The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-04
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PETERSBURG.

.,,r, c,SE FROM sotThANf'VN bssVnn
ANul"sn sr,rrs COMMISSIONER; THE
Ias ' ..,, n,scu,gegp-Tw MEN DROWNED
49,. ,,.srrpyteLp c0UNTY--DEATH OF
,r>owS LApy-AN INTERESTING cAsE
'.n.sxxsvitIE COUNTY; TRIAL FOR st.e-
- ,,sINsSs CuANGE--oTHkR hAi''s RS.
,|,.-,cs,,oe dencc OF the Richmond psp'Sch.i
i'o''''' DECEMBER 3, 1880.
-. "a Jnhnson, a well.know0 citizen
n u.s. county. was before United
o. ~ commissioner Gallagher, IN this CITY,
,.,o,ninv. on warrant sworn out by
NV ", ollcctor F.. &. Esde charging him
III vtol,tion Of the scvenue laws In re-
w" VIZ. from his distthery.warebou>ea bar
W. :. I,,nor without having paid the tax
,s,.eo, IL was established that The brandy
,u' 'vSs,ion was distilled in 1876, and that OF
~ Sc s0 due by Mr.. johnson 10 the Gov
~ a.r rt SIS had been paid 10 Deputy-Co'-
- Seoar. OF which only sol bad teen
''.,n,,ed for 10 the collectors Office. The
,-s.'cncv had since been paid Dv Mr.. john
- ,nclnd,ng the balance OF the original
Inn, raid this mOrning. The case was
5s.,ntssed AZ inc request OF Collector Brady,
GO evidence showing that " the law had
~, violated IL was altogether on technical
,o;nts. aud that ~ moral guilt attached TO
Toe defendant ~,
sad case OF drowning occurred last
,,,bt m swift creek In Chesterfield county.
,rhcrc WAS p corn.shrokiug lat night at the
s,rm 81 Mr. james II. Cousins on this side
"Itse s,Team, ri which 4 ooodly number Of
colortA ueOple were present to assist.
t,oony the Sc were Jack Lewis, aged about
foriy OF ioriy.hye years. and his aged father,
Who hyed on tue north side OF The creek.
Tbe >hucking was over at an early hour
hftwcen 8 and Q o'ciOck-and the parties
le,, for their bones. While crossing the
creck on their return home Lewis and his
f,tber were iarown into The stream by the
up.eitinc Of their boat. ard 10th men were
droWned. II Is probable that neither could
swim, or else 10th might have been saved.
The water ~ MOI VcrS deep, nor TIE stream
wide 81 tbis point. Or 1t may have been
,hat both were drowned while one was try
ing 10 save tae O'ber. S'epS were taken TO
r,.oyer the bodies to-day, which was no
doubt accomplished without difficulty.
Mr.. Matilda W. SpoOneT, relct OF the
l,fe A. Il. Spo0ner, a former distinguished
LAWYER # this city, died last f2ht after a
long period of feeble health. She was
obou, seyenty.six years Of age. and was
closely connected with many OF the best
families in Petersburg.
The trial OF Colonel William A. TIotter,
Of Green>yile county, charged with killing
a citiz. n named Johnson last summer, who
wa, Il the time IN his employment, is fixed
for Monday next in the County Court,
Judge Arnold presiding. Colonel Trotter
/. one OF he most prominent and re-
>pected citizens Of the county, and the
case naturally eXritCS much interest.
Johnson was a good and respected citi.
IN also. and man % family. His
dta'h l. alleced TO have been caused by "a
hoW on the head inflicted with a cine III
thchinds Of Colonel TrO ter-a blow which,
il i. SAID, did not fell the deceased 10 the
ground, and did not fracture the skull at
The point It struck. Death did not ensue
for some time afterwards. II i related a. a
remark die circumstance that the bone ii
Johnson, skull is the thinOe,t ever seen by
physicians in this city. II is, or has re-
GENTLY been. in the hands OF a distinguished
medical gentleman OF this city for eXamiua-
ton. who will be placed on the witness
stand a. an expert during the trial. The
bone 4, said 10 he scarcely thicker than the
fpeer.Dail on . mans hand. The Common.
Wealih'S attorney for GreeusVIlle will have
assistance IN the prosecution Of TIE accu> ed,
and the Usst legal talent OF our city will de-
iend him. The trial will probably last two
or three DAYS.
The Old Dominion Boat Club Of this city,
recently organized. are building fiUe boat
house on the river bank for the storage and
slfe-keeping OF their crafts. The house
will contain reception and dressing.rooms.
Mrs. Sarah ii. Temple, widow lady,
aged seventy.eigbt years, died yesterday.
The old and wel-knOwn dry.gOods firm
OF Davis, Drake 4 Co. has dissolved part
nership, Mr.. George II. Davis retiring.
The new trm is composed OF NJ. NJ. Davis
and John &. Drake, aud the style in future
will be Davis & Drake.
DR.. John Herbert Claiborne, Of this city,
will probably attend the session OF the
American Public-HcaItb Association, which
j. 10 he held next week In New Orleans, a.
enc OF the delegates from virginia.
ROBIN ADAIR.