Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-05-06

IN the hali OF the House OF Delegates be-
low.
Among the killed are p. II. Aylett, dis
tinguished lawyer; DIR. J b. Brock, repor.
ter for the E5lqrirer aud Examiner Samuel
Eaton, clerk Of Mayor Cahoon; Captain
William A. Charters Chief Of the Fire De-
partment; n r. Howard lawyer, Ash
Levy, Richmond merchant Charles Wat.
son, of the Danville railroad; Hugh Hutche-
son, Lewis n. Webb, of this city; Wheeler
Scho6eld, brother Of General Scofeld; r.
/ H. Maury, Jr; Senator Bland lcolored) and
| Powhattan Roberts.
4 Il is supposed that twenty members OF
4 tue State Legislature are killed or wounded
| Ihe Judges of the Court of Appeals ali es-
cabed unhurt. Ex Governor Wells was
/ badly injured J.. II. Chandler, counsel for
1 Cahoon in the Mayoralty case, was injured.
james Mason aEd Judge Meredith, counsel
\ for Ellison, were also badly hurt
! About two hundred persons we're hurt by
| the accident. The greatest excitement pre-
1 vails and hundreds of persons in the Capitol
/ Square are weeping and Wailing as the dead
aud dying are brought out of the building.
4 Governor Walker escaped unhurt, though
| on the floor of the Court room at the time.
About eleven o'clock the Supreme Court
| Of Appeals Of Virginia was crowded with
eminent citizens and many local politicians,
and a great many of the public at large, who
were drawn there By curiosity TO hear the
result Of the late hearing of the question as
to the Mayoralty Of Richmond
The friends of Messrs. Ellison and Ca
hoon, who comprised the prominent Repub.
licans and Conservatives Of the city, had as
sembled to hear the decision, which it was
expected would be given to-day. Among
the many prominent persons were ex-G0y
ernor Wells, ex- Congressman Nelson, Judge
John A. Meredith, Patrick H. Aylett, ex-
United States District Attorney for this
District, ex United States District Attorney
l., ii. Chandler, and Others.
At II O'Clock tho gallery Of the court
room, which was crowded, fell in. The floor
followed, and all thereon descended thirty
feet to the floor below, which was the floor
of the House of Delegates of Virginia, on
which some few of the members of a caucus
we're waiting around. There was general
crush of all the timbers and the falling of
the inside wall, by which were killed the
following:
TUE KILLED.
Patrick Aylett, Captain Charters. Chief
of the Fire Brigade; 4. NJ, Schofeld, late
Assessor, and brother Of General Schofeld,
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editor of the Richmond ENQUIRER; Julius A.
Hobson, city collector; S. Digger, member
Of the House of Delegates; I. A. Brenis,
commission merchant Of Alexendria; Samuel
Eeaton, Of Boston, Mass, and formerly
manager Of the Boston Theatre; POWhattan
Roberts. commissioner in Chancery of court
Of Common Pleas; James A. Blasmiere, Of
Berlin, Prussia 5. +. Burnham, of Syra-
cuse, n Y; n p Uowan, lawyer; Ash
Levy, merchant; j. W. d. Blank colored
Senator from Prince Edward; j. Watson,
merchant, Of Danville; Thomas ii. Wilcox,
ex-rebel General Samuel H. Hairston, a
wealthy land owner, Of Henry county;
Charles j Griunan, Of Washington, j. c.;
Robert H. Maury, Jr, land agent; Edward
Ward, of Euglandi William W. Davis, coal
merchant; John Robertson, colored Baptist
minister; Colonel Piehgrew; Voolfolk r.
Foley, Deputy United States Marshal; w.
H. Randolph, of New York; r. i. Brad
shaw grocer, and thirty three others, among
whom we're one captain, one sergeant, and
niue privates Of the police, who we're on
duty in the building
WOUNDED.
Among the wounded were ex, Governor
Wells ribs broken and otherwise internally
Injured; Mayor H. H. Ellison, slightly;
Mayor Cahoon, slightly; /. H. Chandler,
Judge j. A. Meredith Jas Neeson, J.
Howard Rush Bongess, Collector of the
District; w c. c. Dunham, Agent Of the
Virginia and New York Steamship Line;
Hon. T. a. Babcock, ex-Speaker Of the
United States House of Representatives,
leg amputated; Gen VI. ID. COrse, ex- Major
General of the Rebel army; Col g. w.
Brent, of Alexandria; Capt G. w. Allen,
Port Warden; w. C. Elan, newspaper cor
respondent aud broker; T. S. Baldwin,
Merchant, from Newark, n. j.; W j.
Cheslerman, of the Petersburg Eader;
William II. Soper; merchant, Of Baltimore,
and about one hundred Others.
RECOVERY OF THE DEAD BODIES.
Directly after the disaster occurred the
fre-alarm was used to give notice, and the
hook and ladder companies of the city re-
paired at once to the scene. A Gordon of
police was drawn around the building, and
the ladders we're thrown up to the windows.
For three hours the scene was full of hor-
ror. Minute after minute there appeared,
swung out by a rope tied around the middle
of the body Of some popular favorlte, who af
ter being swung on to the shoulders of one of
the fire brigade were brought down the lad
der into the green of the public Park, where
it was instantly surrounded by two or three
thousand of those who had gathered to rec
ognizs the slain. The Park was filled with
anxious, weeping women and anxious men
until two o'clock, when the last victim was
drawn from the building.
HISTORY OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
WASHINGTON, April PA gentleman
of Richmond now here gives the following
particulars of some of the persons who were
killed in the calamity: Patrick Henry Az
lett was formerly the Confederate State Dis
/ trick Attorney, and since the war has been
one Of the editors of the E.cdminer and
Enquirer He was great grandson of Pat
rick Henry, of Revolutionary fame.
Edwin NJ. Schofeld is the youngest broth
er Of Major General Schofeld was a United
States army officer during the war, and was
appointed by the Military Commander as
Assessor for the city of Richmond.
julius A Hobson was an old citizen of
Richmond, and for the past ten years was
City Collector. Samuel a. Eaton, former
y of Boston, was an old member ofthe Bos-
ton press; was some time attached to the
Herald of that city; was once a theatrical
manager, and has been Mayors clerk since
the war. Powhattan Roberts, a native Of
Virginia, was one Of the leading members of
the Bar. J. W. d. Bland (colored) SEN
ator from Prince Edward county, was a
man of much ability and a leading man a.
mong his race.
Among the wounded we're II. H. Wells,
Ex-Governor He was formerly in the Uni
ted States Army; was in command of the
defenses of Washington south of the Poto-
mac; was appointed by General Schoield
Military Governor of Virginia, and was de-
feated at the late election by the present
Governor Walker.
Henry X, Ellison, one of the proprietors
of the Richmond Dispatch, was elected by
the City Council, under the Enabling act,
to succeed Cahoon as Mayor of Richmond.
George Cahoon. formerly of Pennsylvania