The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-24


laws Of Virginia, twenty dollars or over for
Il pilots permission TO trade to Norfolk,
Portsmouth, james river, and York river.
l. may become necessary to pay all Of
these taxes within Il period of Il week Or
less, though the master Of the vessel may
| understand the channel perfectly well and
pilot his own vessel. The tax has become
very burdenSome, and it is said that several
| coasters have sold their vessels in conSe-
| quence of these disabilities, and had gone
into other pursuits TMoN.
DEATH OF BERRY AMOS BY THE KNIFE
ARREST OF SAMUEL w. McDoNALD.--An af-
| fray occurred 1T the Sherwood House, corner
of Fayctte and Harrison streets, at about tif-
teen minutes to one O'Clock this morning, in
which Berry Amos, about lhirty-eight years
| OF age, and we'll known throughout the city,
| lost his life by two large incised wounds in
his left breast and shoulder. Samuel w.
Mcdonald, also we'll known. was arrested
and taken to the Staton-houSe, charged with
the cutting. At the time the arrest it was
not known that the wounds Of Amos were
SO serious, but in twenty minutes time he
died.
Mcdonald, before the result was known,
was ordered to be locked up by Lieutenant
BuSic for hearing before Justice Hag-
crty to-day. Mcdonald, who is a large built
blonde, with light mouStache and light hair,
PAT ted in the middle, was as cool as sum
mer morning. When ordered to be put
back be made no resistance, but quietly re-
marked, ..that is the first time in my life l
have ever been ordered back" lie then
made request not to be placed among COM
mon prisoners. but was refused this also,
and he was shut up in regular order. A
large number of McDonald'S friends crowd
I'd the Staton-house trying to make it easy
for him, but they had to so away disap.
pointed. The prisoner was brought from
the scene OF the attray in hack, and several
women in carriages followed the party to
the middle district station.
From statements made it appears that q
party of sporting men and women were IN
one OF the rooms of the Sherwood House,
when difficulty occurred. During the
melee Amos was badly cut. and was re-
moved, bleeding freely. to the Russell House
BY officer Crosby before it was known that
the wounds were dangerous.
The parties, it seems, had had some diff.
Guilty in one of the upper rooms, and the
cutting occurred down stairs in the main
bar-room. When the affair eliminated the
doors of the restaurant were speedily closed
and large crowd Of people and several car
riageS, in which there were women, were IN
the street on the Fayette street side. Three
or four policemen were on the spot with one
or Two on the inside.
| Police officer Crosby was standing on Bal
timore-Street bridge and heard a cry of MUIR
der ring out clear and sharp in the still night
| He I'm down Front street to Fayettc street,
and on the bridge over JoGes's falls met Ber-
ry Amos staggering, who said, "For God
sake take me somewhere He also said ac-
cording TO officer Crosby'S statement in the
station.house, ''Sam Mcdonald stabbed
me-" Officer Crosby and others assisted
Amos to The Russell House, where, after the
uuayuing efforts of 4 pay Siclan, he dled ia
Il few minutes.
! \ great crowd collected, and hearing the
remarks, officer Brown ran into the ohcr-
wood House and arrested Samuel w. Nc
Donald Oh the charge of having done the
cutting. At this time it vas not known that
Amos was dead.
About ten minutes after McDonald's arrest
several police officers, drawing wagon con-
| tanning the dead body Ct Amos, came TO the
station-house, followed BY a crowd Of sew
eral hundred persons. This was about half
past l O'Clock this morning. The dead body
was carried back to the station.houSe yard,
| and the clothes which covered his head re-
moved, when it was discovered that he had
| two very broad wounds, one in the shoulder
blade and one in the lett breast just above
the heart. The wound in the breast was
probably the one that killed him. The cuts
| were clearly incised and evidently from a
broad double.edged dirk knife.
The excitement around the station-house
was intense, and carriages blocked the street
in front. Noticeable among the many con-
pregated were sporting men well known
around town.
In the absence of any investigation up to
2 O'Clock this morning there were seVefai
conflicting statements in regard to the occur,
renee. 1t is alleged that the ditflculty ana
not originate upstairs, where fcDonalu
had been with some OF hlstrlends, Dut peSah
at the bar.room, where there were NUMBER
of men drinking and eating at the rach.
there seems to have been general scattering
when the doors were closed, Mcdonald re-
naming on the inside. 1t is also SAID that
several men were in the fight, and that seve-
raj of them had blood on their clothing the
wounds Of Amos squirting freely. Inc gar,
ments of the deceased, which were carllea
TO the station-house. were literally ciotteu
with gore, and presented sickennS slSht.
Berry Amos, the deceased, was very
large man, over six feet in helght, anu
weighing two hundred pounds. be was S,ta
native Of Virginia, part OF his early iile
being spent in Petersburg, and later he
lived in Richmond, Va, where, until Ie"
wears since, he was extensively engaged IN
the huckstering business. He married
widow lady of Richmond shortly after the
close of the war, but leaves no children. he
was in his thirty.niDth year.
Vnnr" Mcdonald, accused of the homi-
eide Is = native of Baltimore, and is we'll
known here from the wealth of bis father,
who, when living, was known throughout
the country as the owner at one time OF Inc
celebrated trotter Flora Temple. He saooat
thirty years old.-Bdttimore Sun, 23d.
(By Telegraph
BALTIMORE, June 23.-The coroner's Jtiry
rendered verdict to-day that Samuel w.
Mcdonald killed Berry Amos.
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