Headline: Counsel for Roadcap
Philip Ritchie Murder: Post #4
Messrs, Dechart and Crawford to Defend Slayer of Philip Ritchie.
Charles Roadcap, who killed Philip Ritchie in Brock's Gap last week, has secured counsel to look after his interests and yesterday wore a more cheerful air than at any time since his incarceration. His father, Amby Roadcap, visited him at the jail Monday for the first time and talked with him for several hours.
Messrs. D. O. Dechert and E. B. Crawford have been employed to defend the prisoner and have begun an investigation of the case from their client's standpoint. It was stated yesterday that the elder Roadcap is comfortably fixed and that the young man himself has some money. Mr. Roadcap announced that he would spare no expense to see that his son was properly defended.
