The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28

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had made. For eleven years he car
rled a policy for :1o5 on the life OF
\ his daughter, payable to him, and this
| was collected and used to help pay the
expenses OF the exhumation of her
1 body and the analysis of her vicera
/ l. A. Davenport, an insurance agent
! testified that some six months or more
| before her death, Williamson took out
/ policy for s19S on the life of his
4 wife, which he collected two days
| after her death. Her death was not
| reported to him by Williamson. but by
| others When he went to get proof
| of death, he asked Williamson as to
/ the cause, and he answered that he
| did not know. but that his wife was in
delicate condition by reason of re-
| cent motherhood Subsequently VIII
| the reports about his wife, as most
people would, because 1t would do no
| good.
Charles Archer of Detroit, Mich, a
prisoner in the jail with Williamson,
| testified to conversations with the
! latter about his troubles out in Texas
| when he had borrowed money from the
relatives OF his wife there, and to
receiving several confidential notes
from him. In one of these the prisoner
talks freely about his wife and trou-
( hles. and speaks of himself as a
hero of circumstances" and of his
wife knowing all about hts mar riage
| in Texas.
! Mrs. Richard Williamson, connected
/ by marriage with the prisoner, was
at the latter's home on the afternoon
! of his wife's death and saw on the
table piece of corn bread and some
| ham and cabbage left from dinner. A
| few minutes after the woman's death
Williamson asked the witness to get
his wife's insurance policy and keep
1t for him, which she did
Miss Baugh testified that she lived
near the Williamsons and was init
mate with them. She called thereNbe-
fore dinner on the fatal day and saw
Mrs. Williamson nursing her baby. She
saw Williamson in the cook room with
some meal in plate and mixing
something white with 1t. She asked
him what he was doing and he replied
that he was fixing something for his
/ sick chickens. and he seemed to be in
good fumor He was not known to
nave any CnlCkenS.
Mrs. Della Brooks was intimate with
I the Williamsons. and the two women
exchanged visits two or three times
a day. Mrs. Williamson did the cook
ing. The witness was with her when
! she was i'll and when she died Will
hanson told her he thought his wife
had been poisoned by eating cabbage
which had not been washed clean. Mrs.
Brooks said she got some of Mrs. VIII
liamson's meal and fed it to her
chickens and it killed them all Later
she got some more of the meal with
Williamson's consent. and sent it TO
DR.. Smith for analysis.
Or. Smith testified to finding ar.
senic in this meal.
Williamson did not own any
chickens.
The defense began its testimony this
afternoon
pennsylvania Battlefield Commission.
The members of the Pennsylvania
Battlefield Commission arrived in the
city to-day. and held probably their
last official meeting tonight in the
shirley Hotel. The commission Is com
posed OF Major Isaac B. Brown. OF
Cory, Pa. president; Colonel NJ A.
Embrck. OF Carlisle: Captain George
w. Aughenhaugh, of York: Captain
w. 5. Seabold, of AWHILE; Rev. Henry
Whitaker. of Mt. Carmel. and Major
A. {. Huidekoper of Meadville, who
was chief marshal at the unveiline OF
the Pennsylvania monument at Fort
Malone and the marker at Fort Stead
man on the 10th of May last.
Accompanying the commission is
Major Phillip Twining. of New York.
of the Fiftieth United States En-
gineers. who helped lay out the Fed
vol fn ~.
and who has not been here since the
war The commission will visit the
marker and monument.
As has been stated, the commission |
has placed the care of the monument
and marker in the hands of the Ladies'
Memorial Association of Petersburg, |
which has accepted the trust of keep |
ing them in condition and of deco
rating them annually on the 2Oth of |
May. city of Petersburg bond of
$1,000 was purchased, the interest
thereon to be devoted to the expense
of caring for these memorials.
Woodmen's Camp Organized.
Maple Camp, Woodmen Of the World, |
Point by District Deputy r. f. Mayes,
of this city, with a large membership.
The officers elected are: Consul Com
II. L. Muret; Advisor General.
George NJ. Muret; Banker, Benz. A.
Fcnner; Clerk, Henry Sherman.
General News.
1t Is authoritatively announced that |
the new passenger station of the Nor
folk and Western Railway will be
thrown open to the public next Satur-
day.
Mrs, Rebecca Jane ,Iudkins wife or
r. L. Judkins, died last evening at
her home on South Adams Street. Be-
sides her husband she is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. John Pitcher, or
Roanoke
William r. Beasley. soliciting freight
and passenger agent of the Norfolk
and Western Railway, has gone to
Cincinnati to attend the annual re-
union of traffic managers.
The Democratic primary for the nom.
ination Of candidates for the Common
Council will be held In the First ana
Second Wards Tomorrow. There is
no opposition to the ticket in the other
four wards. and no primary will be
held in them.
nody of White Man Found.
The body of a white man, supposed