Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-04
RI1MOR OF A MURDER
oreosrep HORRIBLE CRIME PRO-
eAsl Y ACCIDENTAL DROWNING
,oon tho Rivcr- Banh and Dirds
Feast Upon the nodS-stors ora
CeIored Fisherman.

.,.,o.o was rumor in quiet circulation
-,ho lover part Of the city yesterday that
:" had been tod 20 a tree and stabbed
..5o.,h near Daybreak Landing, about
niles below Richmond, and that the
.l. of tho air we're teasting upon his
,1, The story had it thas the crime was
united several weeks ago and that
,..rmrnts Of the body were now visible
,.,r, Inc channel Of the river.
intelligence reached the cara Of one
.f.ta BrIATcR reporters early IN the
..+,r,,n. who upon inquiry found thaV
re Barney Frischkorn, OF benFlco;
~ '.o heard the appalling report anu
cont 20 proceed 10 make an inVesu-
The reporter az once joined the
go and ACCOMPANIED him on hls
II was learned that captain
..-. Clghill. Of the government Iauhch
lad cen some portions OF the reihhlhs
''....nr up and down the riyer' ana me
'.... and the scribe soon fouhd the
,..-.,. 10 his home, IN Fulton.
Tx cArrAIS's STATEMENT.
,....d that he had been told by man
Ibrockmort0n that Robert WHIT
t' r'l,red fisherman. had stated to
ia, be Whitmorc) tied tho body at
'. referred to. He further said that
,1 observed something upon the nank
.. -,,rr. Just below Drewrvs Biun,
,.1r tho point mentioned, Wn,cn
..! Ike a lot OF old c'othSs' anu tlat
.I, them he observed something
.., ,br bIp-bone OF man. Cap
,.,l-l knew nothing more regarding
g.. matter. .
rFD THF BODY HIhsELF.
-o.ured Souire and his news
-..uuanlon set out 70 hnd Whit
inns was no hard task, a the col
.,,..r Was a. hiss home. on Nicholson
r' -I., the visitors reached there.
almost amusing 20 hear the old
il eli Ia. story. his dialect being de-
,I..Df the old-tlms negro. He said
.., seven weeks ego when
.,- rowing down 10 the blum
t.. Hat be- saw the Douy OF
f.,,r. ID, ue was about nj DayDreaK
III lalked around, and seeing a
'I.'..-' ..,. rio shore, called 10 hlm 10
N-. -,...s thc corpse fast on land.
u.s. not know the man who
...t drag the body 10 the bank,
... s. .e .aId. tied the dead man to
..r..I BIS unknown assistant pro-
.,tv The county authorities of
.4.r f.e negro fisherman then went
,,'....y. lat the next day saw the re,
.. ..-. where be had left them, ana
...rr Sir. Charles Friend told MN
.I.. t.lrs the man from the river, ana
s...r U,,. .lrepOrl 10 10 some OF the eouD-
Or ...-.
.I-t rEEE TWO wErKs LATER.
r....r.talt Mr.. Friend did not, how
49, r.I. fhe AFFAIR known, and two
,. .-, when Mhitmore passed the
'.- Id. -..e. t1at the romans wore beng
,...gr.. ur the buzzards. This was about
s..a't.r old negro seemed 70 know.
.. .ug to the Squire, Nhltmore IN
....t.... remarked that while talking tOa
t......tcr man one day he was informed
...-r.. fellow from across the Tiyer ned
..-.tr IroibcrIu-law VINO had been MISS
-.-t.r some weeks, and that 1t was proba-
t.rI. q,tY was drowned. / he darkY asked
r..t-.rt ~ an individual tins brotner-in-
I.-, F..ald was told that he was rather
.-...,.t. WhltmOre says that he
...r came 10 the conclusion That the
. -... winch hc took from the water was
,.>. - another. "a It was OF small-sta-
rrrtl man. and though he could not tell
d.. color le supposed the deceased was
white. The body. he said. was very poorly
cad and he knew that there was no watch
o- money about his clothes. Whltmore
e.-.-.t uis auditors that he observed no
,.....ol violence upon the body, though
f... was "a Clafed place across the throat,
o.. .-mably caused by the rubbing OF the
.r.-.n..ar.
I'D. u-harman's narrative was given IN
STRAIGHTFORWARD and unhesltatlng way,
ans tl. natural presumption IS that tho
,.n e4me 10 his death by drowning,
though Justice frischkOrn will make
thorough examination and ascertain why
o.. matter was not promptly reported.