5 depot by Rose
bower 70 no!nt four and "a hall Or fiyS |, !,
him to stop, When8they reached a road
turning down towards tile left Forbes
GOT out iof The buggy, tai Ing tno sripsy sy!3
with him., and as he wa liked q II, Jimmie N Y
turned his buggy around and drove back e. g
home He said that Charlie Forbes hl,i-s
i ried him all the way, telling linn tllst
he Wished 10 reach his a tin,ltlof be-
fore sunrise Il he could # s
Charles r. Morgan, brother o. Reese 4
4 Morgan stated that ne Went g 70 b y ase-. n
4 isower on May 3ist after hearing s,f
charlie BForbess sarriya near that plaee.
j aud followed The tracks of the pngSy
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