The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-24
rsix Negroes In Petersburg
A,cn Excitement : the negroes
"a Punish the Prisoners.

n .' ,n6er Of yesterday records the ar
'"' - Gang Of negro despcyadocs and
rrS' - -, the police who had not only rob
tscT'S comm;ttcd fiendish assault upon
He1 , ~, old colorcd man residing in Ches-
V%,' county, and who, it is believed,
te'"'. GENTLY perpetrated many other dis
bS'' .IIe deeds in and around that city.
en- Coleman was informed that party
V tE.,. nccroes had gone on before the old
o. ZOO and tina; they had matured a plot to
'es' ,orrder him. Mr.. Coleman told
roo On" Informant to collect force of his
@A ID - friends and follow him, and at once
c2'y ..s3 in pursuit OF the highwaymen,
'''': :nr through Pocahontas and into the
pps, s%n1 turnpike. Just beyond the hill,
h's' '';.c town and in the near vicinity OF
%.!.'1:.r,,s cate, the officer overlook the
G'','"" nnyrces. who backed themselves
'o-. the fence and awaited bis ap-
ga" .S He discovered that they were
." ,s armed with heavy rocks, and being
'@o" Ls was at once surrounded by them.
% =, a,,s entirely unarmcd, was in the
u. un- a; the party, and would no doubt
= ,,o been Killed or very severely dealt
"" '.S taa not q force of co'ored men from
"'''- .:., aroeared on the scene and rushed
u, ga 10" -,scue. AT a word from Mr.. Cole
" 49,, w ,hry pitched into the gang Of despe-
. ..,i, and AFTER brief resistance, du-
.'.'. rh;ch one Of the attacking party re-
800, .>ad a serious blow on the head, and the
'I r,.r , blow on the arm, the rascals were
o" ".,rrrd and marched towards town. The
'D,.;,rmcnt incrcased-almost beyond con-
.,ni-among The colorcd people when it
fcr,,qc generally known that the old coun-
,.,mqo had been robbed by these high
,..,rr,nn and so cruelty beaten that he had
- h. taken home by friend. As tho
,1,,ye officers came through the city IL
] cb,rrc of the prisoners they were sur
,arrded by dense crowds of negroes, who
,5.morri-rot for the reScue-but for the
5e,,h OF the captives. Here and there
.tc streets became impossible, and the ex-
,f,ei throng crowded yet more thickly-
-,bcrinc strength as it advanced.
Auumbcr of negro men jumped upon the
r-,ooer, and despite the efforts Of the
'fcer in charge, struck and beat him
,tap, the Square numerically, at the
same time crying "Kill the id scoun-
j-cl," knock his brains out" &c. Men
,l.hcred up stones and sticks, and rushed
IN 10 deal blow, but by the timely assist
aqcc and energy Of officer Montague, with
,stof Mr.. Davis, the prisoner was rescued,
considerably injured, and lodged in Jail.
Later in the afternoon two other negroes
Connected with the same gang were ar
rested BY the police-onc at the Old
Market, and the other on the Roslin
r,ts;e, in Chesterfield county-and lodged
in Jail. The names of the parties are
Il. 3. Amos, John Johnson, George Wash
.gston, John Thomas. John Williams, and
Charles Williams. Great credit is due all
the ctliccrs engaged in this affair, as but
FOR them some terrible scenes Of death aud
5.ooji,hcd would most probably have been
enacted.
To,ho credit Of the colored people be il
also spoken, they not only assisted in cap
ming these men, but they showed the
crratcst desire that the entire gang should
be caught and made to suffer the JUS
penalty Of their crimes.