The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-30

Correspondence of the Republican.
WIaaINs, W. Va, Sept. 18th, 1884,
Our circuit court which adjourned {
few days ago cleared the crlmina
docket committing five men to tn,
Penitentiary for shooting with inten
to kill, and murder. The most i'm
portant of these was the sentencing oil
Brown Pack for nine years for killing
Riley Armstrong GHlnton's rown Ser
geant In an alteration growing out oil
Packs refusing to pay dog tax.
The annual statement OF the expendi
lures OF Summers county published
shows that our County Commissioners
(three In number) received four dol
lars each for looking after tho interests
OF the county during the year 1890. Nc
matter how many sessions OF the
court are held they are only allowed
by law that sum.
Two good citizens Of Hinton were
the victims Of a railway accident last
week. King Law, q worthy quiet and
industrious colored man, in endeavor-
ing to cross the railway at the upper
Hinton crossing with his team, was
run Into by the yard shifting engine,
upon the pilot of which was William
Bolin, track walker King Law and
Bolln were instantly killed, their bod
les being horribly mangled. Mr.. Bo-
lin had been in the employ of the rail-
way company for twenty yeers. Both
men were owners of real estate in Hin
ton. and leave wives and children.
The new railway depot In Hinton Is
rapidly approaching completion, and
will be qnite an ornament to the city.
spent Wednesday last with VIM
Richmond on New River, six miles be-
low me, Being in fast failing health
he had sent for me to draw his will.
Mr.. Riohmond's life has been an event
full one, and during the war although
not in the regular army had many
hair breadth escapes. His old father
was one day hailed bya stranger VIII o
asked to be ferried over the river and
while the old man was plying HIS pad
die in mid stream, two men in COM
pany with the one who asked for ferri-
age rose from ambush and shot him,
but he not being killed outright, man
aged with his remaining strength to
reach his side Of the river, where he
died in the arms of his son William.
The murderers We're bushwacking
farmers, neighbors of their victim and
bettir enemies On account OF his 10y
atty. After the old mans death his
sons were compelled to seek safety by
hiding in caves in the mountain near
their home.
The bushwackers had been in the
habit OF capturing Union men, and
then in some secluded spot shooting
them and leaving them to be buried by
whoever found them.
Upon one occasion William Rich
mond was captured by party OF vii.
iams mounted rebel home guards,
one OF whom compelled him to mount
behind him, and in lonely part of the
river road his captor said, 81 am tired
OF carrying you, II you will get off |
will fire my gun at random and you
can take to the bush, and will tell the
captain killed you" Richmond. who
wasa powerful man, remembering that
Just at that point they had shot and
killed one OF his friends, made up his
mind to kill Mr.. Rebel, SO drawing his
hunting knife. which he had hitherto
concealed, seized his captor by the
neck, and drawing him backwards,
cut his throat from ear to ear, jumped
to the ground, seized the airline which
fell from the dead mans grnsp and
fled to the mountain, where he hid
until he could join the Union forces.
His herculean strength, deeds OF
daring, and wonderful escapes, earned
for him the sobriQuet of "Wild Bill. "
1t is said he fearfully avenged his fa-
theirs death. Mr.. Richmond has filled
quite a number of important offices
in his time and now Is one Of the COM
missioners of Raleigh County.
When first came to thiscounty (Sum.
mers) there were but two houses wheI Q
Clinton now stands, old fashioned,
with huge stone chimnies. The one
which until now was used as an Office
by the yard master of the railway
company. was torn down last Wednes-
day, not log by log and stone by stone,
but by heavy charge of dynamite,
which tore 1t all TO p eces at one blast.
For wit and humor few can beat The
editor of the Banner at Billville,
Georgia. In his last issue he SAYS:
I'VE have said all we are going to say
about the Confederate Home Bill. II
the State won't support US our wife
will" ....
NO man can tell what's In store for
him. Ten years ago we didn't have n
dollar In the world. Now we've got
So, and wife and seven children"
Note now. how he hits the churches
who pay their pastors little or nothing
when he says: Our preacher closed
his first year on the olrcdlt yesterday,
and was paid in full. He received a
black beaver, two pair OF pants. linen
buster and 81. God help us ALL"
W. b. w.