The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-12

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THE Rockers FicHr.-The Mayor vas
60 saeed fr t~o three bonrs yesferds, IN jgvss.
tsgntfpg the charge against WfftfsM PkAsnY Nnd
LIN JssSEs aBd tIItn ,. Bews, arrssttd SbE ~
sonios:sly as snfins- b~ssing and wansdsuG Tnns.
X ofNkts and tiiLss MCNAHAx, In street light -
| isnchefts Q the night Of the 30th Sovembtr last-
uar reaaers viii remember thst darins the pro.
| fnred above the eItov, Mcalafan was severely
1 hT.t1n aad Brown had his skull b,ns dsnyrfsssly
/ fractured s. s
s,en afser the occurrence reasIey sought one q
the wafrhnieb aud informed him u Brow0's in}u.
/ fies sfgsiIg NJ the same tiule thar yunes. Brown
and hiHss u had been yisienfly asssuised n keek.
etts and for ne csuse. These facts we're reported
| 10 ut Wheat ef the Watch. who started fur the
scene Of di.furbance, and requested peaeley and
/ Jones 10 secmpsBy him there and pnfnf cut the
/ man WIN had indicted the wound upon Bssss- u
getting there. thr sfcer iesrDed u the tpjpyie~ 70
| UC"nners and McsIshsn, and sfter hearing from
| them and their friends thar Fes-iey and Jouee
were the origtnators OF the disturbance. and not
being stie TO ascertain who had struck Brown. Ne
afrestedthe wocomplsipanss and lodged thsaa IN
| the cage. fa3
| Thomas OConners testified that two OF bis bro
| thers, three neices two nepftws. Miles Meyahan
aud hileelf were sitting quietly in hts hou3e. the
mont door being shnts when Patrick 0Coan.ss
nptned II coon after, he heard wsrd. % the ous-
side. hetweeD Fat aud three other persona, and
that Mcsiahan then went TO the door to ASCERTAIN
the cause Immediately after. Pat csme running
u q.
eo1ipletels covered the foor. He then ran 70 the
door aad closed IL, but, In doing received vio-
irnt biow on the side from brick. -Four or Eve
minutes after this the noise having subsidized. Wit
heS5 opened the door and started Out tp feed ha
horse. He had only gone step or two when hs
was khocked down by Peasley and Jones, and his
as.n broken. On being cross-exaniined. the xit-
hess confessed that he knew neither OF the prison
ers BY sight, but had learned their names from his
nephew lie declared most salenanly that there
were no persLns In the house at the time of the
aiflcnity, other than those already named.
Iatrfcf o Conners, one of the nephews, opened
When he answered them John 0Conners v Mt out
- :, seaIch Tor the watch. ana McMahan stood on
.lie sIue "a,N. feasiey rushed AZ him, aud - he
@ .'n - - @ 'no iouse, Ieesissu shsht blew on tue
sLa -, soae "'.a VI oiisA, ne sa" mo more OF
., ~ "'' Gnu hue" vi uut one missile oeiuB
siomn
An,s.s ~. 1.1-s'tN' ou nea,inE tnat ras VConners
~ 9 sIns aNaseui s.spPeu ih,o tue street, and was
seanuille theIe Iuieeiy Wnsh feasiey threw at Fat
anu no,', a ti niaa '.'s" sne poase. brown then ap-
. nv i.li "o ~ I'm '.eh MN Win MY hsI Jones
NJ. .o W "au .., es.aeA =, MIN WITH u whip.-
s; "miss shs"seu , WIN .hese Two, fessiey struck
nln' IN ''e 'aSa oi .he neau Win stone and
hnoekea as. @ nini Ssnseiess. lie did net know who
et'uea .s pio"n p
o' fey''e,'S s was NJ .ne gas WORKS when Peas.
Wy. spnVe "uu pio" u eaihe running by. He nenrd
oae on o ,hem say 70 B,own wash on the blood aud
! lesva Roctef,. an ~ 80 y .ns's ooioIe 20
| ,braa near cannon,s grocery ans ~, o 80" 'no
nickea mn hr;cks I'M, Ala ,nt ;,,rr,,,, 49,, ~ '"eia
| jas Dabney when he came IN bis ,lnpr .a. ,.
men on the sidewalk and heard .oma ona =. 60
ner,s hnnse sa some of tbsn, n,a ~siia - ~ YIN
ofab-h' t,ne of the three ansvarad .es : ssI soI
I'm call Won 40 again, Witness shsn .,s ,s ~ "a
! eight nersons come to rstonnar. ds,r a.. o.. =, =,
them started off, as he said to get the w.,ch sna
/ have them arrested Afte, goina shart ai, as
the laprpace 10 have yhrm % srres,sd Ts Tsa nssrd
men, (peasley, Jones and Brown.) who had
been standing quietly ON the sidewalk. while
| parties at 0Conners called them hard names
rushed acr, the street. one Of them picking nm
rock or brick aud commenced the attach a gen
eral fight eDsued, six eight on one side aud
| three on the other. Witness saw them till tL.v
turned the corner into Bath street, when he heard
some one say, don kill me, 1 am heiIiny you
three men We're sailors The sbt Was ans ns
from the beginning to the end. Witness knew
none OF the party.
| Three or four other witnesses were examined
but none OF them knew who 1t thar struck
billy Brown" nor etnld they name single iudi.
have named = siR
ne nayo, a'st nssIns n .pe renhtss OF Messrs
1ii'i aun s,.V 1 Ia oe"aii 'hs ueh naahts' deter
a''". @ y. 81" .,e " W ah eAai ihihs court
- - sa's'.S, ou' ~ """''u '"e" W oai' In
An The iriurrd nsr,irs w.,s ., .,rr, .s
no" In ia'r way 70 rsc'ver.
acCipE>T -,,enr, fav a ueo,o mar
o,I.,,.1 o,.,..,'...,..a nao
oel met with ssrj ion. .rss.r, .''e ~ ~. Aensnss
had been t. he tacke. boa, viii, load .i p...sn'
gers and WhiI- standing on his bex his hor.r,
tarted n IN attempting 10 place his fJ.t ulon
the break asto stop them. he nsde n,is-st.p D.
severe onta-i"n on Que of his j"sr aui 'uerd his
"a 80 2 ,a"S s.a a'usseu ING WOUNDS,
ng well. rbe hrses had aot sans nars ne ,h.n Has
, sonsr.. ha. ,h.r 60. a., - ,,h .hsu
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FINE Stock -TheFe are al his time
more re.llv fua horse. I'm ,Ie citv ~ pi.,na,I
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