The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-28
hearing of the question as to the mayoralty of

Richmond.
The friends of Messrs. Ellison and Chahoon,
who comprise the prominent Republicans
and Conservatives of the city, had assembled
to hear the decision, which it was expected
would be given to-day. Among the many
prominent persons were ex-Goveror Wells,
ex-Congressman Nelson, Judge John A. Mere
dith, Patrick III. Aylett ex-United States
District Attorney for this District, ex-United
States District Attorney l.. II. Chandler, and
others.
At IL o'clock the gallery of the courtroom,
which was crowded, fell in. The floor fol-
lowed, 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 caucus were
waiting around. There was general crush
of all the timbers, and the falling of the
inside wall, by which were killed the follow
ing
THE KILLED.
Patrick Aylett, Captain Charters, Chief of
the Fire Brigade; E. NJ. Schofeld, lately AS
SCISSOR, and brother of General Schoield, late
Secretary of War; DIR. j. b. Brock, editor of
the Richmond Enquirer; julius A. Hobson,
city collector; S. Digger, a member of the
House of Delegates; T. A. Brenis, commits
sion merchant of Alexandria; Samuel Eaton,
of Boston, Mass, and formerly manager of
the Boston Theatre; Powhatan Roberts,
Commissioner in Chancery of the Court of
Common Pleas; James A. Blasmiere of Berlin,
Prussia S. =. Burnham, of Syracuse, N. Y;
N. p. Howan, lawyer; A. Levy, merchant; w.
d. Blank, cold Senator from Prince Edward;
j. Watson, merchant, of Danville; Thomas H.
Wilcox, ex-Rebel General; Samuel H. Hairs
ton, wealthy landowner, of Henry county;
Charles j. Grinnan, of Washington, d. G.;
Robert III. Maury, Jr., land agent; Edward
Ward, of England William W. Davis coal
merchant; John Robertson, Baptist minister;
Colonel Pichgrew; Voolfolk r. Foley, Deputy
United States Marshal; w. E. Randolph, of
New York; r, e. Bradshaw, grocer, and
thirty three others, among whom were one
captain, one sergeant and nine privates of the
police, who were on duty in the building.
WOUNDED.
Among the wounded were Ex-Governor
Wells, ribs broken and otherwise internally
injured; Mayor H. III. Ellison, slightly; Mayor
Chahoon, slightly; L. H. Chandler, Judge j ohm
A. Meredith, James Neeson, John Howard, r.
Bongess, Collector of the District; William G.
Dunham, agent of the Virginia and New York
Steamship Line; Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, ex-
Speaker of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, leg amputated; General M. D.
Corse, ajor- General of the Rebel army;
Colonel George w. Brent, of Alexandria;
Captain George w. Allen, Port Warden; w.
@. Elan, newspaper correspondent and
broker; Thomas s. Baldwin, merchant, from
Newark, New Jersey; w. j. Cheslerman, of
the Petersburg In6er; William HI. Loper,
merchant, of Baltimore, and about one hun
dred others.
RECOVERY OF THE DEAD BODIES.
Directly after the disaster occurred the
fire-alarm was used to give notice, and the
hook and ladder companies of the city re-
paired at once to the scene. Gordon of
police was drawn around the building, and
the ladders were thrown up to the windows.
For three hours the scene was full of horror.
Minute after minute there appeared, swung
out by rope tied around the middle, the
body of some popular favorite, who, after
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 recog-
nize the slain. The Park was filed with
anxious, weeping women, and anxious men,
until two o'clock, when the last victim was
drawn from the building.
GENERAL MOURNING.
After this the police closed the park, re-
fusing admittance to any one. The bodies of
the dead having been sent out, all the stores
in the city were closed, and placards put up
on all the doors, "Closed in consequence of
the disaster at the Capitol" No more busi-
ness was done during the day. Tonight
meetings were held of the Press Association,
members of the late military associations,
and members of the Bar and citizens gene
rally. Tomorrow will be observed as day
of general mourning.
The New Orleans Police Board have dis
missed the entire detective police force of that
citV.