The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-28

Two FREMRN CHARGED WITH THE SHoOTrSG
Messrs. Absolom j. Tyree and j. Henderson
Norris, two respectable gentlemen and mem
Ders sf the Fire Department. were before
foiiee.Justice White Saturday morning
charged with shooting and 1eBnding Muscpe
Johnson ecolored) on Christnas-day. Cap,
tam George D. Wise appeared as counsel fol
Mf.IyFee and Mr. Sais1el DE- Page for Mr..
Morris, and as the wounded msr was unable
| 10 appear aE examination wns5 gone intoin so
far only as was necessary % allow the Police
Justice to determine whether or no he would
admit the accused to bail. It appeare@ that on
Friday evening about or So'clocE Muscoe
johnson and ~ number of other eoiored
people had gotten into row, and Johnson
was houriShing o pistol about, threaten
Ing to shoot. Policemen Matthews and Gill
were proceeding Observation-Disclosures wben
some colored people came to them, apprised
them of the difficult, and asked them to go
and preserve order. As the poaeemen adj
yanced they met the crowd. Museoe John
son was pointed out as the chief offender
The policemen were about to take him into
custody when he ran OF brandishiBg a fYes
shooter in his hand. the weapon cooked and
sued by Policemen Matthews and GtE.t The
ter with johnson should he oyertaEe him.
drew bis pistol. A mum Der of other persons
followed the fugitive. Indeed, there was at
the time considerable confession and excite
ment on. the streets ia that immediate yiein-
ity. When johnson got to Broad and
Seventeenth streets he was met by
Messrs. Morris and Tyree, who had been to
answer an alarm Of fire, and Who, according
to the city ordinances, were clothed with
police powers. They supposed johnson had
committed some crime, and Morris grabbed
him and stopped him in his Eight, notwith-
standing Johnson's drawn pistol. at that
moment pistol was fired, and JohnsonTsI,
6ve.shooter dropped from his hand to the
pavement, and he said, !" Pm shet.o Police,
man Matthews came up and took johnson
in charge. johnson several times said lie
was shot, but his pistol was examined and
found loaded in every chamber, and he was
not believed. On arriving at the station
house an examination of the prisoners per-
son developed the fact that he had been shot
in the stomach. Then the police went out
and arrested DIR. Morris, and he was brought
into the presence of johnson and identi-
fed by him as the man who had
given him the wound. Mr.. Morris de-
cared his innocence, and stated that
the shooting had been done by Mr.. Tyree.
Mr. Tyree was arrested by Sergeant Daniel
Wren at ha residence, next to Leigh.Street
Baptist church. Sergeant Wren, finding hi n
in the midst of his family, quietly asked him
to walk out with him, and Mr.. Tyree COM
piled, without asking, or being told, what
was wanted with him until near the station
house. When he was with Mr. Morris, re-
turning from the fire, be wore ireman's
overcoat. He had on citizens coat or over
coat when taken into custody and carried to
the station-house. johnson failed to recog-
niZe him as the person who had shot him.
Policeman Matthews is, however, Of opinion |
that it was impossible for Morris to have !
done the shooting.
The case was argued by counsel for the |
accused. The Police-Justice refused bail, |
and continued the case for full examination !
until Saturday next.
johnson has been attended by Drs. Riddell |
and Curd. The ball entered his left side |
about two inches from the median line and |
passed obliquely between the lower portion |
of the stomach and transverse colon, and |
probably lodged in the muscles of the back. |
There was no external bleeding from the |
The condition of johnson is very |
serious, bnt his recovery, Is not wholly des-
paired of. He was carried frorl the First |
station.house to bis room, on Washington |
street near Christ church.
Counsel of Messrs. Morris and Tyree have !
applied to Judge Guigon for writ of hdbeas |
corpus, returnable to-day, in order to have |
The question Of bail heard and determined.