The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-04

sosgy. so that footballs upon them
would have been deadcncd.
X, Z. Mackay was recalled to give
the measurements of the porch. lie
WAS present when the grand jury cN-
amined the premises
Mrs. L. T. Yancey was called.
Did YOU have any conversation with
Mrs. Hall?" she was asked.
Yes" She said. Victor heard n
noise on the front porch and he got
up and went TO the door. She said
she heard II shot and him fall. and
| then she woke Becliic and the others"
she said afterwards that Mr.. Buck
! Dunkum had been suspicioned and
J that they were beginning to suspect
her, She said that she reckoned they
would send her to the electric chair
IL il wasn't for the two school-tca chcrs
whose evidence would save her"
~. Sterling Hall said that she told
him the same story of the shooting as
told by others.
She said she found Victor in IL
crulnrled position. lying partly on one
side She said she shook him. but got
no response. She noticed that his face
was bloody, and then she turned him
over and saw he was shot In the back
OF the head. She asked him who shot
! h;iu and GO. no response. Then she
! went into the bedroom and got a
bolster and put il under his head" The
witness said that Mrs. Hall went into
/ the pantry 10 AWAKEN b'NNit SUM
as she found Victor was shot and be-
| fore she had examined the body.
! Eeckie has said that Mrs. Hall told
! nor when shn came into the pantry
| ;hat Victor wa. Slot in the back Of
the head.
! He had "A fur.hcr conversation. lie
| said: "Shc said mat her conscience
was clear, but that she reckoncd she
! would go to the electric chair if the
two teachers didn't save her.
! 'shc said that Mr.. Roberts brought
! the news that she was suspected. and
talked about employing some one to
investigate the killing" Witness went
/ 10 one Of the insurance companies in
which Victor had a policy, and they
employed Mackay.
! Mrs. Hall watched the witness in
toutly. Hall said that his converse
;iun with his brothers widow oc-
| Cured on April IL. two days after the
murder.
Was it not understood" asked Mr.
Gordon. that Mr.. Mackay was to make
"A report to Mrs HALF"
There was nothing said about IT,
witness Replied. He denied that he
instructed Mackay not to report to Mrs
Hall, and said that he ordered Mackay
to mail n copy Of the report 10 him
at Charlotte. y. c. He said that Mrs
Victor Hall paid the bill Asked If he
saw Victors pistol. he replied that the
empty cartridge had been removed and
placed In n matchbox. and that he and
Mackay noticed that 1t smclled as II
4; had been boiled in coffee pot
did YOU not advise the detective
agency not TO send n copy OF the re
port to Mrs. Hall ut Green Spring: that
the mail might be intercepted, and to
send YOU the report. and that you
would turn II over to herr"
NO. I did not. advised them mo-
to mail the report TO me at Greer
Spring"
DETECTIVE WAS WORKING
FOR BROrHER'S ESTATE
In reply TO MIR. Gordon. Mr.. Hall sait
the detective was working for hi.
brothers estate. He said that there
was Il verbal agreement however. be
tween Superintendent crb and himself
What that agreement was, did not de-
vclop under cross cXamination.
II know" he said, that Mrs. Hal
had requested Mackay to let her have
copies of his report
There were no Instructions. he said
not To let Mrs. Hall have a report
though counsel for the defense at
tempted TO make him admit that copies
of the report were not TO he furnished
10 Mrs. Hail, though it had been agree,
that the Hall estate should pay tn,
bill
Mr.. Fulton read a letter from Mrs
Hail To the detective agency, in which
she said that she had Mackay work
ing for her 20. eleven days and sh
had not been able to find out anything
ana please to send her the bill.
Here the Commonwealth rested.
Miss Elsie Wood. who had testified
for the state. was the first witness
called by the defense. She could no
he found. and Charles Johnston, wh'
had also been put on by the state, wa
called.
Did YOU not say in the presence o
Ollio Wood and Charlotte and Els
Wood that YOU did not know whethe
the pistol was loaded or not; that /
Was a Smith & Wcsson pistol. and tina
he cylinder would not revolvo un
ess the pistol was broken?"
u don't remember"
Did YOU not say to some one tina
You didn't know whether the pisto
was loaded or not
Yes. so many people were asking IN
what knew, and had been insiructc
not to talk. so said didn't know.
Didn't Miss Wood just say that tn
pistol was loaded. not that it wa
loaded all around"
Did You break the pistol in he
): presence"'
Didn't YOU say tc Mr.. Wood that 70
were making the easiest money 20
! ever llIduC III OuI mt
NO, sir. | never did"
He said that he did not break tn
pistol, but that ii was slightly brok c
and that cylinder rcvolved and tina
ii was FUN
; Has anybody been paying YOU t
| appear in this case" asked Mr.. Full
: ton.
mo, sir" lie said that he had bee
asked by MIR Fulton to testify, an
that no money had been offered hin
NARRATES CONVERSATION
HE HAD WITH J0HNSTO.
a. O Wood, father OF Miss Elsi
, Wood. was the first TO be called b
the defense in the afternoon. He sal
his wife was n second cousin OF Charlie
Johnston. He narrated q convcrsaiio
with Johnston, who said:
II have been summoned on the big
, gest fool errand by tho biggest Zoe
t that ever was. Sherwood BranhaT
l has gotten 81 for me 10 come up her
S and would give 50 to stay away
.