Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-01
TIE PEODLeR'S MURDERER.
Tom SuiIy Charged with Causing the
Young Germans Death.

Tom Sully. young negro about twenty
years old and of real African hue. was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Sheriff j.
Wilbur Southwark, Of Henrico. on war
rant charging him with in1icting the
blow which caused the death of Sammox
Rosdeitcher.
Sully has been employed for several
wears on the buckingham Of Mr.. Jacob
Feitig. near Oakwood cemetery, where the
young German peddler spent the night on
which he was robbed Of all the money he
had and so severely injured that he never
recovered.
POUND IN THE CoBs-FIEID.
When the Sheriff went ont TO Mr Fei-
tig's farm he found Sully IN the corn-held
and proceeded 1T once TO arrest him. The
young negro was very nervous aud did not
ask what ne was wanted for. but stood still
for several minutes and trembled like a
leaf
The prisoner denied all knowledge Of the
CT ne. and undertook 70 explain his where
abouts on the night that the offence was
committed-July 2d-but he was rather in
coherent and contradictory. He said.
however, that he was in Richmond with
another cOlored youth named John. and
that they spent some time about the hobby
horses near the Chesapeake and Ohio
depot.
Mr.. Feitig told the officer that the ac-
cused rarely ever went off the place eX-
cept on Sunday. but on the night of this
occurrence he did go away and did not re-
turn until 8 o'clock next morning.
HAD FALSE KEY.
The Sheriff and Mr. Feitig searched Sui
lv's room and among MS effects found q
bright new key which was found TO ft the
monev-drawer of Mrs. Fetig. from which
considerable sums of cash have been miss
cd and at frequent intervals.
As vet there is but little evidence against
the accused and this is purely circumstan-
tial. The one thing that has most strongly
directed suspicion TO Sully is the lavish
manner in which be is known to have
spent money Just after the young Ger
man lost his funds. The officer learned
that most Of Sully's salary is paid TO his
father and he never receives much at a
time himself. His explanation. therefore,
OF how he came to be IN possession of so
much money was not satisfactory to the
Sheriff.
Will INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
Mr. Southward will 90 to work on the
case to-day with renewed vigor, and after
learning all that he can about how and
where Sullv spent his money he will 90
out TO the farm again and look in the hay
where the peddler slept to see If any III
strument can be found or if there Is any
blood hidden from sight. The Sheriff re-
grets that the attention of the county au-
thorities was not drawn to the case sooner.
but hopes even now to solve the mystery
and secure the punishment of the guilty
party.
Sully, who had not employed counsel
late Yesterday afternoon. Will be taken be-
fore Justice Atlee, who issued the warrant
for his arrest, at II o'clock tomorrow
morning. but there is very little proba-
bility that an examination will be gone
into then.
one singular thing about the case is the
fact that at bedtime on the fateful night
Rosdeitcher's horse was grazing down in
the meadow. and when Mr. Feitig got up
next morning TO 60 TO market the animal
was tied near where its owner was, as Mr.
Feitig supposed. asleep.
Rosdeltcher will be remembered ~ the
Young man who was arrested here several
wears ago on the charge OF passing coun-
terfeit notes in Pennsylvania. and he was
taken before Judge Hughes on q writ OF
hdleds corpus and discharged. Judge Wad-
dill and Mr.. William Fiegenheimer were
his counsel