The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-11
LOCAL MATTERS.

| the corner of 18th and Cary streets, white man
named John Albert Johnson came over from put
lers store situated on the opposite side Oh tne WY
/ with long iron uoker, four feet in length, and
struck down the negro, hitting him several times
l about the body very severely. The negro soon al
ter etr,,ea home and complained of sickness and
main i, the side. and between and z o'clock, ex
pired A Coroners Jury was summoned anou1
o,e,ock and after sitting until IL, adjourned ever
un,;l no o'clock yesterday morning. We give the
testimony taken before the inquest az follows;
Ivncbv Bripper. white woman of lawful age,
denosed The night before last heard noise In
the ward near where live, In 18th street Heard
Albert Johnson ask Smith why he shut the gate
Smith replied in obedience to the orders OF hiram
Tyler live up stairs over Emily Harris. Am
| single woman and a seamstress. Emily Harris is
| a colored woman and seamstress. l rent my
room of Emily and have been living there about 10
| months. Emily lived there before l came. vii.
liam Winn stays with Emily regularly, and he was
in the house the night before last very drunk and
asleep. Emily called him. John Shanks was in
| the rom with me all night.
| Cross.Exa mned.-Johnson said to Smi b, have
great mind to kill you now, but will not-I will
kill you. Johnson was in the habit oe casionsliy of
l
Richard Malone, white man As l was passing
down 18th street, between Main and Cary streets,
/ saw two persons in scuffie in front of Albert
Millspaugh's grocery. l supposed that they were
both negroes because whenI saw them first the ne
| gre was between and the white man. The
| white man released himself from the grasp of the
| negro, who had him clamped around the body.
The white man struck him several blows with
| something which supposed to be stick. 1
| not near enough to identity the white man. The
negro then seized him second time probably to
prevent the white man striking him, for he made
no resistance further than to ward off the blows.
The white man struck him as before several times.
About that time some person came out of the groce
| ry and separated them. Do not know who sepa-
rated them. After they were separated, and the
stick, as Iiupposed, had been taken from the white
man, he went up to the negro again and struck him
with his fist. passed on and saw no more of it.
Knew the negro by sight, but could not identify
| either the man who struck the negro, or the man
who separated the combatants
Cross, EXam:ned-The man who struck the ne
gro was of medium height Do not recollect ever
having seen the white man before. l was on the
opposite side of the street, dagonally the cor
|
face. Suppose it about 2 o'clock when this
occurred
The negro appeared to be a great deal larger
than the striking him. The iron poker shown
did not appear to be the weapon. He had appa-
rently crooked handled stick. do not think that
the white had the poker in his hand when
saw him. Do not know Addison or Albert John
son. know the negro who was killed. / am
sure that the negro who was beat is the one lying
dead did not attempt to interfere as person
came out of the store Cary street and separa-
ted the contestants. The negro did not hollow
l heard the white man talking very angrily to the
| negro.
William Winn was next sworn All that could
be obtained from VIM, who good deal un-
der the influence of liquor, was the acknowledge
ment that he was lying drunk in Lucy Harriss
room Tuesday nisht-that Wednesday afternoon,
about O'Clock, be heard Fanny Smith crying
for help-that he went into her house where Smith
| was lying-that Smith complained of a pain in the
| side-and that Addison Johnson and witness lifted
him upon large bed. The witness was then set
aside for the present. His testimony was very in.
coherent and contradictory probably arising from
his peculiar condition.
Mansfield Butler deposed-Albert Johnson came
to my house yesterday, Wednesday, morning. |
had heard then Ct a difficulty that occurred be.
tween him and Emanuel Smith the night before
am not positive that | asked him in relation to
the matter. johnson spoke of it, and said that the
deceased the night before, when he % entered
Smiths gate, Smith came'out and struck him with
an iron fish stick. Johnson Showed scar on his
hand which he said was caused by the blow -
Johnson said further that he got the worst of the
battle, and injured his than he did
Smith; and taat he met Smith that "wednesday
morning and he called hin "Master Allen" twice
before he replied to him. From this time until
about past O'Clock saw nothing of Johnson
then went into my yard to split wood, when VIII.
liam H. Burke, Addison Johnson and John Albert
Johnson came to my house. After the wood split.
ting was over l suppose sat some 10 or Is min.
utes in the yard. Albert Johnson FIRST went into
the house. and followed second When went
in Albert had the "iron which had been in my
house ever since the Old Dominion burnt down
hailed him, saying, "hod on, old fellow what are
you going to do with that thing r. he being in the
act of leaving He remarked "you d. net want it,"
told him did He said it would answer for
welking cane, and he would return it in 10 minutes
told him not to forget it There were some per-
sons rapping on the counter in the front room and
| went in to wait on them As went in saw AL.
bert Johnson crossing Cary Just about that
time some person remarked that Johnson was
whaling Smith. 1t Immediately occurred to me
that Johnson had procured the iron to beat Smith,
and called upon Addison Johnson who was in the
back part of the store. to go across and prevent
the fighting He went Immediately across, and
| I IN ttoY, 7
! Johnson between John A. Johnson aud the deceas-
ed. Addison etectualy parted them, and after that
saw Smith go up TO Albert Millspaugh's and 60
in. Later in the evening Smiths wife cen. for me.
She said Smith was dying. | went to him and
| found him tossing Oh the bed spoke TO him sev-
eral times before he replied, and he sad she was