The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-11
LOCAL MATTEn0.

| "Wlee Legion House., Drinking caivvus
corner Of 18th and Main streets was shot I'D
his own bar -room, from the eheeIs OF ~n,.a a
he died in few moments. A large erowd
soon collected at the place, eager to see the
dying maa, who lay stretched upon the Moor,
pale and Qhsstly, with a bullet wound in his
left breast; and il WA not until the arrival OF
officer Perrin, who speedily caused tho house
! to be cleared Of the idle throng, that any
definite particulars of the tragedy could pe
| obtained Il appears from statements made
| by various parties that man named frltz
| Kreibel was employed ~ cook 1t Sautters
house, and had been discharged, after which
he sued Sautter for ga, alleged 70 DO the
amount of wages due him. John +. Leh-
mono, bar keeper at the establishment, was
summoned a. witness to prove the debt,
and the trial Of the case was set for the 10th
of February The three met in Sautter's
saloon Yesterday, and Lehmone and krelbel
took several drinks, when it 10 probable that
fthey got into Quarrel about the matter above
alluded to, which resulted in the murder Of
Sautter.
After the shooting, Kreibel hastily took his
departure, and has not yet been aPprehended !;
but Lehmone was arrested by officer Perrin,
and il now in custody. Acting Coroner
Sanxay held An inquest over the body OF
Sautter, and We append portion Of the tes-
timony elicitsd:
| A. f. Summeriield deposed that he had Just
come in the bar room with bis lieutenant,
and this man John T. LehRoue) and the man
shot fSautter) were quarrelinG. nome worus
psssed between Sautter and LehmoHe, when
Santter gathered club and came towards
him. The lieutenant ordered witness to en-
deavor to get Lehmone away. Witness step
ned mo to him and took him BY the right arm
When the pistol went of behind them. He
knew positively that Lehmone did not hire
the pistol. Witness is private IN Captain
Pheipss company, Wise Legion q"
Other witnesses deposed that they were IN
the back room eating oysters when they heard
some ouarreling, and prisoner struck deceas-
ed. who went behind the bar and came back
with stick, when a pistol was fired. Prs
ouer then jumped on tho man VINO was shot
and commenced beating him.
Toui. Orttenbosh deposed that he came to
Santter's about half past nine O'Clock and got
| brea kfast; after that, prisoner and Fritz came
in and took several drinks. He went ont, and
| when he came back prisoner had Oft his coat.
/ He called Sautter from behind tho bar; he
came with club in his hand Prisoner struck
deceased. when witness saw Fritz raise his
hand and saw the flash. Knew that flash pro-
| ceeted from the direction Of Fritz hand.
| Did not think the prisoner was much intoxi
| Gated.
John d. Perrin who arrested Lehmoue, de-
posed that he heard there was q man in the
row named Fritz KreibAl that yellow boy
! the mouse E6lu uS WOulQ KNOW MIN, anu
| witness asked the boy to 70 with him to look
| for kreibel. Prisoner then said there was no
! use to 20 after him, as he shot the deceased
| himself. The prisoner previously told witness
| that he had q fuss with the deceased, and that
I deceased struck him but he did not shoot
| him.
A. L. Summertield. recalled.-Deposed that
\ he heard prisoner tell officer Perrin that there
WAS no use to go after kreibsl, that he shot
| the deceased.
The coroner's jury rendered verdict that
Philip Sautter came TO his death by pistol
| shot tired by Fritz kreibeI or John f. Leh-
none.
| TIE Eleetlon--The election i'll this city
| Yesterday, for member Of Congress, to sup
| ply the vacancy occasioned by the demise of
| Hon. John Tyler representative elect, went
| off very quietly, the news Of the disaster to
our arms at Roanoke Island seeming to cast y
damper over the spirits of those usually III
the habit of indulging in bOisterous NANTES
ta,ions. We give only the returns from the
| First aud Second Wards, some confusion in
| the counting Of the Third Ward vote causing
the clerks to evacuate the polling precinct at
| All early hour in the evening. The vote in
| Jefferson Ward was, Jas Lyons, 263; VIM. II.
Macfarland, IT.; Geo. w. Randolph, "a; Jno.
Il. Young, ID John Robertson, ); Robert
| Saunders, 4 Martin Meredith LipscOmb, =.
In Madison Ward, Jas. Lyons, 32I; VIM. H.
| mcfarland, :.l2 Geo. W. Randolph, 70; John
| Robertson, II; Robert Saunders, IL; John B.
| Young, ..
1t is said that Lyons's msjority in Monroe
| Ward is ID, and i'll the city I37 over all others
His majority at Hsnrico Court House is
stated to be in the neighborhood Of 800.
Several days must elapse before the final re.
suit will be ascertained.
Hastings Court The regular monthly
term of this Court commenced Yesterday. at
III O'Clock, at the City Hall Presept-,Jas.
berlake, VIM. b. Smith, and John j. Binford
Aldermen.
George A. Freeman, who has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Letcher a Notary Public, gave
bond for the faithful discharge Of its duties
Twelve jurymen were ordered to be sum-
moned to appear to-day to try misdemeanor
| cases.
VIM. Mcdonald was examined for stealing
| navy pistol from Charles j. Clements on the
LIST of February, and remanded for trial for
felony before Judge Lyons.
Frederick, slave, the property of John
Snead. was tried for stealing, on tho l2rh of
January, $l62 in bank notes. the property OF
Robert G. Sutton, Jr., and acquitted.
Charles Girth was examined for grand lar
cenv, in stealing, on the 10th day of January,
two overcoats from Frank Dickman. He was
| sent on for trial before Judge Lyons.
| The Grand Jury assembled a, I'D were sworn
in, after which they were charged by Mr..
Daniel, Commonwe alths Attorney, on the
character of the offences which they were ex-
pected to take cognizance of. Among other
ct subjects of preseutments he mentioned ex-
tortioners The following is list of the Grand
Jury sworn in at this term.
Geo. W. Smith, (Foreman,) VIM. H. Hax
all, VIM. Palmer, John ID. Quarles, G.. H.
Powell, Samuel p. Mitchell, Mark Downey,
James T. Butler, Geo. ID. Shell, Theodk Ro.
bertson, VIM. Beers, L. W. Glazebrook, VIM.
S. Donnan, G. F. Watson, Alex. II. Ruther.
foord Fleming Griffin ALFRED T. Harris, Sam'l
G. Greenhow, and Geo. Whitfield.
The following parties were presented by
the Grand Jury for misdemeanors, viz: An.
drew Muller, Frank H. L. Allen, Richard
Copeland, Carlos w. Ellis, Jesse White, Hen
~ Holman, John Gentry, VIM. Henry Sell
den, Edward Kelley, Martin Maddux, Thos
j. Goodrich, James f. Mcgee, Algernon
Adams, James H. Keyser, VIM. Appley ard,
Stephen Page, ARTHUR Ferguson, Wm Barnes,
John Denzler, and VIM Wayne.
The Grand Jury, after making the above
presentments, adjourned until II o'cloek on
Wednesday.
MAYORS Court-A number of cases of A
comparatively unimportant cha,act were
disposed of by the Mayor on yesterday, a list
of which we append;
l. James Clarke, arrested on suspicion ofbcins
one of the parties whs knocked down and
robbed Mr.. +. j. Gardner, was i, raigned for
examination. Mr. Gardner did hot identity
him as one Of the men who attacked him, and
he let Oft Oh that charge lnfurma ton
| having been given TO the MavOr that Clarke