Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-15
POISONING A wnoLEo.o~x
O'o"o''cnI Ootsgs OF Colored A..
IN Wortn CatoiinN wa"

o'ano''cnl Dctsgs OF coIored ma,
IN Worth Carolina. wa"
.n ...n',,, ".r"m,'oIo N. e., or ,spondrnt sends
am account "f most ,li.,.lir,l a,,.,,,, "'.n ~
m"."er "'", | large party m adi, and w,.,at,..
.'.r". " ~ astsming the icr cream which ws,s
Of IN. Rev !" y supper given atthc residence
:. me details Of this fmdIsh attrmnt !" m,,r ~
I,,.. '"s.y SIX innocent persons are a, fol
q f.,,, roii'a'he, who is the principal of |
lie a.''. "cadrmy at Rridsvil.. wound I'm |
=. IT,. u". commencement exercises with a |
y b.sut, " ~nHh he invited ali tn. youli, and
nears ,hn, ~ w. surrounding country. 1t ap-
Nr En",.;. ''nlt "ays before tn, gather nr
"'''' '"Pl"!t'' aS nurse the wife Of
JIM JOHNSON. A NEGRO.
VIII" was necessarily also domicilrd ON the
pteun'SrN; Jun johnson and his wife. NOT
keeping before their eyes The s,,,.mn nrom;s', ~
made when joined in w-,llock to love and
cherish each other, had slight mismnirr-
standing. and, when they failed to convince
eacn "thrr Dy words, came to blows In In.
contest which followed Jim johnson. in
furv "f rage struck child of Mr.. FOntaine's
wh,', was tlri, In Its nurses arms, a blow.
wh'e" Tor time appeared to rndangrr its
life. As SOON as Mr. FOntaine heard of thjs
gross outrage ina moment OF Indignation he
seized large switch AMI gave the negro
sound thrasliing. All parties then made
friends. and the whole affair would have
been forgotten hut for the terrible calamity
which has 50 suddenly stricken down a large
number Of young people, almost In the midst
Of the innocent amu,rinents that always take
place at social rrnunion, and which it is
now feared will send many to premature
graves.
On the evening Of the 9th inst, the enter
tainnlent spoken of above was given. and all
things went merrily as marriage bell The
old folks psrtook Of supper and departed to
find peaceful rest All these esca p-d from
injury 1t was at this time that Mrs. Fou-
taine unfortunately requested Jim johnson to
REFREEzE THE ICE CREAM.
which had melted from the extreme heat II
this way the guests became the victims of
this human fpnd In his attrn,pt 10 wr.ak
cOwardly vengeance for his supposed Or lev
ance The evening passed Of pleasantly
and after mutual congrst ufati0ns, the rowd
separated In q few hours all these persons
to the snumber OF twenty six, who had so
lately been In the enjoyment Of perfect health
were
SEIZED WITH VIOLENT CONvULsIOSs
pain at :hs stomach and head, and other
symptoms OF deadly nature. The anyi.tv
az the people in the village became intense
when they learned that one after anofhsr
was suddenly brought 10 near to death -
door. All remedies known to science faile,i
to produce any immediate effect, and violent
death stared the victims In the face. For.
tunately no one has yet died, but the phy-
sicians now say that
SEVERAL WILL NOT RECOVER,
A young man. W. n. Houston, sssoci.t..
editor of the Record. Democratic paper nuh.
lished ct keids'llie IS now dangerously III a,
his brothers Residence, In this town. He.
too, was victim Of this foul attempt to n,ur-
der The fact that Jim johnson had h.en
very angry with Mr.. F0ntaine, that the p.r
sons who ate cream before he was sent to
freeze it suffered no sickness, and that h4
even when pressed by his wife persistantiy
refused to touch any Of it, and .7s-
WOULD NOT ALLOW HER To TOUCH ANY
soon led to his being suspected. The pbysi-
clans. under advice kept the supposed cause
secret until the would be pOisOner could IN.
cordngly issued, but he had sought safety in
fight, thinking that he had fully accom- :
plished his devilish work. Active sra,cb
was made tor him. and he was to-day found
at Rutfins depot, living under an assumed
name. When arrested he s ~ 6 ~ I'M
CALLED LOUDLY UPON THE NEGROES To
RESCUE hIM, *
and. but for the Goodness and bra ,ery of the
Deputy Sheriff, James Daiton, u serious rio,
would have taken place. From all the lights
that can be obtained On the subject the proofs
against jun J0hnson appear well founded
and his work wnnld have been only too well
done but for tho measures takrnby Dr. jeff
Scales, d Young physician OF ReifsvIi,r, who
from the first symptoms discovered poison
ing and promptly administered the prapt.,
antitlotrs. which in time had the effect of re-
lieving some Of the sufferers. The most M
tense excitement prevails in the commnnit,
in which tho outrage took place. and now
though Johnson's preliminary examination i.
In progress before a magistrate, he would b,
lynrhed but for the law abiding spirit of the
people of North Carolina.