Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-25
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TO THE EDITORS OF gHE.HERALD
Princess iBne i'oElpery %, 1919
Conference.-The account which Won pub
lished in the Herald or Yesterday mor,linp
reiaiiVe TO me shooting OF negro man MiNGo,
presume must have been prepared during the
hurry OF putting your paper 10 press, tor YOU
could not have received your Information at
that early moment WITH crIIcal accnracv AS
however me occurrence l. q rematk able one
cairn'atsd TO attract general notice and ami.
iladversi0n, and as il NAV create ip,nressions
detrimental 10 the moral character OF the
county IN WHICH II happened. permit me TO
oDer you the following facts for publication
IL will be remembered that Miugo was one
OF negro banditti which had for a long time
infested the lower precincts OF Princess Anne
keeping Observation-Disclosures in perpetual state OF
alarm Tor Inc security Of their persons and pro-
perty. OF this band Mnso was the most dorin1
ana hiuia'. SO bold had tn; sc villains becoiac.
amt so frequent were their depredatons thai
II Was found absolutely necessary 10 call ont
me militIa to 20 iN pursuit of them Mineo
w1s taken by stIataee,n, and committed to the
JAN at hempsville. By his own confession he
was The author of the most fragrant of The ont
RACES alleged 10 have been committed bv The
gang. He wastried aud condemned To be iiuur
~ Was hot from the unchrist!an principle of
revenge, mat THE inhabitants Of the county
relniCed at the severity Of his sentence. they
knew II TO he Just, aad they felt thai il was
potato An example was bsolniely necessary.
aild " was fortunate that the lot had fallen on
'"N hApot Oh I've ueSpPrdHOPS. 4 [.
strange as II may seem. petition, will. several
respectable names 10 il, WAS sent up 10 the
Sovtrnor, praying that The sentence of death
niSht ne Changed 10 transportation i; and the
t'otelior, Il speak ii with the uIinosi respect
Tor ms humanity granted The b0onl
As before observed, the execution of This
notoIions offender was peculiarly desirable, AS
an example the remainder of the gang who
were men going at large, as wellas Others WHO
might he inclined To Join them wonsd be
deferred from any further acts of violence or
piunder bY the awful punishment which they
would know by the fate of Mingo, awaited
tnem III Tie event OF their beng taken; hat
the cOnmutaiion OF the sentence not Only
defeated the effect of such an examine but
actually held ont inducements 10 tLem IN
pcrseverc in crime. If min.o (ihey might
dtsne) VINO was The pcrpetrator Of so many
crimes of the deepest atrocity could RECEIVE
no greater punishment than transportation a
great punishment to be sure to a sLfyel wI,,t
had they TO feari WHY might not ;Iev 100
follow ms course of murder, rapine, robbery
and cGilhdgraiiGn What iuAsbiiant oc tl,.
county, lei me ask, could feel himself SCENE
after this while ia his bed, or riding along the
ROAD Couid there be any thing more ufein.
diciai 10 TIE pnbic peace than the well groiln.
ded apprehcnsions which this i'll Judged
ciemcncy must necessarily have prodns cd I
am very Tar however, from jusiifyins "A resort
10 violent and unlawful means to acco,pIiSh
even public benefif-but here was dilemma
"iich wds not easily to be got over. a posi-.
ana public benefit 1t was believed would be
the result OF an illegal measure / sincerely
regret them both
HE following statement of The attack 7 be-
iieye to be correct, The young man who was
charged with tie removal OF lie prisoner 10
hIch!n"nd departed from EemysyilIe about
4 o'clock Ia ihe Afternoon OF Thursday last He
was accompanied ley man from Norfolk !.
whose name think. Was Wilson ifey both
RODE IN . gig, behind which tie negro. in
hfaVy u oHs, WAS tied fast. They had proceeded
Onl short distance when nusket was firtd
al them from a thicLef. bur tie effect could
nOt ne fiiiy ascertained al the moment, as the
morse DeIHg frightened by the report, set oil
al iuil speed. aud the two mel nnIped ont of
me gig. They were both slightly w0anded.
the oie5rom Richmond having received two
huckshot ia the heShy part of the hip, aud
wilson Que IN the thigh Ike negro they had
JUST fime ioobsefve, had received HE principal
contents OF tie piece. Tho being lasted to ihe
80 ne was hurried off with it after they had
Jpmpcd out.--IheY followed OH foot as well as
their "oTnds would permit them, aud found
MAJ thp morse after Turning about two miles
had upset The gig Which cause him TO stop.
Gu examining The body OF The prisoner, who
was men dcad, II appeared that he had receiv.
ca aDOut dozen hueksfOt iD the breast, aud
Dumber OF Others ~ lns shoulder, uNk aud
head. 20 one preiends 10 conjecture WHO
ihed the gun, nor do believe il will even DC
known.
ain, Gentlemen, your obft Serv'i.