The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
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murder!
\ sarle SS Raj olph Stuart '7T'
81 Tried This sS!
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;lAy OF MISS s BOILING .


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1TT ;' In .l' ''s
NM, ,a ~ January sando rfl
stes, the Sussex co,rnlty nan, WIG
tas been locked rp In The terspurs 'u
fors /, "a nv four months chat ged Win 1ne IA
murder and burning rs Miss Annie llaahu
Il Bolng, nea hero 2lst day @ aas.
+ Junc, viii no pit on trial for his $llfe ~
M rlr cut Court d suss county, q orc
Judge Sussex County 11;s 9co "
honze. Where the trial Will be had is eight
niles distant from the rad Y SneatT
Il WI accessible point from l,s Sly 6eing
U Stonv creek station, on he go g BY
Line, which IS eight NIL es nwly
It1s not anticipate 4 hat
Guilty will be counteretl N securing, 4, !. &
81 ii1ry M the county, but the for
II ~ rlsol,er may ask "a change of v en-
%,A venire 4 81 thirty has been sunlm f0'f =,
and "a believed that Ia jut'y cal ebe Sc
cured iii the other end tl,e county IRON
that which the alleged &crln me &c cnlrrlretd
53Th1s entire mort lon OF he State was tls
n IL d high pitch LEI
ovcrSt i1esd read full murder Of this helple
Young ny oman, and steHa ~ was s
# rested and take to Jarra ttS torl 2 pre-
IIimfhary trial, people from far an &c llear
attended the trial. which tlearly
sS two entire 1, Il J, J, VA,
4norning Mr. Spencer Cras aw, upon get ,st.
fling $,1 I, and going out to tend ~ the
feedlrlg 81 his stock 10 7 81 puzzaFdEs
SYvinr 3 arc ,ind near his place, MI upon on
J5going to SIC what they were ~ ton II
q tho d Id Body o. IA Young woman VII
every part |, of flesh ea ten by dogs ana
b,1zznrrls, and burned fro ny the bone
Cr;ls haw inlmcd not flctl
neighbors md went he ofilcers &N lIg
III came ana summoned ~ oi 81 q
who. after lcarilig the test q tWc H
Il A. ,I'orc witnesses ,Sd ecided that the
Il ,yon,a Il VIII 8 was posi- idonti
being tho ling girl came to her death
"a at$ the hand 81 of some pers oll or sons
t,known to the, jury
This girl was u first cousin Of Charles
RI stewart, and had his ho y, nse q
"a lst one 81 Ills Sfamlly for out years
gbef ORE her dcat hsafid q t y strange, but
9 true, B that Il onl Of stewards
IL nearest me- ghbors knc Of this
SHE had never been y, g place since
she first went there q q N.Y.
ii stewart test lied BET he 31urs
s. that he kept her bcked up IN her room 81
" atsnlg II t.at5sS n Il,
III ~ d $50 tied other hlngs nboutsth e
NJ erl which other member Of his irllnle.
ato fanil denied tfe r lI'r!s
j,iTy This 81 II ing from IS N NJ
rs Stewart homo on Tuesday, June list,
II and wa found until the following u,
& SUNDAY Juinio 26tl $and during that time
81 he ma dc no 81 fort to find her, yould
l,o &c any q the mel ghbors " 81 help Nm
find Iher. 1t was PROV en- IA the prelliml-
y nary Ion tlla some KIND
was OH the scraps of thing 70 nd 1lellr
the body Of theBd lend woman u
iese scraps i o sclot b. arcs no W ms pos
4 session 81 tho tCommo Wenl tn or;
a hoy, VINO will sendeayor to Isl oWI by them
4, and several itnesscs III la We USED
II on the body az ter cath y order 4 9 Sbn r.
&itSto3hidei the crl,ne.5$ 1t IS not knovnSyet
~ what Stewards limo OF defense will Il be-
as at former trial + be fore the two JUS tlce
4 al Jarratt, he did not produce o. single
witness In his behnlf but i; is thought
low that Ills aSyers 5 nt tempt e
g prove an al bi.. ri sfi
sgssSt Nj. III Stewart, at tho coroner's inquest,
y claimed lie left home on tia TUESDAY Il he
y girl was missing, at little III fteral y
"a @ clock, to- go to ono of his eigilbors to
& see him on sore business, before he went
M is work, the distance to DO ira vel d not
being over one and Sone-hal f8hnics, but
Sthe,me1nbers iof the! neighbor's family said
Il ME-. stewart arrived there at exactly half
IS past 2 a. clock. and lie It at 8 % clock
Mrs. Mamie Chappell, sister OF the nc
fscused, and q splendid woman, Is 4 one q Of
y, the main witnesses for Tho prosecution;
ln1
& Dnwidd,o county. mother OF 5$ tho dead
"A girl The Comn1onwea til has In all about
4 Twenty-Five witnesses, while 1t is n not
If known Il how many wi ljl appcar for the
H. defendant. This trial which has been
"a postponed twice before for va riou reil-
IT sons N will be "a very interesting one, and
will be largely attended. +, s55
"a Mr.. r. II. Mann. of Pet ersburg, and M +.
~. d. Person, Of Jarratt, will appear in
behalf Of the accused while Mr.. Il. 7.
Buford, OF LawrenceYille, Va will aid
I: IN the prosecution, and Il every 4 inch Of
N ground takenby either side will be strong
" contested by the other, 3 "A Il 3.5
This is one Of the few cases where the
x accused ls believed to be guilty by every
y one, and even by some OF Ills family, hut
4 4 MI want to SEQ him have affair and i'm
M partial trinl, and If 1t Is proven beyond
a doubt that he AZ innocent those sup,
posed to be his enemies will be glad tc
see him vlndlcated Of this terrible charge
now standing against him. S5
Messrs, Mann l and Person. with thu
county surgeon Of Dinwlddie. was up al
~ the scene OF the homicide, several days
ago, ard made q survey Of the route sup
& nosed : to have been AIKEN by Stuart In
going and returning from Mr. Gray's, thu
@ neighbor above mentioned. Son the Tues
day the gill disappeared, The proceed
ings OF this trial will be sent direct from
$ the courthouse at the close Of each "a!
A 10 The Times Dispatch. 3 W ,St u
RADFORD, VA, h "a
Especial 40 The Tlmes-D ispatch.) Il
IA .ADFORp VA, Dec. 81. ~ irs. NJ rlona