The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-26
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80. 80 arraignsd belore - 49,. - ssese
ins .nd so snswsr the eharee a. vios~,.fr
N sas - ssMSns M.s w. Trib6ue. ~ ,rSts.. ~.
give below a or,IR nae1e last, the 2ad inst. We
.ne reader can readily form hIs nom which
the quit OF Innocence Of the opinions - TO
.. y, nloooe sworn.-On the r;.h.
yard, about O'Clock, with INV saf 2narles' brick
when received violent blow Il IN e ny pocket.
with br1ck or stone which e. = Henf side
stunned and threw me OF my suard ss moment
y @ sneresneI MM alsacfed by Blackburn -
stiek, which. for the time rendered ne ns.a with
scious. blackburn was In his shtrt .t...Ieon uneon-
recognised him as the person who asssiiss - ana
saw other persons ct distance, but Cannot s -.
who they were. The attack was made :. .sSsy .sy
~ as fash of lightning or peal of thundar .s,
OF course was unprepared for it. just befere
was struck felt my pocket book, Containing sos
in my pocket When recovered my conscious
ness, my money and book were gone Blackburn
by my side, and gave me the frst blow wh;ch
turned me around. He did not say 4 word to me.
~ nave never passed Eve words with him in INV
nie. MY business frequently calls me by his
h.w. sna nave seen nim standing in his door
nave frequently heard that he had threatened
me with violence, and said that would defend
myself, but never made threat against him =
Inc other witnesses can tell the cause he gave
them ior his enmity to me. had taken glass or
two OF wine with friend, but was NOT intoxicated
to any degree o' '''oA easeo
Joseph A. Blunt sworn--Mr Tribbue c.me 70
my house about dinner time the day after he WAS
beaten; ! know nothing Of the attack upon him,
save what Blackburn told me at the ranra doch
cFhe Mayor dsclined hearing the statement1
Dr. r. w Hancock sworn Il was called IN sae
Mr.. Tribbue on Wednesday evening. ahont 3
o'clock, ut Mr.. Blunt's house, and found Thai be
had been badly beaten. He had three daen c,,.e
on his head from two and half to three inches in
length, one of which went to the bone One cf
them appeared to have been cut with hnife hnt
may have been produced by blow with a stick.
The other two were caused by blows from some
blunt instrument He also had severe and pain.
ful wound on the right side, below the breast
which seemed to have been caused by a brick or
slung shot. 1t was then very much swollen and
from the fact of his coughing up blood, L feared
that one OF his ribs were broken but proper appli
Cations have reduced the swelling and now tb;nk
that none of the ribs have been fractured In nd.
dtion to these wounds, Mr.. Tribbue had another
ON his arm, WHICH seemed to have been given with
stick while attempting to ward off blow.
Mrs: Martha Murphy. sworn.-I live on 9Th st,
near Quarles' brickyard. On Monday last BLACK
burn came to my house and asked If Martha his
woman, had been there. l replied that she had
not. He stated that she had carried off a number
of articles of jewelry-that he was in search of
would have her sent to the peniteutiarv. The
next night, Tuesday, about half past O'Clock, MT
Tribbue came into my house, sat down and com.
menced a conversation with Mrs. Crammer and
myself in the most civil manner, no other person
being present. Whilst we were there taking.
some one knocked at the door, and told him to
come in. James II. Marshall then entered the
house. and when met him, he told me had bet.
ter send Mr.. Tribbue off-that Blackburn and his
friends had surrounded the house-that Blackburn
ad md bod 81, LIN
Tribbue that highland that had better send him
out by the back way. told him should do no
such thing-that there was no back entrance and
that the man was behaving civilly, and when he
left would have to 60 out of the front door, Soon
s3er this thought saw some one peeping thro
the key hole, and told whoever 1t WI as tO come ip
but no one came. then went to the door, open.
ed it, and seeing Blackburn sitting on q rock, ap.
preached like man. regardless of consequences
b. asked me IL his woman, Martha, was in nv
house told him she was not, and that he could
60 in and search it from top to bottom He said
that vi rs unnecessary ~ he would believe me-
Blackburn next asked me il Tribbue was not in nv
house told him he was, and that he was be-
having civilly. Blackburn replied, "God d-n
him IN kill him this night, for he took my woman
off eight or ten days ago. exhibiting pistol At the
same time and declaring If that one was not enough
he had others asked him not to make fuss in my
house IS was lone woman, and he promised me
he would not do 20, When returned to my house
1 was afraid Blackburn would shoot through the
window and kill some of us and for that reason
told Mr. Tribbue it was time for me to 20 to bed,
With this he got up, bid us good night and said he
hoped i. had insulted no one and started off. I
did not tell him of the threats made by Blackburn
In half an hour after Tribbue left went up stairs
looked out the window, saw q man coming along
in his shirt sleeves. with three four behind him.
and heard one Of them say come along, the man
Is killed" could not recognise all the parties be-
cause it was dark The first time saw Mr. Trib.
bue in my neighborhood, he came there with Black.
burns woman, who carried him into Mrs. Jane
Crammers house. Mr.. T. came to my house to
see Mrs. jams Crammer, who had moved into my
house.
James H. Marshall, sworn.-I was at Black.
burns Tuesday evening, and in company with two
others, took walk with him When we got to
Mrs. Murphy's / went In, and when CAME out,
Blackburn asked me If his wife was in there. ]
told him did not see her. He then asked me who
was in there, and when / described Mr. Tribbue
with bis Kossuth hat he said that is the man"
then heard Blackburn say that he had pistols, and
that he expected Tribbue was off with his wife
When went into Mrs Murphy's the second time,
told her that b. had his pistols. was in there
when Tribbue went out, and did not leave for
some time.
Mrs. Jane Crammer sworn.-I have nothing
good to say for Blackburn. Heard him tell his
woman Martha Fields, that she should not be
with Tribbue long-that he would fix him. Mar
tha told him that if he hurt or killed Tribbue he
would have to kill her. Martha had then left
Blackburn, and was at my house. She had been
out to see about some washing, when b. followed
her there. The first time eversaw Tribbue he came
TO my house with Martha They were never
there together but one time. Never heard Tribbue
make any threats against Blackburn. Heard T..
say he had heard of B.'s threats against him from
several persons.
VIM. s. Richardson, sworn.-Knew nothing of
the rencontre The difficulty had been brewing
several weeks. Had heard Blackburn make threats
against Tribbue, and heard T. say he would de
fend himself Blackburn charged Tribbue with
taking his woman, but T. denied 1t TO me.
VIM. G.. Booker, sworn.-Had heard threats
made by Blackburn, and apprised Trbbue OF
them. I. said he had not iaterfered with b. Or his
woman.
For the defence, the following evidence was eli
cited: ts
Didamus Nunally, sworn.-Took walk with
Blackburn and two others. b. learned that Trib
bue was in Mrs. Murphy's. and stopped. went
home but had 70 come back TO get . candle Found
Mrs Murphy, blackburn and Dunn in convcrsa
ton b. was excited. tried to get him away
but he refused to 60, remarking that he knew hf,
own busiuess. Dunn and myself then walked of
about sixty yards Saw Tribbue como out Of Mrs
Murphys and blackburn follow him. Soon afteI
sswxthem In fight and ran down TO part them
When got there, Blackburn had the advantage
He had stick in bis hand, striking T. seized
and hid him until T. made his escape. Blackburn
shovel g . bruise on his arm, which he said
Tribb9 3ve him. 80,