The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
CITY NEWS.
An Exciting Sensation
in the Police
Court.
"ha'h DIAMOND" MAKES DIS.
PERA1E LEAP FOR LIBERTY
Local News in General.
CITY NEWS.
Local News In General.


lngs than for some weeks past The
cause OF all this was the trial of the
lottery cases Of Edloe Chappell, NJ. ].
johnson, Powhaian Nicholas, George
Sherman and Henry Shield, (all five
colored), who as stated In the TIMES yes
terday had been arrested the night
before
Johnson and Chapper were the first
parties arrested and they in turn had
Powhstan Nicholas and George Sherman
arrested. Shields WAS caught in the act
Of writing policy.
The first parties tried were John
son and Chappell. The witnesses
were Nicholas and Sherman. Nicholas
was quite impatient in his manner while
testifyiBg, and had TO be severely rebnked
by the court. He said he had engaged in
the game of chance, and had done so re-
peatedly. Last Saturday he put fifty cents
on the jug game, and sixty-fye cents on
the Kentucky game" By Kentucky
game Is known policy shop whose
headquarters are in Kentucky. He won
all the gig" he played and his prizes
amounted 10 sos He did not get his
money and swore out warrant for Chap
pei and Johnson. the hackers Of the busi-
ness
Sherman testified that when the dupli
cate sheets OF the drawings were shown
him he saw that $95 had been won. He
remarked then, Hell will be kicked up
here; somebody is going to jump"
Somebody dill Jump, for johnson boiled
the place and left So Sherman helped
in swearing out warrant.
Getting arrested Johnson and Chappell
swOre out warrants against the others,
and, by their own admission, it was
proven that they were ticket writers for
Chsppell and Johnson's lottery place,
which Is At No. 229 North Seventeenth
street, the old scene Of Edloe's GLORY
The five parties were defended by
Samuel NJ. Page and Giles Jackson.
All five were sent on TO the grand jury,
and bail allowed in the sum Of $500 each
BLACK DIAMOND" CREATES STIR.
James McPhearson, alias Black Dia.
moud, created stir not to say excite
meDt at the Police Court room and the
neighborboOd yesterday. He had been
arrested as stated In the TIMES yester-
day for breaking In the wOodhOuse Of
colored woman named Martha johnson
and stealing a number Of chickens. The
circumstances Of his arrest were de-
tailed Yesterday. The chickens were in
court Just as they were found in the
basket, with their heads wruDg off. -Four
were identified by Martha, and the others
remained at the court room awaiting
Identification. Black Diamond was
amt nm N the prand iurV
BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
But he didn't want to 90 there While
the court was trying another charge the
prisoner, whose face is so black that it
shines like diamond, while a charcoal
mark would leave q white impression on
It, and who is an athlete and desperate
man, suddenly jumped TO the top OF the
wooden wall, which surrounds the prison.
ers, keeping them from the view of the
audience, caught the same with his hands
and in the twinkling of an eye. jumped
over, made for the door, and was soon In
the street Several hundred negroes in
the rear OF the courtroom saw the act.
So did the Justice the policeman guard
ing the entrance to the pen, and the bal
lff A pursuit was made, snd Black
Diamond" ran like deer up Mayo street
10 the nearest alley, going into tha', he
Jumped fence into stable yard, then
he fed through the yard squeezed him
self through a hole and came out on
Franklin street through the Exchange
Hotel stables He ran as fast as his legs
could carry him up Franklin street and
reached Fourteenth, there he was csp-
tured.
When be got out of the court room
there was CONSERVATION among the crowd
and court The judge left the bench, the
bailiff forgot his hat, five hundred
negroes. men and women, sQueezed
out Of the doors, the sergeant re-
msiued keeping guard over his money,
and the policeman on duty kept guard
over the other prisoners.
These negro men from Seventeenth
street, who were present, &c see the re-
suit of the lottery cases, followed the
fleeing prisoner They went the same
route as he, and caught him on Four
teenth street The first one one ofthem
who put arms on the diamond re-
ceiyed blow between the eyes which
sent him humming fifteen feet away, but
TWO OluCte were llSHt nj MAUI "uH N''N
fellow was pinioned
The names OF these three darkeys are
Charles Hood, Simon Trayers, and Ned
Jones. While they were marching their
prisoner down Franklin street 10 the
Police Court room, there was aroused an
undue amount OF excitement particularly
among the negro females. They whoOped:
"Strangle the Niger who wouldn't let
another niger free" when a Niger
y,is free. Ike dat from white man, hang
the niger dat arrest him. and Others OF
like character.
When Bsinf Turner reached The
darkies. who had the escaped prisoner in
charge, the excitement Was Increased.
One negro wanted 10 mob hin, the pFis-
oner made lunge at him, and negro
man made ihreaic. The Police Justice
soon appeared hatless on the scene ana
bis presenc, created something OF an
awe Balliff Turner was as cool a. an
iceburg, the daTkies who had captured
the man were firm In the midst OF tye
hundred excited people the prisoner was
marched into the courtroom, hand cuiiS
put on him, and placed back 10 the pen
The excitement subsidized as quickly Sd
j. rose.
OTHER CASES
Charlie, Jones assaulted Alice Jones
with an axe. He did lot hurt her but
was required 10 pay $40 and costs for so
doing f.,
;. Riley was charged with
cursing. and abusing, and threaten
ino n J. Penton. This grew
out Of judgmen, in civil
action for small amount which Penton
obtained against Riley, sailor, before a
magistrate of Henrico county Monday
Riley had followed bin around, and the
complainant believed himself Ia danger
OF bis life. The court fined Riley IS and
costs for using profane language in the
street, and dismissed the case.
John Burruss was charged with beat
ng his wife, Eugenis Burruss. The cir
Icumstances were sggraysting, and he
was fined $50 and costs.