The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-19
APRIL 10, 1854 I.

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B. then assailed him he would dafs,s ana ta.u
cumsfances required that he rorld - ss 9, CIR
Christian then left my room. 1 Aa's s'sack MN.
little before sunset Morris and vven, M, .,
take walk and passed by Striblines rno,, 1 W. ~
cav and others there examining sume car. % u
asked ne II | had knife. said had b,,tf 80.
loaned 1t 1t belonged to my brother Il was
bowie knife which he carried with him In trsye,'
ling through the Western States
From the description given of the knife Morris
expressed desire to see it did Others and thev
all went to my room to see 1t. laid it on the table
ana they examined it. The last person who took
hold OF 1t was Christian. told him to hand it TO
me; but he remarked in careless tone "why
Winn believe will keep 1t any way"-slipped it
into his pocket and went out
Alter tea Christian came to my room and said
Winn what do you reckoni that rascal is adding
insult to injury Heis going about the street cali
Ing me a coward" | asked bim who told him
He said the person did not desire his name to be
mentioned asked him for my knife. He said
ne dld not Intend to use 1t except in ertremis He
was afraid when he should meet B. b. would have
crowd OF Cadets about him, and If he had no wea-
pons to defend himself and none of his friends were
present, the Cadets would beat him to death-that
ne wanted 70 keep the knife to protect himself
against numbers
Sunday evening after tea went into Chenowtb's
room and found Christian there-he remarked that
ne was going over to the church that evening and
.houSut NC Houiu pEODaDly see blackDurn, and
wanted US to go with him in the event OF Difficult.
ty. Chenowith and myself remarked that we
thought the occasion unsuitable to say ANYTHING to
b. and Chenowith declined positively to go. Chris
tian asked me to go. told him it would prejudice
him in the eyes ofthe community to say anything
TO b. at church /; and he nigh. be with LADY and
he ought not to think of seeing him c. said he
would not have an opportunity of seeing B for q
week, and seemed to be spprehensive that his char
acter would suffer by B.talking about him in the
mean time Chenowith said he could go to the In
stitute Monday. Christian said if he went to the
Institute he would have $50 Cadets on him. II
he went to the church he would only have 80 and
his friends would be able to protect him from the
violence fthe Cadets As understood him. | ad-
vised him to consult Norris said | would go with
him any day but Sunday. This seemed to have
some effect on him and thought he was inclined
to yield to my suggestion. | do not remember
what he said He then left
Within 20 minutes Christian came run
ming into Chenowith's room with his face and his
clothes bloody We both exclaimed what is the
matteri He said he had Just had fight with Black
burn; that B. had him down, choking him and
that he attempted to had cut him in the face and
that b. had hled on him. He hoped he had not
hurt him. Took him into his own ioom and he at
tempted to wash off the blood but did not get il
OFF. His face and hair were very full of blood
Some one eknocked-opened the door and Cadet
think Ihompson-presented himself. Christian
with hands upliited exclaimed, How s Blackburn /?
Please go and see if he is hurt" The Cadet re-
tired. Mr.. Sewers came in and he begged him to
60 and see Il. | went out
Christian then stated that he went to church and
in the vestibule he saw Blackburn standing with
two Cadets-thatB. B. gave him scornful look and
that he tapped MIN on the shoulder and said that
he wished to have some private talk with him
that they went out and proceeded UP the cross
street-that when near the Baptist Church, B. said
If he had anything to say to him he had as well say
| it there. c. said that he asked B, to explain what
he meant by his remark at their former interview
that he was responsible for the communication
made to his cousin, ii. e. said Witness whether he
responsible for the slander for only ad vsing
his COUSIN upon rumoT Blackburn said he would
give no explanation or apology; but that he was
responsible for all he had said or done c. said he
told him he was no gentleman. L. replied don't
repeat it, sir c. said you know it is true" B.
and as B. approached c. struck at hirn5 with his
stick. B. got hold of him and took his stick from
him and threw him to the ground think he said
tripped him, fell upou him; and choked him vio-
iently. c. then cut him with the knife, attempting
to cut him in the face to make him loose his grasp
The blood from the wounds given him was on his
face, he'd and clothes as described. C. said his
only object wss tc make B. loose his grasp not to
kill him. We did not know then that B. was dead
Morris and Stribbling came in-he asked how B.
was-they did not know. He repeated to them his
account ofthe fight but not much in detail as to
me. Hoped he had not hurt B. Sewers came in
and said b. was dead. G.. exclaimed "Oh no T
hope it is not so'
Sewers told him he had better run C. said he
could not help it He had done it in selfdeience
heard noise and told him to come into Strayer's
room, and put on his clothes. ! went into my own
room and soon returned and found him in his
asked him what he was going to do ! Said he was
going to surrender rhmseli-that he had sent for the
officer! Soon after Mr.. Jordan came in and he
made the remarks reported by Mr.. ]. and others
Witness gave some details about the taking of c.
to Jail and his going to see the body OF Blackburn
and continued
When C. came in there great deal of mud
and blood on the back part shoulders of his coat
There was also some mud lower down on the hips
c. said he got il when b. had him down.
The witness then alluded to the red appearance
of the spite, spit out by Crst;an in Jail and had no
doubt it came from his throat because he had rinsed
his mouth frequently at his room and after he went
to Jail. Examined his throat and found the skin
on the outside rupured scratched and then there
were signs as OF the prints of fingers. Remarked
to G. that B. came fixing him. He replied he
was nearly out of breath when he struck him.
The blood could not have been BE- blood but must
have been the blood from C.'s throat
Question yttc Observation-Disclosures did not
say we must go to Strayers room, 1t was who said
it. Cadet Langhorne is mistaken. There was no
bruise apparent on C.'s neck only redness. If he
had desired to fly could have done so very easily
The court adjourned until Saturday.
THIRD DAY
SATURDAY, April IS.
IThe testimony now reported gives pretty
thorough history of the case, and the remainder we
shall condense more briefly
HUGH LAuGHLIN, barkeeper at McDowell's Hotel
testified with regard to the interview between
Blackburn and Christian at the hotel ON SATURDAY.
the 18th January. Saw Blackburn come up and
take Christian aside. They both seemed excited
Expected difficulty, and purposely retired to
avoid being witness Saw them afterwards come
out of the passage, and both looked changed; both
seemed to be in better hunor and looked satisfied
ANDREW MOORE recalled, and questioned by
counsel for prosecution. On Saturday, the l4th
January, when witness saw prisoner 10 his room,
witness that he had bought pistol revolver from
Petigrew -(like that on the fable)-on that day
He had previously single barrel pistol, believed to