The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
I Her Indifference Gone Tears
Flow Freely While Max
ing Statement.
EN- A6es HARRY SMITH |
AND TELLS HER STORY
Her Husband Fails to Deposit
Money Entrusted to Him and
Goes to New York Child's
Life Insured for Small
3$ss Amount Bod
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LII llCll N0.sts
I ave believe that tho sald Ralph smith 5s
came 70 Ills death on April g, 1908, e si
Mo- $40 East sixth street, bstvsssn the
hours 81 n and 8 r. .ssor said date. and S5S
tho cause ~ said sdeatt, was due 20 sln-
IurIes infcted BY beating % said RA!phsfs
smith by hls rnother,5 = Mrs.s 8. 4. Smith
and I'VE further ball love from the evld ldencesss3
produced that shepherd smith fatt -s
or Of the deceased was aecessory tof the
death ]" Extra Ct from Verdict Of Core
ners' Jury.l
this unequlvocal tatenent Sof IL
the represent tive citizens iof Manohesters
who investigated the horrible death / of
poor LITTLE $sRnlphs smith before him, Cons
,monwealth,s Attorney Charles \ - Pare
will this morning swear out warrants &
before Mayor Maurice charg!n 1871 y: Mrs.sI
smith ith the murder 81 herr five-year r-ss
ola son, ana srn,t the fathsr.
with being an accessory to the deed MIS-; Y,
Smith IS now closely conf Lt thess 1.
Manchester jail,y while thes fi,ista I'd b ~ n
II larse ana fin New 8 OH. when last q .fss
heard from, ;3s ~ h; 4 \. III
Mrs. Smith turns out. to be promli;-s& :: ]:
nently connected IN New York city. Her
aged mother living In New York, ,S was vas |
Frustrated last ight when IN formed by;
Tho Times-Dispatoh CHI correspon ndent Of a
what had befal1enS her daugh hter. 3 Friends II
at the house said she would come to n
Richmond today II she was able B to &
stand the trip Mrs. Smith has also two
brothers, one doctor and the other
3promin ent In commercial life. & ..lBsss
Fl The calm Of Wednesday, night, whena
Mrs. Smith maintained the utmost COM
fposure is all over, s The q woman has .
broken down and looks years older than
when she was arrested S.s by III Sergeant
Wright and Officer w Waymack. Then she
was collected; her voice wds asS calm as
though she were a. yisito at police head SsE
quarters !: her manner was that y OF o. Wo-vE
man who had been lllsulted and resent
ment was apparent in her yery looks and ss
word. Vow all this has change She Is w
o. broken woman, fearful and fmourniJn
with a face showing every mark OF st1f Il
.ferlng and humiliation. $ 8ss "
Yesterday much OF 4 her time IN Jail 81
was spent In prayer and while on her
knees she beat her head and breast. cryi-
Ing aloud TO God to help her. ednes;-s
day night she had thought every moment ~
that her husband would como to her su p #
port, but yesterday this hope was taken 5s
from her, when she learned that he had ISL
gone to New York and had taken witt 9
him SD belonging to Nelson J. Crull. the! ~
sliverynlan. Of Tenth Street. Is ri 8 n
Breaks the Silence. I
Breaking her long silence yeste erday$ af-
ternoon she talked freely about her past
and tlmidly OF the present.
REV. G. II. Gootee had Just concluded III
religious services at the jail when The s5
Times Dispatch man arrived. The TWEEN
ty-one prisoners were assenble led In aio
corridor, hut Mrs, Smith knelt In her cell .t@
her face discolored and swollen from 81
weeping. She rocked to and fro like q #
being In agony and her eyes were like
those Of ono In a trance. For the first
time she had realized the Imminent dam
ger overshadowing her lips, s I'll
THE woman Is broken down, mentally. q,
and physically, Deserted by her natural s
protector. she 10 alone In the world. tar n,
away from her own people, and 80 dis
l,eartened and depressed that she has not 81
udu lUS w - NsSs -Ss
Wednesday, Not even aRcup OF coffee II
has passed her lps III
VI ". Tells Of Past Lite. f
a s.xhy did you publish that awful ac-
count In the papers2' she moaned: ',It d
will break my old mothers heart y shc
reads It. What have I done3 1t seems Ii
/ hard that my family should be altsT
lgraced. ~ s y, B, sgg.
.Will you tell something about your
family and past llfe?' asked The Times
Dispatch man, , 4 Isl
III was married ak years ago last 81
January In New York to MT. SIN smlt y. Go. "
i've never been married before, nor s:s
has my husband. was TWENTY-FIVE tnan, "; ig
and ii am thirty-one now. MY nialue!l N!
name was Estelle Townsend, NY 1alt s1'
8ia dead, but my poor old mother. sayent " #
wears old, "a LYING in New York, 4 nave
Z q 4 sister and q brother whose names i!
cannot tel you.' ~. j. EafY
ut has been published that you LIVED
In Brooklyn. is this so?" asked the y
newspaper man. s5 y. q, III, h
mo; + never lived in Hreoklyn, .Thas
is a mistake was born tn New xors
and was educated In q private soa9ol.
Afterwards I taught school for e pIno,
NM people did not approve sot my mSt mal n;
riage with Mr.. Smith. ana thal - tRa
rea son that we are estranged, Il.
aYour conversation and aJ'pea arance W.
sducate that you have not always HYsi = 81