The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-16

hcr scat while tho jurors looked at tho
copies. rs cool and collected as any one
IN tho room. The crowds at tho rear
OF the room stretched their heads 10
gaze at her. but shc mover once seemed
tc be aware OF their presence. Walker.
sitting by his counsel. kept his eyes
fixed mainly on the table In front Of
him. shifting them only once or twice
upon the face OF tho woman who was
Ills wife
when she had finished. Mrs. Walker
resumed her seat. In the second bench
from the front. with her parents. and
&, buz2inG whisper went the ROUNDS IN
the courtroom. Judge Crump raped
for quiet, and the murmuring died
away.
Cash Register I'm Court.
half an hour before court opened tho
Wadsworth typewriter. on which Mrs
walker said She had written the letter
II, her husband. was brought into the
clerks office u was taken from the
30, IN which 81 had been shipped by
,ohn and Frank Ratcline. The ma
chino. "A .blind" bennington, was SAID
nv an official of the bennington com
pany 10 nc about twenty-five years
old: il locked II.
a G. Wooldridgc, of Highland Park.
secretary treasurer Il John l.. KAT
.Iiue * Co. Inc. was the hrst witness
placed Oh the stand by MIR. Nieredith.
on Juno -. Il was made pnNanio 20
,,asb and a marginal note showed that
II was for the payment OF John Rat
tHno's expenses 10 Nhltc SulPhur
s,,rtnt,s Tho check was cashcd b; the
.rarrant Drug Company. on the ihSi'l
IN June Ia. when Mr.. Katcline saiu ne
l,ft lor West Virginia Mir. Wendcn-
1,Irr objected to The Introduction OF
,Ee check into tho evidence. but 1t was
allowed by the court. Another cheek.
,f,,ef lime 20 drawn 10 the account OF
cxpensos TO White sulphur springs
Corrohura;cS Hatciine.
1.ho cash rcsister used ny John Rat
cure in his business was then in
,rosucol. II required four men to
mace II Oh 4 table in front of thr
iury. Mr Wooldridse manipulated
III and explained tho method used
NJ John Radcliffe and himself and the
,i.,ss IN ltrcpine separate accounts Of
tho receipts taken in Each had
..na,ato kcy." sir. Woodbridge show
5 tha ticket receipts for tho middle
IN lame. ana said that mono of them
ha! been made by John Ratclife ON
Iunc l2 and i. Mr.. Ratciuo's Key
was used on one occasion q! inc Wy
mess hirnaelf. when Ire registered tho
r.ccipt Of $S1, because, in accordance
,yith a rulc governing tho receipt OF
largo amounts he did not Gaze To as
sumo the responsibility for so large
Z, sum.
Mr. WendonburG objected strenuous
i, to This line of evidence, saying that
4, was II a purely negative character,
ana that II did not necessarily follow
Tint because tic cash register was not
used oy John Katcliffe on the dates IN
question that lie WAS not In Richmond.
lie complained that counsel for tho
defendants WAS encroachinE on tho
courts time, and asked that no fur
thor evidence along this line he pro
duccd
IN ross-examining the witness. Mr..
WendcnburE produced check for
S96.Gj, made out on Juno -, and mark
ed garden pay-rolls," ana signed by
John Ratclifle Mr.. Woodbridge said
that IL was signed Ivy Mr Ratciffe
before he left for White sulphur
Springs
Saw Him nt White sulphur.
/. l.. Finks. agent for tho Chcsn-
peake ana Ohio aud the Adams Express
Company, testified positively That John
ltatcli;fe WAS at White sulphur Springs
on June Il. ana that he applied for
"a lower berth in n Pullman for Rich
mond on the night OF that date. but
Cancelled il because he was not fcol-
ing well. He said that John Ratcliffe
left the springs on tho following
morning. June 10.
This evidence WAS Corroboratcd 10y
a. ". Bill, steward or the Chambcrlin
ana White sulphur Springs Hotels. who
stated that lie saw and talked with
John Ratcl!io At the latter place on
June 10.
Miss q. NJ Wilbur. managing house
Keeper of tho resort testified that John
Ratclife arrived ut White sulphur
springs on June Is. On the next day.
she said, be and n gardener put some
ower-boxcs ON several OF the cot
taEes They had dinner together at
Tho Lester house, the dininr-room in
the main hotel not having thon been
ogencd, ana he complained OF feeling
H. She gave him some medicine.
Pittsburgh Lawyer Ic>tihcs.
&. y. pvich0rd, the Pittsburgh law
yer who the defendants claim dictated
The walker letter TO Mrs Walker.
took the stand seinE a lawyer and
verscd in that sort of thing. ne came