Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-09
NORTH CAROLINA.
nm srrcrALrAx soHp CASKS IN
COURT.
nsnsgs By the snow-xillsd By IN
Ofhcer-yail Delivsry-A
Terrible Crime.
Especial telegram 70 the p,spascn.,

RALEIGH, December S.--The damage 70
buildings BY the phenomenal snowfall Il
rot confined 10 Ashevlllc. At Monroe the
Ysot Of Mr.. Blckett's brick store was
crushed. damaging That building and the
enc adjoining. Her loss Il $1,000. The
ether building Is a wreck. and will have to
be rebuilt. IL was occupied by Welsh q
Broihei, druggists. John McConneas
dwelling. az Charlotte, was utterly wrecked.
The family narrowly escaped death. AT
Concord tho roof OF Yorke n wadsworth's
warehouse fell, causing loss OF 81 300.
o. T.. Middleton, q merchant OF Warsaw.
has assigned. Liabilities, $1,000; assets,
$4,000.
The body Of q young white boy was
found 10 Roanoke sound yesterday. IL Is
much decomposed, and Is thought 10 be
that OF John Carmine. who fell overheard
afd was drowned fortnight ago.
The residence OF Smith Jordan, near
HEREFORD, has bcen burned. Loss, 5000;
Insurance, $3.50
The prisoners who were In the Jail mt
Trenton, Jones county, have escaped.
There were only two. One was John Green
(eoiored,, under death sentence for bur
rlaiy; tho other was George Jones (white),
United States prisoner, convicted at the
last term Of the District Court. The escape
was made by means OF false keys gwen the
prisonefs. The cell door was found I'M
locked and the outer window forced open.
A liberal reward will BE- offered for Green.
KILLED BY AN OFFICER.
At Belps Ferry, Currituck county, John
Crannon was killed by Specia'-Policeman
Christopher Bland while attempting TO ta1c
from BANDS custody prisoner named
Brooks, whom Bland had arrested for d,s-
-. ff.n oil
a blow on the head which crushed the skull
A verdict Of iustiGabIe ho DiciGe was rem
dered.
TIE sPECIAL-TAx BOND CASE.
Judge Bond arrived here this afternoon.
and the special.tsx bond cases were at once
taken up in the United States Circuit Court.
All the counsel were present save Judge
Thomas Ruflln for the State. He is at Baltl.
more under medical treatment. The case
first called was that Of a. III. Temple
against the State Of North Carolina and w.
p. Roberts, Auditor. II Is a bill In equity
brought in the United States Circuit Court
against the State and the Auditor thereof.
Argument began on the motion 10 dismiss
for want OF jurisdiction, the State claiming
that IL cannot be made party defendant to
q suit save by its consent, and also
that Roberts, the Auditor, acts for
and represents the State. The motion for
dismissal is based upon the eleventh
amendment 10 the Constitution. X. II.
Battle opened for the defence, and was
followed by r. l.. Andrews, OF New York.
tor the plaintiff. The other suit is that Of
Morton, Bliss l. Co. against w. +. Roberts.
Auditor Of North Carolina. tn an appli-
cation for mandsmus TO compel the levy
Of SPECIAL taxes to pay the principal and
interest on what are known as the special
fax bonds. and was removed from the
State Superior Court into the Federal
Court.
HIS PRAYER WAS ANSWERED..
A very eccentric character in Bernie coun-
~ Is named Leno. lie is married, and has
several children, but his life is an unhappy
one. few days ago, after more than
usually lively war Of words with his wife,
he prayed that he might be stricken deaf
and dumb, so that never again could ~
either speak TO woman or hear his wiie's
voice. Ii il asserted. on what is consid-
cred good evidence, that his PRAYER was
answered, and that his loss OF the powers
81 speech and bearing Is absolute.
GOING TO LIBERIA.
A year ago or thereabouts quite a party |
Of negroes left tbiNStale for Liberia, and |
DfNDs tue WI
another LOT Of them about the end Of this |
month. They go from the Charlotte Sec
ton. Some negroes from this part CT the |
State are in Liberia now, but toe accounts
they give their friends here OF lie there are
not such as TO eBtice any more 10 follow
them. For good many months very few
negroes have left the State for the West
ana Southwest, and the few who do go
are from the southern tier Of counties,
where the negroes are more dissatisfied
than in any other pert Of The State.
EXAMINING Treasury ACCOUNTS.
Tie North Carolina Insane-Asylum |
Board is now going over the accounts OF |
that institution for the past fiscal year. The
State treasurer Is, CT C1ici0, tie treasurer |
Of all the penal aud charitable institutions, |
as well as Of the Department OF Agricul' |
ture. Next week the joint Legislative |
Committee will examine the books OF the
treasurer, as well a. all vouchers, &c.
Upon the results OF tins examination 1t will
base its report 10 the General Assembly.
A CHANGE OF SCHEDULE PROBABLE.
Il was learned to-day thot the present
awkward schedule OF mail trains on the
North Carolina railroad will be changed
next Sunday, so that trains VIII arrive and
OtIllt az uN hiPhNh 49,
THE WORST CRIME OF THE YEAR.
The trial OF Mrs. A. ID. Owens, and OF
Stark Simpson and Rev. Isaac Jones, Tor
the murder VI Mr.. A. ID. owens. Is IN pro-
gress at Washington, Beaufort county, ana
IL causing avery remarkable sensation, ms
might well be expected. for the crime was
unquesiionably, in all It's details, The most
brutal committed M the state during the
entire wear. The scene Of the murder was
the little town OF CrcswelI, in Washington
county. Owens was merchant there, and
a prosperous one. He was well connected,
and was forty.five years OF age. In early
life he became connected with woman OF
infamous character, and in defiance OF the
enireaties OF his knspeople and the rtdi-
eule Of his friends finally married her. TINS
act shut him oil from association with so
ciety. There was trouble In the family last
spring on account OF the behavior oi The
woman's daughter, and Owens locked toe
girl up. This enraged the mother, negro
named Jim Ambrose, and the girl, and per-
baps led 10 the crime. The three latter
planned 10 kill Owens. Ambrose found out
The fact that he could get The aid Of Jones
and Simpson, and brought them 10 Mrs.
Owens. They discussed plans for killing
Owens, The first was that his wife should
poison him. The poison made owens
very SICK; but the illness was attributed TO
natural causes. The conspirators next
agreed that the vile should give her bus.
baud an opiate, and that then the Others
should take him aud drown him In barrel
OF water while be was under the influence
of the drug. This was the plan suggested
by the negro preacher. Mrs. Owens carried
out her part OF the plot and gave the opiate.
Her accomplices came In the house ready
to drown Owen; but the latter was par.
TALLY conscious, and the plan was aban.
doned. The unnatural wife. maddened by
repeated failu es, then said that her husband
must be shot; aud at once Jones, who was
the leader Of the crowd. thought this an
excellent plsu. II was the night Of Thurs
day, September 23d. Jones said there we've
enough to a. the work, and weut % tS 10 80,
church TO bold services. Later In the
night. at = time appointed by Mrs. Owens,
Ae les came to the house aud made y
noise. This sign was at once understood
by Mrs. Owens, who at once urged her
husband TO 20 out, saying that burglars
were attempting 10 cutter the store, which
adjoined the dwelling. Owens At first OBJ.
jeeted; but presently went out. He
capped his hands TO frighteu the supposed
thieves. In moment there was q stunning
report Of shotgun, aud Owens fell
dead Iiudled nv score tf buckehot