The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-04
Interest lJnab bated IN ]. the.
Il W'oOld!ri(dq d Trial 1 ! ! at 4.
!. Farlnyille a.
.ALBEl II U E s HERIFFs},s y
ANSWER iSl lJBPOENA

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Special 70 The n rl,nessD Dspa tcii.)
& & TsARAfv1LIE y a anuary a. The
@yYooldridgc trial continued to- day t;ltlls
n ESlirn,ttibated interest and was marked by
ii heated Il discussion y BET tween counsel for
tho defense md the plosecu tion as to tho
n #udniiaaoi, Of estimony. IS. ssst i3.i93
Deputy Sheriff Iiiss arrived here to-
night WithS Clarence Sutherland the
u missing Aibcniarlc witness, md y he shcr-
III 8of that countyA gainst VII ION, q rule
WIS X mad AZ for not making return upon
g the subpoena issued against sutherland
" ntid .hisEwll add further In terest to to -sE
,norrow,a a session.l # s5S III .Ys
s55f The second day of tie trial brought
~ forth n some testimony, which II to- the
minds ,of many wliotscrowded the court
sf5roof11, was MATERIALLY damaging 70 the
lA rlsoncr. trhnS chief Testimony rtictls
n may DO Il the defense Iiarnl WAS the re-
pea ting OF converse Ions lint wi tncFs lln1
lad WITH Woodbridge. both beforegan 3
Y, aftcr& thee conflngra ton hichj DESTROYED
someS eight nine buildings N On the
&Forhcs premises. Sa3s $
soo,la III ter 13.f C. woodbridge. the pri-8
A. .,orer, was brought into court this morn
ssi Ing he was Joined by llssWit te3 and 8lnusll-s
s .tcr. who were close to lin sthrouslionit q
ia the day,
Damaging Evidence.
witness j VI Forbe relative q o.. 4
the late j Ohm lorbes. who q yas three
quarters Of mile from the burned prem.
"a ises - tcst flied To- have had s;lAnun,lers 81
i,nn versa tions ~ iii theS pr lsDner, bOth be-
foros and sl,Ico the fire. ss SO told
lin that Ss tiie burning Of q the Il i'orpcr
home was plniined oil 3 Z bi7tary th.$
Stp ysns one month the fire that
woodbridge told he ly sKs = " col
dgc ketl s rca I,! ' ns
IreS HI said tlla Il lie
INA whol 5 thing Iii hollow of
Witness sud hat yyooldr lHcB cursed AMI
3i,,,.od Il, n y dread full manner I'll le ~ hole
NJ tsay,,cs faimiip, Questioned by Flood,
s,yit ness Was nnbl
~ For i,cses 81 Tooldridgc 20 70 .,t "
& his a buses y, 3 I. /, 3 ,,.,
told him some time ~ the
IS i,nts sof the fire hat hero was
.s.'S,,n big bust up over u Z .iornes go
Il and thut II he had control q tlie
I'M ,,nrn he would kill the las t$s da nm
one them. !. {
Mr.. Alex Forbes.
lex Forbes, an ther. . Wy
S ~ INC largest build ana t. 81
,,nrS, TAR Of 3uckingh ghaln, was B ne ihcxs3 X:
u ivi mess. q whose testimony did the le f PITS
nncr. Ne cause material dana ge.4S I,
flied that on tho alst q u,
S ber, two months priorst TO 5tllc lre,
jg$;,,Idre, in presence % II q sornes any am
,in,scf 4 said Charlie Forbes was q y ia rs
.,ro,,s mn i. and there wo,ltd be a. burst
& e., soon nj Ills home gain, wlen III
~, ,SyVooldridge sent for NJ lex FORBES pcs
Is - 1o,nc to see him, and while
,yitl,8h rim In his cell, \ w ridge asked
yol think, Ike the palnnce q .llo
neople, that his q fair ~ g M ~
tory r? q . \, ,53s = j, 81
81y0oIdridg re con timed rs y.
could cxpluin 1t all. and VIII after
Ss1 "A n, ol,t sSl would ID o 40 put ~
would ruin lint bod &,
so1rh,,t oys.frcfcrred to- Charlie FORBES
II ,,yh 8 D was then IN another cell awaiting
A, trnl under Il Joint indictment With NSool-s
4 drldgc.s n ~ 50.
rs. Mary rcr, q p elderly lad I, Was ',
81 n,t 1lpon the stand. She ives ON the
81 81 road leading from IA ppomattox to SYool-
irldge's homo. Tile morning ftcr the
firn the prisoner came past her house on
81 Ms n var Ia tile depot, lie stopped 70
81 III, rr,1 55I Ia told her That 1.-THE Forbes
If homo Ewts destroyed tho nigh before she
n asked $how#it happened. ldrid &c SAID
53shc didn't Know unless. per|l' ne boys
eating cold AZ tho night, started al fire
in9 tlC COOK, ,fODIll, citu5 ~ lily lou'N'
IA Star Witness. 81
n lcdloe s,pencer. Il Norfolk and Western
engineer, wl,owas ono Of the par " Who
arrested NYooldrld sc, ,Sr,ras q ssa r Witness
y for the cSprosecutIo,l.a He went over to
BuckI,,gh,li,, on the 22d day of May to see
! ir he could find out anything about t. the
flre, Id wcnt5to Wooldrldge's home. and.
fold l,Inls that Charlie Forbes
4 had nothing to do wit the fire. Witness
n snid he "a ed :vfIsk l a.
Z. inIf Charlie Forbes lad nothing to do
b with le&burnlng. then tell mo who did rs
3 6yYooldridge threw Ills eyes upon the
81 ground. sand replied 81 IN ii "a
is3 ~ know nothing bout Y &
n Tho Witness then said 81 "A 35iB
81 M NJ N0old ldrdge, Yn have always been
\ good friends. and ~ have something very
4. unpleasant to- do. 8S Twill have to tukeS
n you VA VI n a ,lit
% Tile prisoner replied n \ f IA FL Al II.
All right, Il lluyel tecn expecting itsnes
{}.B He tllenS,tsked to hp given limo to nut,
on some other clothes, and WIS told that
\ atreasonnble time would be allowed but
AT lat; FOCUS 81 fpolice officert from Farm,
3ss5yille, who was Will Witness) land Witness
would have to 90 with him 10 his r0a.l.
ff3 NIr. Spencer went on to testify that
" woodbridge remarked while changing his
clothes that sotna money he 81 had
Ri might be stolen # from MI Forbes,
woodbridge asked witness why officers
3 from buckingham didn't como 70 get hinl;i
Y That he knew tho reason. A
You couldn't got one In the county TO
come In here ~. Is. :. ,5' .3
liza Mrs. Nyooldridgc Was standing near tile
Y door 10 the sroonf.i Which tile prisoner
and Ills scaptors were and she, echong
II her husband ,slr remarks said; s 58s N 81 IA
,ifB III No; NOT even would Edmund Hubbard
q daro put Ills feet 4 IN here referring 10