The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-24
PAID DEATHS PENALTY.
SCOTT BISHOP SWUNG TO 4 TREE
FOR 4 BRUTAL CRIME.

Mr.. Hugh Uammock's Murderer Victim of
Judge Lynch-HorribIe Death OF James
Hatch, of Norfolk-Faial CapsizinS of
Schooner In York Bivcr-yirginia Affairs.
PrrERsBuEo. VA. Feb. 23-lSpecial. The
details OF the assault on Mr.. Hugh Ham,
mock, near Blackstone. some days ago. by
negro man named Scott Bishop, and OF Mr
Hammock's subsequent death, which oc-
Cured on Friday Of the past week, have al
ready been published in THE TINES After
robbing Mr. Hammock Of $50, Bishop
pulled of fence rail. with which he dealt
his victim fearful blow on the head, crush
ing his skull, and left the aged man lying IN
the road in an unconscious condition
A few days after the assault AID robbery
Mayor Young. OF Blackstone, offered a re-
ward OF two hundred dollars for Bishop
arrest. and ever since then large number 81
men have been searching IN every direction
for the fugitive Saturday night Bishop was
arrested az Rldgeway a station Oh the haclsh
and Castor railroad about forty miles from
Weldon He was in bed asleep when he
was capturcd by Officer MaXey. the
town sergeant Of Blackstone. Bishop was
hanncuffed and brought 10 blackstone yesier-
day morning. and all day long there was great
excitement in that usually quiet little town.
Bishop acknowledged that he assaulted Ham
mock and implicated "a white man named
Hugh Wells Bishops statement was that he
and Wells divided the money which was stolen
of Hammock, and that he (I}lshOp) won VOLS
part al a game Of cards. Wells denied that
he had any part in the assault on Mr. Ham
mock. and upon proving an alb was
discharged. Open threats were made during
the day Of lynching Bishop, and that the
prisoner would be the victim OF much
violence that night was very apparent As
soon as IT became known thai Bishop had
been arrested and brought TO Blackstone
large crowds # people began to gather there
from all sections of NOttoway county. and 10y
nightfall there was al immense crowd IN the
town.
II was the intention of the officers to send
Bishop 10 Petersburg on one Of the coal trains
last night for safe keeping, but the mob was
50 great and in such a frenzy OF eXclt5ment
fhat ID was not thought safe 70 make Inc Al
TEMPT lie was therefore kept IN custody
until about 4 o'clock this morning, when
he was taken from the officers BY
large body Of masked mon and carried 10
point about half a mile from Blackstone,
where he was hanged to the limb Of a white
oak tree about TWENTY-FIVE Yards from the
railroad track The mob was deaf 10 the APP
peals of the murderer for mercy Bishop had
served a term of sixteen years IN the penlten-
tary for murder.
Mr. II. +. Lee a wcll-known citizen of
Prince George. and Miss A. \. Hair, OF the
same county were married day or two ago
Rev. Mr.. Hart oficated The marriage cere-
mony was followed by a reception, which was
largely attended.
At a meeting Of the veSry Of St Pauls
Episcopal church, held yesterday afternoon,
il was decided to extend n call 10 Rev. }. c.
Jones Of Georgia to the rectOrship of the
&hpnbp~l 1 RlgnHfOYI
Mr.. Jones was the former rector of this
church and left for Georgia few months
ago.
The quarterly meeting Of the Methodist
Sunday School Union Association of this city
was held Yesterday afternoon at the Washing
tOn-street Methodist Episcopal church The
exercises consisted of singing Rotations and
reading of reports from the several schools
About half-past o'clock last night the
front part of the crOwn-sheet OF the iire-hoX
of locomotive No. l56 on the Norfolk and
Western railroad, blew out Just rs It reached
the iron bridge, on the outside Of the corpor-
ate limits At the time of the occurrence the
locomotive was pulling a tram of gOndolas
loaded with coal and was en- route for Norfolk.
Strange to say, the explosion, which was
heard for distance of a mile or more, did
not cause the locomotive to leave the track.
At the time of the explosion the train was
being showed up the grade by a shifting loco
motive. The engineer, Mr.. Clifford Shanks,
escaped uninjured. but Mr.. Il. W Beasley,
the fireman. was very seriously scalded about
the legs. arms and neck
The Hastings Court of Petersburg, Judge
d. NJ. Bernard presiding will meet pursu-
ant 10 adjournment tomorrow morning,
when the case of the Commonwealth
against Paul Young, a well-known young man
of this city, charged with the shooting and
killing of Robert Gillian (colored), will be
called for trial.
Yesterday morning two cars of a south
bound freight train on the Petersburg and
Weldon railroad jumped the track at Car
sons. short distance from Stony
Creek station. and the track was badly
the north-bound passenger train was
detained at Stony Creek depot three hours
and a half. Captain Frank Cunningham. the
well-known singer of Richmond, favored the
passengers during their detention at the sta
ton with some popular hymns.