The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-22
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Nnyo's Cenyt, Sept 20, 1S62-A full exam
luatlon OF the parties concerned i'll the riot of
Thursday last, was had this morning Preston
Nuckols member of the Provost Guard
went INTO the store of a man nA ed Longe-
noth, wishing to hny some apples Longenotti
not beng able 10 change bis money he put
back all the apples he had taken. except one
which he had bitten, when he was ordered to
leave the store He started out. and without
giving them any provocatiou whatever, the
three Iougenottis father and sonsl assaults ed
him, and, i'll the words of Hicks, one of the
witnesses Wore out a tea kettle over his
head He finally broke away from his a.
aailants and seized the door bar, and inflicted
some damage on the other party with it. The
Provost Gnard soon came up, and i'll endeav-
oring to clear away the large crowd that had
assembled, Knocked Tim Callahan down with
mIisket while he was advising Nuckolsto to 20
to his house and wash himself; and broke the
right and wounded the left arm of a man
named Ryan, who, Mr. j. w Ffayser testified,
Was utterly unable TO get ont of the space the
guar,! wished 10 keep clear. The guard finally
broke open the door and arrested the Louge-
nottis. who had.hldden themselves in the back
yard.
The evidence of the other side showed the
reputation of the accused AS IL quiet and or.
derly family, and accounted for some blows
tilted that he saw NuckoIs pull iiie elder Lou,
genotti ont into the street and fetch wind
at him with the bar, which Lcngenotti dodged
He saw no blood until Nuekols rose from the
gutter, III which both parties To the scufiie
had fallen. Martha DAILY saw Nuckols slap
Mrs, Longenotti i'll the fab. Lizzie Ioinan Il
young girl, gave an entirely new explanation
of the whole affair. She said she saw Nuckols
20 in the store drunk, and heard him tell ,jo
ennJ f,, h
him one, but he insisted on Ilaying two or three
dozen. Joseph told him he couldn't afford TO
give him 10 many. Nuckels then cursed Mrs.
L., aud struck her on the arm, aud the fight
then continued as before stated but this wit
ness perslstently declared that she saw nobody
strike Nuekols, hut on the contrary Nuekols
stinck and bit both the Longenottis
Upon the conclusion Of the evidence his
Honor announced that lie would take time to
investigate the authority of military law in
this city, and bailed the accused to appear be.
fore him on Monday. George w i,lodes,
James Russell, and another having shownthat
they embroled themselves with the guard only
and had no connection with the fight Were dis
missed; as WAS also Frank Bo.to, who proved
that ne WAS not there at all, although he lad
been taken from his bed al night and put in
custody by some nf the guard
John Jaser,' charged with assaul.ing aud
beating man nained Vaughan, was dismissed
At Vaughan request
Charles Lewis and Michael Powers, two
soldiers, were charged by Alexander Quisen
berry with garroting hin aud robhing him cf a
pocket book containing SEQ in Confederate
hyes, 81 on North Carolina bank, aud two or
three shinplaateis, Quisenberry testified that
as he was an hisWay 10 Camp Wiadsr HE tw,,
prisoners lnet him, and one held ent his hand
TO shake hands with him. lie took it and the
other put his arm about his neck aud ehoked
him while the irst robbed him. They were