Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-30

| Consequently petltion bad been circulated
aaOng sbem requesting Governor Lee 10
respite the condemned man for thirty days
% give him time 10 prepare for his end, the
minister claiming that be had been buoyed
1 up heretofore by the belief that the Cover
ner would and that they hoped that face
nights develop 10 relieve bin OF the onus
/ OF the crime.
! At the tune Sutton was captured, very
nearly year sgo, he was IN Illinois. The
/ murder Of Peter Haryeu, OF which be wes
( convicted, rad occurred May ~. 1887.
Immediately after the killing clrcumstsntial
evidence began entwlnlng itself 80 closely
about sutton that he took buried depsr-
ture from home 10 let the matter cool down,
az be claims. and 10 give time for the perpe-
1 traitor OF the deed 10 be discovered. But
unfortunately for him he met out IN Indiana
a man from this county aud by bis couyersa.
/ tton revealed 10 him who he was. By In
| formation thus had sutton was apprehended
and brought here Tor trial.
HISTORY OF THE CSmE.
Peter Haryel. the murdered man, was
citizen OF Smyth county. where be lived
with his family near the wythe.cOunty lipe.
Bad blood had arisen between him aud soGs
/ Of his neighboFs. which resulted IN the burn.
| ing Of his house one night. and the same
| night he was shot IN the thigh. IL was fOc
! this crime that William Horne and several
Others were triei IN Smyth county. They
were finally acquitted. iIaryel, by some
means. escaped with his family and secured
bone on the farm OF John Bennington, In this
county, and IL is siter this thai the evidence
connects Wayman sutton with the crime. A
| few days aiter the arson Morgsn Pendet0n
| was Visiting his soH-in-law, Wsyman sutton,
at the lateT's home IN Wythe county, aud
| -.
up their rifles TO 90 squirrel.huntinc, bs they
declared. shortly Afterwards they we're seen
| by a couple OF boys on ;he highway which led
! IN the direction OF John Benuingion's. AZ the
] cross ~ the roads they met cOlored man,
who said that one Of them bad bis face painl-
/ cd black and the other bad bis painted ysl-
| low. and that both inquired Of him where
| Peter Hlryel was. that they were friends of
| his and did not want 60 hurt him. The negro
also said that he remarked 10 one Of them,
"YOu is Mr.. Pendeton, amt you" but
Pendleton denied II. The two men were at
| terwards identified goiug In the same gem
ersl direction, bit were out OF the road In
field. Lster on they got into a conversation
with some men In another feld. bat we're not
close enough 10 be Identified bs their faces,
and when one OF the party started 10 draw
nearer to them they hated bin with theit
| rifles. Still later they were seen at The house
OF Widow James, where they inquired the
| time Of day and the direction 30 Benntbgs
toms house Tneir faces remained dso0lor-
ed. Immediately before the killing Peter
Haryers wife, while on her way 70 tie
spring. saw two men skulking IN the bushes
near her hOuse with guns IN thelr hands,
and whispered the fact 10 her mother, who
also came out and saw them. Both women
soon after repaired 70 The house and At
tempted 10 get Iarvcll % neigh
boris house for the sake OF safety.
! But when he bad hobbled TO the
door between his wife and his old mother,
and was attempting 10 step beyond its
threshold, he wls shot In the breast In two
places aud fell back In their arms. While
the two women we're trying 10 get the dying
| mau TO bis he'd the ntrdcrers escaped, but
| II was discovered next morning inst they
| hll lain m ambush bohiLd log IN trout OF
the door. several rods OF. llaryell died the
next day. PendletOn escaped. snd has not
been seen since. wayman sutton was seen
that eyeuiBg about shutdown near his Own
home by ueighbor, who stated that he did
not appear excited In the least. lie was
tried at the March term ~ the CIR,
cult Court hnd was convicted and sentenced
10 be hung on the 9Th Of July last. He sskrd
for new trial. but was refused. lie TOOK sn
| appeal, but the supreme Court only con-
Grmed the judgment Of he lower court. His
friends petitioned the Governor for pardon
or commutation, but b 10 purpose.
SOME or ruE EVIDENCE.
In the record Of the tri,l certified up 10 the
| Supreme Court the following is given as the
evidence q Peggy llnryel. mother OF the
murdered man, aud II contains perhaps the
strongest circumstances which led % sut-
toms conviction: Am going on siNty-n'ne
years old; was at Mr.. Edward Bsumgard.
ner's near 3 O'Clock The doy iaryeil was
killed: nv daughter Caroline was there tn
me; saw two men pass Bsumeardncrs WIN
guns going towards lITyel's; was about
100 Yards from the men, who Were inside ~
the field and not IN The road; witness took
one OF them 10 be- sutton; called Lucy
Baumgardner 10 look no them; ! started ID
Peter ltaryelps; | said thcm mems after no
good ! went down through the hcld 10
head them of, aud when | got down
there | could not see them; they
were ont Of sighi; they followed me on 10
Peters; next sav TIE men lhOut John liaT-
tess IN the iield. not fsr from tie road; Twas
not far from them BiriieS'' hcid little
over q half mla from where Peter liarNci
was Killed; | went on home. | saw the men
once before | got home In the woods, be.
| hind me; they We're coming on after me; |
had view OF them, ! recognized sutton; |
saw them next in patch Il woods. back ~
Hsryelps hau,e. about hiiy Steps, maybe
more, from Ilarye''s h1u'e; sal recognized
sutton; PeRr fl,ryells wife was below
The house, going % the spnny alter water;
she saw The men aud mou0ned back 10
witness with her band that they we're MP
there In the brush; | went uD there and
run them out. they run and Jumped the
fence: sutton had heel-iro3s Oh bis shoes;
I went back 10 the house and told llaryeN
10 hx snd Get away. they bad come 10 kiil
him; Peter had been shot before wounded
10 the hip: after putting some clean clothes
on Peter sad washing him we started
10 go 20 Mr.. Bennlngton's; we were
in the door; me and his wife bad
hold OF each arm aud We got In the door; be
was shot: be could not walk 10 do any good
without help; he was shot twlcs; one gun
tired and then almost At the same time the
other gun cred; he feii back, knocked Us
back, bat We held him upi snots came from
direction Of front of door; scared 30 bad did
not see men Wb0 fred after the shots Peter
Haryen said: "Lord metcy, | am gone
now, lav me down.; 8e then got him on the
bed and worked with him; sa9 men no more
that evening; Afterwards saw tracks Of two
meu: one had heel plates, other dli not; saw
tracks right back u the house, not where
had nfsl seen them In ths woods; tracks were
In the field IN the edge ~ the woods; 40 Mr.
scott. store saw sutton with heel-piales not
, long before llaryell was killed; We bad just
moved from smy;h the day Peter liarVeil
was killed; hc had been wounded the day
before leaving Smyth; when be was killed;
he died next evening; witness. deoeAsed's
widow, and four small children dayed with
bin MI be died; Bill Horn had shot him 10
/ smyth.
, Personal.
Waymsn sutton + a man of about medium
height and would weigh ordinarily about
I4O pounds. Ne Il decided blonde, With
, chestnut.col0red hir and clear blue eyes.
His forehead - high and yeFy we'll shaped.
lie did not stand c0nhsemeDt we'll aud -
? quite thin ana rather pale. but his general
= health Is good.
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