Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-01-08


murder. It is said that the poll "a CAP
turt d IN the arrest half bushrl OF
weapons, such as knives end pis'ol~
The docket was one OF the largest for
many days.
Wsst OF Cumberland Street, south OF
Willoughby near Jefferson ST., there
-xists n club OF boys OF various ages
and tizes known as the
while Butte Street. hrvA also q club OF
boys of like ages and sizs Is ms Of toll
Cnri -tmss day Lewis T Epps was il
the t-rritory OF th-ir rivals when q
rough and tumb g fight took place dur
ing which Lewis + Epps threw brirs
which struck Paul Harris. one Of the
rival faction, crushing his g. ull from
which he died most ins an'ly whitr
Willie Gary, another one OF Epps' RI
vals il lying upcOpsc Gus, al~o TRIM
the eff-cts of q brick thrown in the
-crimmage. Epps is in Jail charged
with murder while his brother is h. Id
"a an acct ssory tn the same.
On Christmas day Emmett Wood,
white man. painter by trade. while IN
der the inf renee OF bad whisky and
out visiting with his wife s1Ot At her
while At table brt asing the cup bafore
her The matter waS adjusted and tn
OloRy accented, but ON arriving It
home, he again became freDx ed with
LIQUOR and made q brutal assault on
his wife vino miraculously escsp d To
her fathers. Wood learning that abe
WAS there, armed himself ;his time
with knife TO wrtcs his ire on his
wife Her father called in a eolored
man to assist him against this would
be muI d ~rer who succeeded in eating
in her fathers h ,usa nv the do
The cOlnred man armed with pistol
c aleugAd HIM not IN advance an
'urther in the house. Wood bang q
ragged thereby made q plunge at the
knife, just missing him, who in turn
fired th ,otin9 Wood through the ye,
silling h,m instantly. The colo Ell
man is at large and said to be IN
known.
The case OF Lewis T Epps, for the
killif & of Paul Harris came up in the
Police QUIT to-day. Enps was sent
IN TO the grand Jury, while Henry
Epps his broth II Who was b, ii As ac-
resSory and feloni"usly ass4ulting
Willie GAney was die aarged for want
o. evidence. as the bricS was thrown IN
the scrimmage, bur 10y hOm unknown
Judge Nerley represented the priso' :
ers while The commonwealth is assist
ed by Judge Wilcox
The funeral of Paul Harris. the only
child OF Mr. and Mrs. Moses Harris
no was killed in .the ma,ee hri- .
mas day, took place Monday from 9 q
Bank st Baptist Churcn, Raw. H ii
Mitchell officiating Rev. Mitchell
was severe iG the denunci ,tiOn OF oar
ents allowing their chi dr-n to 60 al
large and clearly painted he Ell c
\ - Il 81
grave or prison His words though
pathetic were scathing tender. tn
for .ible. log cal, ex -mely poin %
and tOnch,ng Rev. Mitchell has the
disti' ion of being one OF tn few tina
pr aches an unt-rriti-d COS eel.
Rev Dr. Seat n is PRECEDENT Of The
CharauQua and Literary Association o
st Johns A. M Z. Church. Mr.. Jos
eph 5. Hall, President; Mr. Viii ian Il
smith, Secretary; Mrs DR.. P L Bar
Der, Treasurer The AseociatioR hav,
reai,sa lv 500 10 assist the church
An Old FL - oncert in which truly
old folks will to q great extent Ire
dominate, will soon take place in st
Johns A. NJ, e Church Members q
old So so Years will pa ie n-te.
Rev H. ii. Mitchell. d d OF tn
Rank Street Baptist Church, Rsv R
II. Bowling of thu Blu st Baptis
Church and Rev. D. p. SeA'on, D. -
ND. of It Johns A. NJ. z. Churc.
havs each for some time b EN- preach
ing practical sermons all Of which hav
beer we'll receive d, while DR.. Seats
has in addition preached a series o
the Seventh Seal whore expostulatiOn
were sublime, also on the Sea of Glss,
/. Services were held in most OF on
churches on Christmas day, and tn
meetings were in most parts well a.
: tended. Sermons touching the Dirt
of Chr SC were the topics OF the dill
courses
The series OF revival meetings whic
: have been held nightly in the But
Street Baptist Church of which Re-
} K. II Bowling is pasror, closed alta
several weeks of success. The NEE
ings were OF very uch religious fe
vOr with about 80 conversions. %
whom were baptized bV immersic
while about 80 awaits the baptism
rite Of the chu' ch
Rev Madison L wis il holding q o
ries Of me etin q which arc being We
attended
r v Moses Tyues, one 0f the lee
ministers connected with the Butte
= sptist Church has gone out and bui
him -Alf 4 church and gone to work,
i full fl dyed worker. His building
= located on Cumberland ST. on the 81
. Of the l''e Tabernacle of st. Johns
! y. z Church (durIng her building,
few years Ego.