The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-11
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! Last evenings number Of c1lored DeouIe
from. South Washington had picnic on fiie
Virginia side Of the Potomac a. splacs
called Corcoranss spring They were joined
dulug the sVersing by The eoIored brick
makers and . crowd of congeniaf spirits from
FTeedman's village, making altogether quite
iafge assembfage, and, as it turned out, fs
not very orderly one after the Inspiring ef.
feas Of Che fiddle, banjo, and bad whiskeYfsd
taken full effect on some of theu,, Among
the crowd who went from, this city were
John Rollins and Arthur Coles. rivals for the
smiles and fayors Of coiGred lar,sel rIa1ryei e
Jenny Sumner, who was also ,resel,t bur. 5,
ing the progress of thesse.e breakdown = both
were prof1se in their attentions to Jenny,
which aif:rded a. good chance for her to
coguet with both. This impartiality aroused
THE WRATH or THE RIVAL sUIroRs.. n
About midnight, Jenny feeling thirsty,
took q trip to the spring, IN company with
Rollins, which being noticed by Cole, he fol-
lowed them, andsa few n,iputes, ,af forwards
angry words were Heard, and then d scream
from Jenny. Mutterings and suppressed
curses were also heard BY the spic.ntcers as
/ if from men engaged in a 81
# DESPERATE STRUGGLES, ~ s4s ~ Es,ssy
and all hands run to the spring Just in time
to see Rollins jump the inclosure aud vanish
in the darkness. s .sg.5s $50 a
/ Cole was picked up from the ground bleed
ing and unable to speak. On taking him to
the light, bis clothing was found to be sastf-
rated with biood, and tive cuts were found
across the stomach about six inches in
length; one across the abdomen about eight
inches in length, from which the erltrnils
were protruding one across tie wrist, sew I
ering the sinews and veins; one across. the
throat, one on the side Of the head and face,
one near the elbow, and one across the breast
and stomach six inches long and SO deep as
to expose to view the vitals.
THESE TERRIBLE WOUNDS s'f1
were inflicted with a razor, which was SUBJ
sequently picked up on the scene As soon
rs the party had recovered from their sur
prise they mounted messenger. on horse
| back and sent him to the city to notify the.
police, and also to set surgical, help, while o
tnumber of coiored men got out their mus
kets to hunt for Rollins. s7's8
THE HUNT FOR ROLLINS ~
The messenger arrived at the First Pre-
einct Station about o'clock this morning
with word TINT Rollins was supposed to have
come to this city,. Sergeant Larrabee, with
| Officers Hughes and Horner, started out at
once to intercept him, and as good luck
| would have it espied him on Il street and
| started In pursuit. Rollins, seeing that he
| was discovered, started to run, and was fol-
lowed to an old unoccupied house on Z
street between Ninth and Tenth, which he
entered. BY this time the news of the
tiendish deed had spread widely, and num-
ber of colored people in the, vicinity, being
awakened by the excitement, jumped up and
Joined the crowd which surrounded the
| house. Lights were procured, and the police
| entered the house, but Rollins could not be
| found. After search for some time it was
| found that he had climbed out Of 4 gable
| window cnt> The roCf and seaeted himself
| behind the chimney. On being ordered to
come down he refused and threatened.
DEATH TO ANY ONE WHO APPROACHED.
| Finding words useless, a few persuaders
| in the shape of pyng-stones brought him to
the ground, when the policemen seized him,
but it was with considerable difficulty that
| they could prevent the crowd from taking
summary vengeance on him. He was hur-
red to the station-houSe and locked up; and
/! it was not long before some three or four
hundred colored people were about the sta
| tion clamorous to have him turned loose, so
| that they could take vengeance on hin. In
order to conceal his guilt, he had i'll some
way got rid OF bis outer-shirt- which must
have been very bloody, as the stains bad
penetrated through to the under-shrt which
he had on. His right coat-slecye was stained
with blood to near the shoulder, and he had
been trying TO wash it out without success
however. - .s.ss 1eS 97.ag
] DR.. f.. III. Leach started over to look after
/ THE WOUNDED MAN,
land returned this morning, and fully corro-
borates the description given by the lnesseIi-
ger of the mans condition and the nature Of
his wounds. The woman Jenny Sumner
was afterwards taken in custody by the po-
|, lice, and will be retained rs q witness. The
wounded man is lying at the spring, and
was alive at last accounts. Anumbef OF doc
tors will 60 over to see him during the day,
as the fact of his surviving such. terrible
wounds SO many hours makes the case an in-
leresting one for the faculty.
, Rollins was returned to. Alexandria county
this morning for trial. Washington Star.