The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-06
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Evidence 8 Against II IS; an 1 \
ME Boiling 55S,ll,aye u,
TEL B OUT ( CHILD ! U
! OF D. FAD WOMAN. \ Y \ n
Reference 10 Mrs. Boiling Being
al, Opium Eater The Ground
Z Around Girls Body So Sat. So {. 4 4
urated With Oil That the
Earth Burned From 9
4 Match Applied to II. Il3s

Match Applied 70 +. T. Il
Especial 10 The Times Dispat eli.
ST SIS E1x n YA., via 4 STONY
fsEISK January TT he first VII
mess o-da y !, tfii Stewart ca &c was
spencer Crowshaw, who found the body
q ssE0fsS he d cad \ girl that sunda morning
"A Mr. d C.rowshaw gave In about the same:
ties, mony as ven at tllc nina ton q =
tJarratt last August. 'crhe diagram was
v shown the. Witness, and he wa ASK ft1
L sto plain tho posit itlor OF body of the.
+ girl when found by him, and TO give the
Ii distance from where he odyswas found ID
st0Fthe residence hf NJ ri Stewart als to-
the house d 4 Mr.. tVtay :. " IN N ssa
atsf q HIS he started out ITO do. but Mr.
h Mann sta ted II that he had a mar Of the;
X entire q locality prepared II by the county
siryeyor.f an d essrs.a p, ord and Cooke
Z agrced to },ise tiis mar ID ter on in place
% at u hes orle dra ,rn and sui omitted by them,
8.ThcHwltness identified the III ece Of cloth
II shawn him ats being the piece found $ticars
sltlis bod itnessS was on the stand
& Ileary y two hours. aud was severely. cross
n e examined by Mr.. 81 ann, but Ills testimony
II could not be shaken inS} the least. Mr.
8 %l.rowsila ty8Inhdc one OF the best WI IN esses
of3tlle tria T. tiiiHs far He was ueatioilsa,
q Il Il length BY thu on bot q leg 5s's
threat Stewart had made aga ga inst 81
tncss. sf# IN IA $ 5iF!j, &
nsx ness sta nd was
Il Mr. w NJ. b. Cooke Common ~ cal IL
Y attorney u who cofldletcd y the exhn1inaE- 3 Y
II ttoll Al the .cor0ners iIa est and nude
u 4 mi ana sal tsfactor'y stat ement as n to
,why,,l,e failed to attend 4 the first II I syos
tIays at the elinil,ary$$ xam ingt Ion ~ vi
Jarratt last Ausust 3sifs 8ss
Heard i Screams tsisi8 sF$i 35i
Tho next wi tness pla aeed on ne STAND
q VAS lSrnsst CroWaha ". jwho old iof y-.8
ssis,g t.rra r1IT ha screams xof on
distress snuth Invest of Ills i o,isc On ths .l
day the girl disapp ca r.. ness
stated that II the aolln det Jts
Ii ithey, we're mn 4 d iby d woman In adisf fess
witness further stated that he Il heard
u the screams about 3 3o clock In the 4 ter *
N noon. (. arr. sC roWstaw was askcd 70 state "a
81 f%lt rnlned during that evening or 'lisft
Il and answered that it did. " mess wa
4 asked III FEW more lportant Questions ION
and was told TO stand asid 8
The next wi tnass ca led was Mr. @. ~ =
IS. arrop. Il. OF Bruns wick count who
4 ste.tifietisnsg gtofhIs hliying a tract Of land
from N rs. Anna Boiling. mo ther Of the
N dead girl Mr. Barrow identtfle o check
4 sI,owiI$ Rim sby3s arr.. }Buford ns being the
n ono given BY linn to- Annie + Z. t.olilhs. .
Witness was loned ntS Slength by Al
4 I,fortl as to some letters he had VIII Will
"A Ion for Miss Boiling to st eWart. " ,y
Mr.. Mann here took charge o. W.T. " ness, =.
n IA : skcd l,im IL identfya n tier written
by him tos the accused before the DEAN
~ 3of& tho girl t'rhis letter was dated SS.Au. NJ
a,lst o, 1901, telling him about Tue s'sl'
Il roing 10 his 8( Stewart house e iYes
81 3 Witness Was also thunde ed mother YET tier
e al ted November / 4. Dol ], relating 10 sthe
money lie was about to send MN IN pay
nent Of the claim ie5 lSolllr s ielu ~
Il against him. &, !. 81, Is q.
Other letters were shown the ~ y mess.
y which, l,n3 recognized VI md went. on, ~. %
II ta1lsI Iwha he k new about M rs. Boiling
II being mn Cpl uni en- q .ss
A Living Child.
II 5 Witness was asked the II sauestio on.s1lt !,
& nI,Ks Boiling had a living child and no
81 lrsplctl that#slle had. WI itness was OK
c,,sed. and court took q recess ZOE one
hour. Z, , I, y. !, ,t = y. ,,.s
s. Tho first witness called a = the ,atte,- g,
moor, session was Robert = eplloEtl Ss,ot- S,''
& ored) After giving his name la ana y l nSs
Il ! IA witness was asked " to- tell what h = lcs
4 knew about the case He went on g
stnt tha n when lic went to work that
Y avcninr 5l,c heard the screams Of some
& o,a ~ thef direct ion of where the tbodyiof
II tl;c rIrl uns found. He stated that ne
4 could not well describe the II shollaw.ns, w
4 nut Ihe said he was ccrtal In y came from ITO
some person III troubl
SfI's a frank it spIers stated that he passed
5st t1,ei mace where tho body was found on
tlie way from, the coroner's Inquest and
nicked IN a niece of rag that smelled as u
X md Kerosene oil on Il # Witness stated
u that le WAS positive that he snelt OF
f on the cloth found near the bodys.of me
sirl q \ 9, , . l, a, !,
IgfS-j Mr. locke swns then scalled ana was
35 n sked ny iAIr, Buford to identlfy = piece
~ cloth exhibited to Tho court. which he
Is uId ana went on to tell 5of his put ting the
Z, ,alotfl \ in, a. piece OF $naper,s which was
shown 10 thei jury, OH Of some kind
i was plainly seen on the paper This pa
I. pcr' was carefully examined by the jury
4 I,hos j. II II III cc.nrcfl ngi coroner
Z mt the Inquest, was next w tness Acflle
He ident lined pieces q cloth sho wn hin
ms being those found near the dead girl
& On tho day Of the inquest Fl The 5witness
stated lii a clear manner that oil was
VA on the cloth In + his possesso on and ex-
plained fully why he knew the cloth con-.
tained oil. hut had no kno wledge Of any
other piece Of cloth being found on that
y day. X K u ss,s s9 9 is5 H 5s n
Even the Earth Burned,
5 Mr. John Mnyes was the next witness
called He stated that on tho day the
hodY was found, 1, liz, placed q lighted
match at the root of tho tree and the
roots and earth burned exactly as tfj oil
4 had been poured on it, HeS stated that
the hair / OF the dead girl lay about \ 20
feet from the body, III sa ID that II rain
nd a little on the eYGning Of the day the.
gin was supposed Eo have been nlpr-l
4 dered He was closely crossvq estioned
( as to the al ifferrNnce In the ap ppenrarace
y OF blood and water, when found on the
s ground, i5 Il 4, !. s 3s 4 q w. N I. WI u
Mrs. Mamie ChaPpell, sister q the .5H Eat's
cused, 4 made a clear sta atenant Of the 3ac-
tloag of her brot her. Her test timony was