The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-14
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Jarvis OF Henrico county, and delivered himself
,nto the custody Of the law feeling conscious hat
rs Ga done nothing more In shooting the negro
knm the circumstances Of the casefnly just6ed, to
me following day an inquest was held overthe body
e t1edeceaaH, when the Jury ananin1ously CON.
GUIDED thai the case was one of justifable homi
cide, and the1eupon Mr.. Patmon was discharged
from custody Thatour readers may fully under
stand al the circumstances. and Mr.. Patnlon may
be cleared of hll censure. wa giye below the eYi-
dence AZ ELECTED before the Coroner
Lewis ID. Crenshaw, sworn.--When EMPLOYED
Mr. Patmon. and repeatedly afterwards, endea-
/ yored 10 impress on his mind that INV NEGROES had
been spoiled by too much liberty, too many priv
ieges and too kte control and suggested to him the
adoption OF certain rules and regulations and urg
ed upon him the absolute necessity of requiring his
orders 70 ec obeyed, particularly at the commence
| ment; and IN event of disobedience, the punish
ment OF the Dft,nder-at the sametime expressing
to him my fears that he would have some trouble
with them in the beginning. but that all would work
right so soon a. it should be that he was deter
| mined. remember also TO have told him that one
OF my negroes, especially strong athletic fellow,
would require more management than the Others
and that he was disposed to be nsoent Inever re-
quesfed Mr.. r, In so many words, to arm himself,
but he might very reasonably have inferred from
my remarks and instructions that 1t was but prudent
to do so. On one occasion, soon after Mr.. r came
to live with me- called up all the hands that were
then on theipremises told them that new rules had
been adopted by my orders, that required Mr.
Patmon TO see them carried out. and that also re-
quired them to show him the same respect that was
due to me- On Sunday morning, the 10Th inst,
patmon took tea with me. In the course OF the
evening he informed me that bis positive orders had
been disobeyed by Moses and another negro, to
/ whom have previously referred. requested him
to hold them to account the next morning and to
be frm and decided, for upon that every thing de-
| pended. Thelnext morning, perhaps little before
sunrise, servant came TO my bedside informed
me that had been sent for to 90 to the barn mme-
diately and urged me to use all haste. inquired
what was the matter and received no information
but was urged to go without delay. In view of the
conversation the evening before, it Immediately &C.
Cured to me that some difficulty had occurred be-
tween Mn. P. and the negroes, and that perhaps he
had been injured. In putting on my clothes fully
! armed myself for any emergency. When reached
| the barn met Mr.. P. He informed me that he had
attempted to chastse Moses, but that he had re-
sisted, had struck him twice first with the curry.
comb, then with stick-and had drawn back to
strike him again. when he shot him. l passed on
to the room in which the negro was, and asked him
some question to which he made no answer |
Immediately sent for DR.. Johnston. That morning
called up the other negro to which have referred
he was very insolent to me in Mr. T. Is presence
so much SO that had him corrected forthwith Mr.
I. had the came control my wagoners while
| they were on the farm that he had over the farm
hands.
| Watson Patmon sworn.--On Sunday morning,
the 29th January, the negro man. Moses, came home
| to get pass to go the CITY, ! gave him the pass
! and directed him TO come home that evening to
feed his team. Mr.. Crenshaw had four wagons,
and deeming it but right that the drivers should
| share the necessary Sunday work with the farm
| hanns directed at If tho 1riy
tend to feeding of their mules alternate Sundays
| That was Moses day to feed. NJ did not come and
bis team had to be fed by some of the other hands
This was not the first time he had disobeyed my
| ders. On the next morning, Monday, the 30th
went out to the barn and called to him. He came
out OF the stable with the curry comb in his hand
ordered him to go ints the feed room. He refused
to do So and caught hold of him by the collar of
/ the coat-he struck me on the hand with the curry
| comb-{M Mr. ?. here exhibited his hand which was
scared there was then considerable scuffie be-
! tween us-I called to another negro near by to
| bring me rope. He refused | called to another
-he brought string, which, finding could not
use, called to the same negro to bring me stick
He broughtthe handle portion of white oak broom
used for sweeping stables. Moses very soon got
possession of that and struck me over the head
with it. but we were SO near each other that the
! blow did not stun me- He drew back to strike me
/ asecond time with the stick and drew my revol-
yer and fired twice, quickly as could l am
not certain which ball took effect. but think it was
tne dst, QTcW TeVOifef the last time, MOSES
seeing it wheeled and turned his back to me- When
fired he was perhaps or 8 feet of. l had pre-
viously in the scuffle drawn my revolver and fred
! in the air to let him see that l was armed and
told HIM that 1t was folly in elm to resist and that
| would conquer him. He replied, 'shoot on, l had
as soon die one way as another" thought when
the other negroes refused to to my aid, that
| there had been some understanding between them
| thatI should be resisted in my authority. 1t was
/ by Mr. Crenshaw's order that attempted to chas-
| tise Moses. think should hardly have done SO
without conferringswith him whilst it was conve-
nent to do SO. lla
DR.. G. P. Johnson, sworn.-On the Goth of Janua-
| ~ was sent for by Mr. L. ID. CrenshaW to visit
! the deceased / found upon examination an orifce
just under the right shoulder blade-a wound caus
ed by ball or some other hard substance was
satisfied that the ball had gone near the ribs, but
was unable to find it. 1t have not made post NOR
tenn examination, but satisfied that the wound
caused his death. When got to Mr.. C's farm, |
found the negro coughing and splitting blood. |
told Mr.. c. that the wound was serious and dan.
gerous one, and advised him to send the negro to
the Medical College, as suggested by him. where he
could be properly treated which he very willingly
DONE | attended on the deceased until the 1lth
inst, when he died.
John F. Reeve, sworn have known Mr.. Pat
man from his infancy up to the present time. His
character is as good as any person ir this commu-
nifty His neishbors all speak of him in the kindost
terms.
Several other gentlemen coroborated Mr.. Reeves
statement
The BuRGLAR.-Wingfeld Butcher, a free
negro, and graduate of the Penitentiary, was
brought before the Mayor yesterday morning,
charged with burglanously entering the clothing
store of Mr.. Thomas W. Register, situated on Syca-
more street, between Tabb and Bank, Petersburg
on Saturday night last and robbng it of clothing,
etc., to the value of several hundred dollars. Mr.
R. appeared the witness stand and testified that
his store was bored into and that the goods found
in the possession of the prisoner belonged to him
Butcher aided by another negro committed the
burglary and taking portion OF the goods to dis
pose of, came to this city Sunday morning last
in the AZ o'clock train. As soon as he landed he
started IN search OF purchaser, and finding the
establishment kept by Mr.. Harris on the south side
of Main between nth and le{h streets, open, en-
tered it and proposed trade.h Mrs. Harris suppo
sing that the goods were stolen, and feeling anxious
to have the thief captured, induced him to believe
that she would buy, at the same time calling her
son. and directing him, On Germany to go to the
cage for the police. While the little boy was alb
sent Butcher opened his bundle and exhibited seye
raj pairs of fine pants, as well handkerchiefs
and other articles but seeing tickets upon them he
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