Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-06
NORTH CAROLINA.
DESPERATE JAIL-BREAKER.
To be Tried for Killing His Bre,her-A Riot
Narrowly Escspcd-hiiIsd by Failing

Special telegram to The Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, ". O., February The
citizens of Mashall arc excited. ABOUT
a jail-bresking. A negro named Henry
johnson had been committed for larceny.
Thursday evening the jailer opened the
cell-door to pass supper to the prisoner.
The latter was standing ready for the
opportunity, and when the door was
opened rushed out, knocked the jailer
down. oyerthrew his little son, and
dashed down stairs. The jailer'S
daughter, hearing his rapid coming,
threw a chair in his way to impede his
sight. The man snstched up the chair,
knocked the young lady down, and es-
capped, and found refuge in kitchen,
where negroes secreted him. Tie was
readily traced'to his hiding-place, but
when his purSuers reached the door the
negroes quickly concealed the fugitive
in large trunk, which unfortunately
was not searched. Johnson afterwards
made his exit and is still at large.
The most important case to be tried
at this term of Wilson County Court,
and one that has attracted the most iu-
terest, is the case OF Herbert Piltman
for the killing of his brother, William
Pttman. The grand jury found a true
bill against him for murder and the
case is set for trial tomorrow. 4
special reHire Of seventy-iive men has
been summoned. The defendant volun-
taIily gave himself up to the county
authorities.
There came near being ariot at IIoF
man, Moore county, between whites
and blacks, caused by the attempt Of
constable to arrest a negro. There was
a large crowd of negroes in the village,
most of whom were full Of whiskey
hence the row. which fortunately was
quelled before any serious damage was
done.
Harry L. Parrish has received the
appointment of postmaster at Hills
boro'. His official bond has been for
warded TO Washington. lie will take
charge OF the Office in few days.
Mr.. Jerry Cress, of China Grove
township, Rowan county, was acciden-
tally killed by falling limb. lie and
a man named IIornbarrier had felled a
tree and were trimming the top branches,
when a limb which had caught in the
branches Of an adjacent tree struck
Crcss on the head, iracturing his skull
and causing death in a few hours.
Cress leaves a wife aud six small chill
dItn.
Diphtheria is raging in the western
part Of Chatham county. Mr.. Gillian
lost five children from tbs effects Of the
disease in one week.
State-Senator Ashley Horne, of Clay
ton. Johnston county, has los, the sight
Of his eve by hemorrhage lie is at
Baltimore for special treatment.
Rev. r. f. Van, Of Wake Forest
College, is conducting a protracted
meeting at the Baptist church, Reeds
Vile, tonight. lie is a remarkable
man. Born without arms, he has
learned not to feel their absence. lie
writes well, IS an expert shot with
shotgun or rifle, and is capital crO-
quet- play er. lie is a man of marked
ability, his sermons eyincing, talent,
and thorough study. lie Is one of tho
most beloved men in the Baptist
Church of the State.
The illness Of Mrs. 7. r. Jernigan
prevented her husbands departure for
Japan. lie will go as soon as practi-
cable. lie has been appointed Consul
there.
Three prisoners came near escaping
from jail at Smithteld, Johnston coun-
ty. They succeeded in filing hole in
the iron floor of their cell and cutting
way through into a passage. When
detected they were cutting through the
iail-wall near a window. In few
minutes more they would have been
gone.
DR.. William Hunter died at his home,
in Enfield 4; aged about eighty-two years.
He had been Ill for some time. lie has
great number Of relatives In the
State.
The s,ock law goes into effect in
Rockingham county on the 2jth instant.
Next week the people Of several town
ships IN Chatham vote upon It. The
contest over the matter in Wake, which
was settled by the Supreme Court, has
given place to good feeling. The Law is
working well here, Of course.
1t is asserted that there is to be a
fight by the Democracy in the black
district, now represented in Congress
by the negro O'liara. The Democrats
appear to be sanguine that something
can be done in this direction in the
contest next autumn. At all events
they will trouble the waters.
A cold wave came last nigh, and the
mercury fell from l. above zero at 9
o'clock p. NJ. to q above zero at :
O'Clock this morning. That Is in one
degree Of the lowest temperature re-
corded this winter.
The United States Court adjourned
to-day, and Judge Seymour returned 70
bis home at Newberne. All the time of
the court was devoted to the hearing Of
all insurance case.
Congressman W. Il. Cox's bill to
change the districts will give Raleigh
both circuit and district courts. 1t
will change Chatham, Orange, Warren,
Person, and Durham counties from the
Western 10 the Eastern district. This
is done to give this district more i'm
portance and make it more nearly equal
to the Western district.
The Chadbourn and Conwayboro
railroad, in Columbus county, has al
ready been constructed, ballasted,
ditched, and equipped from the former
point to Mount Tabor, q distance Of
fourteen miles. The road is IN such
good condition that trains can be run
upon it at speed Of thirty miles per
hour. William II. Chadbourn is preSi-
dent Of the company, and the road as
far as it has been built is entirely paid
for. Mount Tabor, the present termi-
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