Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-25
SIX MEN MURDERED.
MORE THAN THE USUAL NUMBER OF
CRIMES NEAR RICHMOND.
TITO u.nr,co aud Chesterfield Jsiis Hold
PRISONERS Charged with such Omcnces--
Thrce Others Are Wanted.

Murders in and around Richmond arc
usnallv OF rare occurrence. but within the
last few months at least six persons nave
without warning been ushered INTO
another world. Most of these crimes IL IN
true. were committed in adjoining couh-
ties. but two OF the victims were siam 10
the city. One of tho alleged murcerers -
confined in the Iienuco bastilc and one Is
languishing behind prison bars III Ches'
terrified. Two men charged with murder
are wanted IN Richmond, and the hehrico
authorities would like very mucn 20 ge'
hold of a fellow charged with similar or
fence.
about n murderer that makes him Vt once
,o,crcst.no and notorious. WheI. ques-
toned by the reporters he VIII sweetly
snile and refer YOU to his attorney, AZ ne
Mandy remarks; My lawyer says
must not talk about it," If what he says
m n general way is quoted the paragraph
is read rs eagerly a. scandal IN nlgh ne
or report Of female baseball game.
rHE cAsE or NICHOLAS.
OF the two men confined in TINS LOCALITY
CHARGED with this serious offence ana a
violation OF one OF the great command
rneuts Philip Norman Nicboias Is bv lar
the most notorious. PhDip Is confined IN
the Henrco lail. and his incarceration IN
that place for the past ~ months mas
greatly changed BIS personal appearance.
Tho crime with which Nicholas IA
charged is q most dasiardly one. II VIII De
remembered by DIsPArCH readers that on
Thursday, December s. 1872. NichQlhS. IN
company with James Mills and Judson
Wilkinson, left his home Tor the alleged
puruose OF rohbiug bec-tree. They lived
m UIcurico. near Lorraine, on James riYcr.
and to get 10 the beo-tree had 20 cross the
Ilvcr.
nthc afternoon Nicholas returned home
alone. lie was very wet. and sad that the
boat IN which he and hlS companions were
crossing the stream had sprung LEAK ana
SINK. al three OF them beng precipltateu
into the icy waters. lie managed to save
himself, but Mills and MliklnsOh were Doth
drowned. e.,
N,cho.as vas arrested and charged with
Tho murder. Nills's wife admitted her III
fimacy with the accused and stated that
he had asked her II she would 1--we WIN
mm If Mills was ont the wav. 1he Com
monwoalth think they have strong case
AGAINST the man. HIS trial las been post
poncd from time 70 time, and the case VIII
not again come up until the october term
ot the Heurico Circuit Court.
Nlcholas when arrested was very
,ourh.lookinc customer. His prison life
has greatly improved his appearance and
BE- would hardly be recognized now as
tie man brought hero by two police OIL
Gers and a D..pArcH reporter az \. VI.
SUNDAY. December 18th. last When first
arrested Nicholas talked in quite ram
bling way about the crime. HIS face Is
not a good one and there Is q rowing rest
lc,,nese about bis eyes that makes his
cNt.rossion ans thing but pleasant. It's al
most impossible 10 catch AIs eyes when
IN conversation with HIM. HIS alleged
ATTEMPT 10 break out OF the Henrico JAN
recently has again brought HIM before
tle public.
KILLED A oNF-ARMFD STRANGER.
The other man charged with the crime
Of which Cam was the originator ls James
lynch. who Is now living ut the expense
OF Chesterfield. ON ,IHday morning.
April +. 1893. the dead body OF one
armed stranger was found IN a branch On
the side Of the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad about milo beyond Chester.
The county authorities We're notified, and
tb- inquest tha' followed revealed the
fac, trat the Mau. ln COMPANY WIN "a
tramp. was ~ the village OF Chester the
d.v bc.Jro ana that Doth had lett and
gone u The direction of the point at
Vicl the body was found. The jury ;
verdict was tAat the man was murdered.
Ie.criDtiNe t-lr-raWs OF the man last
seen WIN tine murdered stranger Were sent
IN every direction. and Saturday night
LYNCH was arrested N Bei1'il. lie was
identified as The person la@f seen ,lth the
oncarmod traveller, aud at tao las meet
Do. Of tire grand jury % the county he
WI, indicted for murder. MS ct-c VIII
rDru,. No al th,. next tcrn Of the court.
Iuo man gave the name Of James Lynch
and denies u1s knowledge of tho murder.
He admits b..ur with the man that mght, ,