Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-30
STILL PUZZLED.
No IDENTIFICATION OF RAtEreH's Mu-
srcAL PRISONER YsT.
Thu North Carolina Tosehers-A Boy oored
10 Death 6y cov-confesied
Murder.
rn..Inl ,elocrnm % tho pIspatch.l

purreu. \. C.. Jure %. There has been
30 ahs,cmcnt to-day of the interest IN Inc
rsmsrkahle case Of The man in jail here VINO
"a Si,,nectcd 10 be scott Partin, but VINO
stou,lv asseris that h. = Robert Lesson
portcr An day a. rapidly az The iau was
cmnfied 81 one crowd OF Sight'seers fartin'
or Porter. was eagerly gozcd at by another
crowd Flnajlv toe sheriff brought MN 10
The heay,ly.harrod window OF the jail, and
,here he sat some hours. while hundTeus 81
ncople saw and talked TO hum inc
majority believe that the prisoner IL
pariin. some say that be ha' nov
changed greatly. When he was asked 'l'F
porpme 10 sign The nSnle 81 a. W. MWn
be diG 50. and The signature wa conpticu
,s,fb ono known 10 De Par,ln's, written
many wears 40. There are some Ie.eun
blanccs between ths SIGNATURES. NJ "''I-
noon man named Myait came here 10 On
dcsvor 10 identify Porter by means vi ol4'",
malks which 10 was ALLEGED were l''onl'u' "
on Par..n. They were mol iohnu, " y saw
This fact shook the behei tbat Tue 'lan y
p.r,io Every Irishm9n ~ this city mas
seen Porter. only i"o DrheFo ''a' Nv - o.
ne cisims. native ~ lrcland
p.rIif iold vous spondent day mat
he was born Il Port Arlington, near Dublin ;
mi M 1872 M Fort pT,blc, Maine, hc en-
listed IA iiaiicfy ". FIN United states ar
turrv. ~ which G.. Y. Weir was captain,
ives Nrs; lieutenant, and M"Cullom second
Ieuie.qni. Two wears later he saNs he went
with four companies 10 Fort Brranea,
Fh. He is careless in m1nntr, bus hi' eye
is restless he plays the ilutc almost ince.'
sanity, and sells photographs o! himself
Ills ease will probably come up before zoe
cour, week after next. People who do Do'
believe him to be PMtin think be is @ suSpi'
ciOus character.
TIE TEACHERS.
Tho North Carolina Teachers Assembly,
which for 3 fortnight has b6cu In session al
slorcbcld Ciiy. ended its liith session last
u,-lt The closing exercises was grand
concert. which was conducted by Miss SOUTH
gale. Of DurBam, ard IN which ali The muS~ai
talent Of TIC assembly was icpfcschted. MS
morning thc teachers scattered IN all dFcc'
uops one hundred OF them lctt on a steamer
for Norfolk, hence they wlll 20 to baltl'
more. New York. and Boston. during the
session 4 the assemble 2,l0o members Were
rre>eut. 4 vote of thank, was rendered
secretary L. &. Harrcll, and an oil portrait
Of him was ordered.
AIYNcHrNG PATTY OFT.
At Manly Yesterday negro assaulted a
3 Il.F Mfli iil. ~ NAf VIZ hi AAi' ih'A'''''- -
Irec num1er OF white men were mounted
and In search OF him, intending to lynch
him.
Yesterday q kcyser q negro woman
named Kennedy was on trial charged with
Killing her child. agcd four Vctrs. She NJ
first .vOre that She was walking across the
r,lwoy tres,le over creek, and that seeing
the train approaching She was 50 frightened
that she Knocked the child OF the trestle
anI into the stream. Later she broke down
gnd comics, cd That She had broken The cbiid's
skull with a lghtwood-knot aud then threw
the body in the creek
Ground ha, been broken for the large adj
diuoa 10 he tern NOrtb Carolina Asylum
fol coiorcd p.t,uis n Goldsboro'.
CortD TO DEATH
Al Charlotte yesterday Lorov Taylor. AGED
eight wears, son Of ". j. Iayior, was g0rcd
10 death by COW which lie was attempting
10 drive home.
4 construction train on the Roanoke and
Tar River railway was thrown from the
track by log. seven cars were broken 10
pieces and ono trhn-hand hurt.
Governor scales f. vet considering the
matter oi communicable death sentence OF
W. 4. Potts. Of Beaufort county. The sd
pcrinrenGcut~ Of the three state Insane
advise the Governor as to the question Of
Poll, IS sanity.
OYSTER WAR THREATENED.
There j. considerable excitement in the
northeastern counties over the continued
d,p-cdliion~ of Virginia oystcrmen on the
uur,c oy.lcr-hcds Governor scales has
written q letter in regard to these tres passes.
y Is Oh q prominent resident Of th2t section.
and saws: ~ have communicated the Tets 10
The Governor OF Virginia and asked his AID
and cu6lcration in supprcssing these out
races. Why, as the trCSIfSscrs h2ve TO pass
through TIE Ajbemarle and Chesapeake canal,
cou'l they not be arrested and bound
over n court II necessary - do tins, will
order on the state Gulrd IL sufficient mum.
hcrs. and make them ~utjcct 10 the local au-
thorl,ics, that they may AID in bringing these
fellows Ia Justice. Il the trouble can be- sup
pressed without calling the Legislature to-
rethcr. il would he greatly preferable. |
could issue a Proclamation, but il would do
no cooi without sufficient force behind il,
aud think Il best 10 await Governor Lees
answer"
A CYCLONE.
AtLsurinburg Yesterday evening cyclone
did some damage. /; wrecked the cOOred
Is iptl,t church. blew chimneyS from the
MOTEL and through TIE roof, threw 4 tree upon
cottage, crushing The latter. and injured
,he crops considerably. Copious rains have
fallen at last and fears Of drought are
ended.
FIFTIETn CONGRESS.