The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-02

body was revealed. Relatives connect
cd the delicate condition Of the girl
it was Found that he had been in Rich
mond at the time OF the murder, he
was arrested. brought to Richmond.
and. waiving preliminary examina-
tion, was indicted.
Hard to Get Jury.
One thousand possible iurymen were
examined. but only ten qualified as
summoned from Alexandria, the final
composition of the jury being as fol-
lows: Henry Keppler. w II. Parker,
John 2. Heath. William D. Trice,. Car
Ter n n,, n. Harrison and S; j. Davis. OF
wood. w. T. Herlock. F. A Howell. C..
r. French and w. Fl. p. Berkeley, Of
Alexandria. Judge T. S. Atkins. OF
the Hastings Court. presided. S. B.
did not act. Judge William W. Crump
and Beverly r, Crurnp, OF Richmond:
Henry r. Pollard, then Of King and
Queen. and Judge A. Browne Evans. OF
Middlesex, appeared for the defense.
Queen, and Charles v. Meredith. OF
Richmond, were the attorneys for the
prosecution.
The States theory was that Cluve-
mer of 1884, met her here as the re-
suit of the fictitious letter written to
Bath, went with her to the reservoir.
dealt her several blows and finally
threw her into the water. then calm
y returning, to his home. The de-
weak point In the case of the man was
that he could not prove his where
abouts between S and IL o'clock on the
night Of the murder. He offered to
woman that he had been with her to
the Mozart Theatre at the time, but
the Governor could never get the evi-
dence.
The Watch Key.
A watch key found near the scene Of
the death. and which was shown. evi-
IDENTIFY to the satisfaction of the Jury
to have belonged to Cluverius, was
tho vital point In the case, The man
In his account of the affair denied
A workman testified that he had
repaired the key ring for Cluverus,
and although he was not allowed to
the trial, he afterward assured Gov
fernor Lee that it was the same article.
AT the end of trial lasting from
May to June 4, 1855, Cluvcrius was
found guiftysgof murder in the first
degree, and sentenced To die on No
Vember 20 OF that year, The case was
appealed, and was settled by the Su-
tpreme Court on May &. 1856, In an
oPiHlol1-t WFllLcnl pyf Judge EauntleTOS.
IN which Judge l. l.. Lewis concurred,
Judges Lacy and Richardson agreeing
the findings, but not in the opinion,
and Judge Hinton dissenting. a re-
hearing was refused in September. and
the execution was fixed for December
10. Governor Lee was appealed to, and
granted respite to January IA, 1877.
when the sentence of the law was car
irled out.
Thousands OF people gathered around
the City Jail. Rev William r. Hatch :
or, ?. .D,. was the prisoners spiritual
adviser, and indicated after the death
that possibly a sentence OF life mn
lnrisnnment might have been the best,
Captain Frank Cunningham sang a
good deal for Cluverius in his last
hours The doomed man asserted hts
Innocence to the last even after Gov
1ernors Lee refused finally to Interfere?
and went to his death with calmness,
According to the Richmond plspatch
of the date. women prisoners In the
jail arranged mirrors so that tthey
might see the gruesome scene In the
jail yard.
The body was taken to King and
Queen and buried in the family grave
yard on the farm OF the aunt, near
Little Plymouth.
4 City Attorney Pollard, who assisted d
In the defense. said yesterday tina, So
far as he knaw, Cluverius never made
a secret confession to any one, and
that he Went to his death protesting
his innocence #