Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-19
THE NORFOLK RIOTS.
One Negro Killed aud Others Badly Beaten-TrOO Ps
Arriyed--O Order Restored.
Especial dispatch to the .Daily Index.l


rinrleader of the negroes. Joe Mackey arrest.
ed The evidence is strong against him. lie was
committed for trial.
NORFOLK, April H. STOP. M.-Two companies
from Fortress Monroe have just arrived. dstur-
bance is looked forto-night. NAT.
IgESt fSEcOND DISPATCH. 'fAFF
Norfolk. April II, $50 r. m. The city Is 'qnet
There will be no disturbance tonight unless it is
provoked. The military are patrOng the streets
| will keep you Informed, Dos luM NAT. z
From the Virginian
There are various rumors of the origin ofthe melee.
The scene was in a field on Upper Union Street in
the vicinity of the cemetery or burial ground. Fire
arms were used. Robert WhtehurSt was killed, and
his step.mother, Mrs. Charlotte Whehurst mortaly
wounded. John Whitehurst, the hali-brother OF the
killed, was dangerously wounded. William Mosely
a city Waterman, was very badly beating his son
was dangerously beaten, and his life Is despaired
of Lawrence Hampton. coOred boy about ten
wears of age, was bayOneted on CRANKY street, by
negro in the procession The wound is in the abdo.
men, and is of dangerous character. We learn
that several of the negroes were infamed with
liquor. ...E go.
land and Queen streets, which was visited not UNI
freauenty by negroes who joined in the procession.
They wonld leave the scene of the speech-making,
dancing, singing, halowing, and firing OF mnskets
and pistols 90 to this drinking saloon and return,
inhamed, to the.scene of rejoicing and jubilee we
fear that to liquOr-tO whisky-may be traced the
whole difficulty of the day. 1t is said that dance
of death was performed over the dead body of the
murdered WhitehuTst by the frenzied men who par
tcipated in his death. ..,.e. ..........
What further injuries were sustained we are not
prepared to say but believe all the outrages of the
day are included in the account we have given.
Major StanhOpe, the post commander, arrived on
the scene after the enOrmities had been perpe
trated, and used his authority to bring about quiet
and order.
Cnob nos tho be1inninr and ending of the cele-
bration of the Civil Rights BILL Monday the 10th
of April lS66-a bill which the President of the
United States was pOweress to throttle IN its lncp-
iencv and which has been made a law OF the land
under constitutional provision by relentless fanat-
icism, made mad with power bloated with the AFRO
gance of success, and impatient and FESTIVE under
the restraining curb of the veto.
After the above was in type we received the fol-
lowing additional information from the police:
While the inquest was being held on the body of
Robert Whtehurst Mrs. Whitehurst died from the
effect of her wounds and the inquest was postponed
until tomorrow.
After the ARRAY was over w. Turner was badly
wounded, on Church street. by sabre cut.
Four arrests have been made.
From the Baltimore Gazette.
We learn from private source the following adj
ditional particulars of this affair." which occurred on
Monday: Many of the negroes in the procession were
armed with muskets Others with pistols, knives and
clubs a band of music was at the head of the
column, and banners were displayed on which were
the following, among other inscriptions: The
Monitor Union Club, ''The Ballot Box Free to
All, =" &c. white man, named Baker, occupied
cOnspicuOus place, riding in a carriage with two
negro women. He is an associate of the lawyer
Pepper originator of the late colonization scheme IN
Norfolk. There was no disturbance in the streets,
lint n general melee took place in the field outside,
where Baker delivered address to the assemblage
In this riot two white men, woman and a child are
said to have been killed. The negroes return to the
city drunk and disorderly, and further trouble was
anticipated by the citizens. The negroes positively
assert that they will vote at the next election.
The evidence before the coroner's inquest, as re-
ported in the old Dominion, of yesterday, dscoses
no circumstance in mitigation of the conduct of the
murderous rufians. The origin of the outbreak
seems to have been the following, as related by one
of the witnesses
Marshall Capps-I was PASSING although Nicholson
street with three colOred women in my carriage;
they requested me to stop to see the procession;
stopped the carriage, and was leaning against the
MOLE. a cOlOred man was lying in the road, between
the road and the ditch; | took him to he drunk
two colored men came along and told him TO get
up that the procession was coming along he re-
fnsed to get up, and told them to go away from
there damn black sons OF --, or ne would Sho0i
them: or if they did not get away he would Kill
them | turned towards the stand to see who was
speaking to the cOored population; 4 pistol
vent Off looked again and saw black man
hmm up and cry, "Oh, Lord! Oh, l.ordy
he was the who tried to get the drunken
man nm nv belief is that the negro who was drunk
shot him for he told him if he did not go away he
would shoot him; when he fell, the negroes from the
stand rushed towards Nicholson street crying
,Rallvl rally, boysl and kill white son of b-h
wherever YOU find him. They all rushed towards
the sidewalk; turned my carriage and got out OF
fine way and drove towards Church street; then the
crowd of negroes had headed up white man; who
he was do not know; ! only know tney were Ill
nnrsuit of some one. ] drove towards Mr. Collins,
and stopped and looked back, ana saw TWO negroes
dragging a man between them; they were headed
off by PARTY at the corner of Nicholson street, who
turned them toward the old field; ! know both the
men the man that was killed was the man they had
between the horses; heard firing at house ON
Nicholson street as | arrived on Church street with
my carriage.
j. l.. r. Baker (who was orator for the negroes
and who is jackleg, mscegenating Yankee law
yer) testified:
About one o'clock the procession arrived at the
stand in the old field; was on the speakers stand,
preparing to commence the celebration by speeches;
heard some firing in the vicinity OF the Chapel,
corner of Church and Nicholson streets; sounded
like psto firing: heard some one on the stand say,
"there's man shot" -
asked the party that made use Of the remark if
they could see the man shot The answer was
"yes? 1t is a colored man; upon that announce
ment large number of the people became excited
and rushed in that direction; large number OF the
people-not all of them; did not see the man
did not see any one; remained five or ten minutes
on the stand then saw some persons pulling pail
ings off fence near the corner OF upper Union
street on NicholsOn | then saw the persons with
the pailings in their hands raising them, ana sup
posed from their actions, they were beating some
one then left the stand, and went IN the direction
of the persons who had the pailings in their hands
where / supposed they were beating some one;
arrived in front of the house and found several CO.
lored men and boys had white boy down, and were
beating him with the pailings; supposed he was
II or is years of age; | believe he was dressed IN
gray clothes; | then took the pailings iTom several
of these persons and assisted the boy to get up and
20 into the house.
James Curlng-I met two negroes on horseback
coming down Nicholson street with Whltehurst; one
had him by the hair of the head the other had him
by the shoulders they came out OF Church street ana
passed about one hundred yards up Nicholson street
and handed him over TO two negroes on foot. One
of the horsemen, as he wheeled to cross the field
said that is the way ought to serve all the white
liyered sons of - turned round ana lol-
lowed the body up to Mr.. Moseleys house. ne
GRO man then approached me and drew pistol and
threatened to blow my brains out if it had not been
for A colored man who resides here he would have
done it.
]. w. Dozier testified that about 10 o'clock on
Monday he saw large crowd OF negroes come
down Church street, dragging the deceased. lie
saw negro draw pistol and shoot the deceased
BENJAMIN Turner testified that he saw the crowd
dragging Robert Whitehurst down the street.
man on horse had him by the hair of the head.
Susan Fuller colored-I was at Mrs. Whehursts
door Yesterday Monday) on Nicholson street at the
time of the fight; Joe Mackey said, Rally in
boys! bring him ont and shoot him" John 90
fired. and then went off; saw John shoot at him;
| do not know whether John killed him (Robert
Whitehurst) or not; only save one shot fired, and
went off to get out of danger; there was a number
around there with guns and pistols coloTed man
tried to protect the house. and Mackey seized him by
the collar and asked him if he would take up for
a dam white secesh son of a -" the man saw
John shoot was in his shirt sleeves saw no white
person in the house except those who lived there.
THE MASSACRE IN -COmnittal Of
the H4rderer-On Monday the inquest in the case
of the murdered bearing family, eight in number,
wasiconcluded in Philadelphia. The Ledger says:
The prisoner, Antoine Probet, present during