The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-07
LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
THE RECENT STABBING AFFAIR-HUBsoN
BEFORE THE Police JUST1cE-INQUEsT UPON
| HILLAAS's BoDY.-Eavis. Beauregard Hud.
SOD, the little boy who is charged with kill
| ing George Hillman, was taken from the
First station-houSe to the Police Court on
| Saturday morning. A large crowd Of curious
| white and black people-men, women, and
children gathered in the rotunda of The
market expecting 10 see Hudson rs he came
out of the prison with the other prisoners.
They waited in vain, however, for Captain
| Tyler did not send him with the other pri.
soners. Sergeant Wren took him through
| the Old Market Hall and into Main street by
way of the steps leading from the Office OF
the Chief.of-Police. i.f
At the courtroom Hudson occupied seat
| behind the bar with his father aud counsel,
! Mr.. Samuel NJ. Page. The little fellow was
| dressed clean and nice. lie looked calm, but
| not indifferent. He is very small even for
| thirteen years Of age.
The examination was postponed until to-
| day. r.t-.
Mr.. Page gave notice that be did not want
| bis client examined at the coroner's inquest.
The Police Justice advised Mr.. Page so to
| inform the coroner to save that officer the
| trouble of sending for Hudson. Hudson
| was then committed to jIil, and the Police
Justice sent request to the Jailor to give
him quarters upstairs, where be could be
somew bat comfortable and free from the So
ciety and influences OF the old criminals.
The prisoner was followed TO Jail by a
| large number Of the lOaters who usually
bang about the courtroom.
An inquest was held upon the body of the
deceased Saturday evening. MesSrs. Theo.
p. Mayo, John p. Carr, William E. Howle,
Michael c. Levy, George Atkinson, and ID.
A. Ledley were sworn in as Jurors ut the re.
sidence of Mrs. Ii lInan, No. 1922 east Main
street, and there the body was viewed. The
| iury then adjourned to the room formerly
| used as the detective Office, in the Old Mar.
ket building. There V. p. Harrison, Charles
+. Atkinson, and William Barnett, boys who
worked in the factory with Hillman and
| Hudson; George E. Tyndall, james StyWald,
| DR.. Isaac Curd, DR.. Charles S. Britain. and
J. B. Walters, were examined as witnesses.
| They COL Lticmed all the material points of the
account published in this paper on Saturday.
| Valentine Harrison said that about p. NJ
Friday they were sweeping out the factory
| and Hudson had 4 broom and Hillmal
claimed it. Hilman took the broom from
| Hudson; afterwards Hillman said that he
intended to slap HudSon's - black head off,
when he got into the street. Hillman, as
usual, got out ahead Of the other boys and
was waiting near the corner when they came
out. When Hudson came out Hillman went
up to him and said something witness did
| not hear. He also slapped Hudson on the
side Of the head. Hudson drew the knife
| from his pocket after he was slapped.
| Hudson went out into the street
and picked up rock and threw it at Hill.
| man. Witness could not say whether the
! rock hit him or Dot!e Hillman threw The
| rock back at Hudson, but missed him. Hill
man theu went towards Hudson, and Hud.
son drew back with his knife and said TO
| HiIIman, "Kcep back" Hillman, however,
still advanced, and Hudson stabbed him.
| lI,llman, after being cut, jumped on Hudson
/! aud commenced striking and biting him in
| the back, and Hilman was on him when Nlr.
| Stywal1 came up and stopped the conflict.
William Barnett confirmed the statement
of Valentine Harrison.
Atkinson knew nothing of the case.
Tyudall saw "the big boy (deceased) on
| top the small one (Hud>on)'; saw no knife,
| but saw big boy bleeding.
Mr.. Slywuld repeated the statement here
tofore made by him. He thought Ilillman
| started off after the rocks were thrown, and
| that Hudson started after him, saying - | ip-
tend to kill you this night"
DR.. Curd and DR.. Britain described the
| wound and their treatment Of it.
Mr.. Walters testified that death occurred
shout 1875 O'Clock Friday night.
The jury rendered a verdict that deceased
came TO his death "by being stabbed with a
knife in the hands OF Beaureguard Hudson
on the 4th day of June, 1875"
After the Jury had been dismissed Coroner
TAYLOR and Drs. Curd aud Britain went to
Mrs. Hillman's residence and made post.
,norte,n examination Of the body OF deceased.
Drs. Mayo, Rddell, Tompkins, and Carter
were also present. The doctors ascertalned
| that the knife. blade entered deceased between
the fourth and fifth ribs on the left side, al
most in straight line with the nipple, and
about two inches TO the left. It's direction
was almost straight from side to side, tend
ING a little forward and slightly downward.
| 1t passed through the upper lobe of the LETT
lung. entering into the ptricardium and lett
vent, etc. The opening into the heart was
quite small. That accounts for the deceased
Irving as long as he did after he Was
! wounded.
The funeral of H,lman took place yester-
dav afternoon, and his remains were inferred
at Olkwood cemetery.
From all that can be learned Hillman was
quite good boy, and labored devotedly IN
support OF widowed mother, who is now
nearly crushed by the weight OF the bio"
that has fallen upon her,
Hudson is represented by his companions
to be rather mischievous but not maui
cious boy. They think that in this instance
he was acting under extraordinary profoca-
ton.
The knife that was employed in the STAB
bips bad been lying around the factory Tor
several weeks, and had been used Dy num-
her Of bows and men, but was most generally
in the hands of Mr. Michaels, who sharpened
his neucils with it. 1t seems. however, 1t De,
lnnded 1o Hudson, for on Friday, about II
o,riock, Hudson said to a brother of the de-
ceased 81 have found my kblle." alllnan
asked him where he found II, ana huuson
replied .on Mr.. Michaels's desk"
PERSONAL Mr.. John Blair succeeds Mr.
Samuel Fl. Puliam as collector Tor the Mu'
,nJ Assurance Society Of Virginia.
Caotain james Mitchell, son OF the iate
.John Mitchell, arrived in the city on satur'
day. c.,,o so,stor from
the BYh county district, is at the Exchange
Hotel. .,;,,. .ho North
in few days TO buy philosophical apparatus
for he Richmond High.School. -
Mayor Gregory, OF Petersburg, was III 1ne