Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-09
SECOND NEGRO DIES.
ANTHONY MURRAY LINaERs LESS
THAN TwExTY-FouR HOURS.
OFFICER ALVIS PLACED UNDER ARREST
Warrant Charging Him with Kill
Ing the Two -Mortem
Statement of Murray-Inqaest to he
Held To-Day.

dy OF Saturday night. Charles Murray,
the first OF the two shot. died almost in
stantly, but Anthony. though from the
FIRST believed 10 be fatally injured. lin
gered on until Sunday evening at $50
o'clock, wheA he. too. died.
The double funeral was held from the
First African Baptist church Of Manches-
ter yesterday afternoon at o'clock. and
the bodies inferred side by side In the
cemetery for the colored people beyond
Maury Cemetery.
Everything that able physicians could
do was employed. without stint, TO save
Murrays life. but without avail From
the time (at o'clock Saturday night
when he was removed from the spot at
the moment OF his death. DR.. William p.
Mathews was almost continually at his
side. DR.. Mathews remained with him
all night Saturday, and Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock, assisted by DIS. Thomas p.
Mathews and Dorsey J.. Morris, he per-
formed an operation, locating the ball.
The missile, they ascertained, had en-
tered the mans stomach, and had passed
through him, lodging in the muscles OF
the back. Murray was very weak from
loss of blood, and ii was plain enough
that death would come before the day
was gone, so 1t was thought best not to
take the ball out, as this could mean only
an aggravation of his sufferings.
HIS ANTE-MORTEM STATEMENT.
1t was feared that he could not live
through the night on which he was shot,
and Constable George c. Cole, OF Swans
boro', took his ante-mortem statement.
He said. in substance, that on Saturday
night he and his brother had been drink
ing at Mr.. T. l.. Cersley's bar, when Mr..
Avis came in, and Selling his brother
Charles in the collar said: "You are the
man l have been wanting all the evening
and / arrest you' Then he said he
told Mr. Avis that he ought not TO ar
rest Charles, as he had done nothing.
Happening to stoop down at this time
his pistol dropped out of his pocket, and
at this officer Avis drew his own pistol
and fired first on his brother, killing him,
and then. when he demonstrated with
him, he shot him. According to this
statement, ii will be seen that the negro
fixes the shooting of both men in Mr..
Cersley's store, but, as matter OF fact,
the entire disturbance occurred some
pike. During the whole time of the
twenty-five hours that he lived after
being shot, that he was conscious. Muir
ray expressed the most earnest and eager
desire to live, that he might kill Avis.
SCENE OF EXCITEMENT.
Anthony died In the house TO which
Charles Murray had just been carried
ahead Of him a corpse. From the time
that his body and that of the injured
man were taken there until yesterday
afternoon, when the biers took the re-
mains of both away, the rooms OF the
house, the yard, and the square around
were filled with colored people. con-
stantly cries went up for Avis, and the
crisis of the excitement was reached
almost amounting to frenzy, when 1t
became known that two corpses lay in
the house Threats of incendiarism and
violence were on many lips, and for the
hour loss of property. and even loss or
life. seemed imminent Senior-Justice-
of-the- Peace Charles r. Jones swore In
Mr. Thomas Carroll as special police
man In the place of Mr.. Avis, and
eleven private citizens. The Squire also
requested Policeman Alex. s. Wright,
OF the Manchester force, TO report for
duty there. Mr.. Wright remained In
Swansboro until o'clock yesterday
formed by these officers was to lend
their presence TO signify that order
should be preserved and apparently the
threats of burning Swansboro " have
been let pass unnoticed, but 1t was
stated on excellent authority last night
that the names of a dozen or more ne
sroes had been secured, who had been
pronounced in their menacing language.
When the little town has become more
quiet warrants will be sworn out for
their arrest
While IT is true that some of the col
ored people .of Swansboro', especially
the younger men, have behaved thought
lessly and ugly, this is not true about
all. Q. william Moon, the assistant
principal of the Manchester coored
school. and some other Of his race, or
Swansboro and Manchester, have acted
a most commendable part In this UNI
fortunate tragedy. Dominic Moon pos
sesses the respect and esteem OF the
colored people They look up to him
as a man of superior intelligence, but
his conduct, which, throughout, mas
been o. the side with peace and law
and orSer, has been such as TO chal-
lenge the respect of both white and
colored.
HOLD THE INQUEST TO-DAY.
The Coroner's jury, consisting Of C. w.
Eaton, l.. III. Clements, George L. Al
kinson (all white), and Wilson Howiett,
@. William Moon. and e. Nj. Davis aii
colored). summoned by Acting-Coroher
Squire Jones, met Saturday night, put
adjourned over until Sunday morning at
o'clock. Adjournment was then maue
until 10 o'clock yesterday morning Ihe
bodies were viewed by the jury. when IT
was agreed to hold another sitting TINS
morning at IL o'clock at the colored
school-house
rho church at which the double funeral
sarvice was held yesterday was crowdso
bevond its capacity perhaps an hour De-
fore the time at which it was announced
,bat the exercises would be held. There
v,aa also a number Of white people IN
the house Rev. A. Binga, pastor OF the
church. conducted the service in disnl-
eed and manly way, declaring in the on
SGT that he was not preaching of or TO the
dead. but TO the living. The dead were IN
- hands of their God, and there let
,hem rest. Once only he referred to them
az heing shot down like beasts, and IN
sho next breath declared himself unal-
tarahlv for law and order. His theme
VAS sPrepare to Meet Thy Cod
THE OFFICER UNDER ARREST.
Mr. Avis. who has passed much of the
ZINE since Saturday night at the Man
hester Police-Station; was last evening
-. o'clock arrested by Constable Cole.
~, warrant of arrest was issued by
,r-..,-a Jones. and charged Avis with
'snot,r~ and killing Charles and An
.t,nv Murray. Mr.. Avis was commit
VA 70 the charge OF Captain James A..
ssnscomb. chief OF Police OF Manchester