The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-05
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Tuesday Morning, February 8, 1856.
The slave Tragedy i'm Cincinnati.


The slave Tragedy i'm Cincinnati.
The jury in the case of the slave woman in Gin.
cinnati, who murdered a child, have found YER
dict against her for murder. The Gazette says.
The Coroner's Jury, after examining the citizens
present at the time of the arrest went to the jail
last evening and examined the grandmother of the
child-one of the slaves. She testified that the
mother when she saw that they would be captured
caught butcher knife and ran to the children,
| saying she would kill them rather than have them
return to slavery, and cut the throat of the child
calling the grandmother to help her to kill the
The grandmother said she would not do IT, and hid
under the bed.
A portion of the evidence before the Coroner a
jury to the following effect:
Mary Kite, 3 woman of about twenty five, who
gave her evidence with her infant child lying on
her knee testified that the people arrested came to
their house about o'clock Monday morning;
she did not know their names, or from whence
they came; she asked them but few questions; per.
sons applied for admission; she refused not being
In the habit of admitting strangers; they threatened
to get an officer; she replied, when he came he
could get in; she heard shot, and going in found
the youngest of the women attempting to cut her
boys throat the boy was saying, oh. mother,
don't kill me- - He had mark upon his throat, as
II from knife. Witness struggled with her. took
the knife from her. and told her not to kill her
children; the woman said she would rather kill
them all than have them taken back over the
river
Witness took the knife in the back room and
laid ii on the table, the woman came out, looked
for it and grabbed at it; witness took it away and
gave il to her (witnessO boy to throw down the
privy, which he did When witness went into the
room she saw also the two men. the other woman,
and the little girl lying the floor with its throat
cut. This was some little time before the arrival
Of the officers.
Elijah Kite husband Of last witness, corrobora-
ted the evidence of his wife to the struggle for
the knife, the attempt to cut the boys throat and
other particulars.
Kite aud his wife testified also that when they
entered the room where the strangers were, while
the woman attempted TO cut the boys throat, her
husband walking about screaming the other
man was walking about groaninl, and the woman
goiug up and down the room wringing her hands.
Railroad Accident and Wonderful Escape.
The Boston Traveller has the following account
OF the accident Oh the Eastern railroad, on Thurs
day:
The train at the time of the accident was ap-
preaching the ice track in Wenham, when for
ward wheel to the engine broke, throwing the
CINE down the eIabankmcnt on the left side, with
the tender, which was totally disabled. The bag
gage car thrown on the right side of the track,
tearing one side of the first passenger as it
passed completely of for its entire length, and
breaking in the forward end of the second car
The forward part of the engine was completely
buried in the snow. There was in the train which
consisted of three passenger cars about two hun
dred passengers The passengers injured were all
in the first
James Alderman, the engineer, went down with
the engine, and was fastened to it between the
throttle and brake, but escaped with slight cut
on the forehead. The fireman, James Berkley, was
thrown about thirty feet over the fence but escaped
with slight bruises. The baggage master, Mr..
George H. Akerman, was at the time of the acci-
dent standing on the platform, between the bag
gage and first passenger car, aud was also thrown
into the field with the fireman. He was not much
hurt.
Mr.. Joseph Avery, track repairer, was on the
engine at the time of the accident He was picked
up from the ruins badly hurt in the head. He is
thought not to be dangerously injured
One of the directors, Mr. Micaah Lunt, was in
the first passenger when the side OF the car
torn off and the seats one side entirely rip
ped up. He lost his hat and spectaces by the col
lision, but escaped injury The escape of others
seemed wonderful, for the side was broken into
small pieces making complete wreck.
The baggage car was also broken to pieces. The
passengers in the first were thrown in every
direction-some jumping out, many not knowing
how they got out of the car. One man remarked
that the firsthe knew he was talking to man in
snow bank.
man from Ipswich, who had bought his ticket
for Boston, Immediately after the accident went in
search Of Mr.. Young, the conductor, saying that
he afraid to go in the cars any further, and
demanding his money back, expressing his deter
miIation to foot it back to Ipswich.
After the accident Mr.. Daniel Rust, depot master
at Wenham, rode to the scene of the disaster on a
freight engine. In jumping from the engine he
fell and immediately expred probably from heart
complaint, brought on by the excitement OF the
scene.