The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-29
PROSECUTION RESTS
IN TRIAL Of Case
AGAINST CLEMENTS

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JURY VIEWS SCENE OF CRIME
AFTER HEARING ALL OF THE,
EVIDENCE ADDUCED BY STATE.
DEFENSE BEGINS THIS MORN
ING.
The Jury which is trying the negro
John Clements on the charge of al;
lacking Miss Fannie Cnenault, near
Highland Springs. on night OF MAY g.
accompanied by Judge Scott and
+ other Fenrico County Circuit Court
officers, yesterday afternoon visited
the scene of the assault <and after
viewing the spot, was dismissed until
this morning, when 4Ie defense viii,
open. The prosecution rested Its
case Yesterday, when adjournment for
lunch was taken. Judge Scott recon
vened court about o'clock and the
jury at once left for the scene of the
attack.
Evidencing that same interest In
the prosecution Of her assailant which
probably led her or '1er family to
employ two well known lawyers to as
sist in the prosecution of Clements,
Miss Chenault sat, note book in hand
during the morning session of the
court, taking notes on the testimony
She appeared much more composed
on yesterday than on Monday WHOM
the trial began
During the afternoon. the jury. in
looking over the ground where tho
assault was committed made many
whit
IN getting at a better understanding
OF the distances mentioned in the tes-
tlmonyr The distance from the road
at the point whore. Miss Chenault said
that Clements dragged her into the
woods To the exact spot of the as
sault was measured and the jury
was shown the distance from there
to her home, which is about six city
blocks
County Officer Seay. who was on
I the stand when court was adjourned
, Monday was called back to the stand
when court convened yesterday morn
Ing. Mr.. Seay stated tyaat Miss Che
/ nauit positively stated that Eidd!ck.
the mag who was confined in the
( City Jail, was not the man who com
United the assault Mr. Neitch started
to point him out as tho man whom he
saw near Seven Pines on the night of
'1e crime. but he was told to keen
quiet, SO that his Identification of
the negro would not embarras Miss
fChenauit
Ir. Wyatt Testi8es
Clarence Wyatt, who was Miss Che
nault's employer. was the second wit
! ness heard. Mr., Wyatt said that he
/ heard of the assault the dry after !,
was committed. and ~ once went to
rae Chenault home. The Young wo-
/ mans face was cut and bruised. but
she did not describe her assa MT to
him until several days later Attorney
Pollock. for the defense objected to
this description being given, and was
upheld.
Mr.. Wyatt testified further that
he was present in a colored undcr-
taking establishment when Miss Che
nauit viewed the dead body of ts1c
! negro Thompson, who was shot nv
Detective Sergeant krengel in con-
nection with the crime She was ab
solutely certain that Thompson was
1 not the man,
/ Detective Sergeant krengel shot
Thompson after the negro had struck
blm VIVA p rock in resisting arrest
sergeant krcngel was Ill for several
weeks afterwards and was una bic 70
walt as tic result of the injury which
! he received m the leg when he was
struck ~ the flying missile.
Nj Wyatt while on the stand. was
also questioned in regard to the ar
( rest of the negro, Walter Lee, at that
( sine emploved by him. In connection
with the oharge. He stated that he
did not know whether or not the
negro knew Miss Chenault but
thought that probably he did. He
stated that the negro had left his en-
ploy when questioned as to whether
or not Lee had left town
+ Father Testifics.
i w w. Chenauit, father Of Miss
Chenault, was then called to the
sand. Mr. Chenault stated that his
daughter reached home about IL
o'clock. and that sle was asleep. She
ran into his room, and exclaimed.
'oh, Papa. negro man has had
me ever since O'clock"
II asked her why she did not
scream. and she said she was afraid
that the man would kill her. Her
neck and face were bruised where
+ the negro 'lad placed his hands over
I her mouth, and she was crying and
trembling 7 arose from bed, saddled
my horse as quickly as possible and
rode 10 the home of Policeman Jesse
and ,elephoned for the sheriff
The next day visited the scene
Z OF the crime in company with my
daughter. There we found my daugh-
! ter's purse and two hairpins"
(, Detective Sergeant John Wiley. of
the Richmond Police Department, the
next witness called. told OF his talk
with Miss Chenault. He said that she
! told him that the negro pointed a
pistol In her face. 1t was like the
one carried by the detective, except
that it had two barrels, and looked
something like a curling iron. On
cross-examination Sergeant Wiley said