Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27
IN PURSUIT.
q wARM HUNT AFTER A NORTH CARO-
LIMA MURDERER.
Fell Dead-A Firs-Unhhppy Republicans
Horrible Crime and Fearful
Punishment.
Special telegram to tho Dlspa.ch-l

Especial telegram 20 tho Dispa'chl
RALEIGH, ". c., May 2G.-It - learned tnat
there Is great excitement IN Jackson county,
| growing out Of the murder last IuesGay OF
The Bumgsrdners, father and sou, by Dils'
| The pursuit Of the murderer is active. Hun
! dreds Of people are engaged III the searcs'
| II Is stated that Oils is in Transylyania
county. The pursuit. will now DE had"
! there, also.
II is reported that W. T. Walker. who IL
the nominee OF the third party for Governor
will be asked 10 resign TO make way iol
more available candidate.
! 1t has been decided to enlarge The Eastcrn
North Carolina insane asylum at Golds0oro''
! This asylum is for coIorfd patients. Statis-
| tics show that IN North Carolina INSANITY u
on the increase among the negroes.
Robert II. Penand. one OF the eadiog
citizens of Haywood county, fell dead yester-
day while at the railway station at Plge0p
| River.
The state Engineer and Quartermaster
! General will spend Monday at Wrightsyiile,
making preparations for the approaching
encamDment OF the State Guard. The pre-
marathon OF the ground. &C., has already be-
yun. The people OF Wilmington are GER
| tainly not surpassed by any in The south LOT
| hospitality, and will make the encamPnent
memorable affair. A great many comforts
and couyenences for the troops VIII be pre-
| pared.
The Democrats are worked zip 10 a stare OF
| high excitement just now over the state CON
vention so near at baud. Never was there
more excitement OF a quiet kind. aud more
uncertainty as to tie nominees. There Is no
estate" Il il far aud square race. ZOE
at least four offices :here will be no contest.
! The interest Is ia the gIbernaOrial hght.
/ Nobody dires to bet on any OF the three
leading candidates. That Il the best PROOF
OF the uncertainty OF the matter.
The Republicans have thrown sop TO me
/ KNIGHTS Of Labor. member OF that order
wa nominated for delegate at large very os'
tentatlously, but got beaten badly. Ihen ne
was put on the State Executive Commltlee
/ with an equal flourish OF trumpetS. The
| Republicans are "Coddling" the knights
| and are trying to treat the farmers the same
way.
DISAPPOINTED.
There were two disappointed men ~ the
! State Convention Of the " grand old party -
! William Pitt Canaday aud K. 4. Linney.
| The former was beaten all to pieces as cam
! didate for eect0r at large Qhanks to Or.
/ Motifs treachcry, people saw Linney want
| ed, though so Young IN the cause, to 60 10
/ Chicago likewise. lie was not even mem
/ toned in that convention. II was really en-
| ioyAblc to sec bow hacked Canaday was IS
/ he left here yesterday morning for Ws,hlng'
| TON. Tie carried sherman some bad tidiug5.
| Some OF sherman good money has been
turned loose in this portion Of the vineyard.
| His henchmen now try to bolster themselves
| M bv saving that the delegates 10 Chicago
| viii "boltv their Blaine instructions given
| by the convention. So there is no harmony
| after al the buster and pretence anu tax Of
aunited party.
Yesterday evening. Of SHlem. the cotton
gin OF Dr.. j. II. SnaIner, with thirty bales ot
cotton, was burned, the loss being SJ,OOO,
with no insurance.
TIE TEACHERS.
The session OF the North Carolina Teach
ers' Assembly will be attended by visiting
teachers from ten States. Virginia has quite
a number OF such representatives.
some OF the Republicans are doing con-
siderable talking about John Nichols. the
Congressman from this district He docs
not appear to have prospered greatly in the
convention il what is said be true. IL IL
stated that he has torn up his district by
working for j. W. Hardin for delegate az
large as a Knight OF Labor candidate by
combining for Harrison and Williamson In
the district convention. Wake county beat
]. b. Mason for Auditor OF state, and
Nichols, seeing that he made sore spot,
jumped In next morning and h9d Mason
nominated Superintendent OF Public IN
stTuctiOn over Alexander McIyer. This only
made matters worse. Then IL is said Nichols
procured the election Of Stewart Ellison
icolored), OF Wake, over James A. Cheek, Oh
-. tf.rr. q
has tnus put himself quite In hole.
NOTES.
The 9th Annual Conference OF the South
ern Province OF the Morayiln Church has
ended rs session ut Kernersvie.
The trial OF Benjamin Laughter and John
l.. Lvda for the murder OF a mau named
King has been in progress a week At Marion.
IL results in the conviction OK bOth-Laugh'
ter Of murder, LYDIA Of beng an accessory
alter the TACT. Laughter has been sentenced
to be hanged June 4th. Lydia gets ten years
ia the Benlteutiafy. Laughter has appealed.
There we're only 30 delegates N the Re-
publican State Convention. In the Demo-
cratic there will be 9Gl. IL is believed that
1000 people will be here % attend the LAT
ter. by Monday night Raleigh VIII be
lively.
Friends OF Judge James L. Shepherd
claim that he will he nominated for the
Suprsme-Court bench on the first ballot.
4 few days ago Maurice Linc&e, son OF
Paul Lincke, who was murdered by Will
liam A Potts, found the pistol with wblca
the Latter blew ont Llncke'S brains. Tue
murderer had thrown the weapon into a
well.
HORRIBLE CRIME.
News has been received here OF an awful
navfy N F.f al "a
Young lady, teacher, was taken bya negro,
carried into the woods, bound hand and
foot, aud assaulted Then tue brute tied her
10 tree ana told her he intended to kIlt
her. With this threat be leiJ her. Search
was made Cor the young lady aud she was
found. Her friends cut the cords and then
told her to stay where she was. she did 30.
They hId in the bushes to await the return
OF the negro. Presently he came. As be
crept up dozen guns were leyelled at him.
He surrendered. His victim was then asked
to name his fate, aud said she wished BIN
hayed alive. Death came few minutes
after the conclusion OF this terrible punish
ment. Such Is the story told by Mr.. j. I.
Winfield, OF Craven county.
Tue friends OF both Hons. ID. G.. Fowle
and Charles NJ. Stedman clam that their ia
vorite will on the first ballot receive the
nomination Tor Governor.
A CYCLONE.
A cyclone passed over the old town OF
Bath few days ago. II did much damage.
A colored Methodist church was partially
wrecked. A large tree WAS blown 300 yards,
and striking the residence OF William Nc
Nell, damaged the latter considerably.
\ petition Is being clrcullted in Beaufort
county praying Governor Scales to commute
the death sentence Of William A. Potts to
life Imprisonment.
A party Of masked men went last Tuesday
night TO the residence Of James SlmOns, at