Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-20
THE Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. straus Sent On TO the Grand Jury
sampson Possibly Insane.

mr.. sfraus Sent On totheUtan"sS 10
sampson Possibly Insane.
The Brosd-street shooting case, which was
fully reported In the Dispatch. was thorough
ly ventilated in the Police Court yesierdsy
morning in the presence OF an immense
crowd Of spectators. =,
Mr.. Charles i. strnus, the proprietor oil
the Palace Saloon, on Broad street next uooi
TO Murphy's Hotel, was represented by ho'
gar Allan, Esq, and F. A. Randolph ap-
peared a. counsel for the bright mulatto,
Charles Z. Sampson. who provoked lne
shooting. and at whom the leaden missile
was directed. Colonel VI. l.. Spots"ood
was present on behalf OF the Commonweai1n'
TIE CHARGES.
There was warrant jointly charging
! Mr. straus and Sampson With creating a Ols,
turhance on the street; Straus was charged
with feloniousy assaultiDg and shooting ~
Sampson, with intent % XII; and sampson
was charged with sssaulting and creating
| disturbance in the bsr-fOOm OF Strlus.
There were twenty or more Witnesses
about a dozen OF whom were examined.
| There was some conflict Of testimony, but
the facts. in the main, were as published IN
this paper. The atiray occurred late Mon
day afternoon and created great deal OF
excitement. There were great many peo-
ple passing up and down Broad street at the
| time. and an immense crowd soon assem-
bled in the vicinity Of the shooting.
THE TESTIMONY.
The facts in the case, as nearly as could
| be Judged from tue testimony OF tue VIII.
pesses, all OF whom were OF course excited
at the time OF the occurrence, are these;
Monday afternoon Mr. Ryan, travelling
| salesman, met Sampson on the street ana
/ IA, hoe
| Ohio depot TO see II the saesman's samples
had arrived, and informed the negro, who Is
| aDnarently not more than twenty-One or
twentv.tvo years old, that he Olyau) would
| he found al Strauss II not at Ford's
Hotel. where he was stopping. Sampson
not finding Mr. Ryan at F0rd's went to the
Palace Saloon, Of which Strsns is proprietor,
and asked il Mr.. Ryan was there. Mr.
Straus replied that the gentleman Vas IN the
rear and told sampson he must take IN MS
hat when he came into the house. lie did
not take of his bat however. and tho pro-
prietor again requested him 10 remove 1t, 10
! which he (Samrson) reDlied that he did not
know that he was Obliged TO take OIL his hat
in public place. Further words followed
and Mr. straus went 10 the negro and en-
deavored to put him out. lie resisted;
| Strous seized a biliArd-cue with which to
strike Sampson and did give him slight
ran on the arm. The latter bad In the mean
time picked up a ball wllichhe was In The
act OF throwing, when some one caught his
arm. and u was Just at this moment that
| Straus struck him. Sampson cursed StrauS
and dared him out OF the house. Simpson
was put ont, and on the outside ot
the door he picked up an oyster'shel, WIN
which be struck Straus. The negro again
! Threatened siraus, whereupOn the latter
|
| fol and followed the negro, who ran
around the Eighth.street corner es II
looklng for brIck.bas. When Straus ap-
pe,red OF the corner with his pistol the
| negro turned with brick or stone IN his
| hand and hurled IL at but missed bin.
| Simpson picked up another stone and nr.
| ctraus said, " II YOU ht me with that stone
will shoot yOu," or words 10 that effect
The negro threw the stone. striking Sr1us
ON The leg. wbereupOn the latter fired hlS
pistol. but the bail did not lake effect
| About tins time siTcrt.car came along and
turned down Eighth street. passing between
straus and san pson and preventing the
former from shooting second ume. n
| large crowd Immediately assembled, and two
officers who heard the shooting ran uD and
arrested both men.
SENT on.
Mr.. strsus was sent on to the grand jury
and bailed for his appearance before that
| tribunal on the 1st day OF April. The charge
Of creating disturbance on the street was
! dismissed, and the other charge against
| Sampson was continued until the 2Sth in
slant. and 1t was ordered that a commission
of mnacy be held on him prior to that time.
| SAMPSON has already been sent TO the lunaIic
asylum several times, but was never before
known to commit any violent act. He IS
| rather simple, inofieGsve- looking individual
and was well dressed. Sampson admitted
on the stand that he had been to the asylum
four or five times.
SHOT BY ACCIDENT.
John IIgon. a gentleman with hair and
beard rapidly growing gray, was charged
with shooting q gun in the street and
woupding the child Of Charles Eubsnk.
Messrs. Lyon and Eubank are neighbors,
and il appears that the chickens owned by
the latter bother the former by getting into
his garden and scratching up his seed and
vegetables. On Monday he shot at q
chicken with his gun, and one OF the small
shot struck the httla daughter OF MIR. Eu-
bank on the wrist and went into the bone.
The pretty little girl, who was in court with
her right arm in sling, was in her father
yard at the time Of the shooting. Mr.. Ligon
|
and he very much regretted the accident.
He would not nave shot bad he known she
was where the shot could strike her. Ligon
was fined $40 and costs.
OTHER CASES.
Tom Grace, Daniel Duke. Joseph Crane,
William O'DWyer, Robert Welsh, Jack Bell,
Stanley Leber, and r. J.. Stephens were
charged with being disorderly, fighting. aud
/ 4 Jfefn N q
,Ioseph Kahn, at the corner OF Franklin and
Mayo streets. Duke and O'Dwyer were moi
present, and Justice Crutch6sld ordered al
tachments TO be issued for them. The eyi-
dence showed that there was general row
in Kain's saloon QIerbst's old placel Monday
night. In the course OF which beer.glasses
flew about the room promiscuously. Welsh,
Rel. and Leber were discharged, and the
others were fined s. and costs each.
julius Stanton (coloredl, stealing pair OF
boots. the property OF j. G. Selle. Continued
until to-day.
Archer Conway, fast driving on the street.
Fined $40.
Abram Jackson (colored). assaultIug and
beating Joseph johnson with rock. Fined
IS and costs.
Benjamin Leber, drunk and disorderly'
| Fined s. aud costs.
James Henry Byrd (colored), Il vsgrant,
Committed for thirty days.
jim Rogers (cOlored), assaulting and beat
ing John Thomas. Continued until March
23d.
Lanear Williams (colored). drunk and dis
orderly on the street. Fined IS and costs.
julia Ann Fry (colored), disorderly In
the barroom Of William Matthews. Fined
s. and costs.
The Masonic Temple.
II Is believed that the contract for the cree
. tion OF the Masonic temple is TO 20 10 Mr. w
o. Burton, with the understanding that Il
the committee choose 10 substitute cheaper