The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-19
,x.,,tc;,ic for Twenty-Five Cents.

,x.,,ici,ic for Twenty-Five Cents.
,,x.71o< or WILLIAM L. rATEs FOR KILL
ENN"' ,,,ovcr T. SuEETs-ABsTRACT OF THE
~, r>,r--wAS TIE STAINING IN sELF-pE-
-ny PRISONER ADMITTED TO BAIL.
'I>'' correspondence Richmond DiSpatch.}
tNi'''' STArNTcS, March IS, 1873.
,~..ryam:,t;ng trial OF William l.. Pates
'"g, killing Of George I. Sheets took
II - ,..aday before Justice Leigh Wad-
w., the courthouse. and was attended by
"-.. and d~ply-n,crcsted crowd. The
',-.,r, vouthmlneSs Of the parties rem
!l-.i tlr case n very interesting one. and
...-,,! ;hc sympathy of all. The substance
~ evidence rs brought forth at the trial
v..r. C'low>:
~, fiatr ago William Patcs borrowed q
-..,.,- Il y dollar from George Sheets aud
mover rru%id ii. Sheets had demanded
....,,.,i Zines. sud Patcs had refused to pay
..,r.J David Sheets. n brother of George
...r,>, should lny him quarter he owed
, ON la, Saturday night they met
~ rj>1,aL church. about two miles west OF
-" sidney, when an alteration arose be-
..,..,7 the parties. Sheets demanding the
....r,..rsu,? !'a,c> still refusing TO pay him
.'.... l,a,id Sheets would pay him. Sheets
.,-.,.j p:.,,,> very violently, and said he would
...aL.la and choke him until he was as
81, bis hat. Two witnesses testified
,...~l,rt, threatened to Kill! latcs unless he
..:I..r IN" Q;,arter Of Il dollar. 1t is also
s.. r&.,gnrc that Patcs told Sheets he
rf nnt want TO fight with him and
I'LL r..: want TO hurt him. After church
,,r.4lu pi,cS aud his brother James were
,.,i! way home from church when they
..,.s o.vr;&kcn by George Sheets, Ochltrce,
..i U&.hl, witnesses in the case. Some
.,g.rr,>c> testify that Pates stopped and
v..'rd tor Sheets and his companions to
..4r III. whilst lanes patc> tcStlllcs that
r.s walked on slowly, so that Ochlitrce,
v.r had irucd them first, and who had
.'...rt aside. might catch up. However,
,..-pt together. and Sheets again demanded
.4t.lrr, and PatcS again refused to pay
....fut,l ai> brother David would pay him.
~..t-, >.iG HAT WAS 10 reason why he should
,. ;H.v him. PltcS seems 10 have been
,.... .f- wIlh his hands in his pocket, and
e., 81, .,~hrt him what he had in his pocket.
us... he had nothing. AS he had his hand
e.. n. pocket. Sheets again repeated the
,..-..nu, and PatcS replied, Nothing TO
- ,ou very badly There is some con-
-rip'ory testimony rs TO who struck the
1T a.pN, son" tc>tityin@ that patcs did !;
..t L.3r> ralcs says Sheets hit Patcs first,
..: .uuchrd hm down fpatcS has the mark
..t.- Now on his face yeti, and then at
;.lnl,,cd ~ lUiap OH him, hut PateS caught
IAN nNi'r foot and threw him, and that they
g.. IN arose together, when PatcS struck scvc-
.s. flows 4; Sheets. and then ran. All agree
,.at Sheets Knocked Paics down. and that
Zen Pate, got up he struck scyc-
RI hlowS and ran. james iates and
u,uljtrcc testify that William tried to
.-a'r from Sheets before they came
r. ..rWs. He asked Sheets to let HIM z" 10
'tr' ,taidinE near, and then he could whip
..u it d" wanted 10. OciiitEcc's impression
$50. thai l'tcS wanted 10 run away, and that
s., ;vi- seeking an opportunity to do so.
-,,., WIS unaware that he mad been stab
O.. and when asked 10y Bright if PatcS had
,....i him, replied. he tried to do SO. lie
.l Eri-Ht then Sot over the fence and
s.G'.i .ur Mr.. Wines, where Mr.. Bright
svsh.3. and having gone short distance,
O., ~ banned NJ was cut and was
,..r,. lt-hi hurried TO Mr.. Vines and
I'll bin That P,ttc> had hurt Sheets, aud
r.5 IT, Nuuil die in two hours. Mr.. Wine
iu.I Him that ne had gotten Sheets into a diff
Ht.ty vita rates, and had gotten him hurt;
fa' IL" should not bring him to his house. as
fr.GiI 10: want to have anything 10 do with
;#,ailttr. He was afraid. he said, rs Bright
...l> working ior him that Mr.. Pates would
'tlrik IL. hId taken some part in tic Difficult.
Is. Hu@At then hurried to Andrew Shect>'s
and tr.u him to 20 for 4 doctor; he then got
a. h,aut,t at Mr. BCwcrs'S, and going back 10
where Sheets lay. wrapped him III it aud
! I.- lepAN ia
WIS Not lar oil. Soonaltcr he rot there with
,.,.',. DR.. Crawford arrived, and found
-a,;> ii Il PROSTATE and dying condition.
ii"'Na!lin"i him. and found two wounds
10 t.i> lcit SIDE made with some sharp instru-
.4.Ni. rs the skin WAS cut and not lace-
f.'.r. uuc wound WAS Il slight cut on
l.r ,iolt ribs, and not dangerous.
: g. other was the fatal wound, and was
t'"N Two inches below the first. Ii WAS
m.-' below the false ribs. and passed
uo.iylciy downward> aud backwards into
t.,r >tolL9ch on the left side He WAS bleed
ta- T0tu>riy when the doctor arrived. and
i..id,y shaking. All Efforts 10 stop the
Iurc.i.H- were u,rtraiIii@, aud he died III
a3.Ut I'VE hours after the doctor arrived.
ia. doctor asked him who commenced the
nlGri.ity. and he said. :" | made the attack"
.i> was after the doctor told him he could
lnt live much longer. He died of hemor-
laa-". The bleeding was both internal and
'N''rmal.
The knit" with which the stabbing was
G..r iJ,i been obtained by the prisoner
.'.ut mo weeks $50 from John Simmons.
~ tnec1">" Of the testimony the case was
os,."j ~ Captain James Bum%urdner for
~. commonwealth, and by Captain George
W. '"r'.r.n for the prisoner. The justice
1t IT, pi-"M"r committed to await the
ii u ii" @Hund jury. but in conSidera-
.'> ii the nature OF the evidence allowed
ia' prl.QHrr hIil in the sum of $500, which
"s- considered hy some is right heavy,
'H l3- ~ tie want If means Of the prisoners
...U.r: Yet al! concur in the opinion that the
..'H>r W.r>Urd by the justice was proper
49, and that the clse is Of sufficient ill.,
,'.@IN.rlo BE- tried by 4 Judge and jury.