Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-20
OLD NORTH STATE.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED HERE AND
THERE AT RALEIGH.
A Desperate Criminal Finally Csptured-
a Iailure-The right on Dr. Girls
som-FersonaI and Political.
lsne,I,l ,oIceram 70 the pispatch.l


Rr.1cu \. c.. August 19.-To-day w.
Harris of Wake county, sent to the
Covr~r,or his resignation "a director of the
North Carolina Insane Asylum. John II;
Rroadfo0t. of Fayetteville. was appointed
70 Gil the vacancy. -
The Governor to-day honorcd q rcQuisi-
ton from the Governor OF South Carolina
Tor one Samuel Slower. an escaped convict
from the pcnitcntary 10 that state, now IN
lail at Monroe, \. e..
The Raleigh Tea Company has made en-
assignment The company is composed OF
ID. NJ. Anderson. of this city, and Z, =.
Anderson. of Washington, II. {. W, n.
Jones Is assignee. The liabilities and AS
sets are not stated.
". A. Bobbitt. Of Granville. has ar
copied the appointment rs commissioner
on the Board of Public Charities.
Much interest IS fclt IN She next term or
the Criminal Court of Wake county. which
becins : ptcmhcr 22d, aud VII he presided
over lv judge Armheld. bccauseti mo
cases ON the docket against cross an"
White. the bank-bOodlcrs. for forgery, the
capital case 81 ox-Iathcr Boyle, aud seNe-
ral other cases Of importance. mere are
now th.rty-thrce prisoners M Jaii awaiting
the session Of the court
ErI3Iors.
The annual session Of The Central Bnp-
list Associaf on SSH be- held win baY-h'ai
church. fifteen miles from Raleigh, COM
mcEcIug August 2'th.
cmcEENs.
A State poultry ossociaiiouis 20 be form
eli during the stat" lar.
Nilhnm Ir.on. a desperate young crllni-
nal. Was brought 10 The pcutontafN To-
day from Henderson comfy. lie Is IN Tor
ten Years for hor-e-steaunC and mas twice
escaped. the last time hy jumping from tho
train " iiio on thc way to tins cltN.
A large number of laborers were en-
Moved here today O. 90 90 south Carollna
H. work ON the Georgia, South Carolina
aud Northern railway
II is stated this evening That Dr Gris-
som VII resign a@ -up'rutcudeut OF tho
insane asylum next iuGay The Board OF
Directors are 90 meet lhureduy
This afternoon Dr. Francis j. Fuller,
first slant physician 40 the North Caro-
Ina Insane Asylum, pub. shed the fohow.
ing card. which attracted q great deal Oh
attention:
NV attention has been called 10 tho
> following article IN N,5stT's U,ty, OF
E.il-s be. Of August l3tn:
see We learn from The most rcEabl" au-
thority that Dr. Fuller the first assistant
physiriau at tho Raleigh Insane Asylum,
Congratulated Dr. Gris.otn on his acquliial
after the tual, saying that hls sympatmcs
were with hlm during The trial, ana that
the cause Of the Trial Was Dr. Grissom 3
DISREGARD Of his Gullcr) protest In
making DR.. :. II. Rogers second assistant
physician.
~ feel il tobe my duty 10 enter my posi-
tive and emphatic denial to the above
statement / never at any time extended
CONGRATULATIONS 20 DIR. GrissOm upon hS
acuuittal. or said 80 him or to any one else
thai INV -vMpGthite were with him during
lib, trial: neither did say the trial was,
iarnu~e INV wishes were disregarded; nor
did protest AGAINST the election Of Dr.
Rogers ~ second assistant physician for
the best OF rcas0ns-yIZ. Bccansc Ilr.
Borcra was elected before knew anything
of IL. After the election ! did say to Dr.
Grissom that / had not been treated right
ia the matter. though; That no orc who
was - fiji q situation SO intimately with
myself ought TO have been elected without
giving me the opportunity Of expressing
an opinion. had no objection 10 the cleo
ton q DR.. Rogers, neither daring the re-
cent Trial because of sickness and hu-l-
ness. nor since. because ! have been
quite sick and confined at home. ] under
stand that was represented 10y counsel
for the defence as endorsing such use Of
mechanical restraints as was referred so IN
the charges. IN my thirtv-three years OF
service nj the asylum ! have never prac-
ticed restraint as q matter Ot punishment,
and OF late years | have come 10 believe IN
the policy of nOu-rcstralut, not having IN
the last four or five years used mechanical
restraint exceeding three times. | have no
recollection of using OF ordering the use
of the ted-.trap within thirty years. |
make this statement simply ~ order mat
my position may not be misunderstood.