New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-25
The Negro EEos in Norfolk.
The Old Dominion of Tuesday says:

The Old Dominion OF tuesday says:
In consequence OF many conflicting Tumor
we are unable to arrive at any definite informatio
In regard to the commencement OF the affair. Tn
persons killed and wounded in this affair are
Robert Whitehurst, killed; John Whitehurst, hi
brother, shot, it is supposed, mortally. and their
mother, Mrs. John Whitehnrst, also shot in the
jaw and head-supposed to be mortaliy wounded.
VIM. NJ. Mosely was badly beaten, and his SON Wil.
fractured. A man by the name Of Benjamin Tur-
ner also had his head split open by saber. A
colored man was also shot in the eye.
mulatto boy, aged ten years, was bayonete6
was dangerous. At 9:30P. M. last night, while
crowd was passing the Merchants Exchange,
man was seen running towards, in the rear of the
Old Dominion office. Four shots were fred at him,.
dead at the hour Of writing this article.
Six PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED. I
Fortress MosRoE, April 1.-THE riotous de-
rnonstration which attended the colored p1cessios
in commemoration of the passage Of tie ciy1
rights bill, yesterday, in Norfolk, proves to have
been more serious affair than was at first "a
upper Union street. in the suburbs of the city and
originated with number Of the rowdy element
who joined the procession as 1t passed by, which
was resented by . few Of the colored people, whN
are said to have been influenced with liquor. Fire
arms were frequently discharged, and as usual IN
such cases, the innocent spectators were the great
est sufferers. The following the names OF the
killed and wounded: Robert Whitehnr.t killed
and bis step-mother mortaily wounded; john
v natehurst, dangerously wounded; Wm. Moseley,
eaty watchman, badly beaten, and his son so dan
fsrorsy w9s11ea that his life is dispaired q
wounded by . bayonet in the hands Of smother
colered persen. The blame Of the whole sfair Il
usiaea Deiween the municipal and military author
t'es, I0r aIowmg the negroes to carry firearms
and other deadly weapons with them ID lie pro-
cession. 4ss $50. - = - ~
Major stanhope, commanding . company Of the
the disturbance when it was ct its heisht ma
with the aid of his forces, soon succeeded IN sub-
DUNG the excited negroes. l8-S
Daring last night fears were entertained ef
another disturbance, and telegram was sent te
Gen. Miles for additional troops. but they we're
not needed, as the night passed OF quietly. Con-
siderable uneasiness was felt in Norfolk to-day hH
many citizens, in view of the events Of yesterday,
and general outbreak was deemed not impossible.
AS precautionary measure, Major Gen. MHes
sent over to the city this afternoon detachmeAt
of the 5t United States artillery and 18th United
States infantry, properly equipped and armed, te
meet any emergency that may possibly arise.
We are permitted TO make the following extract
from private letter which yesterday reached q
gentleman Of f. this &cityIlEds city s. Gazette: a -
the papers of riot happening in this city with the
negroes. Such Is the case Our young clerk ID
now lying at the point of death, with four bunetl
in him, while his mother and older brother are laid
out for burial.
The way it happened was that the negroes had
La procession to celebrate the civil rights BILL and
Whitehurst ran up and saw a crowd of negroes
hauling his brother along the street by his legs
his head was burst open and his brains oozng out
They let go him, and John helped him up and was
leading him home, when he was knocked down
and shot in four places. The crowd then ran te
his house and shot nusket ball down his mother'l
, throat. She never spoke afterwards. They then
robbed the house, and threw the furniture ont OF
the windows. Nobody seems to know how it hap.
pened. there was only one policeman there, and
t be had his skull mashed in. But it is supposed
that as young Whitehurst had a grey jacket on
that they attacked him. The newspaper reporter,
are too lazy to find out the particulars and, ~
there is no government here the murderers are 81
large Several friends of the deceased have taken
Z the matter in hand, and they have just marched
our driver off to jail as being in the fight. There
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