The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-29

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u ,.r,ts and send tho money Smith wt Il, :
4 ,sstg snri,,r that he wns going tn Healing y,
y arri,, ~, Vn.. md that was the last letter
XII III vernon received from hini. she e
1, .,.,xninf rrnnuently8to tho sptinEs. but ner
n iSn,irra wero returned Unopened. ~ g 81
# .ns,,s Mes Vernon addressed n letteit 20
III I1vaat ,rhirtv.flrst street! whore Smith
Il iived whct, IN New York, but that was
Il also returned. sc h, AZ.
Vernon lnst inght II am positive that
nave located Mrs Smiths prother, Ip y.
he denies the relationship.
Sj Ralph is pretty child with gol yen
4 hair.
Judge and Attorney.
Judge clopton. OF tho Hastings Court
Of Manchester. wns asked Sesterdny II u. ne ?
had anything to say regarding the le s.I
he hud received from MIS- E ~ ma W.T. i-
non. ,..o. i.
" IIes replied: ~ handed the letter. as
y snonSa az Il received IT. to Mr.. Page the
q commemorative attorney, TO take sucN
steps MS he might think best"
4"N.il Shepherd Knapp Smith be re-
+ Indicted 20 asked the reporter t..5
II have nothing to do with that. Mr.
K Page will attend to that
Mir. Charles L. Page. Comm onwealth, s
attorney, was asked what he would 40
regarding rejndicting Smith.
He replled 81 cannot discuss tn a..
matter. It would not be proper, WIN
say this. however, that have not glVen
sufficient thought to the matter to pc
Il able to answer your question.
Mr.. Smith Talks cl It.
Mr.. H. NJ. Smith, senior counse, Tor
Shepherd Knapp Smith and Est ellie TOWN. ,V',
send Smith, was asked last night II ne
had anything to say regarding Tue YER YER
non letter. He replied:
you may soy that the article IN the
evening papers was the first intlmalion
! had Of Mrs. Vernon 8 letter
Y ..As it was ad !resscd to Judge olop-
ton, nm very sorry to infer that he
gave it to the newspapers. The reporter
here told Mr. Smith that Judge Clopton.
Il had handed the letter TO MIR. Page, anu
Mr.. Page had given 1t t. the mt wsEapers.
Mr.. Smith resumed: II am glad to
know that, md glad for the public 70
know It.
Neither Mr. Wells nor myself knew
anything of 1t until we saw 1t In the
paper.
EThc case is being now prepared for
the Court of Appeals. The good taste OF
the Commemorative Attorney may well
be questioned r have no fear, howevGr
4 that 1t WIFI influence the Court OF ABB
meals in the sli CHEST. If Mrs. Smith gets
n new trial / hope Mr. Page VIII bring
Mrs. Vernon down. 5
The great point OF her letter seems
/ to bc that she took the child soon after
his birth and kept him nearly four years.
This fact was brought out in the trial
by us Mrs Vernon's name was men
toned and her home was mentioned as
beinr in Brooklyn. If Mr.. Page had asked
her the exact address Of Shepherd H.
y Smith he could have had it, refer you
to page &92s of the official stenographer's
record which you can copy for your
i SELF
From: the Record.
The reference is as follows:
Record, nagc 923.)
G. 2"Whcre was the oldor boy?
A. eat Mrs. Vernon's In BROOKLYN,
q. ,,Why did YOU not have the little
boy with you?"
A."Because Mrs. Vernon brought him
M. Mrs Smith. at the time of his birth,
was very sick, and took the child from
her at tho advice Of physicians. and. !
vent 20 the Healing Springs Virginia.
very unexpectedly.
T5 q. Upon the advice OF physician sno
put. this child in charge Of MIS- YER
non"
A. 81 did ...
Is hr. Enemy.
tlS ut can easily be seen from the lctter
that Mrs Vernon is an enemy or the
Smiths. The caujo of the cnmity also
shown BY their failure to pay the child $
board"
1hat he Is here and will say 1t IS
false. She was approached by Mrs
4 Smiths relatives to defend the character
q Of the child. That 7 know to be false.
she was probably asked If the dead child
had developed his disease before she gave
him up. Not knowing why 1t was asked
she llas put q wrong construction on lt.
In reference to the marriage you Will
see on page 9l9 Of the record that Shep-
herd X. Smith testified that he ana Mrs.
Smith were married before Alderman
BRIDGES. of Brooklyn, on January 10,
1880
The reference Is MS follows:
Shepherd X. Smith \on stand.
(Record, page al9)
O. "Whcn were you married to your
wife?''
4. II was married on the 18th day Of
January, 1899"
O. Where were you married."
A. married at South Brooklyn by
Alderman Bridges"
G. when was your first child born"
A. "Octobcr Is, 1899.
Introduced AS Husband.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ashburner both testified
see page 745-777-that In tho summer o.
1899, Mr.. Shepherd *. Smith was intro
>e