Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-21
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fAE COURTS.
ORPHAHs' COURr, Judge Purceu-To-dav,
letters OF administration on the estate of W. w.
McCathran Were Issued TO Maria McCathran,
500; on es' ate Of Ester Locker to Wm. Mclean.
bosd S1.00; on estate of Horatio 8. Elynt to
heland X. Hubbard. bond S20,OO0: Samuel q.
Robert Green, late Of Spottsylvauia County,
Va. bond $50; Henry Adler to orphan OF
simon Benzinser, bond si.4oO; Philip R.
The first and final accounts administrator OF
Teresa Mastin; OF executor OF Ann krouse;
OF administrators OF Philip r. Fendall, (and
distribution account) and OF administrators of
obn " illems, Were approved and passed.
The VIII OF Peter Roberts. heretofore filed
was fuiiy proven and admitted to probate, and
letters or adminlstration c. I. q. issued TO James
FATAL ACCIDENT The Alexandria Grzctte
says j. A. fago, an employee on the Orang.
and Alexandra Railroad. was killed on We'd.
nesday morning by being run over by tue
fr-ls nj tram near ArrIngtons. 1t is supposed
That he fell while stepping from one car to
another. The deceased resided at Gordons.
willie.
THE FRONT ROYAL OCrRAsR-Lynch La,o -
Since Tuesday las, the Gazette has contained
notices OF the late outrage perpetrated near
Front Royal. on the line Of the Orange, Alex-
andra and Manassas Railroad, and to day it
wretches implicated. The folio wing is a cor
rect atement Of the whole dreadful affair
On Monday last, two colOred men:-caliing
themselves respectively Charles Brown aud
Jacob Berryman-under arrest by ana IN
charge Of VIM. Scroggin, Deputy Sheriff of
Warren county, j. l.. Jarman, AID other citi-
zens, Were brought into Trent Royal, accused
Thompson, daughter Of Thomas J. rhomp.
SON, living near Happy Greek Station, on the
Orange, Ale1andrla and Manassas Railroad,
and such was the indignation Of the crowd
IN attendance upon court, upon learning that
they were charged with so heinous an offence,
that IL required the utmost exertions of the
conservaters Of the peace and others to prevent
summary justice beng inflicted upon them.
On the succeeding day, Tuesday, 18th instantly
the prisoners were brought before Justices
Lent, Houser and Painter, and had their prs.
iimlnary examt nation. The injured lady said
that the arrested men were those VINO had
attacked her; that she had first noticed them
standing BY the fence on the side Of the road
about halt mile from Front Royal. and paid
no attention 10 them, but that after proceeding
some distance further on she observed thai
tney were coming on behind her, and 4 cling a
iittie uneasy she fastened her steps, but found
to her great alarm that they were gaining upon
her. hen she looked around again she ob.
served That only one was in sight. The other
had circled around in the woods, and came out
again in front OF her just as she approached
a deep cut IN the railroad, and seizing her bv
the band dragged her into the VIC DDS, pointing
pistol at her head and threatening her with
When in the woods ne caught her by the throat
and threw her to the ground. After that she
reeoliects nothing, except that upon rising from
the ground and lettering towards the road, the
same one who had thrown her down, again
TOOK hold OF her and pushed her towards the
other, who was standing near by, and though
doing as ne directed her. she had strength
enough TO shrek before he reached her. and
that that Shrek attracted the attention of a man
who was at work in a field near by, at whose
approach her assailants fled. As NAV bs
imagined, the narration of this incident Occa.
stoned the most intense excitement in the m inds
OF all W no heard 1t, aad threats of lynchi1g the
CRIMINALS were so current in the neig hborhood
mat the Jail, for some days and nights, was
guarded by strong force of armed men,
yesterday TINS guard was removed, and list
night these they had protected probably met
an awful fate. At two o'clock a. m . a BODY of
disguised men surrounded the iatl, one of
whom Knocked At the door, which bslng
opened. the Jailor had a Colts pis iol presented
at his head. and a demand made for the KEYS of
the cell in which the prisoners were confined
The demand could not under the circum-
stances, De resisted, and the keys were deliy-
cred. The Jailor was then locked up in his
own room. and knows nothing more Of what
uanspired. Nor can any more facts be elicl cd
except that the cell IN which the prisoners
were locked up was empty this morning, ana
that the mail boy from Luray pas ed about
daylight this morning. on the road to Front
Royal a number Of strange looking men,
ASsGndTia Gazette, 2fn.