The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-04-18
LOCAL.
URTHER PARTICULARS OF
THE BUTCHERY OF WHITES BY BLACKS,
IN THIS CITY ON MOND 4

THE BUTCHEhl VI "hiiho ID DhhOnSS
IN THIS CITY ON MONDAY.
We continue our account Of the evidence
taken before the Coroner's jury, yesterday.
Alta o'clock the jury met at the Corpora
ton Court Room. The following witnesses
we're then called and gave their testimony.
James Curling-On Monday | went to see
Mr.. Moseley, who had been beaten /; stayed
few moments and left; going towards Church
street met two negroes on horseback coming
down Nicholson st. with Whitehurst, one had
him by the hair of the head, the other had
him by the shoulder they came out of Church
street and passed about 100 yards up Nichol-
son street and handed him over to two ne
oroes on foot--Question by a juror-What
mart of Church street was it? Answer, near
Nicholson. One of the horsemen, as he Wheel
ed to cross the field, said that is the way we
ought to serve all the white livered sons OF
=. turned round and followed the body
nm to Mr.. Mosey's house. Question by
iuror-Was he dead? Answer. He had been
Shot. A negro man then approached me and
drew pistol and threatened to blow my
brains out; if it had not been for colored
man who resides here he would have done it.
Question by iuror-Do you know the two
men on horseback Answer. know them
both, they were dragging him, Whitehurst,
heard the report of the pistol, but saw no
one shoot the deceased.
Y L. R. Baker-About one o'clock the
PROCESSION arrived at the stand in the old
feld. | 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 pistol firing; | heard
tbo CT q mar
shot" [ asked the party that made use of the
remark if they could see the man shot The
answer was eyes /? 1t is colored man; upon
that announcement a large number of the
neople became excited and rushed in that
direction; large number of the people-not
all of them: did not see the man; | did not
see anv one; remained five or ten minutes
on the stand; then saw some persons pull
inc pailings off fence near the corner of
upper Union street, on Nicholson | then saw
the persons with the palings in their hands
raising them, and supposed, from their &C
tons, they were beating some one, | then left
the stand, and went in the direction of the
persons who had the palings in their hands,
where | supposed they were beating some
one.
l arrived in front Of the house, and found
several coored men and boys had a white
boy down. and were beating him with the
palings; | supposed he was II or Is years of
age; believe he was dressed in grey clothes
then took the palings from several of these
persons, and assisted the boy to get up, and
60 into the house; | followed the boy into
the house, and saw an axe lying at the front
door; picked the axe up, and put it in the
fre-place behind the fre-board, thinking
that if it lay there persons being excited
might use it-put it out Of the way; the boy
who went into the house sat on a table in the
back room; / recognized lady sitting in the
rocking chair, bleeding profusely from the
throat from the description that my wife
gave Of the lady, it was Mrs. W. was not
acquainted with her; | supposed it to be
Mrs. w; there were several eolored persons
in the front room; about that time Mr. Cur
ling came in; | then spoke to the colored
persons who were in the house, and told them
to leave the house, a colored man cursed me,
and said | had nothing to do with it, and
said at the same time, that knew all about
the disturbance. | then told him again to
leave the house; if he did not, he would be
sorry for it, all the rest left except him, and
he left in a few minutes
(Jury-do you know that colored man {?
No, sir.l-Saw good many colored persons
in the back yard may have been some white
PERSONS there were quite number in the
back yard; they seemed to be quarrelling
among themselves; high words; saw no blows;
asked how Whitehurst got shot; got no an
swer; there was lady there and the boy, and
several others; left the house, and started down
towards Church street; saw the people 10 the
house excited and confused, and did not disturb
them; woman came toward me, and said !:
tho hoy for fail or o,,l how,
beat him." took her to be one of the family;
there was striking resemblance between her
and the boy; then proceeded down Nicholson
street to Church.; on my way inquired of q
colored woman standing near the house who
was shot; the reply was, Mr.. Robert White
hurst about that time / saw two coored men
have Mr.. Whitehurst, bringing him towards
his house; they stopped about the middle of
the street, about midway of the row, and
leaned him up against the house; told the
two men to take him home, and turned around
and asked one of the men to go for a doctor;
he was rather slow, and | started myself; on
my way met some person who said doctor
4 had been sent for; | then went back to the
r speakers stand that is all | know about it,
sir.
Cross-examined-Mrs W. had been shot
several minutes before arrived at the house
Ibid not see her shot; / could not recognize
who the parties with the paings We're; they
We're colored people; saw no shot fired on
81 " heard them did not know who the two
men were who had Mr. Whitehurst | was
excited the sight of Mrs. Whitehurst 10 that
condition was sickening I guess the people in
Town know me better than do them; l I'M
aarstand colored people; feared no danger
you must be positive with them.
y W; Marshall Capps--I was passing through
Nicholson street with three colored women
my carriage; they requested me to stop tc
see the procession; | stopped the carriage
ana was leaning against the pole; coloree
"a man was luinfr Ii, the rcaA hat,ronr the rnaf