Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-16
ENTERPRISING BURGLARS.
SHOPPING DOWN ON A NEST.

alarming reports Of burglary and theit'
Houses Of private families have been
entered without any clue being LETT as
to the manner of entrance. Wardrooes
have been robbed in the same room
where the family were sleeping. Many
stores have also been robbed. fester-
day the police made a descent on
negro village named Pritchardyille, on
the suburbs Of Elizabeth City, and
found great quantities OF stolen
goods Of all kinds. A store was
found full Of stolen goods the house
of a negro found to be filled with all
sorts Of articles Of plumber hundred
KEYS of all sorts and sizes, also a book
in which were many keys marked with
numbers and private marks. Among
the articles found were goods OF Mrs.
Hill and Willis Casey, whose house
was robbed last December and the fam
ily ,chloroformed. The sheriff, much to.
his surprise, found among the keys one
he claims belongs to the outside gate oil
the jail-yard.
The prisoners recently brought to the
Jail at Edenton from WinstOn-being
the ones confined in the Jail at that
place when it was burned-made their
escape yesterday. They were hand
cuiIed and chained together when they
managed to get out. One OF them lett
note to the jailer, expressing regret
at being compelled to leave.
A firm Of this city have closed con-
tract to plaster the north wing OF the
Western North Carolina Insane Asy-
lum at Morganton. They will COM
mence work June 9TH. This will put
the wing in condition for occupancy.
At the courthouse door here this
afternoon the buildings of the State
Exposition were sold at public auction,
and were purchased by NJ. T. Leach, of
Raleigh, for s3,l00. The buildings
will be offered to the State for an in
dustrial school.
Jordan Haney, an inmate Of the Nor
canton Insane Asylum, committed
suicide by hanging himself in his ward.
He was from Cleveland county.
Work has been actively begun on the
Wilson and Fayetteville railroad. The
first dirt was thrown yesterday. About
eight hundred men are now engaged
under energetic contractors.
Eaton Mills (colored) is under SEN
tence to be hanged at Weldon June
Goth. His wife is making desperate ef-
forts to secure a Communication of the
sentence to imprisonment for life. 1t
is hardly probable that Governor Scales
will interfere.
The Supreme Court to-day decided to
adjourn next Wednesday. 1t has been
in session continually since the first
Monday in December. About two hun
drcd cases have been heard.
At Maysville, Pitt county, yesterday,
Henry Turnage (white) shot and fatally
wounded negro whose name has not
yet been learned. The negro, it IS
said, was passing Turnage's house, and
was asked by Turnage whether he had
written Turnage an insulting letter.
lie said he had done so. and reiterated
the insult. Turnage drew a revolver
and shot him in the head, the ball
penetrating the brain. The negro had
a revolver on his person.
During the past four weeks 80 dogs
have been killed with shot-guns and
pistols in one township in Mecklenburg
county. The sheep-owners are en-
coursged Reports from many counties
show the destruction of sheep this sea-
son to be unusually heavy.
In Cleveland county yesterday three
men were indicted for fighting and were
/ tried by two magistrates. The magls-
tratcs differed in their opinions of the
case, quarrelled, the lie was passed. and
they began fighting. Parties interiered
and preserved the peace.
! Peter Ledbcttcr, an aged negro living
in Arson. committed suicide by hang
ing himself in his barn.
The deepest interest is manifested
/ here in the progress of the CluveriuS
trial. No case Of the kind has ever
attracted SO much attention in this
/ State.
The movement among the colored
people for the establishment of the
whpping-poSt is, strange to say, gain
ing ground. 1t is said by well-in-
formed persons that in two or three
years there will be pressure to have
it again made legal.
4 great number Of people were in
Greenyille. n. c.. to-day to see John
and Parker GaSkinS, the colOred muir.
derers, hanged. The impression pre-
vailed that this was the day of execu-
ton. 1t was 80 fixed. but these well
known criminals took an appeal to the
Supreme Court, which is now consider
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