Richmond planet., 1894-06-09
RsV. Evans Payne Indicted.
All About a Boy. The El
der Defended a Woman.
PETTY SPITE THE CAUSE.
A Statement of the Case. What
the Divine Says.

the Divine Says.
The grand jury OF the Hastings Court
of the city of Richmond on last Monday
indicted Rev. Evans Payne, pastor OF
the Fourth Baptist Church. This
action was taken at the instigatioD
of white man, an officer who while off
duty arrested a colored boy for throw
ing rocks, and then after assaulting Miss
Mary Norman, colored, swore out
warrant against her for resisting police
officer in the discharge of his duty.
Rev. Payne who witnessed the affair
testified that he saw the officer kick and
assault Miss Norman. The case was
certified to the Hastings Court and the
officer proceeded to secure white men
from the car-shed to testify that he did
not kick or maltreat her.
He did not stop here but went before
the grand jury and secured the Elders
indictment.
ministers in tSe state. He is q Christian
gentleman, upright and honest in his
dealings and his Indictment caused no
end of surprise and much Indignation.
he is a member of the Ministers Confer
ence, Virginia Baptist State Convention
president ,of the People Relief Associa-
ton and pastor of one of the largest
| Baptist Churches in the state. He bears
| an irreproachable character and his
| veracity has never been before called in
l to question. In order to more fully un-
| derstand the situation last Tuesday we
called upon Elder Payne at his residence
| and he made the following statement:
| On May 9th about O'Clock in the
| morning. heard Mary White say that
a white man had carried a colored boy
into the street-car shed to telephone fol-
the patrol wagon. In q few minutes
saw a white man coming out with the
boy and stood at the corner three ol
four minutes before any one approached
| saw Mrs. Smith go there as IL to see i
it was her son and STOP In few sec
onds another woman came with Ions
slat bonnet. She was asking the DO,
about what he was doing. She wa
talking to the man, who was an office
attired in citizens clothes entreating hin
J to release the boy. He turned ava.
from her as if refusing to grant her N
quest.
She then cried aloud and this attracte
about 20 or % persons consisting most
ly of school children
When this lady cried out q good
? number of persons came to my door an
advised them to stay away from ther
> as that might be an officer in citizen
clothes.
Just as 1 was about to go over an
advise them TO stay away just then
: saw the officer make a rush in the GRO "
and he rushed up to Mary Norman wh
was then about or 10 feet from hin
He caught her in the collar, ierked h'
violently and kicked her.
II When he grabbed Mary Norman tt
, crowd scattered in all directions, the Ii
tie children knocking each other dow
screaming and following. l then wei
over there and the noise attracted Il
white men from the car-shed. l advis'
, the crowd to go away and they wei
away and returned home. That w,
n the end of it so far as it occurred th
day. In going my rounds l saw Ma
Norman, and she said that she was
appear at the court the next morning
The officer who turned out to be n
3 Baker says he saw this boy Beale thrC
l. rocks at Moody, for which he arrests
IL him and carried him to the shed to te
y. phone for the patrol wagon when the
colored people, including Mary Norm
attempted to take his prisoner frC
him, using abusive language.