Podcast 03/06/10

On March 14, 1885, the body of Fannie Madison was recovered form the Marshall. The old Marshall Reservoir was constructed in Richmond, Virginia it was situated on 6 acres neear the James River. In a brick installation housed the guardians house. Reservoir keeper Lysander Rose was walking the grounds as he did every morning to ensure all was well. When found a red glove on an embankment near the water. Extracted you pulled from the water the lifeless body of a young woman who was noticeably pregnant. Determined she was eight months pregnant with a baby boy at the time of her death. ¿Thomas had killed Madison?. They identified Lilian Madison body. The truth made into the papers and into the courtroom. Charles and Lucy struggled to put food on the table. That sumer it seemed a close friendship was forming between Fany and her cousin Thomas. One friend noted the tho seemed quite attached. Thomas was said to  be engaged to a woman named Noli Bray. In 1885 witnesses claim they saw Thomas clavarius and Fanny Madison walking down Reservoir Street. Fany and Thomas were seen together at a hotel in Richmond. That sumer it seemed a close friendship was forming between Fany and her cousin Thomas. Madison was pregnant. Thomas was guilty. There were articles about Tomas and Fanny that talked about her murder. Thomas he was alleged to a visited prostitutes and was so driven by sexual desirebut he crossed lines and engaged in a sexual relationship with his cousin Fanny.