The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-05
COUNTY CLUBBING.
CLUBBING At A SATURDAY NIGHT
COLORED PICNIC.

One spott Ciuf CIubbed to Death by n
CoIorcd brother. who Makes His Es-
eape-The Observation-Disclosures Of Wit
nesse- Postponed Until Thursday.
An old-iime negro club fight occurred
sunday morning. about 1870 o'clock, about
-four miles outside Of the city limits. on Mr..
i. l.. BlanfOn's farm. near EllysOn's post
office. on the Richmond and Henrico turn
pike. ~pott Clun, bright mulatto negro
about fwenty-four years Of age. weighing
about seyenty-h,e pounds. was killed
during the tight. by whom ii has not been
clearly proven.
THE FACTS IN THE CASH.
The facts in the ease are that Lyna Fields.
colOred widow woman living on the farm
Of MIR. blanton. decided To- give 'pic-nic.
~ she called it. and sell her eatables 10 her
invited guests for the purpose Of raising
sum Of money tO pay her rent. There ar
in this ncghborhood
TWO NOTED FACTIONS OF NEGROES.
one Of which is known rs the Brook Gang"
who reside in IIenrico county. and tn
other ~ the ''Tinsley Gang" who work for
Mr. j. G.. Iinsley. and the majority of whom
are from Hanover county.
The "1'insley gang" were invited 10 this
pay feast" and went i'm body OF about
eight or ten. There has long been u grudge
between the two factions. and the =. Bsook
gang" went Ia the feast with the intention
Of ''clcdning out" the Tin-ley crowd. as they
termed il.
When they arrived at the house one Of
them remarked 10 the Iinslcy crowd that
they had come 10 ''clean them out WHEREOF
a fight ensued. which resulted in the killing
above mentioned. The fight. in which about
twenty or thirty negroes were engaged. he
gan in the house. and was continued in The
yard. seven or eight We're wounded. Cary
Henderson was the worst used up. he hav-
ng received an ugly cash on the head.
Nelson Miles. one Of the Tinsley negroes.
disappeared during the fight. and has not
leen seen since. The evidence 80 far. show
hat he was the one who struck the fatal (,
blow which killed >pott Clufi. but no con- |
'lusive ., idence has as yet been produced |
% this effect.
TIE Inquest.
sunday evening the facts Of the fgli !
cached the ears Of Mr. j. Edward Tiler. |
be- magistrate for the district IN which the
rOuble occurred. and lac at once took n o
natter IN hand and ordered the arrest Of the
lartic~ engaged in the row. Later In
he evening he summoned a jury.
nd held an inquest over Clufl--
Ody which. on being examined. was found
hat just i'm the roar Of the right ear was u
Ontused wound. from which blood was
RELY Moving. After the examination III
ic witnesses tho matter was len 10 the jury.
Tho failed 10 agree upon verdict. Fiye6fl
le six jurors were Of the opinion that Mel
Dn Miles was guilty Of the murder and one
.as dissenting. Justice fiiier decided ~
1 I.fll
'rday.
At that hour the same jury rc-a-sembled
{ William Jones bar-rOOm on the Brook
irnpke. Just beyond Bacon's Quarter :
ranch. Justice Atlcc assisted Justice
illcr in the examination.
County Cemm0nwcalth'- Attorney Thorn
and Mr. George BRYANT represented the ,
and Giles JacksOn (coOrpdl
~ parties accused.
IlIF EVIDENCE.
All the witnesses except the one ques- !
pnod were made 10 stand on the outside.
Lyn1 Fields. AZ whose house the fight oc- :
irr Il. was the first witness. She testified
at she bad "picnic" AZ her house on i
lturday night. and was sitting in her little d
ON selling when great crowd of ne |
Oc~. who were i'm the biz room. bulged IN
her which frightened her very much.
use near by and remained all night. lcay- il
( all the money she had coined to pay &
n rent on the table. !
Lucille tluh. a sister of the murdered man. 4
W the fight. >hc heard a fuss and went Il
the window. and saw her brother >pOtt X
ii Nelson Miles in the room. While there u
e. saw Mile, strike her brother. he sirnck /.
M three blows over the head, breaking the G,
ok IN several pieces. and then threw the
ignenis down.
ieorgc Branch said he was upstairs
leep when be was awakened by the repOr,
a pistol shot. He then went down stairs
4 heard John Cooper curse Iyna Fields,
4 saw him strike her. to
Join Cooper. the next witness. denied the ~
ltcmcnt that he either struck or cursed 81
M Fields. He said he did not have J,
ck and did NOT do any fighting. lie picked '"
the dead man. The Courts suspicion 10
H.. however, raised. ~ this negrO's past ~
lutaiion was very bad. and he seemed 10 q,
trying 10 hide something. and ne wa, VI
isequoptly placed under arrest -
AIRY Henderson. one of the wounded ne
'cs. WAS next called. and testified that he ~
Is at thc picnic" and as the wee small "
lrS came ON he fell asleep. and was
FUSED by severe ''crack' on his head. VI
ich aWOkc him. lie then saw 80 much e
=.
D away and hid himself behind n she'd.
bile lying there he heard men run n NJ hy 81
u and Lizard some one Veil "MGn.cr" an
a or three times. This witness Was also al
rsicd after leaving the stand.
u" next witness was DR.. j. l.. Warraner.
- was summoned 10 attend >pott ,luh
ore he died. a..
H. testified that lac was summoned to the
l-c OF Ben 'lun, the father of >pott
ere he was al that time and he saw that
Sc was 80 hope for the wounded man. ~
re- The doctor very infinitely described ne
wound. lie could not say for certain III
ether the wound was the cause Of death -0l
i0i. but thought 80. 81.
hc Court. al the suggestion Of the Com III
nWedlth's Attorney. instructed the Doc crl
10 make q past aOrfo,a examination Pil
report whenever he was called upnn. no
they considered such an examination pr
ily important. Ma
las Fields. a small boy. next testified. Ma
said he Jaw the light. lie saw Spott He
Il first strike Nelson Miles several sever. on
~. which ielled him 10 the floor. Mills Io
a turned and struck M >pott. and he
ight he struck him. but could moi say.
saw cooper. and testified that he was an
ting also v ,
lsan Underwood was next examined ]"
- '''ii dll'ifN TIE testimony 81
S Fields.
IRA Tyler corroboratcd the testimony Of \
nm Underwood. "a,
m tim was next examined. but no new SAT-
cnce was introduced at all. TAX
TnE WITNESSES ARRESTED. 81
ais examination was kept up alt day VII
=, not ending until : o'clock. during oui
III time more than forty Witnesses Were ,ro
mined. out Of which number ffteQl were and
,icd. The following are the names of err
legrOes arrested: John Cooper. .Joseph 4
born, Jr.. Robert Robertson. I'd. Rel tha
ernie Robinson, Dan (uirnes. Jacob mai
"a, Wash Green. Dennis Washington in,
Jones. John Storkes. Joseph Robin H.
{ AIRY Henderson. aud Edmund Ilarri. cci,
Jones was afterwards discharged.
csc prisoners We've taken 10 the Thini
CESSATION and there confined until last
I. when they were removed 10 the county I
md turned over to the county authori- nal
Ners
~ Isl 10 BE RE>JM MED THURSDAY. ~
ter the examination BY the witnesses al :
natter was NOT submitted ID the Jury iect'
e. testimony Of DR.. Warrdner is vet 10 lio,'
ard. l,roe
- inquest VIII be resumed next Thur.- per,
At iienrico Courthouse. when the re- pect
0l ~. W afraner'- post noy1cla will Mes
IrI. cnd The matter will tbon Ia. u,,I. | and