Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-29
a Murder i'm Virgini8.

THE ALLEGED PERPEfRATOR ARRESTED IN THIS
CITY-STRANGE STORY OF HIS DI..coyRRy nv
HIS VICTIMS NIECE.
From information received here yesren1av
afternoon, Sergeant McCathran and some OH.
Ger OF the county, proceeded to the house of a
colored man named Beverly, at HtlIsdale and
arrested Henry Lee alias Jesse DainperiaIa
cOOred, on suspicion Of numbering Henry VII
nams, colored near Bowling Green, In Caroline
county, Va, on the night OF Friday. july itrh
instant Sergeant McCathran's informant ia a
colored woman named Ella johnson. living at
n1ilsaale put who had recently made visit to
ROWING Green TO see some relatives there Lee
was captured last night and locked up. and this
morning taken TO police headquarters. when
Ela Johnson also appeared and repeated her
s sed Sne states that last Saturday one week
agcItne l1th 'nstant-she went from here to
rowing Greer, and was SURPRISED to learn that
her uncle, Henry Williams, living near that
pace mad been murdered the day before, and
another named jim Wright had been badly
peaten Dy Henry Lee, colored, who had eS-
capped, and that Walker Tolliver, friend and
confederate OF Lee, who was with him, aiding and
aUet.lDg him, had been captured and Is now In
The hands OF the sheriff OF that county Ella
s. ates that Lee had an old grudge against Jim
wright, and In company with Tolliver went to
Wrfght's house, just outside Bowling Green
about midnight and called him up, and as he
came outside commenced quarrel, during
which he struck him several murderous blows
In the same house came to Wright'S assistance.
Lee turL10g upon him asked what business he
had to interfere and at the same time drawing
long thick knife plunged it through the fieshy
part OF Williams left arm and INTO his side
Williams fell back and died almost instantly
having been stabbed through the heart. See
Ing what had been done Lee and Tolliver fed.
The latter was captured on the spot, but LeF
In the darkness, escaped, and alter Skulking
several days succeeded In finding his way to
stewards landing, where he Signalled the
steamer John W. Thompson on Tuesday and
came to this city. Ii so happened
that this was the same boat on which the
coiored woman, Ella johnson, returned home
and although she did not know Lee she was
not long In making the discovery that he was
the fugitive and murderer OF her uncle. He had
been described to her by tue people or the neigh
b0rn0od during her stay there, and she knowing
the efforts being made by the officers And cti-
Zens, determined to draw him Olt In converse
ton, ard during the trip up the river she gaiued
from him admissions quite sufficient to convict
him of the crime. He inquired where the
it so happened that Ella knew them, and on
the arrival OF the boat, she conducted him TO
the house, at Hillsdale. and then made the
case known to the officers.
Lieut.. EcklOf, In charge of the detective
force, at once communicated with parties at
Bowl ling Green, stating the fact OF the arrest,
and inqulring whether or not Lee is wanted
there. An incident cOrrObOrative of Ella john
sons story is, that during the pursuit OF Lee
several shots were fired at him, one OF which
caused him to dIOpa bundle, containing a pair
OF shoes and some clothing. The captured man
has gun shot wound in his right hand, which
he states was made by nail in getting over a
fence.