The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-28
LOCAL MATTHRe.
nREAnFuL TRAaEpYl


In Yesterdays paper, We gave notice of an as
sault made upon Mr.. Jackson in regardto which
we have since obtained the full and correct partcu
lars. On Wednesday morning, little before 8
o'clock, as VIM p Jackson oyerseer in the tobacco
factory of Messrs. Walker g. Harris, at the corner
of 18th and Cary Streets was engaged In supern-
tending the labor of the hands, he came up TO ne
gro named Jordan Hatcher, belonging to Parmelia
Godsy, and commenced rebuking him because of
the inferior quality of the stems Some remark OF
Hatcher led Jackson to seize cowhide for the pur-
pose of logging Hatcher, when the negro caught
hold of the cowhide and Jackson kicked him. As
Jackson again attempted to hit him with the cow
hide, Jordan puzzled jackson off and catching hold
of iron poker about three feet long, struck Jack
son the head with it, so as to knock him sense.
less. Jackson only about 10 years of age
This was the testimony OF negro hand, who saw
the affray, when the case was takon up before the
Mayor, yesterday morning. Immediately after
Jordan struck Jackson, he run out Of the factory,
and was not arrested until yesterday morning,
when the officers found him secreted in stable in
18th street. and brought him immediately before the
Mayor. At the commencement of the Court, ii
O'Clock, news that Jackson had just died
from the letfects of his wound and after exatnn
ing the negro, as before stated, the Mayor commit
ted Jordan to await the result of the Coroner's
inquest.
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon jury was EN-.
panneled by the Coroner, who, after examining
the body adjourned to meet at o'clock, at Walker
g. Harris factory flor the purpose of thoroughly
investigating the whole affair.
DR.. r. Cunningham wasfirst sworn. and as his ties.
timony gives full description of the condition of
Jackson until his death, we subjon it as delivered
Wednesday morning, about O'Clock, was called
to see VIM. P Jackson, and found him sitting in a
chair in lower room of Walker & Harris factory
found he had small woun on the forehead
which he said he had received in difficulty with
negro hand while attempting to chastise him un-
derstood Jacks IN TO say that, after giving the me-
GRO one or two cuts with cowhide, the boy struck
him twice with piece of wood, the last blow
knocking him out Of his senses for the time. He
soon came to himself, however, and went immed
ately down stairs to the place where found him.
He said the boys name was Jordan; but do not re-
collect what he said was the name of his onwer.-
There was scarcely any hemorrhage from the wound
at the time | saw him. He was then perfectly
sensible He told me he had experienced no pain in
his head or sickness at the stomach or any sensa.
ton indicating serious injury of the brain The in
jury appearing so slight, and having particular
sons for not having anything to do with the case,
did not even make examination; left him, telling
him that what he then doing bathing his head
| was all that was necessary saw nothing more of
him until yesterday between ii and IL O'Clock; at
| that time there were indications, to physicians
eye of serious injury of the BRAIN and the treat
ment, which any physician would consider neces-
sary directly in opposition to his father s views
1 declined having anything to do with the case
But after stating to his mother the serious charac
ter of the injury, at her request, informed some
| of her friends what considered necessary to be
done. At o'clock, yesterday afternoon, was re-
quested to visit him again. in connection with Dr.
Deane, and then examined him and found his skull
| fractured, and every symptom of most serious in
jury to the BRAIN We then requested the assistance
of DR.. Bolton, for the performance of any opera
| ton which, on examination, might become neces-
| sary; DIR. Bolton performed the operation; on
making the proper exploration, it was found there
was a small, nearly circular aperture in the upper
and right side of the frontal bone, near the medium
| line. On removing portions of the bone, with the
saw, he found that the piece of bone, which had
originally filled the aperture broken into seve-
| raj fragments-the two principal fragments being
forced between the skull each side of the aper-
ture and the durMater twas found in addition that
| there was hole through the durumdter, through
which portions of the brain were beginning to pro-
trude; the hole in the durumater corresponded
exactly with the aperture in the skull upon re-
moving the pressure, caused by the fragments of
bone, there some mitigation of the symptoms;
but still the stupor and other symptoms, in
dictated that the penetrating instrument, by which
the wound had been inflicted, had injured the YES
sells of the brain and that the pressure was caused
by the effusion of blood somewhere in the brain it.
self; all three of us him at 10 O'clock last
night, again; symptoms not at all mitiga.ed; DR.
Bolton and myself saw him again at half past nine,
this morning, when he evidently dying from the
effects of the wound he had received.
1.-THE particulars of the operation of trepanninp
were omitted In the Dr's. statement-he leaving
that portion of the evidence for Dr. Bolton to pre-
sent
DR.. F. II. Dean deposed: to attending Mr. Jack.
son, and corroborating DR.. Cs statement as to the
character of the wound which, on the outside or
the scalp, was from quarter to h alf an inch in
length he did not the operation of trepanning
performed; nor did he see Jackson after 10 o.
clock yesterday evening, as he was necessarily
compelled to be absent
DR.. Bolton was next sworn, and testified to be.
ing called to attend consultation with Drs. Cum
bingham and Deane, on Thursday afternoon at Il
O'Clock, making an examination of the wonnd, and
performing the operation of trepanning after
which operation, Jackson revived fer short time,
then fell into stupor and subsequently died yes
terday morning.
Robert Jenes, a slave, the property of Michnel
Jones, and hired TO Messrs. Walker g. Harris,
deposed saw MIR. Jackson get after the boy
about his stems. He calledHatcher up to whip
him. The boy resisted by catching hold of the
cowhide; Jackson ordered him to letgo of the
cowhide, but he would not. Jackson then kicked
him, when Hatcher caught hold of him, and sup.
pose being stronger than Jackson, threw him off
and caught up the poker and struck him over the