Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-26
FOURTH DISTRICT.
CHAIRMAN gLLYsoN HOLDS A MOST
GRATIFYING CONFERENCE.
prou,.s Of a Heavy Vote and Certain Sue
ees,-The Nottoway Outrage Case
Part OF Henrico County.
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PETERSBURG, October %, 1880.
Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, chairman of
tho State Democratic Committee, spent
last night in our city and was present at
the conference OF the county chairmen
and representatives of the Democratic
nartv OF the Fourth district. Every
county was represented. most OF them
by several leaders, and the meeting was
not only most gratifying, but positively
A most enthusiastic one. The reports
received from the several counties were
greatly encouraging and gave promise
OF heavy vote and almost certain sue
cess on the day of election. The spirit
of the people has been aroused, and IFS
refex was shown in the determination
and the hopeful demeanor OF their repre-
sentative leaders.
LANosToS's BoAsTs
John NJ. Langston addressed large
crowd of negroes to-day at Nottoway
Courthouse. He was introduced by
Southall, an oifice-holder in Washington,
who was formerly mail-agent and who
had some trouble with the authorities.
Langston's speech was in the main an
effort devoted to his own self-laudatlon.
He boosted that he would receive larger
number of white Democratic votes than
ony Republican candidate who had ever
run for Congress in this district.
There Is q well.founded rumor that
Colonel James ID. Brady and Langston
are of. The friends Of the coiored can
didate allege that Colonel Brady has per
sistently refused to speak In his behalf,
while he has found time TO go into the
Second district to advocate Bowden's
election. Colonel Brady was counsel for
Janeston in his contest for MIR. Vena-
l)le's seat.
JoHSsoY's CONFESSION.
Walter johnson, the negro who was
brought to this city last night for safe
keeping On the charge OF having crimi-
nally assaulted Mrs. Majors, of Motto
wav county, on the 18th of September,
made full confession this afternoon to
the taller. The following is Johnson's
statement:
"On Friday, September 10Th, l went
bv Mr. T. Il. Warrens house, in Motto
way, looking for work. l went through
the woods near the spring on my way to
the house. When got near the spring
/ saw Mrs. Majors coming to the spring
with bucket in her hand. | waited I'M
til she got to the spring, when L came
out and asked her whether she knew me.
She replied that she did not. / then in
formed her of my purpose then took
q string out of my pocket and tied her
hands behind her, and threw her down
on the ground and put leaves in her
mouth to keep her from hallooing. All
this time she was trying her best to get
away from me, and was trying to make
herself heard She then became quiet,
and whether accomplished my purpose
or not do not know.
MURDER HELP
"At this time the leaves came out of her
mouth and she began to cry murder,
help, and other things and | became
frightened. and leaving her tied aud
living on the ground / fled to the woods,
where L hid for two or three hours. L
then came to Wilson depot and came to
Petersburg, where / stayed all night, and
next day went back to Nottoway county.
On Monday, September Goth, a crowd OF
white people came to the honse OF Isaac
Baskerville, in that county, and thinking
that they had come to lynch me when
they entered the front door went out OF
the back door and made my escape into
the woods, and afterwards hid myself IN
n fodder stack, where L remained all that
night. Next morning at daybreak / LETT
and came straight towards Petersburg,
and had been working at the locks in
Dinwiddie county up to the time when L
was arrested. The stories that have
been telling about negro named John
Jefferson committing the assault are all
lies, as there was no one present but me,
and | alone committed the crime.
he COULDN'T SLEEP.
johnson informed Jailer Williams
when he sent for him to make his con-
fession that he could not sleep until he
had told the truth, and he was compelled
to make confession before he went to
bed. johnson made his statement OF his
own free will and accord and IN cool
and deliberate manner.
NEGRO TRANSFERS.
A curious feature about the registra-
ton to-day wss the fact that the bulk OF
transfers granted to the negroes was TO
the First and Sixth wards-the two large
negro wards of the city.
AN ANCIENT MAP.
Among the papers on file in the Clerks
Office in this city is map OF "Wltten-
town." whose appearance indicates great
age, though it has no date attached to
tell when the map was drawn or by
whom. Wittentown answers to the pres
ent village of Pocahontas, just across
the Appomattox river, and forming a
part OF the corporation of Petersburg.
At the time the map was drawn it censti-
tuted part OF Henrico county. but Its
territory and its name was subsequently
changed by act of the General Assembly.
DEATH oP A wELL-KNowS CoLoRED MAN.
George Fayerman, one of the most
widely-known colored men of this city,
died last night, aged sixty-one years.
He was born in Jamaica, came to this
country in 1865, and had resided In Pc
tersburg for twenty-five years. He was
very active in politics for many years,
and was at one time Republican men,