The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-16

trouble and that Harris and spo,swood
were arrested on information; that the
affair lasted from twenty minutes TO a
half hour.
Policeman John : Tolman was the
mex, witness, he testified that when he
went out on the nieht that the difficulty
occurred. hc saw a large crowd following
Policeman Kelley. who had Coleman in
charge. and that when MI Kelley and
the prisoner got 10 the station-house
the latter resisted and both fell TO The
floor in the scuilie which ensucd: that he
then came up AID the prisoner was
taken inside and locked up. that when
he went down there were fifty or more
negroes assembled in The street yelling
come ON boys ROW is our time
Mr. Sam pcrdue stated that while on
Twentieth street near the scene he heard
p big fuss and went 20 see what the mat
ter was. and that Andrew Spotswood had
ms pockets full of stones. when he was
throw inc at Policeman Saunders the
only officer he saw at the time.
sam Harris stated that he was up I'm
The cluh-rOom when he heard the noise
I'm the street. and went ont and followed
The crowd TO the siaiion-h house. and that
Nirrio Coleman was arrested on Main
street between Seven. zenith and Eigh-
icenih. and that he had. when arrested q
large stick in his hand.
y. Driscoll testified that he was pres
cnt. and that the crowd was very un-
ulv mob. and that they resisted the
police in the discharge of their duties
That Mr. Kelly had hold of one man,
who the rest OF the mob were trying 10
ihcratc.
Here the counsel for the defense asked
the witness If he got hurt. lie replied
that he did not get hurt. but that one
negro tried 10 hit him, wnen he told him
that If he did De would Kill him, and that
hc rushed into the crowd and pushed the
negro of from the officer
Wiley Gruhhs said that he saw Harris
when he struck Mr Richardson, and the
prisoner said be would whip every man
on the force.
j Thompson. p colored man, testified
that he saw Booker Harris and Moses
Owens on the night Of the disturbance:
that he was in the crowd. attempting TO
assist thc police. when he was struck
twice with rocks; that he kept out of
the mob. and would not have gone i'm
again for ten dollars. for de rocks was
falling too fast that he saw Booker have
hold of the policeman club
John Riley testified that he saw Police
man Kelley struggling with one of the
prisoners, and That Booker Harris hit
him in the mouth with rock"
Policeman Saunders testified 10 about
the same as those whose evidence pre-
coded him
Mr. J. W Southwark, sheriff of Hen
rico, Deputy Sheriff T. c. Gum, and
several others. testified materially the
same as above, except as to the number
of persons in the crowd, which was esti- .
mated at all the way from fifty TO five
hundred.
Al o'clock the evidence was con-
Guided, and Colonel SpotsWood led the /
argument for the Commonwealth. fol- /
lowed by Beveridgc and jackson for the .
defense. At half past seven the jury
took charge of the cases and returned q .
verdict that Booker Harris, Andrew .
NpotSwood and Nirgie Coleman should .
each he given six months i'm Jail, with q
fine of s. each and ordered 10 pay costs
Moses Owens. who stated that he was /
drunk and did not know anything about
The affair, was given fhree months in
Jail with fine of 50 and costs
Motion 20 set aside the verdict and
grant theprisOner a new trial was argued
and Overruled.