The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-28
CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
Rlot at HamptOn-Desperato Retaliation
OF Negroes.

Nnlle seVeral obners were injured py hyinb
About P. N. Thomas Lattimer. Deputy
Sheriff OF Elizabeth City county. VINO coIaTed
boy some ten or twelve years old, ana q cOi9ISu
man came along and took the p9y 10y PaI Psnsrce ~
liquor at the time, and after ABUSING tue f neglfp
few minutes deliberately pu,ieu t QUIZ Sue reED. Id
yer and shot him through the hes1; ELS lis
wounds were dressed by Dr., Mclaughlin ana
although he still lives; pot htIle nope Is en-
AS soon as Lattimer shot the negro he went
Into mis- house and locked himself In. the
Snews among the freedmen spread rapidly, and
noon q crowd of them began 20 assemble about
Iattimers house. Some Of the citizens, fearing
"a riot, endeavored to quell the excitement, but
geemingy to no purpose. The riot act was
then read, but before 1t was finished, stones
were hurled through the windows aud rush
was made for Lattimer's house. He endeavored
to escape by jumping through a window, bat
was met by the mob and almost beaten to death.
He was saved by the interference of two or three
eolored men, who carried him through the
The riot lasted about half an hour, during
which time the excitement was intense. Guns,
pistols, and stones were used freely, and several
Hope is reported to have been shot while dress
ing the wounds of q oolored man, but his
AS soon as the riot commenced messenger
was Immediately despatched to the military
post about mile distant, aud guard was at
once sent to quell the disturbance.
Robbery ana Murder by Negro in Vir-
ginta'
From The Norfolk Day BoOk, Dec. 25.
A most diabolicsl attempt at murder and sue
cessful robbery was perpetrated in Southamp-
ton, on Sunday night last, by brutal negro, on
the person of one of the clerks in Mr.. Pretlow's
store. We get our Information from the pas;
Petersburg Railroad, from which 1t appears
that on Sunday night negro by the name of
and aroused the clerk, who was asleep. On
being admitted he stated that he wanted some
oamphor for his wife, who was sick. The clerk,
uususpicious of anything being wrong put up
the camphor, and the negro handed him one
drawer for change. was in q bending position.
when Williams drew a pistol and Shot him, the
negro was robbery, as he Immediately took pos
session of the money-drawer, and carried off
bag Of money, containing about eighty dollars
In gold, silver, and currency, with which he
made off. The physician attending the wounded
young man pronounced the wound to be fatal.
We understand that the negro Williams made
his appearance early yesterday morning at the
store OF Mr., s. II. Marshall, at the Ivor Depot it
there also, but finding two young men present
there, he was frustrated We are glad to be
enabled to state that this villain was arrested
yesterday and lodged in jail. On his person
was found all the money with the exception of
about i've dollars.
The Newark Mystery Cleared UP.
The Newark IN. J.l advertiser of last evening
has the following
detective Brant and Officer j. B. Smith, after
having made a thorough investigation of the
affair That has caused so much talk, and given
rise to SO many rumors throughout the city
canal, and the suggestive holes in the Ice, with
the hats near them-have doubtless solved the
this way:-A man named James Harrison,
after finishing his work on Christmas Eve,
some money. On his way he stopped at one
Harrigan's saloon, and drank freely. From
se the TOOK t6e Of ang the Ca sn9 M 9P0
from the sidewalk, which at this point
is four or hve feet above the canal, into
the canal, cutting his head in two or three
places, from which the blood flowed in large
quantities. He called Loudly for assistance
With much diniculty-for it is probable they
were intoxicated-they pulled him out and
placed him again on the walk. he then turned
his steps towards home, stopping frequently on
the way to drink. Arriving at his house he
total Ignorance OF the rumors that his mlshap
had given rise to- and of the efforts that We're
being made to recover bis body from the bot
tom of the canal He claims one of the hats
that were found, and thinks it probable that
the other belongs to one of the men who came
TO his assistance"
An Alabama Tragedy
The Tuscumbia (Ala.) Times of the 10th relates
house, on the road between Courtlandt and
Tuscaloosa, q terrible tragedy occurred. A Mr.
Briggs, Methodist preacher, who had been at
one time confined in the 1unatic asylum at
Tuscaloosa, was staying at Dr. De Granenreid's.
isng naG S9 fbes re Sre nd Mr. BriGgs Was
abusing his wife, from whom he had been
separated, when DR.: De Grafenreld told
Whereupon Briggs picked up halfsmade
axehandle and struck the doctor on the head,
telling him to the floor. He then struck him
an old man. rushed in to help the doctor, and
he was Immediately killed with the same
weapon. Mrs Noah, hearing the noise, went
into the room, and Briggs killed her in thesame
manner. A little boy who was in the room
saved his life by getting under the bed. He
says that after Briggs had killed all these he
went around and struck them each one heavy
blow on the head. After he had satisfied him.
self that they were dead he took q pair of shoes
belonging to Mr.. Noah and left the house in
his stocking feet.
The Warrington Tragedy.
The Washington Chronicle of yesterday gives
the following particulars of the Christmas
tragedy in that city,
ION Christmas night. as John Laughman,
David EllwOod and Michael s. McHenry were
turning the corner of l. street north and Con.
necticut avenue, the former ran against a
oolored man who was passing up Connecticut
avenue in company with woman. He IL is
said, turned land, drawing a revolver, fred al
Loughman, who fell, saying i am shot, BoJh
man and woman, in the confusion. escaped
Officers Rossiter and Taylor were soon upon
the spot, and assisted in removing the
wounded man to the house OF Mr.. William
Luney, in the immediate neighborhood. DR.
J. @. Croggon was called In and pronounced the
wound a mortal one the ball having entered
the left breast one and a half inches below tht
lett nipple, near the region OF the heart, anC
was removed to Providence Hospital, whore hI
received the kindest after ttons from the Sister
of Charity, and, though there We're no hopes o.
his recovery, he was still alive at o'clock las
night Laughman is a stonecutter by trade
and unmarried; he has been boarding at th
house of Mrs Davis, corner of Twelfth and I
murderer"
Was He RobbedE
The Pittsburg Chronicle of last evening give