Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-01
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jourued meeting Of the jury OF inquest the body Of
William Graves held at the Coroners Once In the
old gas works yesterday forenoon. We the sub
stance OF the testimony elected at the examination:
DR.. j. H. Conpay.-on Tuesday night about half past
o'clock. whist standing upon the steps OF the Exchange
Hotel heard the report Of pistol Mr.. Butler
came over aud stated to that Mr.. Graves shot
went 70 Mr. Graves residence In of his stable and
found Dr. Peaehy there Mr. q. lying upon his bed
aud appeared to be suffering from shock On
examination found that be wounded In the right of
the middle line OF the abdomen about FIVE inches above
the navel and inch the right OF t. lie complain
ell Of pain In his abdomen examined the wound and
died from that wound Dr. o. then testified TO the most
norton examination. He said that the ball did not en-
ter the abdomen directly but from right TO left acers
ting the stomach and nestines and finally lodged in the
cellular tissue Of the lcft baunch bone.
Wa y. Bdiiard--I was passing mp Franklin street.
and had got two yards from Mr. Graves stable door,
when heard Mr.. O. say to Mr. T., you have sweated
my horse" I. said that he had done So and that he
would pay all damages. g., In n commanding manner
replied "You will have that to do" Taylor then said
Since YOU talk 80 smart or big about it, would care
IL had killed your horse" Graves replied No gen
teman would talk So" and called T. id rascal Tay-
Tor raised his rattan, and called q. id of BIB
whereupon g. raised his stick, and struck T. violent
blows on the head shoulder T. then stepped or stag
gered back, and fred the pistol.
ESaD,ined: There was other white person present,
The loud conversation attracted my attention. Mr. T.
raised his stick first but when Mr. e. raised bis he put
IL down thought IL from cowartice didn't see,
T. pull the pistol think he had IL in his hand all
the time; but do not kno.r l am certain tina, Mr. G.
struck him twice q. did fall when he vas shot q;
had large hickory stick with a curved handle like
those used by policemen. They standing together
as passed up from the Ballard House to take S,k
:, u H. Bmter.-I was standing between the Ballard
House and Graves stable talking to Mr. Henry Freeman
when heard the report of "a pistol went over saw
Mr. a., and asked him what the matter He said he
had been shot, and raised his The blood was gus
out out l asked him who shot him. lie said-"Thnt
ii Taxln I'll. a
He repled-"For nothing" approached the man
whom he pointed out not knowing who was and re.
eognzed Mr. D. L. Taylor. lie also approached and re.
marked that Mr.. q. had called him "a DID son of a
BIB, and struck him two blows over the head with n
stick, and he shot him. Graves said that had called
hun DID liar aud also remarked that il he had struck
him he had no recollection of il. took hold of MIR T.
aud told him he had better surrender himself lie walked
with me TO the Exchange Hotel where be was taken into
custody by Mr.. Wood, the Deputy Sheriff. saw blood
ON Mr.. Tayiors mouth, aud he also spit some blood
which he said was caused by the blows he received
r. henton Lyon.-l was in Mr.. Poc's store Oh the
evening OF Tuesday, 9th inst. about a o'clock and
heard the report Of firearms to Mr. Graves
stable, and found Mr. q. standing in the stable door
inquired are you shot" lie replied Yes and there
Is the Id rascal who shot me, pointing TAYLOR who
was standing within five six feet of him. T. remarked
Gentemen, did shoot him, because lac struck me with
stick Witness then described the OF arrest
Of Taylor.
William r. WIii-o Did Won ever hear Mr. TAYLOR
say that he wanted opportunity shoot Mr. Graves
Ans Never. He made n remark at the dinner tabl.
a from
Graves one day, and that il fast horse and did
not suit him. and after riding him two or three squares
he carried him back to the stable The impression left
upon my mind from his remarks that he was rather
hostile TO Mr. g. He said he would probably irure ano
Their horse OF Mr. G but did say that he would ir
Jure IT, himself. | understood him or say that
lac would ride the horse very hard. I saw him few
days AFTER ON horseback and learned from him that the
horse was Graves On expressing surprise that he would
hire horse from Graves he said that animal was the
only good riding horse in town This remark was made
1 hay hcar 9TH.
that Mr. T. was in the habit of going armed That has
always been my impression, but speak positively
Hdtthe,r Wed was next examined but stated moth
Ing IN additionto what had already been testified to-
Ed"in T. H"dso".-l was among the first who went
to the place where the shooting took place. heard
Mr. Grayes say: THAT id rascal has shot me" Tay-
Tor walked up and said that he was the man who shot q
and that he would shoot any other man who would hin
him twice with stick. He said that g. had so hit him
aud he could prove by gentleman standing bv at the
time, and whom took be young Mr. Ballard
Jordan ChristidH.-l heard Taylor remark at Nr
Whies dinner table, three four weeks ago that he
had hired horse from Mr. Graves stable and he hired
another he would Kill him-neauing the horse
The evidence here closed, and the jury rendered tin.
following verdict: ''The said Vim. Graves came to his
death In consequence of being shot by John L. TAYLOR
with intent to kill" The following is list of the nro-
ia this case: John Poe, Jr, John =. Stage r. a. kim
hrouSh' o. t. Thompson, j. :. Robertson, G, n. Lump
Kin, Thomas ). Riddck Jas b. IIanlon Oscar Cram
VIM. H. Sutherland, A. o. Brummel and W. H. c.
Lumpkin.
In connection with the above report, We sulion the
substance OF Mr. Graves dying declaration As com.nnn
Gated 10 ns 10y a gentleman who present:
- hired my mare to Mr.. John TAYLOR 10 ride
and he did not return her until after had left tb,,
stable. The boy up and told me that Mr. Tsylor
had returned with the marc, and, he thought had
abused her. went TO the stable, but Mr. TAYLOR had
gone waited ten or fifteen minutes when he return.
ed He then said yonr boy has accused me of treating
yonr mare badly" replied. Eyes you have" lie then
said he did not care If he had killed her replied
suppose not-but no gentleman would talk So" TAYLOR
said, 'if you say so, you tell ID lie" toll him
would not take that abuse from man, aud If he said
II again would strike him Taylor had stick il, b.
hand, aud repeated some Offensive word which DO nor
recollect and raised hiJ stick to strike raised mnc
and there was parry when lac drew a pistol and -bo,
me. am not certain whether struck him or not br,
do not think that did though may have struck him
on the shoulder. did not call Mr. TAYLOR "a id son
off b-h"-those were his words