Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-21
,.,,r prTERspuRG TRAGEDY.


nor.ib, occurrences that stains Tie Annals OF r'l"e
gathered III. fu particulars Of The transaction WHICH
possess SO uch painful interest that we SURRENDER
Of space publish the whole narrative, us we receive"
from informant, who was present aha vi cSs w
ness Of the bulchered victims.
Before stating the pur,iculars of the murder aud suicide
we will give some Of the villain adler anu ms nc
complete aud fellow fugitive Jones'
.rn burr Jail is built three stories above ground
bn the main entrance is by door in the upper story va
This floor there arc four and passage One OF INC
oms q, he Ict hand side is used chamber sleeping
room by Mr. William Fem, baii OF tho city, and MI
Joel Sturdvunl lodged with him. Sturdvant, until some
time in the last month"; performed the duties OF Jhio uciiug
as The deputy OF Jordan Banch ESQ., Sergeant Of The cly
Another room, the same side is used as an oice oy e
Sergeant The the right side OF Inc passage
are used for the purpose of combining prisoners second
and third stories below are used for the purposes OF the ~
In OF the the lower floor were conhncc behJa
min Sadle John Jones' and John Boyle Boyle was IN Tor
breach Of the pcucc Jones for petit larceny and Sader LOT
kidnapping.
1t appears from the evidence given in Sad!ers trial. that
he had made an arrangement with negro named Ira
Wis belonging 10 Philip ST. Goo. Cooke, Esq., and employ
ed on plan a,ion Of Mr. Cookies in Brunswick county, %
which he Sader was carry Travis of and sell him, al
ter which the negro was away from whomsoevcr
would purchase him. and 10 his masters plantation
Acting under this arrangement Sader brought tho boy TO
Petersburg and sold him Mr. Reuben Ragand on the 2Oh
November for $780, Three days afterwards Travis ran OIL
When he returned home Mr. Cockes overseer confined him.
and asked permission of his thu, he should be Sold
Mr. Cooke asserting on the I'd Of December he was pur
chased in this city, believe, by Mr. Peter Stain
back of brunswick, FOR The sum of S35O Mr.. siam
back and the boy being in Petersburg, mr. NY
land heard of it, and waiting on Mr. s., informed
l,(c
hearing Mr. Stanbacks statement Mr.. r. was satisfied
there had been foul play somewhere; so, in company WIN
Mr. Fcnn the officers of Petersburg he started 10 90
10 Sadcr's house in Brunswick CASTOR Sadlcr IN
sisted that he had been taken but consented TO accom-
pany Mcssrs Raglund and Fem TO Petersburg ner sa
fying Mr. r. in regard the money received oil nm oh
Thursday last he was examined before Mayor Dodson and
rouanded TO jail, charged with kidnapping.
Jones and Boyle both say that Sader had expressed ms
dol eminalion get out dead ave and that he went |"
work deliberately there be doubt, as IN his PocAe'
book found his WILL written request how ms p''ps'
should be disposed OF, OF which we learn nc 10 p =
4 considerable extent
IN Sunday morning. about 10 o'clock Rober, Trayle and
aooc Williams guards OF The JAIL whose duty Is TO iceu
tho psoners went into the where lhese men were eo
fined and gave them their breakfast While negro boy
was going for bucket of water the guads ploceeaeu ~
food other prisoners in adjoining room the door Oh 'cf
Mace OF confinement remaining unlocked While the OH.
GERS were thus employed Sadc and Jones pushed up c
stairs closing behind them an iron grating whch sepa'
rates The Two loors and locking Taylor and Williams
below Taylor cried Studiyan who was above, mat
the prisoners were trying escapc,and Surdvant who was
dressing himself a, the time rushed of the chamber aud
locked the front door before the prisoners reached IT. dc 'od
them TO 20 back; Sadc directed him 10 open the door
al the time drawing pistol from ms pocket. "ufa
want seeing The pistol was about to turn ana 90 ho ~
room again when Sader fred the ball going in at the riehl
side passing through the left in s course covering some
| OF tho main arteries Sturdvant fell dead Jones IN
locked the door and George negro man belonging %
Mr. Branch very old and his almost grown, 'ch seiAe"
adler Gco,y by the left hand The boy by the right Sad
Ter who pow eul man, weighing upwards oil wv" nun
Died pounds while scuillng with the two negroes, aiseh'
gagged his right had and putting the psto-whic IS
shootcrto old Georges chin, pulled trigger ie inc" ran
| out ,
The wound on Georges face is ghtul TO look al te oa
having lodged throat tearing oil nearly inc "hoo u
the lower part the jaw. The old man was nor ee'u VI
Sunday night very little hope oil ms recovery
The two lusitves ran down Court House alley 10 BACK
street and reached RolIngbrook near The hotel oao' o'
ing very heavy could not run as last as anu
latter taking the route Pocahonns Bridge, me oher
,r,ed oT 10 Tho right going through Banord and by me
Ola Church making hi. way by tho nearest rouo 10 me
| 80 III. road.
Within half an hour The hal spread all over the
iovr und could be inGvefy direction WIN guns
and nu.kes taking to The wood1 pursuit.
Jones was taken about ,lreef his Of mile from town.
He had spread himself out, and as quietly ep'sins ~
deep gully where he discov ~ BY two young men IN
legs than an hour after the occurrences at the jail
Not so with Sadler He kept the woods as well as he
could a ccat many persons were on horseback Among
these were Mr. Charles c. Ledbe,tc and DR. George boilI
r.l When about three miles from town. these gentlemen
heard from negro boy that answering The aescTp'
ton of the On. they sought had taken the route OF zane
which runs beyond the plantation OF Imohy isVes' fS
Putting spurs 10 their horses they ran up 'his '"''
half mile when they discovered Sadier walking as iaoI
as ne could across Mr. Rives wheat held hey pueo uo"
the fence and pushing their horses overlook Sader "hch nc
d yo,,rn abou, one hundred yards in The field Dsmoant'
ing they required him TO stop MI Lcdoet1cr' we s"o'o
,sy who challenged him, old acquaintance OF Sac
es He cried gu, Ben you shall not 20 step farner ie
fugitive up this moment had not turned his heao ASIDE
When thus spoken TO- wheeled and with his lace towards
hi. pursucrs said VI will be tuken alive Charley hKc
you and would not hurt you" Then drawing pistol ron
his pocke-the that he had used oetore-he ueoe'e
y placed il his head and pulled the trigger Inc weapon
snapped twice but the third time went o-nni the muf'
dcror slept with his victim
Tho two gentlemen referred to, not more than ten
PAGES from Sndcr when he shot himself Five or ten MN.
after yUture coursng above Inc oooy anu hoo
to alight when Sir Lcdheter shot him.
There never has happened, within the recollection OF our
informant anything caused so much excitement in re-
ersburg as the event. Of Sunday Al moderate estimate,
al cas, five hundred persons engaged In the pursuit Oh
Sadle and several thousands from the city and country
mus, have visited the scene of the suicide.
Mr. Sludivan represented 10 have been one oil the pest
of men, He had never married. but leaves numerous rc
vee. his untimey and tragic tate Saaier' PRIOR
10 Tho charge for kidnapping, bore fair character
TIE BANQUET AT BALTIMORE
afcr four o'clock Saturday the Commercial ConVcn'
ZION adjourned to meet informally five O'clock at ban
ouct in The saloon of the Mechanics institute The com
nlny were seated at six o'clock.
The saoon-two hundred and sixty feet in Icngh-was
brilliantly decorated and Illuminated and two rows OF tables
extended the whole length of the hall.
Five hundred gentlemen seated. The galleries were
decorated with evegrccn and flags OF all nations and were
lhrongcd with ladies'
A band OF music stationed at each end OF the hall!
The banquet was costly and magnificent splendid bou