Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-15
.SENTON FOR MURDER
EEssLAGE CHARGED WITH KICKING
AND KILLING sILAs PARKER.
Finney Sent on for Cruelty to Animals,
and Deane for Attempting to
Incite Riot, &c.

Inc P0l1ce court Was IN session yes
terday until q quarter past 2 o'clock,
and on the docket were several cases
which excited considerable interest and
drew large crowd. The most impor-
tant case, and one Of the first called,
was that Of Ernest B. Nesslsge, charged
with assaulting, beating, kicking, and
wounding Silas Parker, with intent to
kill. Parker was q colored man, and
drove a butcher-wsgon for Mr.. Charles
Saelzer.
On Monday the 9th instant, while
driving from Seventh street into Broad,
Parker came near having q collision
with q wagon of the Bergner & Engel
Brewing Company driven by Nesslage,
who is q white man. Nesslsge accused
Parker of reckless driving; both got
down from their wagon and became
very abusive in their language. Blows
were struck and Nesslsge gave Parker
a kick. They were soon separated.
Parker was carried to his home, near
the corner Of Gilmer and Williams
streets, and Message was taken before
the Police Court, where his case was
continued until last Saturday.
Parker was thought to be in q fair way
to recover until last Friday night, when
he began to sink. At A. NJ. Satur-
day he died. The day that Parker
died a post-mortem was made and an
inquest held. DR.. Bosher, who made
the examination, found the mark Of .
blow on the lower part Of the abdomen,
ard thought death was caused by peri
tonitis. The verdict of the Coroner's
Jury was that Parker came to his death
from the effects Of injuries inflicted on
the 9th of September by Ernest -
Ceavipg the last name blank because
they did not know whether the accused
was named Nesslsge, Nessler, or Nes-
cott).
When the case was called yesterday
Messrs. CIV. Meredith and Samuel NJ.
Page appeared for the defence and
Commonwealth 's-Attorney S. b. Witt
for the prosecution.
DR.. Dismond (colored), colored
youth named William Hope, Ben. Jones
(colored), and Mr.. Fritz. Lauterbach
were introduced and examined IS wit
nesses for the prosecution. Their evil
dence was the same as given before the
CoIoner's jury, the substance of which
has been already published in the Dis
patch, and which does not differ mate
rally from the history Of the case
given above. The counsel for the de-
fence submitted the case without intro
ducing any witnesses. The accused was
sent on to the grand jury and bail re-
fused.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
E. Finney (colored), member Of the
Petersburg military company which
came over on Monday as escort to the
colored military from Boston, was
charged with obstructing street-car
and striking and cruelty beating with a
gun a horse attached to said csr-the
property of the City Railway Company.
Mr.. II. o. Allen, the driver, said that
Monday evening he overlook the colore d
military on Main street between Twen-
ty.sixth and Twenty.seyenth, and that
he drove slowly after them. At the
corner of Twenty-third street the Pc
tersburg company filed to the right OF
the track, and he drove up by their side,
but, finding gitimpossible to pass through,
he stopped. An order was given under
which the men fell back to the left into
the street-car track. and as he passed
the accused struck the right-hand horse
on the head with his musket. He was
relieved at the Old market, and he
warned the driver who took his
place not to attempt to pass
through the military, IS he might
have trouble. He then got on rear
car and followed the military uptown,
keeping his eye on the man who had
struck the horse. At the corner Of
Twelfth and Main streets the prisoner
struck the street.car horse another pow
erful blow over the head. When the
military had gotten uptown the witness
went to the commanding officer and
stated what had occurred, and asked the
name of the man who had struck the
horse. The officer started to tell him,
when the whole company cried out
Don't give his name" Being deter.
mined to have the man arrested, he fol
lowed the military until they reached
the Governors Mansion, when he left,
and, after reporting the matter to Su'
perintendent Selden, went to the sta
tion.house and swore out warrant for
the arrest of the prisoner.
Two other witnesses corroborated the
statement made by Mr.. Allen only
they said that when the horse was
struck the second time it was near
Fourteenth instead Of Twelfth street.
Hope Clarke, who was marching ir
the same file with the accused all the
way up Main street, did not see the
horse struck, though he could not swear
that it was not.
The accused utterly denied having
| SlruCk the uOTncs
Officer Shinberger testified as to the
manner Of the arrest, and said that the
accused offered no resistance when ar
rested.
Finney was sent on to the grand jury
and allowed bail in the sum Of 800.
This offence comes uuder the State
law, and is punishable with fine moi
exceeding $50.
INCITING A RIOT.
William W. Deane (colored), wa;
charged with attempting to incite rio
by attempting to rescue q prisoner
from the police while in their custody
and also striking Policeman Shinbergel
with q rock while in the discharge o
his duty. The evidence in the case was
substantially the same as Published ii
the Dispatch yesterday.
DeaDe denied throwing the rock, ant
said that he was trying to keep out o
the trouble instead of inciting riot
but three other witnesses swore tha
they saw Deane throw the rock.
The accused was sent on to the grand
jury. and bail was allowed in the sun
of $500.