Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-05
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Especial telegram to she pispatcis.i
RALEIeU. n. e.. December 4.--One OF
the sensations Of lat 9 ring was the u"r.
der AZ the mica.mine in Mitchell connsY OF
three men by two men named Anoerson
and Ray. The matter assumed such
threatening shape aud the feelings o, .ns
people against the murderers ran so nign
that Governor Jarvis was about 70 orner
troops TO the scepe to guard the jan. aue
case was finally moved TO Lenoir.
Caldwell county, 10 which place the men
were removed under strong guard ana
placed in strong jai. Last weektoetrhl
began. The array OF counsel was ih.
posing. Some o! the most distinguished
legal talent OF the state was represented
on each side. The case OF Anderson Was
deferred and that Of Ed. Ray taken w.
The trial proved Of absorbing interest, at
fracting hundreds OF people 10 ,he iowa.
Monday afternoon the ease was gwen 70
the jury, which yesterday Afternoon rem
dcred verdict Of guilty OF manslaughter:
The Judge sentenced Ray to twenty years
confinement ri bard labor in the peniten-
tiary. The case OF Anderson will now be
taken up.
Al FAYETTEVILLE the trial OF Joe Howard.
for The murder OF G. l.. Blackman, has been
in progress for several days. The crime
was committed on the both Of October last.
The men were white. and neighborS. The
trial has attracted much attention. Almost
i'm front OF the prisoner, just inside the bar.
sut his wife, little pale woman. As the
case proceeded, hour after hour, she sat In
a melancholy way, giving little attention to
hat was being done. Mrs. Blackman. the
wife OF the murdered man, being sworn,
testified that on the night on which her
husband was killed Joe Howard took sup
per at her house. After supper he and
Blackman went out to the barn. After
waiting considerable while for Black
mans return she went 10 the barn In search
of him, and there found him dead, with
his throat cut. All evidence was. direct
against Howard. Yesterday the jury brought
in verdict OF murder. The prisoner was
sentenc ed TO be executed in January.
Court.House and Jail Burned.
Especial telegram 10 the Dispatch.I
RALEIGH. December 4.-News was re-
ceived here tonight OF the destruction by
fire Of the courthouse. the Jail. and dwell
ing at WILLIAMSON, Martin county. The
court papers and dockets are all burned.
Two prisoners were saved from the Jail
after il caught on fire, some persons making
heroic efforts to rescue them from the blaz-
ing building. The fire is supposed to have
been Of incendiary origin.
Reidsv,iIe News and Gossip.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
REIDsvILLE, n. g., December 4, 1884.
Mr.. Cutler preached his closing sermon
here last night.
A Presbyterian meeting has been in pro-
gress at the Speedwell church, in this
county, the past two weeks. Rev. ID. |.
Craig, Of this town, conducts II. and Is
assisted by Mr.. Miller, Of the Madison
church. Twenty-Five persons have manl-
fesied an interest in their souls salvation.
Speedwell is ar old church that had gone
down, and the effort is now making to build
IL mp.
Burglars have been feeling around at
some OF the buslness.houses and dwellings
here during the last few nights.
Tobacco, what there Is brought in, Is
selling well. The great complaint Is want
Of season. DR.. Courts, one OF the largest
planters in Rockingham, has crop this
year OF nearly one hundred thousand
pounds. He makes his own fertilizer.
James Garner lives two miles down the
railroad. He entered citizens yard here
Tuesday night aDG was boisterous and pro-
fame and assaulted the cook. The citizens
plucky little wife ran out with pistol
her husband was not at homeland would
have shot him but for the baby in her
arms. She says she feared he might return
the fire and kill the child. She told
him her husband was coming, and
he left in a hurry. Yesterday posse
went to his house to arrest him and he r..
sisted, drawing pistol on the crowd and
holding it between the cracks Of the door.
Captain Henry Sampson seized IT and
wrenched it from his hand. He was
brought in yesterday evening and put
under 5000 bonds to appear next Saturday
for trial.
intended to write $4,000 not $1,000,
that Anderson & Son paid for the Sutherlin
property. ROVER.