Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-02

nattcr-of-fIct tone. 81 didn't eve.
EnnW she was shut uaiil / a;,.r her
ran. ] know ! hat - pistol IN my
hin-pocact. out l'av" no roco!,oc-
ZION at HAVING; pulled II out. loved
n"f' the witness wcnt on In the Same
Eoicc' and when "hc told me sho
would nGTcr rrturil Ia live with INC.
everything w"n. b!acis, and can't
tell you w'ta; happened.
u remember" Davis continued.
That. after snw her fail. | Ytar;cl
10 run away. EO!n:. alonS Twelfth
street. And l remember. too. ta,,
J round my way 10 my homo. tried
TO s!t down and Think over villa,
happened. bat couldn't collect my
snif. / wasn't aurs even then ~ 10
what had taken place. but Knew
mat my vic had TtI,ln. and that she
must have been shot Later IN tho
DAY, l went 10 the homo or my cunt.
but sim later cuncladcd to have :,
talk vita my Drotn.r- In -inG. IN .
nearby town. tcli him wha: had &C.
Cured, ms Ear ~ kncw. and thea
return 10 Kicl'inDnd ans give my
self UP
Says lie Lost Ills WAY.
Il got an automobile ride, from
some stranger. on NJ way to tie
home OF my brother. in-lnw. ana
a!tcr ] LETT his machine. lott my
way, Ia some manner. and wound
up Ia Norfolk, where J tried to get
!. Job J w;ia unsuccessful In this, 20
took boat for Sew York. where /
stayed short while. and then
caught = bnat for the far South.
stopping first AT Sa"auilah, Ga, where
! lived ABOUT - year. ana then go
inS 20 FluricN. .:hc-" remained un-
III WAS arrested there last July ard
brought back 10 RichmunG."
During wranglc between at
torneys over the adm.ssibii!ty Of GER
tain evidence Involved IN declara-
ton naGc by HE wife. when she
sued. or threatened 10 sue him Tor
di"orcc in 1910. Attorney Harry NJ
smith. Of counsel :or tns defense. In
timated that hc would bare his plea
for DaviE'g acri,.;;ai on the ground
that Davis. who DYED his wife pes
s!ona;e!y. sho. her IN a burs, of ir-
responsibility. the decd being due
To the fact that he Was momcutarily
"ovcrwh"lmrh' by thr power of hIs
unrcquitcd love. Tn. declaration !r
question charged Davis with cruelty,
aud FOR that reason the defense at
torncys .ought To have 1t excluded.
Important Issue, Says Counsel.
What Mrs. Davis thought Of hoN
husband Is not an lsrue in this Gaze
Attorney Smith insisted What
NT' DAVIS tFpEsht OF ms WI'" is an
issue. ana u vCry important one. and
ia what we are dealing with just
now"
"Do you consider that the real is
sue in this cusc?" cnapped Common
wnalth's Attorney rul!iam.
II consider 81 an Important issue"
rctortei Mr.. Smith.
Practically al tic evidence herring
on the charges made h. Airs. Davis
when SIN. instituted the divorce pro-
ceedinYs. which were later dropped.
Was excluded by Judge Walls. Eour
sci mad frcGucm. verbal encounters
during tho day.
The Commonwealth rested it's caS"
1t l2:2o o'clock yesterday afternoon,
after the presiding judge had ruled
out evidence contained In tho bill in
tended for use in tho divorce proceed
ings. and which had been introduced
b. the prosecution To indicate pos
sihlc motive for the crilno The di-
yoT"H papers were ruled out because
they constituted ex-par;e evidence.
Whit Scene of Murder.
After court opened in the morning,
Judge Wells. counsel Cor both sides.
the jury and court officers went to