The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-26
Alleged Attempt TO Murder the Mayor
Of Manchester
THREE OF THE ACCUSED SENT TO THE GRAND
JURY.

Aih>hh VT thE ACCUsED SENT TO THE GRAM
JURY.
Since Saturday night Manchester has beer
IN q state Of excitement over an alleged at
tempt to murder DR.. L. r. Chiies at his resi-
dence, between 10 and II O'Clock on that
night. DR.. Chiles is acting Mayor OF Man
chester, under appointment of Judge Clop.
TON, and is the Conservative candidate
Tor that office. 1t appears that having
oeen recently endorsed by the Republi.
can Convention held in Manchester last
week, rumor became current that he had
oriocd eight negroes to vote for him, and
used public school funds for that purpose,
| AS soon as he heard the charge on Satur-
DAY he inquired and learned from enc
| George Cox that the report originated with
DAVID K. Hazletine. Chiles had seen Halle.
tine and had friendly conversation with
nim that day, previous to receiving the state
ment OF Cox. When they separated Halle
| 1ine came over TO Richmond. Chiles deter
| mioed 10 see Hazletine again and have set
| uement OF the matter. Aiming himself he
looked for him without success. Finally he
| went to the store of Mr.. Harding. Hszle-
tines brother-in.law; told him about the slam.
der, ana said he must see Hazletine before he
siep. that night. lie then went away, leay-
|
| that positive denial on the part Of Hszle.
| tire would be satisfactory 10 the Doctor
| HaZletine returned from Richmond about q
| O'Clock, with several men-they saw with
| the intention Of going to 4 political meeting
| and Harding called Hazletne aside, told
! him what Dr.. Chiles had said, and advised
him to 60 at once to his residence and settle
| the matter 2micably, as he was sure DR.
| ChileS was disposed to do.
After some hesitation Hazletine went
| around to the Doctors with several men
Others following them TO see what would
Ia ae place. and al stopped under the Shade
Of tree across the street from the house.
| Captain Lipscomb, chief of police Of Man
| chester, had heard the rumorS affecting the
character Of DR.. ChileS, and anticipating :
difficulty, went 10 bis residence, and was
sitting in the porch with him when the par.
| ties came opposite. HaZletne ran up into
| the porch and said to DR.. Chiies, 81 under.
stand there is * rumor about town that
said something about you that you didn't
| like" The Doctor said, Yes; it is that
you said l paid to negroes S160 out Of the
| public school funds to vote for me-" HaZle
| tine denied having made the statement, and
! denounced the person who said so as liar
| DR.. ChiIes said, ''Well, I'm satisfied then
aud will give you my author"
| HaZIetine said he didn't want to know
| who the author was, but Chies told him il
was George Cox. He then said, "Pll tel
you what did say; said you gave eight
| men twenty dollars apiece to vote for you
| To which Chiles replied, he didn't mind
that, because if he had chosen to give any.
| body his own money he had right to do it.
| Hazletine said, "Come out in the street with
me and see the fellows" or the fellow. DR.
Chiles refused to 60, and Hazetine put his
hand on his shoulder and denounced linn as
a coward and liar, which the Doctor an.
swered with blow in rhe face, and the two
srapped and struggled until they got to the
end Of the porch, which is twenty feet long
and fifteen from the ground, and Chiles was
pressed against and almost over the railing
| While this was going on, Hazletine called onl
several times "CoDe on, boysw "Come On y
Chilcs said, "Don't throw me over the rail
ing; you'll kill me-" At the same time he
| was trying to draw his pistol; but az his as
salant did not desist, he let 60 the pistol
and succeeded in escaping the impending
danger. By this time several Of the met
across the street rushed up into the porch
and Officer Fitzgerald arrived. Captain
| Lipscomb had arrested HaZletine after Z
scufle with him, and had him in custody al
one end of the porch. In the struggle te
save himself from being thrown over the
railing, Dr.. Chiles had his ankle badly
wrenched; and one of those who went into
the porch attempted to cut him with knife
but was prevented by MIR. Mitchell, who
threw up his arm, and received a painful cu
in the palm of his hand. This man wa;
| thrown headlong down the steps BY Mr. s
81. Perdue, and did not return.
The police arrested Michael Freede in the
porch, and locked him aud Hazletine in the
station-house. Yesterday they, with W. j
Woods, Henry Corr, and Owen Murtha
were brought before Justices james y. Gen
try, James VI. Perdue, and S. I. Hancock
in Manchester, for examination upon the
charge of felonious assault upon DR.. Chiles
with intent to kill, mam, or disfgure him
Hazletinc, Woods, and Freede were iden
tilted as having been with Hazletine thai
night, and on the porch during the attemp
upon ChileS, and were sent on to the grarG
jury of the Hastings Court. Corr and Murtht
were discharged. Bail was refused Hazletiuc
Dir. S. NJ. Page represented Corr; Messrs
i. P. Turner, c. W. Turner, and W. i
Worthington the other parties. Mr.. Atk!s
son, city attorney, assisted by MIR. W. Fl
Bransford, appeared for the Commonwealth
SALy1S1-The advent Of so distinguished
an actor as SalYlni in our midst should ht
the signal for most enthusiastic greeting
for one whose great talents have deted tht
! most hypercritical. Such greeting wouij
he extended towards him now but fox The
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