The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-02

see the fire.
about fifteen minutes"
What did YOU find when you went
to the pantry"
II found fire in tho pantry. pilo
of clothes was burning in tho corner.
and l smclcd Kerosene" lie said that
tho doors and windows he tried were
fastened. lie repeated that he smcllcd
the opIor OF kerosene very distinctly.
lie was practically mistaken on
! rosS-cXamination.
Lansey Riley. colorod. was then
called. lie was at the store when the
store was made. He stated that tho
store had 4 be broken open so that
tho fir" could hc cxtinguishcd. lie
Saw rags burning in tho pantry and
sm"llcG Oil lie created a little diver
sion by telling how Mr.. Gordon and
Mr.. Roberts had called on him. and
how hc told them hc knew nothing
about the murder, that Mrs. Hall had
always been nice To him, and had given
him credit 1T tho store.
"All knows" he said. rs that
helped put out the fire
When he LEFT the stand court adj
journed an hour for dinner
At the opening OF the afternoon scs-
sion ". r. Dunkum WAS recalled by
the defense. He was asked to repeat
a statement he had formerly made as
To scc!nl, Victor Hail on the night OF
til: fire which hc did.
John Johnson was then called back
by the Commonwealth He was at
Green Spring Station on tho afternoon
Victor Hail Mrs = " iiaII. the two
/ DuniSum girls aud Becky Coates leave.
/ The store on their way to Mrs. y. w.
/ behind the others The Coates girl was
wheeling whcelbarrow. and the
others were carrying bundles. He saw
/ the fire and aided In putting IT out.
tight,
| dow YOU tricdY''
1T had q wire. screen over it; and
was Fastened iiEht." He smclled kero-
! To MIR. Gordon. he said. that he had
talked to the detectives;
How did you fix the lapse of timc
between when YOU saw them leave
tho store and when YOU saw the fire."
/ asked Mr.. Gordon.
| 81 said that Judged It was about
"Iiow far behind was Mrs. Victor
Han from the Others ,.
Ne said that he did not see Lou
/ noon.
lie repeated a former, statement that
that Dunkum's store had been burned.
tor is lying on the bed shot"
Mrs. Hall told him how he was SHOT.
II was the same story that has been
Isaac Gilmore; colored, was brought
to the stand lie was ut Green Spring
lie "s saw w Lou pendleton and %" two on other
/ colored women there at the same time
/ The Hall family left the store While
he was there. but he did not remember
who Vas In front or who behind. 1t
was about 10 or 10 minutes after they
! loft the store that he saw the fire.
/ tivcs.
Otto Sherwood followed on the stand.
I He went to the fire and tried n door.
which he found fastened from the IN
! Side. He did not see any OF the Halls
i leave the house. on cross examination.
, he said that he did not try any OF
| and that he tried only one door. II
was locked and he broke It in with his
burnley, Harris. colored. was, then
hold leaving the store Just before the
ire. He went into the pantry, he said.
and saw. pile OF rags burning and
Smcllcd Kerosene oil.
on cross eXamination the witness
said that the members OF the Hall
family were punched up together when
they left the storc., He said that Mrs;
what object She was looking at
Dr. II. &. Hedges. OF charlottesville,
for the defense. was called here so that
as to Mrs. Halls I hea airing lie said ;hat
the hearing OF the left ear Was almost
destroyed. and that last March she
the bearing was then very poor. Her
hearing in the right ear, however, i'm
proved so that She could hear Il con
versation we'll 1t is not yet normal
/ though, he said.
Cour: adjourned at this point. and
Judge Shnckelford again admonished
I the jury not TO read the newSpapc rs
or discuss the case with outsiders.
MiGhoia5 Hal kissed his widowed
she walked from the Enclosure.
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