The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-26
is HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
Girl in Case Tells Rather Con.
%flicting Stories on Witness
Stand.

Edward FossAk the Henrtco coun-
~ farmer. charged with a sravs If.
iense against Ada Catherine Meeks. a
htteen-year-old girl placed in his car.
by the Children's Home Society. was
Yesterday morning given a elimina
nearing before Justice Puryear. AMI con,
on to the Henrico county grand i,r,.
which meets next Monday. Counse
Tor both sides agreed to fix his bal, az
$500. and he was released vest 8,
afternoon upon furnishing a bonds
man for that amount.
DR.. William j.. Iaybee. nres,de,. :.
the Children's Home Society. and tho
sirl were the only witnesses examin.
ed DR.. Maybee told OF receiving ber
INTO the home. together with four Gle.
.cis' Two years ago Last June. shorty
AFTER the death of their mother. A
week after the home took charSc NJ
her she was placed in the care nj A.
roster. DR.. Maybee explained tina, in
such cases the society retains n legal
su"luidhshlp granted to IL by It's
oharter' and in the event of mistreat.
ment, or for any other cause boIas
- 'ihihE DaCK the child
mus temporarily placed. AT the Am.
the socicty's attention was hrourn, -
the destitute condition of tho NaaL,
cnlidren. they We're under the care q,
MRS. Mamie Hicks. or Zion Iouiss
county, TO whom the dying mother nv
written instrument had intruste1 ~,
children for protection. Mrs Hiokc
wrote to Or Maybee in their hchalt
ana they were shortly afterwards
to the home.
me girl was next introduced, bv the
".a5e ana related in detail tho history
or her relations with the accused Sbn
is a small. slightly formed ch,la ana
does nor look much more than four
teen years old. The little check cd
Glhsham dress that she wore gave nor
d decided school girl appearance. Ucr
story was told onlv after tho nersis.
tent questioning Of commemorative
Attorney Gum. and on the whole put
The accused in an %unenviahle Hight.
Story Is Weakened.
CroSs-eXaminstion by Attorney |, n
Wendenburg weakened the girls story
considerably. Asked by him If sho
knew how old she was. she replisd tina.
she was fourteen years old last Mon.
day., a statement. which, If supported
would have added to the seriousness of
'"c tilHlc CHarEcd. subsequent cues
tioninS by Mr.. Wendenburg. however
caused her TO admit that she knew
neither the year in which she was
born, nor tho month, nor the dav of
the month. 1t was palpably evident
that her Information on this poin.
came from an outside source. upon
further examination she admitted that
she has not behaved as we'll as she
might have ono while under Fosters
care. and that on several occasions he
had TO whip her because she was
mean II developed that she was
sent TO school and was so unruly there
that she was taken home and taught
her letters under the care of Mr.. Eos
ter.
She admitted. further. to puttins 4,
dead snake in the spring. some weeks
ago, with the intention Of POISONING
! Foster. having previously warned his
wife not to drink from the spring.
Also. that. upon doing other agra
waiting things and being whipped for
them by Foster. he told her that II
she didn't behave he would send her
/ back to the home. Her statements
with regard to the date of the first OF
tense against her were contrndiotory
in their nature. on this point she told
conflicting stories both To nr. Mavbee
uron being questioned by him at the
home. and before the court yestcrday.
In the main. however. her statements
as tn the crime We're consistent. and
year, of sufficient weight TO justify
1ury for examination.