The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-18

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fatal wound the Jury adjourned to the
office OF the Superintendent OF the Gas
Works, where the following witnesses
were examined upon oath:
THE FUGITIVE.
MIR. John X. Grimes said: i live on
Twenty-ninth street between Main and
Franklin, and work at the gas-works on
the night shift. About twenty-five min-
,,tes past 10 on the night before last Thurs
day, 1jthl / was going into the street from
the retort-house. and noticed colored man
coming down, whom could not recognize
AT that time. and in rew minutes after L
heard rumbling over in the retort-house,
and when | came in they told me tnat there
was man Killed. That is all l know
about it.
TIE DIFFICULTY AT TIE CHEMICAL WORKS.
John Powers. a white youth, SAID: i
live at No. 31I7 Williamsburg avenue, ana
work at the chemical works. Walker
came into the works about II O'Clock night
before last and asked George Bowland
Rowland. Boiling, Boudin, Bowlin. or
BowlerD y how much nitro he had put in,
and ne told him six pounds TO pot and
twelve pounds to a charge; then Mr..
Walker told him TO put in four more
pounds; then they went up stairs TO put
ii in.
didn't hear any more until they came
down. when | heard George call Walter,
colored boy, and tell him TO give HIM his
coat. that he was discharged. Then George
washed his face and hands, and hauled oil
his pants and rolled them up.
Mr.. Walker said, "George, are YOU ready
fo 90 now? Do YOU know where the door
isYv George told him he did; then Mr.:
Walker opened the door wide, and told
him never to put his foot in there any
more. and bolted the door behind him.
Mr. Walker told me to run the engine by
hand. The pin came ont OF the engine, ana
I asked Walter where Mir. Walker was. lie
said he went into the Office. went TO the
office and found the door wide open.
After awhile Mr.. Crimes and other per-
son came over there, and asked me whcre
tbo boss was. / sald "he has just gone
ont OF the oilice-door." Mr.. Grimes asked
me where that darky was, and told nm
that he was discharged, and then he said
that negro has killed him (Walker) down
at the gas-works. That is about all l Know
aboutat. -. ..,,
Mr.. Walker had been out about ten
minutes when heard he was killed.
| heard no fuss OF quarrel in the street.
MR.. WALKER DR1NKY.
Walter Smith (colored YOUTH deposed :
I live at the corner OF Madison ana Broad
streets and work at the chemical works;
II wasn't my night on night before last, ana
| went down in the moping TO let Mr'
Walker know that was sick. lie told me
10 come down again in the evening, and II
George didn't come back at O'Clock ne
was going to discharge him, and he wanted
me TO take his place. i was in the ollice
asIeep when George called me Tor his coat.
I handed him his coat and sat down by the
boiler. when heard Mr.. Walker ask George
IL he knew where the door was, and told
him TO get out Of the house.
George then went out.
didn't know that Mr.. Walker had gone
ont. thought he was in the Office till John-
nv fold me that the door was open and Mr.
Walker gone. i didn't hear any fuss or
ouarrelling in the street. | never saw
Georges knife, and don't know what SOFT
Of one he had.
George was not drunk, but Mr.. Walker
had been drinking that night. He did not
stagger, or anything OF that sort, ana was
ncriectly able TO attend to his business.
inst know that he had been drinking be-
cause could smell it as he passed me.
did not hear George threaten Mr.
Walker or talk saucily to him IN any way
THE ALTERATION.
Mr.. Ira Lane: I live on Williamsburg ave-
nue.. second door from the chemical works
About o'clock by my clock was awaken
ed bv some one calling out ~ Will take inns
rock and knock your brains out" thlnk
# was tbe voice of a negro. 1t seemed to
he inst in front of my house, near the
crossing. Upon hearing the threat l
iumped out Of bed and ran to my 'front.'
door, and saw two persons running uOWn
the track; one seemed to be ioloWihS lhe
other ebut close together. Not paying any
more attention to the matter / shuI III!
door. | did not see any knife. / do not
know that my clock is correct; think tIlal
il was somewhat slow. [He said tnat ne
had set his clock by guess tie day previous. J
Nv wife is in very delicate health. She
tells me that she heard some one say, 81
will stab you with this knife" She was
awake before / was. think that what she
heard was what awoke me. The persons
were running and had no lamp.
DECEASED AT THE GAs-wORKs.
Mr.. Chastam Hampton: live at No. b
Orleans street. and work at the gas-works
On the night before last, Just before we
made the draw [of coke from the retortl,
which | think was nearly hali-paSt IL
O'Clock, Mr.. Taylor, the night foreman,
came over towards where myself and others
were at, calling us to come over towards
him, saying that there was a man over
there diving. We ran there, and saw a
man living upon the floor. He was nearly
dead when | got there. He never spoke
after got there. We were then called oil
to make the 1-o'clock draw.
then called Mr.. Frank Connor to get a
lantern, and we would try and track the
blood. We found drops OF blood all the
way from the gate TO the railroad, and
upon the track we saw considerable blood.
| found his hat lying upon the sidewalk
near the gas-lamp. We also found fiat
rcck lying there, which some one OF us Se-
marked was large enough TO knock mans
brains out with.
lie NEVER SPOKE.
Mr.. w. NJ. Eacho: live on Louisiana
street, No. 40, and work at the gas-works.
When heard Mr.. Burke call out ran TO
him, and found the man dead when / got
there. know that he never spoke after
getting to the works.
THE WOUND.
Coroner Taylor explained that the cut
was nearly under the left-arm pit; that the
axillary artery was severed. and that the
wound caused the death OF deceased.
TIE VERDICT.
The jury arrived at the following con-
- ~ 4 4,
his death on the night Of the 10Th OF Feb
ruary, 1888, from the effects OF wound,
and that the evidence indicates that said
wound was inflicted ut the hands OF George
Bolland."