Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-05
From the Nashville Union, 26th.
THE CRIME FOR WHICH A NEGRO
WAS LYNCIEED IN NASHVILLE.
HORRIBLE CRIME.
4 HOUSE ENTERED BY A BURGLA1
The Proprietor Shot while i'm led.

A HOUSE ENTERED BY 4 BURGLAR. !
The Proprietor Shot while i'm led. |
One Of those dreadful acts that appal the ,
hearts of all and send thrill Of horror to
every reader was committed by negro /
between , and 5 O'Clock Sunday morning. |
y very worthy gentleman named Henry
Murray, who had a grocery at PIT Cedar |
street, had fallen victim to one Of the
most daStardly crimes that ever disgraced |
ouI city. Mr.. Murray resided on Bellvllle,
between Gay and Cedar streets, and at the
time above named burglar entered his
house by boring hole through the door
panel Immediately above the lock. Upon
entering the house the villain came into the
sleeping-rOCm and stole a net jacket hang
ing on the bed-poSt. In the jacket the
fend found sixty dollars in money and
bunch Of keys. In one corner of the room
was desk, supposed to contain other
money and valuables. While opening the
door of the desk the burglar made noise,
which awoke Mrs. Murray, who aroused her
husband, telling him there was man in the
room trying to get through the window. As
Mr.. Murray raised up in bed the burglar
snapped his pistol and said to Mr.. Murray:
''1 GU Cd id old rascal, lay still, or |
will blow your heart out" BY this tine
lLS DtuSidI was SIdLul!S III the NORWAY
with one hand on the knob. Mr.. Murray,
in the meantime, was feeling under the
head of his bed for large meat knife used
by him in the grocery, kept at n ght under
the pillow. Mir. Murray now put his feet
out of the bed preparatory to getting out,
and while in this position the burglar fired,
the bali striking Mr.. Murray i'll the abdo-
men. When he fired, the burglar fled,
pursued by Mr.. Murray some distance, al
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dren, terrified by the awful iy, uttered
piercing screams all the while, which were
heard by several residents i'll the neighbor-
hood. Henry Murray, his son, who was
sleeping i'll the store, being aroused by the
piercing screams of his mother and sisters,
rushed to the house only to learn the
sad reality there. Seeing his father was
mortally wounded, the griefstricken
young man started Immediately for
physician, and when near Pearl
street came across officer McAllster, whom
he told his father had been shot by David
Jones Ga negro), who was most likely to be
found at his brother-in-aw' VS. house. OH ,er
McAllister Immediately summoned officers
Davis and Maskey to his assistance and to-
gether they set out for the house of Jones,
corner Gay and McLemore streets. The
front door being shut, the officers went to
to the rear, and after listening to hear what
was being said by the occupants, who
were up and had light in the back room,
each man took position and officer Meal
lister started to enter the front way. BY
chance he heard some one walk hastily
across the floor, and by the time the pO-
liceman reached the front door it was
opened from within and a negro man
stepped out. AS he did SO, AcAllster said
ID lit tapping him on the shoulder, and
asked if he was David Jones; that he want
Cd II Et%fo No
negro said that was his name, and asked
the officer ''What he wanted with
him." Jones was then taken inside
and examined, but no pistol found on his
person. Upon being questioned as to
the reason of being up and starting
away from his house, he stated that he
was going to get some wood. The officer
| asked him how he was going to get wood
when he had 10 money. To this Jones sta
we'd that envy uncle Caleb Jones told me
yesterday he would give me some wood
The officers took Jones to Jail and placed
! hin In confinement, and being taken to the
residence Of Mr.. Murray he was instantly
recognized as the man who shot him that
morning. Mr.. Murray then made the fol
lowing dying declaration, which was sworn
! to and subscribed before Justice Hines,
and in the hearing of ThCs. S. Hays, Jno.
L. Swan, D. N. Burke and DR.. Eve, who
!
summoned to the unfortunate mans assist
Ancc shortly after being shot
Il was aroused from sleep about half
past . O'Clock this morning by my wife,
who said some one was in the room. Felt
under my head for my knife. The person
WHO was in tie room said: = y on Cd
, Id old rascal, lay still. or l will blow
your heart out" The person was stand
ing in the door. put my feet out of the
. hn1 10 ont IF no HH
and was shot by this person while in this
! position. There was only one shot fired.
| The door was open. 1t was moonlight,
/ and l could see the person distinctly. l
| knew him well, and recognized him and
! spoke to him. l knew him as we'll as l
know Barney Hines, who is now by me-
! 1t was David Jones (colored), who shot
me. | cannot be mistaken. After being
shot | said, Jones, you rascal, you have
shot me. / pursued him, after being shot,
some distance, nearly to Cedar street,
When the shot was fired man could be
| plainly seen, and when Mr.. Murray's son
and other persons went to his room he
told them David Jones was the man who
shot him. Mr.. Murray died Sunday night
between 10 and IL o'clock, and Coroner
Everett held an inquest over the remains
yesterday morning. After hearing the tes-
timony of Mrs. Murray and the dying
declaration of the deceased upon their oath,
| the jury say Henry Murray came to his
death by pistol shot in the hands of David
Jones, colored, and that the act was muir
der in the first degree The statement of
the deceased, after being written, was put
| in sealed envelope, and not opened until
| after the jury heard Mrs. Murray g evidence,
which corrobOrated in every particular that
of the deceased. a poSt-mortem eXamina-
| ton was made by Drs. Eve, Briggs, Sneed,
and Hollowell, who found the ball had pene-
trated, and was found in the region Of the
spine and hip joint.
Jones has been remanded to Jail to await
committing trial either to-day or to-