The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-11
MI. lood, IN Behalf ofs Pris1otrilssrt, rlst
Offers g Submit l. y Eyid y 4 IS dsnee ~
Without All gurnet1t, = But n ,lleS ts
is Declined BY the Pros sssSs9
ecutior1 z he 21 AZ. N.
s$5 str,lctions 81 81 81
fgncoial ". To rhe / \, i I mos d spatoh.)

OF the morning sessto e s
3strlctons viii DO; put on Ras TO ti,s'a;
time they viii ccup
s5S The instru tlons read be giv'sesrig
the Jury in tho M ornlng, M are giye,.s
below. Mr.. Flood pfS colnsel for the Sde.s
fcnse, oftcred to submit Il he case to!
jury Without Nnr gumen u, l,ut this prsopos.s O.
SsIotioli was docl lined l,y tho aprosec
"a Almost tho entar re q a5 was Il q yoted to
srcbuttal testimony irtrod tcsd s + "a
}prosecai ion.
Contrad adi ctoryy Sta tcr1lerlt Is.
ss sA most remarknb bid eaturo OF & riiA lg
is tho nlmberSo ffcnntra lctory$ tslt tcmei1tssS
between, reputab bles Wl tiiess sea. NJ.
ltnesses, for the IA efense dc eplare tia tSs
gonS tho night OF the burning the ground
y;,s n too hnr;t froxe ii: for racks be-
Swcal this witnesses say that til
no cold ard @t ground
8in,pressio iona bic.
,Ehsa Common Til o9dlY forti led At
sci s sho conf pttn s std temants@ 4
made by the prison crs lii hs& dancs SAf
this and the fornlc tria
Day y aP * ding 5}a.sSs
Thn first ,ess tofs ths XII
tho trial 81 ID liz 90
5I)ss llllan, III pol inA oth Cd
WHO test fled t$st lla lisE;
mig the
and the gro una Tia I'd 4; froza -sa
dance was ILL., % stradic ton COIN mo
swealth's Nv tness es Wl u said ira
made on ilght8 OF tho fra abpu ID
FORBES honlea Captain & n lam l'cr lciIsssS
%bered the Weit ther condl lion cause HI q
was on the tBS
on which Mr. Robert li33 Duval welt
kt,,n,t
the $Farnvillo passsnge sta tioll
VIZ Mr.. I'm t'er; of ME-
6Buckingllanl Board of supervise II tes--sg
titled that he tra cou
$on tie night Of Arar eli tha q he wa s.
his Odd SO q
III clock, l,e lid SO without fire ms i y
room. on Its way hona he so wsa.8 glltE
IN the direction of "a tho s prhesss nome e.SS
witch teS fterwards tai led va
from, u blaze wh lch the 81
buildings. 81, 3, H, II ", 5
next called by the prosecuting q tto
sn1fl rnye some DANA glng estimony. sles
wont to school witt Dan ldld ge. nc 6 4
morning after tho fire, md stn kn
inc, about tile fire init ho told her
thav arrived IA t. the school he told them
there would 30 no llools IL g t, he7 "
cause 81 Mr.. TNorhes's horne had burn
TIa asked lis to him 4. 2 YeI,
the burned hot asked
5ifsanvthins wa s saved, AMI smentl Looming 81
few articles, he asked thut had Charlle x
Forbes had any sense flo lnig gllt Y nave 1.
saved two bugg gIes,S but that + " len Il ne N
F(Chnrlie) saw cVcrytt hing sburrlln ng no golls
scared and ian OF !. ss
TJponE cross ss-examlnat on by ME-. Big
he poured questions at the tness. but
she was rnshaIen from her s. y tetnell ~
in chief. 6 sss3gl's.5
ii Miss Georgia o,Brierl, allolhnr choolS
girl, sis ter Or Miss Bc cssip, ga ve III,
stance tho sanle evidence, and sfta, too.
went into tho hands Of opsl l
crosse examination, but proved m cqual
good witness as her older sis tor, trti-s
5tnined8n mn oven balanced conn slro uni y II
sle was dismissed from tho stand N
Mrs. Van Anderson was tho, II ext WI t-sl
ness for the prosecution She said @tht
when on tho way from y John.:i III M
Forbes 's \ funeral she heard Y WOOL dridg So ~
when l,e remarked toGllerS husband, u wi IL II
q vase of the hand saS
you can see my mo iye no III $
Tho lnove5of tho hand was 9in the dlrec-
gtlon Of the John s. L Forbes lan nds.S Alrs
Anderson said this wns all she heard md II
was In tile net or leaving the witness n
jchilir.s when MI. Stroda sal III I'll a,
'..Irs, Anderson, did / understand you
to say that that was MI said. s II
s'tYes, sir; except that i told my hua-s "
band TINT l supposed he X NNooldr rldge) Il.
thought llo was monarch OF all he sur -g5
5yeycd, z u a ], VI 3 ;8
!; "a ripple Of laughter went over the court
room at this lis Il L. is sS /
f 5 r.. a. Forbes was sreOnl led by the pros
caution for thu puiposo OF Impeachlns
tho testimony OF Policeman Fog us as 10 d
statements made by FOCUS Vi to wi taass
one day last spring, Witness said tl,al IL
. Fogus. who assisted In the arrest OF "A
Woodbridge told hin he never saw any
Io,la show guilt SO plain ass did the ps
oner when they arrested Him, and That HI HI
he--Togns-tllought that Woold rld GO #
would fall down 4
Arthur Forbes. bank clerk, of Farni-
Vile. Gorroborated his fatheFs--i',
Forbes -tcst tilnony, on This point Ss
8 Mrs Dick FORBES was asked d 70 8 taSe 81
tile stand again, She tcst fled that ~ lss &
AIa,ldu Forbes said In witndss's col,sT4l.
room that or, tho night of tho fire. she
heard ii popping sound as ~ " was i.Sg
train. on cross-examnatio ion, Air. Flood
asked witness if she tWi tness) " eyfr
hcasd Il train pop. She replied;
# No, Sir. 81 S3l u Il - MI tliI q
Didn't Miss AIuule say; roar AMI not 4
pop 4? Witness replied that she SAID 20 n y
81 Miss Maude, who was sitting hS ths B
sprisone1, plushel crimson at ~ lres sS
E'orbes'a testimopsI. N iS "
NJ The Instructions, #
Z trha following are no Instruct ions of si
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