The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
STATE EXPECTS TO
CRUSH HIM WITH
EVIDENCE TO-DAY
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moment Sydnor Is not an obscure
man. one brother is In the State Leg
ls.a thre' and another holds high no
sl''on with big railroad Himself. be
an aceuc looking dairyman, sharp
featured. sharp-to ngued residen, a
ne county for two years. HAHN fros,
Amelia. Afo1'
roland sydnor's Story.
Let him tell his own story:
''on July 1s, the evening OF ,b.
uer' passed along the MidIothtnu
me Just before sunset going xr.,t
went up to Dir. Pcnnins,s, who lives
,pout three-qunrters OF a mile hcyon,.
.ae piood spot In the road. Ieft
hoout twenty minutes after sun.
set and came back along III. vo.S
When 1 got TO Johnson. se,c. 49,
lew hundred yards from, the MOOR
SPot, passed big AUTOMOBILES roin~
"NS'~aWay from town. Thers xer,
ne or NIX young men In Il, and the
we're going Mt n lively gait. IL rrn.
men about halfway between sun..t
uayhsht-down. Soon after this 4
passed another nutomob7Ie--a bip-. cow !.
passenger machine. II w.. 1870
nbout ms slow as autonlobiIe chr, Sc
possibiy four miles an honr M
'front.' lights were out, but tho b,cIr
lights burning. The maebfn. has ~
yellow top, and the top VIA, doxv,,
always disliISed yellow mn a color. ana
ms why L noticed Y particularly.
wondering why a mnh world 49,.
suoh n top when he could b,y. 49,
one. nsess (
me automobile had one nun sr, II
PSssed me, turned, cnme back, pas.ed
me again, and then stopped within
twenty or thirty feet of the MAC.
wherc the murder was committed latcr
In inc evening. I went on. When
ieit, the man WINS standing I'm tbs
ditch. working on tire. He ,-..
Young mnn and did not have N n,,.
tache. lie was dressed In N light =.
brown suit, and had on tan shoes nnd.
think, tan socks.n
Witness Strikes Back.
Invested of non essentials and nut
.ohheGteoiy this Is what the dairyman
,oid the jury. He went, as he came
unsnaken. Rid!cule, though it stirre,'5
mis- native wit and sometimes his an.
| ger, failed otherwise to shake him
counsel got little comfort and some
| lively slaps trying to trip Sydnor.
You do not know much about All.
s9mon piles. do you, Mr.. sydnor?" asked
withess was not expert enough to iden- &
tify the machine
All I go by is yellow tops and
black tops and size"
wen, then. what is the differences
between what you call "a big four
passenger car and little four-pass-
enger car. for instance?"
one is bigger than the other"
What else do you know about an.
tomobiies?"
Il know how to git in and git out.
Then you do not travel In them
often?" $3.50
II generally travel in milk wagon..5
Then YOU know all about milk
wagons. anyhow"
Not much. after all"
But you don't know much about
automobiles. either?"
II knew all you have been asking
me l would go to Richmond and cit
job in one OF them places"
How many yellow topped machines
nave you seen out there-how many In
every fifty or hundred. for instance?"
Il have never seen but two or three.p
Why did you notice them particu.
larly?"
yellow is color have never
liked"
Then you were struck with them9,
The dairyman thought counsel meant
admired" -
NO. sir" he protested vigorously.
I would rather have a black top"
Testimony Important.
Quick as flash with his replies
Sydnor had the crowd in a contiuual
sigsle. Once he lost his temper, bur
hastily arose and apologized to the
| court. From the point OF view Of the
prosecution the circus-like perform II
ance following his main story was
unfortunate to the extent that IT, tern q
porariiy withdrew attention from the
exceedingly important testimony Of
the witness. But even at that Sydnor's I
story. TO which he held Arm as flint. \
was body blow. He did not posi-
lively identity Reattie as the man he
had seen in the road. but saw sum.
Client resemblance to have powerful
effect upon the jury--perhaps
Certain In Eiis own Mind
In his own mind he is pract!oaiiys
certain the prisoner and the lonely
rider are the same He asserted this
much privately afterward and stated
that since seeing the suit OF clothes
produced in court he was more than
ever convinced But. OF course, he &
could not say this to the jury. His ties,
t!mony was forced rigidly within the:%
strict rules OF evidence. All he could
do was TO describe the man he had
seen. and let the jury apply this de-
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