The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-31
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III! A!si0WN NJ DEFENSE .|:.|:'
sOn5the Stand Nearly3.A'IIlIl..s y n I.
Day y (. and a, H.el'lade a l15l J ,El
Good Witness. y ): mi
SPECIAL TRAIN SENT
AFTER WITH !. ! NESSlE'S':;'H S ::'':;'
They Arrive, But the Defense
HI Decides 70 Rest It's Case d With III;
out Putting Them On. ES8
Evidence il Rebuttal
Will be Taken 81
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fspecial 70 Tho n \ 'Tlines-Dispatoh.)

oANOISE. VA. t Jan. So.C Charles z. ~
Fls hburne, indicted for the b murder of y
Dr. Frederick Lcfew. told his story sof VA
the crime to-dny.5 He was on tho stand N
nearly oil day. and made II q good Wit 81 q
ness. 35i sss
rio defense sent o. special strains g Pus &
laskl this morning wit tn Deputy Sergeant Sc
Moss, with a summons for five vi tnessesisa
It was reported that the witnesses werA s
to sbeI used to endeavor to break down ths N n
testinlon Of Mrs. Noyler ho ias regard Il
cd as hos most dnp ortant witness for Il
Common, wealth 5 After walt Ing nearly en-
hour. tho witnesses having nrriYed. coilll-.s
sol for the defense aIlnounced that they i3 II
would closo. systs. mn
1T was decided by the court not TO put
on II Iarvey, the man who elaine to- have n
boon nm eyc-witn to- the Tragedy, u and
DR. r. 8. Downey, Il who performed Il the
alrt topsy, md testified 4 for the Commonsa sas
wealth &, was called < by the defense. He$s
was interrogated In regard to the post ton
OF tho auricleS Of tho hear M
81 Dr. J. a. Allen $Bla lack # wa lied II to tho,
stand and after stating that 4 he had III
formed al autopsys \ on many soldiers dir "A
ting tho spanish -Anerl can ss wa gaY Yat
as his opinion that az knife with al blade M
two and d half inches long could have
made the wound which killed LefeW. sSsl s
Fishburne on Stand. &.
s Charles r. lshburne wa the next
witness. FIG told his story In Sns cool and M
collected Il manner 5 Art ter tel Ing Ii oh bput III
tho conditi Ion OF his healt III the Sundas
safternoon wal wi II Ill Wi e., and tlse$
boys yelling hnl.S his IVA
as folowa:
LTan w, g Yr I y = .,y
got near hai top tha hill NY
a boy 81 ttings sorlathe 81 wal K ana asked
llhin to tell me who the boy ~ as that
mndo throw the rock Town.. and che sss ::Sis :i
Victor Hoff fman. sand z said :5syY here ID oes
he I've and he Sst ed shoW me-, :hu NIX
there wns u house, nteryening and lies5t
could mot SEQ, and lle said he vas ~ r.$5
sLefew's stepson,s and q wen on down o..
the corner oG 81 levont hi iAyenlte q I'D NJ
back iupStp the corner Of C0mnerc where8S5
I.rad, asked nySWlf fe to wa for me, but II ssS
did snot9sce Mrs, nj liburn q, and II wa ked
up fiho4 strectsn few feet and still Ia ID not
see her and then q wa 81 near DR. faWss sss
and tell DR.. Lefew how I e happened. and IN
that I did no t know hat II was boy. .SS
and 4 went In and Il I think 4 rang the
bell4s "a colored ~ m IN, came Il to tho 81
Sdaori and 10 told him 1 wanted to see d.
Lefew. 4 4 ID U! .3& 7,
AT DR.. LefeW's. House.
3s.3 Dr. Lefew camo tosithe door and i 4.
said Good evening, & and st no spoke and Ia
said Who Isl that Ri M r4 Fl hburne 81 and @
told him It was, and we hook hands, &s
and he asked me to- comet y but : than
ca him and told him that n lust wanted Ito #
speak to shlnlsla minute, and 81 explained ss
to him what his boy had done, and how
he had acted, /, T. told DR.. Lefew that Il n
hated to bother him. but that every time s
Mrs. Fishburne and r had been out, the, ,ttss
hoy had annoyed us Il q great deal on
tho street; and that awhile ago wo hnd 8R
mot several boys, who wero very insult
dent, and I slapped him. and i after.
wards found out that 1t was your step-
son. Or, I.efew W said p: tyVhera IS tho boy
inow?' {ntd ! told him that he was on tho s8s
corner near Fairfax IS stable when i last 3
saw him. Ife asked me e u knew whose sAB
boy I It was ~ when u NJ slapped q him. II
q told him dldn't know tho boy ;un-
til after{itwas over. There was a pause a5
and he put his hand fin 4 his pocket and
looked down for q moment as II hef was }3s
thinking, and ! started toward the ed SO I'll
OF tile porch and said: r thought I {FSs
would Just step In and toll .yo u, and fas #
II started lle ked after mo. a little
behind me, and II to B tho left, md b @f
SAID; s,ata,, Look z here ', !, have soo
,A*Stlpik " NshoSh
off. and with that he knocked ma 4;
against tho column Of the porch, and
7 ran off the porchs and heti after me.
Again he struck mo on tho left side OF Isl
the face. tried to get past him out of Il Z
the gate, but he struck mo again ana s
knocked me down, and MS I started TO HI
get up he struck mo on the back otsthe
head and knocked mo down again., and n
" got up facing him ana he knocked mo
against the pos or the gate, I don KNOW S
which, ! told him / didn't como there to lSf
get into trouble. e ~ Es5 M S 5Ss AZ 35
The Fatal Stab. s Il
He had me by the coat and by the ii8,s
arm. and ! told him there was no cause
for this, and he put his r.ght hand In HIS 3
Fight pocket and said: pity YOU - ~
Of -, and pulled out my kr,lfs silt
put his hand back on the gate post isad Ss
started on down the street; and ftheatd 5g8i
him make a sound something like .ESt.' 4
and started towards the house, i5s
81 had then started down the strSl
and heard q oolnmotion, a nd turned and VII
on the porch, followed by Mrs, Lefaw. II
DR.. Lefew sald; Charlie Ftshburiie has
CUT me- and she said: Fred you are sgg8
crazy; Fishburne has not been here, s5
She commenced calling, and l started ~
down the walk toward tie corner. y.
looked Dtlck Ulll SitNt SAl q, A-SASff S'ttttnS
out on the, walk With a negro man iol-
lowing her, and she was saying: Catch
him. and the man ran an past her. rllste s.,
was d carriage, standing on The corner
Mt th.y crossing: also n buggy rccos
sni2ed tho two nlel, I'M them, anI sAiIi
Oct II doctor, quick, aff, sIeiyppg ss! il 'aS8
t,yyhht sSthe trouble snnfi \ told hinl 4 liat III
5llr l4etew} had ass.tp tSd ilieStll,d 7 bad
out him, AZ A fi. " 4, /. = ass