The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-23
No said, was about one mile from p, 9
wccldtidge,s house. ,.
Story OF the Burning.


s FORBES, and a justice of the peace OF THIS
county. told the story Of the burning ming SO
FAR ss he knew II. He said he was at :
Mr. sam Forbes's place on the day a ate
Am burning. and had n conversation with
woodbridge. Miss jamie Forbes was
z there: also Annie Forbes and II lu W m
az others Woodbridge told the Mi WINES
h that day that Charlie FORBES a , .i, 10
i burning 1t was that day that ,tiey ~. ~
y cided to get detectives to WORK UP ....o
IsrItyneliSand Scott, the detective YES, came
IN frnm Richmond to work UP the case ts',. !
sIIn anjd he saw Nv opldridge also on .'hS 4
da,, III he burial of John S. FORBES. 1h 'y
3 fs,,ara coming away from tho grave-Sla.rue,
~. drivjng in his buggy and Wooldrlus s
WAXING beside it. lie said 70 M. at
derson: !, ~ ,,,c ],
S.,Now, Van, YOU can see my moe1Se.
..Nhat2 ~
He said: - .,,erv.f
Now, / am IN possesstoi' 3 !,
thing Is, rds tbc Forbcs
jrarn,. which was all around them. ~.
t..i said" continued Mr.. Anderson * X
plain what you mean. 80 a+her5
He. replied: II will tell you s0AaS ~,
time ANDERSON was
consldared Mt first to be very ivaluap ~,
evidence, but Mr.. Flood began n ~. " s,,HE
M nderson a number Of questlonts' sli.u
was about to establish the l lS, III
1vooldridge was not making any ip!..S' 80
confession OF completely IN the crl..lo ;.ot
meant this remark to DO inetets -
ical one. ...,,,, az +his
ro;nts raised objection to Mr. FLOODS
questions, and the jury was re.ireu Wa va
tho lawyers discussed the ~
the 5atarrtiisson at CLOCK MT IS.
Non was recalled to the s. ,a,i p., any
asked whether or not he hau /, NAG a,a any
c,Nayersation with Mr.. Brownell, the 4, DE-.
Is teoNiye58in which Browncll asked NnetieEhS
K Am erson believed 3 Woodbridge III guilty.
81 Anderson said he had had sucn q con-,
yersation with Brownell, and he had she Ear
that Brownell had told Wooarluse 3 ~
their suspicion about him IN this iilat t1e1
# He Spoke in PARALLELS.
Is n WAS the undoubted impression made
mon 4 number Of Intelligent people,.
even fit never reached the jury, that
H Mr. Andcrson's ties timony did not 30 70
4 nrove that woodbridge madc an " con-
fession OF having burned the Y Forbes
s property in order to get possession OF u =
He had heard shat he had been sus-
II pected Of 1t in order that he might getf
possessions and he was merely rete es' 2
to that we'll known suspicion gWnen ne
fold Mr. Anders on: IN w YOU see my
motive" 8, /.
This witness established tiie fact NJ
Ess1y'ooldridge's tongue had been largely
NJ his II undoing. Mr.. Flood said - nat st MS
III client Woodbridge, always spoke In para
bles: that he was mysterious IN ms con- 2.
versation, and that he could pc rea read
misinterpreted In his remarks. Mr. An
dcrson. when asked whether Mr.. w ool-
bridge had such characteristics. said { he.
did, and that sc was q hard man
Ito understand. 5si 81 #
Finding Of a Pistol.
J. H Morris testified at some length
"a as to a. converse ton which he had had
Woodbridge He said he asked
Woodbridge whether he thought Charlie
n Forbes was sguiltyS of the burning. Hool-
drid &c SAID: mo, II dom but sug Eested
Ss that drunken men might have burnt the
z house The remarkable part Of NJ
testimony was that in which he said that
: he was at the burnt Forbes place soon
after the burning and saw Woodbridge
4;S there, and that Woodbridge told him q
tho finding III the back yard. only "a few
Ri! feet away from the house. Q I a: pistol.
Woodbridge told him that the pistol had
Ills handle somewhat scorched.1 Dan WOOL
bridge came up at the time his. brother
was talking land corroborated his broth
IS this testimony that Woodbridge has that
pistol still in his possession. so far ms
Y is known! .5I 5 81
This is the first mention Of a pistol in
s this case; not eveSl a, rumor of tho find
ing Of asEpisto has been known before.
Woodbridge had talked a great deal about
SS the case, but5so far as is known lie has
never mentioned tho fiVllng OF this PTS
tol TO any one except j. II. Morris and
I'll H nIorriss family.
~ Woodbridge s testimony tomorrow will
he extremely Interesting, so far as 1t
hears upon this important matter.
Walter Morris, son of J. II. Morris. tcs-i,
titled in a rhetorical manner Weighing
81 n his words and polishing his sentences as
vi he spoke. He told all about the CONVEX
s sation about the pistol and the search
for the tracks of the guilty parties and
other things conn ec4ed with the case.
The Dead Owners Brother.
e III Mr.. Peter A, Forbes. clerk Of Bucking-
ham county. and brother OF the late
y John S. Forbes. stated that his brother
was In hts eighty eighth year at the time
Is of his death. He said he went to the
place of the burning on March 9Th and
there had a. long conversation With Wool
bridge lie said Woodbridge told him,
al that day3that he knew whose tracks they.
were about those dwellings; that one1of
bridge suggested to him. that children
might have done the burning or that
drunken men might have committed the
crime. J. He said Woodbridge asked him
this question: HAS il ever occurred to
you that some men who wanted to buy
9 the property did the burning?"s
Mr. Flood asked Mr. Forbes how many
acres of land Cliff Woodbridge owned,
Z Mr.. Forbes replied that Woodbridge did
Il not own any land. but that his wife
owned about four hundred acres.
Mr.. Forbes Acknowledged that he paid
the detectives for working up the case,
but that Woodbridge had them brought
nv 10 the county,
This was the last witness for the Com
L monwealth. The court adjourned at 1880
o'clock
All day tomorrow will be consumed
with the examination Of the witnesses
for the defense. The day will probably
be one of tho most Interesting ones Of
the entire trial, az 1t will show tho
strength of the defense. Congressman
Flood. who Is q. splendid lawyer, Is work
ing very hard for his client, and ho