The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-10
A DESPERATE TAKEN
Negro Webb Guilty of Name
less Crimes.
ARRESTED BY NEGROES
\ CANOE CApSIXED AND TIE
MAN DROWNED.
TOBACCO MARKET PROSPECTS, BRILLIANT
State Senator Offers to Work the Public EoadS
For Nothing--A Bold Attempt at Safe
Robbery, Only Small Amount
Of Money Taken.

Scotland Neck, n. c., Feb. 9.-(Spc-
ciaD-Daniel Webb, cOlored, alias Davis,
who has been Il terror to the colored peo-
pie of this community for year or two
and for whom reward had been offer
ed by the Governor, was caught near
here and lodged in Halifax jail few
days ago. He had been a fugitive from
Justice for more than dozen years. He
had been charged with abusing his own
daughter, and also of outraging girl
in Chowan county some two years ago
from which she died.
Daniel was known to some colored
people near Spring Hill and he went to
Il colored mans house. named Ned An
tlrony who took him in and immediate
~ let some white and colored people
know of it. A colored magistrate nam
cd Simon Shields prepared papers and
a posse went to the house, arrested
and tied him and carried him to the
county jail.
For long time it was reported that
he was heavily armed and defed ar
rest; but in talking freely to those whom
he thought his friends before the ar
rest, he said he had left his Winches-
ter rifle and revolver. for they too of
ten betrayed him into suspicion. He
readily recounted to his supposed friends
all the reports that were against him.
He is about g. years old and one col
ored man in describing him said that
he is slough footed and knock-kneed.
and looked like the devil with his red
eyes" Daniel was impudent after he
was arrested and abused the colored
persons who had him in charge He
viii probably be carried to Chowan coun-
ty for trial.
A colored man named Richard De-
yereaux attempted to empty water from
canoe in Roanoke river a few days
ago so that he might put two women
across the river, when the boat capsized,
went down and he was drowned
There is a growing enthusiasm here
over the opening of tobacco market.
Persons who have been through the
country a good deal say that there is
great preparation for n large tobacco
crop. Plant beds are being burned in
every direction and everything promises
for a large crop in this immediate com.
nunity. The new market will expect
to handle much from BERTHE, Northamp-
ton. HEREFORD and Martin counties.
The county commissioners in session
this week made allowance for purchasing
machinery with which TO work the pub
lie roads of the county. State Senator
Il. L. Clark, of Weldon, proposed to the
county commissioners that il they would
furnish him the tools he would work
the road from Weldon to Halifax for
nothing. He says that n number of
persons who owe him have offered to
work ont their indebtedness. and as
he has nothing for them to do he SAYS
he viii let them work it out on the pub
lie road and charge the county nothing.
There was a bold attempt at safe rob
bing in town last night Some one
broke open the front door of JOS Sterns
bar-room, took several bottles of wills
key and attempted to rob his safe. The
knob was wrenched off and powder
poured into the hole and ignited. The
door was blown slightly ajar but not
enough to open it, and all efforts Thus
far to get in have been futile. The
explosion charred the wall and burned
a window curtain nearby. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY the work of professional safe
blowers. They broke into Wo0dard's
buggy shop and got tools with which
to open Stern's front door They evil
IDENTIFY did not wish to burn the house
as there was a bucket of water near
the safe for putting out the fire.
Only small amount of money was
taken from the cash register.