Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-24
TWO MEN BADLY CUT.
A THRILLING DISPUTE RESULTS VERY
SERIOUSLY.
A Mysterious shot-A Negro with Bullet
in His Face-several
Deaths.
,corro.rora.nce q, the Richmond Dlspa,ch.l

fCorrespondence Of the Richmond Diepatch.l
PErERsBuRa. VA, April %. 1898.
Saturday night was an unusually lively
night in police circles, and the docket
of the MAYORS Court this morning was
A very full one in consequence. In the
disposition of the many cases before the
court the mayor was assisted by two
iustices--MesSrs. Turnbull and Olivier.
The first case called was that OF Mr.
lazarus Moore. citizen Of Ettrick,
charged with malicious cutting. The
accused. through his counsel, waived
examination. and was sent on TO the
July term of the Hastings Court Tor
trial. Bail was allowed in the sum OF
81, 900 in each OF the two cases charged
against him. At an early hour on Sun
day morning Officer George Edwards,
while patroling his beat on Lombard
street, found Mr.. Moore and Mr.. George
c. Gary engaged in a dispute;
He separated them and advised
them to so home and have no
trouble. Officer Edwards says that
Mir. Gary started away. but after going
some distance remarked something
about settling the difficulty at another
time and place. The officer went up to
him 10 advise quiet. He was followed
by MIR. Moore. who used language that
caused Mr. Gary to strike him IN the face
The officer stepped between the two par
ties and strove 10 shove them apart in
doing so both the officer and MIR. Gary
were severely cut. Mr.. Gary's cheek was
laid omen almost from the eye to the
chin. Officer Edwards was twice cut
once across the left arm between the
shoulder and elbow, the muscles being
severed to the bone, and again across
one of the fingers of the left hand. lie
,nvs the wounds were all inflicted by
Mir. Moore. but the latter says he had
nothing but small pocket-knife about
his person, and on this were found no
stains of blood. Officer Edwards does
not think he was wounded intentionally.
but that the blows which struck him
we're aimed at and intended for Mr..
Gary. Both of the wounded men
are resting quietly to-day. Their
wounds, while very painful. are not re-
garded rs dangerous.
James King Ccolored) was arrested last
night on warrant charging him with
shooting one Albert Robinson (coored)
on Saturday night with felonlous intent.
King appeared in court this morning,
proved an Qiibi, and was discharged.
Robinson was shot il the left cheek and
the bullet has not vet been extracted.
The shooting occurred on Gill street at |
O'Clock a. Nj. A crowd was present and
there was considerable excitement, but
who fred the shot is thus far unknown.
The Hastings Court was engaged to-
dav in the trial of Walter Jones (negrol
indicted for an indecent assault. Jones
has been twice convicted OF tins offence,
but r. new trial was obtained in each case
on technical grounds. In the first trial
the jury rendered verdict OF eighteen
wears in the penitentiary. Several hours
we're consumed to-day in obtaining
jury.
Douglass Ellis (colored), aged fifty
wears, employed as a box-prizer at Mr.
John II. Maclin's tobacco factory, on
east Washington street, fell while at his
work this afternoon and died IN few
minutes. He did not speak after the at
tack.
Mr.. William Vincent, apopular young
citizen. died at his home, on Old street,
this morning Of consumption, after an
illness of some weeks. He was about
thirty years OF age. was engaged IN the
stove and tinware business, and was an
officer of the Washington-Street Metho-
dist Episcopal chuch Sunday school.
Mrs. Captain John ID. Alley died this
morning at the residence of her husband,
on Sycamore street, after brief illness.
She was a well-knOwn and much-re-
spected lady.
The Petersburg Convocation Of the
Episcopal Church will assemble IN semi
annual session at Wakefield to morrow,
and will remain in session until Satur-
dav. All the Episcopal ministers in this
CITY will attend-except, possibly, Rev.
DIR. G. J. Gibson, who has been con-
fined TO his home by indisposition for
several days. He was unable to attend
his church yesterday.
1t has been found necessary TO cut
away much of the luxuriant growth OF
ivy from the walls of Grace Episcopal
church. 1t may be added, too, that the
appearance OF this ivy had been much
injured by the hocks of English spar
rows that infested and built their nests
in it, When the vines were pruned 1t
is said that several hundred of the eggs
of these little birds were destroyed.
The prosecutions against the young
man J. +. Gardner, arrested some time
ago on the charge of obtaining small
sums Of money from various colored
people under false pretences, having
failed by reason of some technical in
formality, it is understood that new pro-
ceedings will be commenced against
him. ROBIN ADAIR.