The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-12

4 a[urfcy-T.trtok keiisy. q member 81
Eeaa5 Adilierv Battery. was mnf'e,s' va
Fridav night M RItyhsstrwu, near NnN '''
ner Of 10Th aud Poplar streets, n 'he Nio,''F
VI the house knewr - Ahce HaFHioVes
CypIian The principal offender IN the "ha,r'
or bu,cherv as IL shouii properly re
called, q. Kelley wss instantly deprived OF
life br having a Knife passed throngh his
hody.j WAS Richard DuH, alias Richard
peer.e, c0naulumate scoundrsl and thief,
well known to Il ,Itim people in kichn,ona
3s a God toTsaken creature, VINO would not
hesitate at rchbery or murder 90 accomplish
the mos retiY result on which he had set hls
affections Ike is now under arrest. Patrick
o Neal was AFRO arrested as al aecomrics 81
Daft ofiss Pesroe il the murder. IT. appears
that y c9mrsie Of X eiey'e, named DowneS,
WAS most dangerously stabbed a. tie same
TINE. He Was conveyed 10 q Military Hospi
tai, i'll the lower Part Of the city, and on sat
urday waa not exrec.ed 70 live. Ailce far
grove, aud pal Of bnt named ,:nlla Sci.
dem, were Gagged for kespfDg disoTderiy ana
i'll governed honsa, and for beng primarily
the cause OF the aifray. The authorizes n
tended 10 rse both OF them az witnesses on the
Coroner's iranest, which was appointed to
take placa at ii o clock on Saturday, the dead
BODY OF Kelley being meanwhile locked up IN
an t,noecupied shaniy, owned by Degro, near
the corner of 10Th and Poplar streets Aooh'
one month since the fact that DUH alfds feafee
had been committed to Castle Winder as
dessr,er aud desperate of the worst descr,P
ton, was recorded in this column. vi hls
subsequent release and for what cause we nao
not been informed. Nor did we know thai ne
had been restored to his unaIiena5le rights
which udging from the representation o!
these who knew him best, was 10 stsai, muir
der and fight until notified by The occurrence
now being narrated. Ii ia reported, on good
authority that after his release he wac or
several occasions employed bv Captain " W.
Alexander, Assistant Provost Mars hal, as
detective on special service. IL on commis-
sion when found near murdered MAJ and IN
such company as the record gives him credit
fo- being associated, he wac not very credit
able specimen of public officer. We learn
from Baltimore men-Government employees
tina, he once killed a man while crossing
the Potomac iii boat and was never brought
to contiyn for it lie declares he did not
commit the murder though the bloody kni1e
with which il was done was found on his per
son. Pearce alias Duff may pass in some
other kcslities, but not in TINS we feel conn
dent.
ALL o'clock on Saturday, Coroner Sanxay
assisted by High Constable Freeman, pro
ceeded to hold an inquest over the body OF
deceased and elected considerable testimony,
which we are pot permitted to insert FOR want
OF re On. Enough was testified 10 show
tina. several other ruthans besides Daft we're
srgac ed III the melee. Alice Hardgfove, Ju
liza S.lion, Susan Beveridse, l.. Nj Cater,
lpoliceman) Ann Lee, Mary Jones, and NJ
Pstzenhardt, wers examined as witnesses, by
whose testimony il was shawn that q certain
Mckay, one Frank, and Il man named Bob
Moore, who, together with Dick Duff, are
all from Baltimore, are implicated i'll the
bloody transaction.
The jury returned verdict that deceased
came 10 his death by wounds inflicted by two
sharp weapons: one in the hands CT a man
named Dick Daft. the other supposed to be III
the hands OF one Of three men, named -
Mckay, Bob Moore, and Frank - all OF
whom the Jury believe 10 he aceomrces in
tho deed
VIM. DoWnsS, the other party stabbed By
the rpifans, cleo on Saturday night, At the
Gsorgia Hospital, 2hih stree. The verdict il
MS case was similar to he one above recorded
We presnuls the accna7d will be brought be,
fore the Mayer this morning