The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-21
! aBRUTALIY BUfCHERED.
AN INNOCENT NEW KENT FtRaER GisU-
ELTY MURDERED BY K Party OF NE!
e GRqqEs sq s, y WHILE HErlLIE tRETuRslHs, HosiE-HIs
4 HEAD NEARLY CHOPPED oFEs owIFH,A,
tHAFaHET-THEPARTIEs ARRESTED, &c.

John G. Lacy, 4 u citizen saf New, Kent
County, who lived .op his farm, !, b ear the
| tWilliamsbntg road ;, twenty miles from
this city, was, brutnl1y murdered by four
from his home. 4. -, = II d
+ On Thurs day mr.. Lacy killed his hogs, at
bis place, six miles from Tunstall's station,
on the RichmeDd, York. River and Cbesa-
peake road, ard then put them into his
cart and brought Che pork to Richmond to
SELL. After ,making sale, AID buying num-
Der Of articles which were needed on the
arK, he started home wisH tie balance Of
she money In his, pocket. When be had
aaottep 10 Cedar Grove Cen1essry, near EN-
aaas church, or ia that sfcinity. be was
nfsS by io1r negroes, who. commenced a
coEFersaston with hiEa, and fi1a,ly requested
thaS they be allowed 70 ride heztie with him.
This was refused bp Mr.. Lacy. because
the, poats were bad, bis team was
tired and he was anxioEs< to get
home Finsang that ti7ss could not gsi at
their Victim m this was, they Ghtermiaed
20 take POSSESSION of his cart by force. 1t
was Nv. Eavys habit s3ways fs' CARRY
hatchet with, him. and knowing this they
determised to- get possession OF: it'-ttsss
disarm ban, and, IL necessary, use T. in. caH.
rying out their Eaan TO rob him. So tbes
stopped biie cart, got possession Of the
batchet aft5E some resistance, and, not being
able TO get bis money withnut killinghim,.
went to work ana we'll nigh choppeai tis'
head off. FHhing' his pockets anditaEing
such Of bis purchases as the..A' .A'desired; they
drove on toward the farmhouse Of the muir
Gered man, opened!the gate, aaditurnel bis,
horse and cart into abe yard.
!, One OF the negroes, 1t Is stated. becoming
alarmed at what his associates were doing.
Iaft the party, vent on ahead, aad gave no
tjse of the murden, and bablEmentionsd
she names OF those who were engaged in
the horrid crime "i'& .'..' d" .'' ''-
On Saturday q; ooEoner's jury was sum-
nened, an inquest held, and ysrdiet rem
dered in accordaAcs with the faots above
stzSed. -.-sjs. ...r
On Sunday the body Of the deceased, was
bu5ied OF Emmaus- church, near where he
was murdered.
Nr. Lacy, 1t is saiII, raised one Of the ne
groes who murdered him-all four Of whom
have been arrested The man whom he
raised, as wellas oneer two Of the others,
were with Mr.. Lacy on Thursday when he
killed his hogs, and we're cogniZaRt OF his
visit 10 Richmond. The two men first ar
rested seemed to have been innocent Oh the
cSiale. and they are believed to have been
let of. A negro woman who lived in, the
neighborhood had been employed by. the
other two to wash for them, and ia her
possession q pair Of pautaloons was found
that had been washed but which were not
dry. On these breeches were many blood
stains. These two men were arrested Sum
day morning about E0 O'Clock. The men
first arrested gave the names of the others.
In the possession OF one OF the latter the
sum OF eight dollars was found, aad from
the pocket Of the other man was Mr. Eacy's
hat taken.
The men were arrested by Sheriff Royster
and Constable Higgins, and were taken to
Talieysyille. four miles from Tunstall's sta
tion. There is no jail in New Kent county,
the iait having been destroyed by fre some
time ago. S. ..#
Itissupposed that the men wiGbe brought
to the Henrico county Jail for safe-keeping.
The citizens Of New Kent are indignant
at the crime, and r,nch excitement prevails
in the neighborhood Of Mr.. Laey's former
residence. .'..".4