The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-29

/ ant hau thin lips and was a weff
! shaped man. He also stated that he
would not have arrested Clements on
the description given by Miss Che
nault. .'.,4.5;
Newspaper Man Testifles.
A B. Land. member of the re-
portorial staff Of The vlrginian. was
the next witness. He said that he was
at the City Jail when Miss Chenault
called to look at Edward Rtddick,
suspect. Mr.. Land testified that he
was facing Miss Chenault when she
fentered the room. She glanced down
the line OF prisoners which were lined
up for her to pick out Riddick. She
looked down the line of prisoners and
/ pointed to Riddick, at the same time
stepping towards Captain Mcmahon,
and, in an undertone. saying: II be-
| lieve that he Is the man" He walked
across the room in order to better
hear anything else that Miss Chenault
might say, but she turned at this time
and left the room In company with
Captain McMahop. Mr.. Land also
stated that he had in his possession
a partially smoked cigarette which
had been found near the scene. by
e. G. Pollard, another member of the
reportorial staff Of The virgfnian.
! w. ], Slaughter, a conductor on the
Seven Pines car line, was the next
witness. He stated that he saw a
negro sitting on the cross-ties near
Stop %, where the assault took place
about o'clock on the night OF the
crime. He identified Clements as this
man. Mr.. Slaughter became angered
when Attorney Pollock. for the de-
Tense, asked the same question two
or three times. He was excused from
the stand, after positively refusing to
| answer any more questions.
| FL. T. Veitch. of Seven Pines. follow
ed Mr.. Slaughter He said that he saw
Clements near Stop % on the night
of the crime. and also that he was
present in the City Jail when Miss
Chenauft went there to look at Rid
dick. He was not with Miss Chen
ault during the time that she was
with Captain Mcmahon and did not
know whether or not she had identi-
fed him as the man. Mr.. Veitch
acknowledged having stated that Rid
\ dick was the man. but stated that he
later saw that he was mistaken. He
was now sure that Clements was the
man whom he saw near Stop % the
night the crime was committed, and
picked him cut from twelve others
lined UP in the Henrico Jail.
/ Mrs. Elizabeth Veitch was put on
the stand. Mrs. Veitch lives near the
1
car line where he sat from $40 until
l7:45. She thought 1t little strange
that the man should sit there so long.
1 Magistrate III. S. Sunday was next
called to the stand. He stated that
he was in the County Jail when Miss
Chenault identified Clements. He testi-
fed that Miss Chenault bit her lips
when she saw Clements. who was in
line with several negro men. She die
~ ~ 0o nv,f ~ ~. Aa<
trate Sunday In regards to having
Identified the man.
Magistrate Sunday was at the Jail
| when Miss Chenault came to look
again at Clements after his re-arrest
the second time. She walked IN and
pointed her finger at him where he
was lined up with several negroes. He
was asked why Clements was dis
charged the first time. He replied that
after Miss Chenaul, first saw him that
he was ordered to hold him as sus-
pect until the following Monday, and
that Miss Chsnault did not come back
to look at him. On Wednesday he
discharged the prisoner. after he was
told by County Officer Tiiler that Glenn
ents could establish an alibi
H Gave Name Of johnson.
Special Officer w. Vincent was
sworn In. When questioned by Com
uhohW ChhhtAS <AttOIucy GutlOH ne SdAQ
that he arrested Clements the morn
ing after the crime. The man gave his
ranle as Johnson. Officer Vincent said
that he released him because he heard
that the criminal had been shot
h From this 1t was gathered that Of
hcer Vincent had been told that Miss
Chenault had identified Thompson.
the negro shot by Detective Krengel,
a. her assailant. Ofacer Wash Bot
toms followed Mr.. Vincent. He stated
that no arrested Clements and found
on his person wrench.
H Charles Dean. q farmer and neigh
Dor OF the Chenaults, was then called
to Identify the wrench. He said that
X was the one which disappeared from
the Dean farm on May 3. When the
wrench was found on Clements II was
found that screw was missing. He
found the screw In box At his home.
n. NJ. Carter. who employed Clements
after he loft the Dean place. WA the
next witness. He states that Clements.
after being released, again heard that
4 the police were after him. although he
had plenty Of opportunities to escape.
and that no went to he'd - usual that
night, declaring that he was not afraid
Ias he had dono nokhfng.
Court took rsceea 1t i.Ae nv
ilunoA, and Judge Scott anneunce4 tAa{
thu jury wouA v1sw tho acena * ~
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