The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-20

Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
The Murderer Of Young Motley Captured-He
makes q Full onfession-Interesting Par-
ticulnrs-Other Citizens Attacked on the Road
by Negroes.
FREDERICKSBURG, August Is, 1866.
I have never seen our citizens more in
tensely excited than they are this evening
on the arrival of Glenray Baker, the muir
derer of Judson Motley, in the custody OF
the sheriff of Spotsylyania county and an
armed guard. Negroes as well as white
persons thronged the alley leading to the
Jail, and the former especially were loud
in favoring lynch law. This is not to be
wondered at, even in so quiet commu-
nity as ours, because more fiendish and
atrocious murder has never been perpe-
trated in this section within the recollec-
ton of the oldest citizen. Your readers
will remember that Motley was shot on the
Telegraph road, about eight miles from
Fredericksburg, on Thursday morning
last, since which time the police Of the
county have been actively searching for
the perpetrator of the deed, and last night
succeeded in arresting him at Waller AL
lens shop, near Bull Church, in Caroline
county. After his arrest, he watched his
opportunity and knocked one of the guard
down with crowbar, and then seized a
pistol, quickly swapping it at another. lie
was caught, however, by the coat-tailb by a
third party as he was making his escape,
and secured.
THE PRISONER MAKES A CoNFESSI0N-IIIs
STATEMENT.
Your correspondent has had an inter-
view with the murderer, when he stated
that his motive in killing Motley was to get
n new suit of clothes that on going to him
after he was shot he found him speeches.,
after saving go, Lord" and in dying con-
dition. lie took his hat, gloves, handker-
chief, and papers, but got no money. The
dav before Wednesday, he states that he
shot at Mr.. Warner Wilkcrson on the high
way with q view to robbing him; and al
though he missed him, he shot limb OIL
q tree near him. He then used the same
carbne with which he killed Motley, and
which is now in the hands of the sheriff, he
having taken him to the place where he
concealed it after the commission of the
crime.
THE MURDERED NAN.
Young Motley was only twenty years of
age, and belonged to one of the most re-
spectacle families in the county of Caro-
line. During the war he served in the
"Bowling Green Guard" Thirtieth Viz
ginia regiment, and conducted himself in
a manner that won the respect and esteem
of his comrades; after the war he engaged
in business near "Jerrelps mill" in this
county.
THE MURDERER.
Baker formerly belonged to William
Richards, of Spotsylvania, and is the same
age as his victim. In color, he is what is
usually termed gingerbread, and has q
countenance as devilish as it is possible to
imagine. lie talks freely to everybody
who approach him, and seems neither con-
cerned about the enormity Of his crime
nor the punishment that, unless he escapes,
awaits him. To prevent such O contin-
gency, the jailer, William Undertake, has
doubly ironed him and placed. q guard
around the Jail. He was brought to Frede-
ricksburg owing to the insecurity of the
county Jail.
In connection with the above, had as
well state that Mr.. John Larkin and wife,
of this place, both most respectable peo-
pie, were stopped yesterday In Stafford by
party of negroes belonging to "the bu-
rial corps" one of whom said, +" You in
fernal scoundrel, am great mind to kill
YOU" Onlya short time ago, Mr.. Edwin
Tsliaferro, also citizen, was attacked on
the Fauquier road, and only escaped by
shooting and severely wounding his assault
ant, large negro, who has since been iden-
titled. From these cases it seems that,
instead of laboring for living, the worth
less and deprayed portion Of the negroes
are taking "to the road" If such be the
case now, what may we not expect when
they reap this winter, as reward of their
'dleness, hunger and cold. SHOcK0E.