The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-13
MANCHESTER NEWS.


10 O'Clock as q negro man named James
Green was coming from Richmond: to this
city osa Mayo's bridge be got into a difficulty
Win party OF white men, which resulted
10 his being shot through the body BY ball
tired from pistol. 1t entered the flesby part
OF bis back near the spine, passing through
and logging in the skin near the navel. : He
walked about one hundred yards after being
shot and fell to the ground, when be was
seen by some other coiored persons that were
standing on the street near him. They went
to his assistance and carried him TO his home.
on Hull between Sixth and Seventh streets.
Or. W. r. Weisiger Was called in and ex-
tracted the ball. ~. 'ts -'. - sstG-.i
,Chief.ofPolice Lipscomb and Policeman
Fitzgerald, upou information received from
the wounded man and others, arrested that
night aud Sunday morning Messrs. George
T. Green, Joseph Kidd, Pitmau Engel. and
Gustavus Meredith, ard lodged them in the
station.bouse. >t.1 '+t ttEstE - 70 -r'-',
The case was called In the Mayors Court
yesterday morning, the evidence partly
heard, and continued till the 10th instant on
account of the critical condition OF the
wounded man. I'd" ~ 90 III .."''s @@" ~ =.
Itappeared in evidence that as the colored
man and colored girl named Lettie Harris,
whom he was escorting along. crossed the
bridge over the canal on this side they met
with squad Of four or FIVE white men, one
of whom accosted the girl, but che made no
response. He then cursed her whereupon
the colored man eXpostulated with him
about such bad conduct. This led to an
atfray, in which the whole party joined r
Mr.. C. C. Farley testified that Gus. Mere
dith informed him that he had shot the CO.
Iored man, and, further, that he asked him
to loan him money enough to leave the city.
During the fracas George F. Green was very
severely beaten about the back with a cane
which The eolored man had in his baud. 1t
is reported that the wounded man says that
George F. Green i. the same man that tired
the pistol. -..
Messrs. Kidd and Eugel were baled in the
sum of $500 each, Green in the sum Of $3.50,
and Meredith was committed to Jail.
The wounded man was doing as well as
could be expected at 4 late hour last evening.
A MEAN THIEF.-About 2 O'Clock yester-
day evening a white man entered the resi-
depce OF DR.. John II. Winfree and asked for
something to eat; which request was COM
piled with. A short while after his depart
ure the Doctors dinner-bell was missed, and
a servant girl, suspicionipg the man, pursued
aud overlook him. She asked him for the
bell, which be bad in his hsnd, when he re-.
piled: $50 to -. want TO sell it and
buy chew of Tobacco" \ son Of the Doc
tor, hearing of the state Of affairs, pursued
the man and escorted him to the station
house, where he was locked up. He will
have bearing before the Mayor this morn
ing. He gave his name as James Moore, and
seemed TO be unknown to fame.
LODGE INSTITUTED Saturday evening 2.
g. Master A. X. Courtney, P. g. Thomas j.
Evans. and Others, from Richmond, repaired
to Midlothian, Chesterfield county, and in
stituted a new lodge of Independent Order
Odd. Fellows, to be known as Cooper Lodge,
No. So. A number of Odd-Fellows from this
city were also in attendance. The ceremony
incident to the occasion took place publicly
at the new Masonic ball. The names of the
officers installed are William H. Barratt. n.
g.; Thomas Carnew, V. G.. Samuel j. Vim
cent, secretary; George II. Jewett, treasurer.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Augustne Royal,
real estate agent and auctioneer, has recently
sold the following real estate: House and lot
corner Of Decatur and Seventh streets, to
George W. Gary, for S934.50; two small
tracts of land in Chesterfield county, S33 and
SOL acres each, to C. 8. ChaIkey, $3.50 and
500 per acre.
TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-A meeting of the
teachers in the public schools Of Chesterfield
and Manchester will be held in this city COM
mencing tomorrow. Day and night ses-
sions will be held. Professor Ladd, of
SLaunton, and others are expected to be pre-
sent and address the meeting.
SCHOOL BoARD.-The City School Board
will meet tonight at The Auditors oi1ce for
the purpose of eiecting teachers for the pub
lie schools. ...-. .......
COUNTY CoURT.-The first session OF this
court siRce the restoration of its criminal ju-
risciction from the Circuit Court was held
yesterday, but nothing of interest transpired.
To BE Presented At the coming term Of
the Hastings Court, which begins on Monday,
all parties who failed to take out licenses and
are doing business will be presented before
the grand jury ~ ~ 1-es