Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-30
THE DEATH WATCH.
HENRY COLEMAN TO BE HANGED FRI
DAY FOB MURDER.
The colored Laborer-Uniavorable Cotton
Outlook" Tom Moore" Remembered
Cansd-Hail-storm- $4,000
Damage Suit.
Correspondence OF the Richmond DsDatch.l

rcorrospondonce OF the Richmond DIsDatch.l
NORFOLK. Nav 90, 1889.
The preparations FOR the execution OF Henry
Coleman are all completed. and the murderer
OF old man Grant the dalryman will swing
at noon on Friday. The galows has
been erected In the southwest corner OF the
county jail-yard. in Portsmouth, and the
ropes are those used IN the double execution
at Beliield. in Greenesville, few weeks
AGO. The death watch was set Yesterday
by order OF the County Court, and no COM
municatlou is allowed with the prisoner eX-
cept by the Jailer and Sheriff. Throngs OF
people visit the iail-yard every DAY TO view
the grim implement OF execution. IL IS
thought m attempt was made 10 poison The
murderer on Monday. some one sent him
lot Of fried fish for breakfast. He ate hearti-
ly aud violent pains and vomiting followed,
and TWO physicians were called IN 10 relieve
him.
The pea and berry season has closed and
the thousands Of colored pickers- men,
women. aud chldren-Imported from other
parts OF Virginia and North Carolina are
hurrylng home with well-dlled pufses. 1t
would be hard TO get along in the market
gardening belt without the col0red laborers.
CheY swarm out to the truck-larms IN the
early morning. crack q day TO
gather any crop that may be moving. They
work by the piece. getting paid by the
quart. box. or barrel Oi produce they han
die. This work is generally oil completed
at noon, and the hands are paid on INN aud
there. They do not wish n work in the
afternoon. The farmers don't want them
in TIE afternoon, so both sre satisfied. II
the trucker was compelled TO give oil his
hands employment all day long. "a ne would
hsye to do With white labor, 1t would work
against his interts sts very much.
Adyices received by the cOtton.men here
state that the dry weather In the cotton belt
tTibutory 20 Norfolk continues, causing
much unessiness at the uufayorable outlook.
Yesterday the anniversary Of the birthday
Of Tom Moore wss appropriately celebrated
by the Avoca Club at their seaside club
house, near Ocean View.
Rev. T.. G.. Jones. ID. d., pastor OF the
First Baptist church here, is the recipient of
a handsome gold headed cane from his for
mer congregation at Nashville, Tenn.
CAPTAIN Isaiah Cain was buried to-day.
| The lass OF the steamboats, and transporta-
tion lines were at haf-mast until tue fu-
neral
On Monday night a violent hail-storm
swcnt over the Albemarle sound section,
doug great damage TO the growing crops.
/ Cotton was totally destroyed on several
| farms.
The administrator Of Miss Lucrece Elan.
nan. VINO wss drowned IN the ferrJ-dock In
| Berkley while trying TO board a steamer, has
entered suit for Sl0,00 against the city Of
| Portsmouth and Norfolk county.
| All the Republican clubs, white and black,
Of Norfolk, are iortiiylng Mayor Banks for
the coilectorship with resolutions.
I W.lfpu uffCn
! states navy, Of Annapolis, is visiting Nor
folk.
The wrecklng,steamer Victoria Peed left
| TO-DAY for the wreck OF the sch ooner Viola
| ~. Burton, on Big hiunakeot beach.
The schooner ANNIE VI. Estclle, from the
| RappahannOck river TO Wilmington, y. G.,
with A cargo ~ corn, arrived to-day in dis
tress, having been in a squall of Cape Look
out and lost her sails, rigging, aud spurs.
The wreckers returned from the Kappa
| hammock river to-day, having hOated the
schOouers Centuriap and Alice Hodges, and
left FOR the NansemoRd river to 1oat the
! schooner Rising sun.
Parties from the London Bridge section OF
! Princess Anne report considerable excite
ment among the people over the feeling that
tue ire was Of incendary origin that destroy
I'd Rev +. e. Clarke, three Of his children,
and his niece.
A coIored man WHO lived on the farm oc'
cupied by Mr.. Clarke had not paid his rent
! and WAS In the habit OF burning the fence.
around the place. Mr.. Clarke demonstrated
with bim and finally ordered him to move
This man is suspected. Miss Bldgood state,
positively that there was no fire IN the
| stchen.room, as she examined the stove be-
fore she retired. Its supposed the house
was fired from the outside between ID,
! kitchen aud the main building. While The
main house was burned to the ground pOr'
ton OF the rear part Of the kitchen was left
standing.