The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-28
KNOCKED SENSELESS.
4 Colorcd rraca. in suili,au'- Ale.

4 Colorcd irtca- i'm ~ullitan'- Alley.
Yesterday morning about . or 3
O'Clock. Nicholas Guss. c0l0red man
from Danville or Halifax county. WIS
knocked i'm the head IN che house in au
alley running from Ninth To- Tenth
street. between Byrd and Arch streets.
The first intimatiOn % any one that any
trouble had occurred was finding Guss
lying in box car on tine Richmond
and Danville railroad yesterday NOM
ing. in Manchester. by Policeman Smith.
When found Guss was scarcely able
30 talk. The car was empty aud was in
the railroad yard IN Manchester. As
well as he could he told Policeman
Smith that bee came TO Richmond for
the purpose of working on the Rich
mOnd. Fredericksburg and Potomac
and IL chmOud and Petersburg rail-
road connection or BELT line now being
constructed west of Richmond and in
Chesterfield county.
When the wounded man was dis
covered. ho was az once conveyed To-
the Office Of DR.. Ingram, where the
wounds were dressed. 10 was found
i'm the examination of the wounds that
there we've several severe bruises over
the head. number Of bruises about
the body, and the left arm broken
above the elbow. He was. 1t was
thought. also injured internally.
In conversation with the chief of the
Manchester police force. Captain Lips
comb, Guss stated that he was attacked
in the house IN the alley above men
toned by number of colored men.
The name of the place is Sulhvan's al-
ley. and 1t Is very uus0V0ry nelghb0r-
hood.
Coming over to Richmond. Captain
Lipscomb paid visit to Sullivan
alley. There he found the wounded
mans hat and hickory stick one and
a quarter inches I'm diameter. with tn.
bark badly battered, showing that Sc.
we're blows had been dealt with DO.
Captain Lipscomb carried the hat
and stick TO Manchester lie made
further inquiries, and learned from the
wounded man that while I'm the house
IN the alley hc was struck by his assall- .
ants with q stick. lie could not tell in
conversation how he got 20 Manchester.
One conjecture was that he came over
the Free bridge and then got into the
car. lie did not know the names of his
assalants.
In the meanwhile the police Of the
Second station had heard of the affair
and were on the alert. Sergeant Brooks
and Policeman Wilkinson soon worked
up the case. They found that the
wounded mau had another name that
of Nicholas Harris. The woman az the
house, who was probably the cause Of
the whole affair. was very reticent. but
Policeman Wilkinson did not have q
great deal OF trouble in getting at the
names of the men engaged i'm the
assault.
G.. ID. Trainham, a coiored man. who
was arrested az the Richmond Paper
Mill. cornerof Arch and Eighth streets
acknowledged. i'm conversation. that he
and two other men were at the house in
Sullivan Is alley when the wounded man
bombarded 1t with stones and bricks.
The trio ran out after him. and he
(Trainhaml struck Guss or Harris with
the hickory stick.
John jackson. another cOlored man.
Vas subsequently arrested for COM
phcity ia the affair. Later on Isaac
Chandler lcOloredl was arrested for
being in the party of three who dam-
aged the wounded man so severely.
Guss, or Harris. was taken % the Sec
ond Police-stauon, and from there in
the ambulance TO the city hospital.
where he is being attended TO. If he is
able TO be out tomorrow morning he
will testify IN the Police Court. and the
whole matter Will then be ventilated.
Ii was difficult To- determine yester- ,
lay whether the skull was fractured or !
not. Trainham told Sergeant Brooks
hat lac struck the wounded man with
4 large hickory stick. and that jackson
md Chandler threw the stones at him.