The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-17
LYNCHBURG.

THE WIFE-BEATiNG CASE; VERDICT OF The
JURY sUDDFN ILLNESS OF An ESTIaABLE
INSTRUMENTATION OF THE EXCHAGE NA-
TIoNAL BANK-A RfNCONTRE WITH FIRE
ARMs-MURDER0US ASSAULT BY A NEGRO
SIX YEARS IN Tue PENITENTIARY-KNlGHTs
OF PYTHI5S-TOBACC0. &C.
ICorrespobdence Of the Richmond Dispatch.I
FEBRUARY lG, 1881.
Some Of the facts connected with tue case
of wiie-b beating referred to 10 this CORE
spondence Of yesterday have tIanspired. The
man who so cruelty used hi, wife was one
Lewis Powell, and the name III the woman
was Fannie &. Powell. Saturday night
Powell, who was ~ the frequent habit OF
beating the poor woman. was so unuSnlily
severe and cruel that her cries we're heard
throughout the ncichbOTho0d. The neigh
bors, how ever, did not iutel fcre. The next
d,y the woman. though alleged to have been
i'm good health the night before, died. The
coroner held an inquest Monday, at which
various testimony was elected, that OF the
doctors tending TO the view that death result
ed from natural causes. The jury could not
agree. aud adjourned till yesterday, when a
verdict was rendered that death WAS the re-
sult Of natural causes. II is TO be hoped
that nobody else Will be encouraged by this
lenicncy 10 exercise his courage at the eX-
pense Of any poor helpless woman.
Mis-. Sue Glass, wife Of Mr. f.. E. Gla.S,
SUPERINTENDENT Of schools, was seized with
a sudden illness last night, and this morning
is in very preclrous condition. TIE
members Of Ter family living elsewhere
tone In Hanover county have been sum-
moned hV telegraph 10 tic city. The Illness
of this amiable and beloved lady is occasion
OF widespread grief.
The stockholders OF The Exchange Ma
ti0nal Bauk at q meeting held Yesterday
Afternoon elected the following Board OF
Directors James Franklin, Sr., George NJ.
Jones, |. ii. Adams, S. w. Nowln, James
L. Williams. George L. Watkins, James /.
Lee +. S. Myers, William A. Ford, John
=. Pett, john, and Il. II. lyey. The direct
ors afterwards assembled and elected Mr.
James Franklin, Sr, president, and L.
Christian cashier. The other officers OF the
bank have not yet been appointed. The
office Of the bank Will b. the old quarters OF
Miller & Franklin. Their application for a
charter has been forwarded TO the Con-
| troler Of the Treasury, and it Is expected
to be forwarded within a few days, when
operations will begin. There were eighty
seven stockholders present at the meeting.
and their capital amounts to 100000 (aud
not $4,000, as the types said).
Ed. Brown, the chief OF the negro gang
that robbed the store OF Mr. Sandiier, OF
Campbell, some months ago. was found
guilty yesterday ia tue County Court and
sentenced to six years in the peniteuliary.
The trial Of the other robbers, Tucker,
King. and Williams, has been deferred TILL
the March term.
The fight between Mr. Kat Ford and
Colonel A. s. Grigsby, heretofore reported,
led to rencontre between Dir. Ford and a
son OF Colonel Grigsby short time after.
Mr.. Grigsby snapped two caps OF shotgun
at Ford, but neither exploded, and the lat.
ter shot twice at Grigsby with pistol, but
neither shot took effect. The bystanders
then nterfered.
A negro boy named Joe Scott on Saturday
last made murderous assault upon Mr..
John jenkins, an aged citizen Of Campbell
county, in the vicinity OF Providence
church. The attack was made with an axe.
Mr.. jenkins bad hurt the heightened feel
ings OF the Nubian and insulted his pride
by representing him for bis lazy habits.
Scott fled, but was captured, and Is now in
Campbell jail.
BluSRldge Division, No. 5, Knights OF
Pytbias, Of which CoIonei A. II. Leftwich
Is Sir Commander, have decided TO visit
Washington on the 22d instant. 10 uniform,
TO attend the ceremonies incident 10 the
anniversary celebration Of the institution