Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-23
N TIE APP0MATT0X
rvo GANGS or NEGROES HAVE \
LIVELY FREE FIGHT.
Inc Nan Vcatcn Almost 10 Death
Result of u Tcud-Scriousiy Hurt
D., FniI-h Runaway Accident
General Notes.

-TERsBURG. VA. July 22.-(speciaD
4 gro named Isaac Wright was almost
? ION 10 death 20 late hour on SAL
o. 80 night during fight near Butter
, this bridge. at the extreme southern
l...i Of the city. The condition Of the
aHrcd man to-day Is such tha' MS
dances Tor living are very smaH.
Asa result OF this Gght eleven or twelve
l.rrocs were lodged Boz jail to-day some
q them having been brought there
handcuned. and all OF shcm charged with
selouious assault. a negro named ARMS
.ead Tucker is supposed 20 have struck
.be urob,lv fatal blow q seems that
,etvecu Wrsht and Tucker there has
sor some time existed trouble. which
gradually became impaired 70 their re-
.rective friends. ana partook Of the ma
tare of fcud. ON Saturday night the
i,o rrlucpa! parties had some words
aI thc Sew Market and towards mid
.-lt. accompanied by their respective
l,uIs. uey met and fought near But
t.-.ar,l's bridge The TWO parties num-
...4 ID .ool-sized crowd. and for time
r.. ncht i- sli1 TO have been very lively,
s...fA of the participants being more
OIL JOSS injured. The only person left on
OIL. hcll. however. was Isaac Wright.
I- morning Chlef-Of-POlica Parkinson
U notified Of the arrest En- Dinwiddie
nty Of Tucker and four Of Hrs
Ir.tUrrs. charged with the wlrderous as
90. and the Chief and Serg ant erich
.a went out and brought them To the
here. Subsequently the same officers
-tod six other negroes on the same
barge. II is hard 10 get at the facts
.. thc case. but these may be developed
50 the examination before the Mayor.
PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENT.
.,r Morton Archer. wc--known young
.zrn of Fifth Ward. residing on Pine
.,Ioat. was found at an early hour sun
ly morning beneath the railroad bridge
rer Gin street I'm very disabled con-
.l1u. His right hip was broken and
81. was found to bee otherwise bruised and
Internally injured. This bridge is on the
itlutic-COast Line. Mr.. Archer thinks
.s must have been struck by the south
.0and Atlanta special but 10 may have
3acu that no. ZEN from the bridge. No
hing definite is known IN The matter
save that Mr.. Archer is very seriously
iurt
DEATH OF \ VENERABLE LADY.
8lrs A. T. orr, the venerable relict Of
flames orr. died yesterday at her resi-
3cnce. on Marshall street. AGED 3 years
SIZE was born in this city on the pa of
January. 1914 and lived from birth until
ieath in Petersburg She leaves eight
.hildren-all az whom are grown and
most Of them married.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
The contract for painting ana frescoing
the ceiling Of the new 81. Josephs Catho-
lie church was to-day awarded % the
Northrop Company, OF Pitisburg' ia.
There were several Petersburg bidders
for the work. bot the bill Of the Pittsburg
firm was at least 900 lower than that Of
any Of the local bidders.
PAINFUL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Dr. John r. Chappen. residing in the
southern portion OF the city, is one Of
our Oldest ana best known physicians
Yesterday while he was driving down
Halifax street his horse took fright and
an away. subsequently upsetting the
lmper IN which the Doctor was riding,
rowing him out and very severely IN
u-'rC him. Fortunately no bones were
.to'.cn.
a NEGRO SWINDLER.
a negro. who gave his name as Joseph
Cooper was sent 10 jail for ninety days
trfs morning on the charge Of robbery.
Dr. seems that Cooper professed TO the
f-uorant people Of his race that he was
"a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS agent TO bring pros
usritv TO an who would follow his advice.
ln this particular case the victim was
90 colored woman in Blandford named
Mary HarCrove. The "diVinely-appointed
Cooper went 70 her house ana
., IMPRESSED her by his appear
auce and his words that she did what
hr babe her in order TO secure
th. promised prosperity" She brought
out nor Bible. and all the money she
had $50. and placed them on table she
turned her back 10 them and reNerently
knelt upon the floor, where she was TO
remain until hidden 70 rise She waited
long time. and when she got up She
found the neutrality-suspicious. agent
gone and her money missing The pro-
csedin,gs I'm the Mayors Court this morn
ing tell the sequel. and shows how east
d. Ignorant people can BE- deceived.
THE LETTER CARRIERS PROSPECT.
AIR Jackson G. Bishop. a lctter-carrier
~ This city cas- exclusively published IN
fia DISPATCH. is one Of the heirs To an
state valued at 100000. left IN Eng
land bv his grandfather II Mr.. Bishop
can prove his relationship h may become
-~Woraire and the richest man IN
F.,.rsburS.
PERSONAL. AND GENERAL.
SIR r.. $. Beckwith Of this city. has
f.. to Sewanee. Tenn, TO attend the
exercises OF thf I'Ni'''f "
.... where one Of his sons eiadu-
E.. pr. W. G.. Starr, pastor or the
VI. NngiOn-Street Methodist Episcopal
.lreh viii spend the month Oh August
.aly at his vacation
Nr John Watson, son or our toNhs-
Dan. SIR Robert Watson, who leeenuS
81. uatei with honors at the University
Fl virginia. viii become member oil
boo bar 40 this city.
catcher Brennan. Of the petersburg
cam, has been released.
FIRED By LIGHTNING.