Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-25
OLD NORTH STATE.
Desperate Fight With n COnvIct-A
Guard Killed.

RALEIGH, n. c., October A.-(Special.)
Great interest is felt here in the news
Of the race war at Ashpole Robson
county The newspapers published ex-
tras this morning.
The Supreme Court devotes this week TO
appeals from the Fifth District
At the Agricultural Department it is
learned that the sales of tonuags-tax
tags for fertilizers are even larger than
they were last autumn.
The State to-day granted a charter to
the GoldsbOro Hardware Company, with
$4,000 capital. Stockholders, q. A. Nor
wood and others 1T will manufacture
household, builders and machinists' sup
plies charter is also granted the Crab
troe-Creek Mica Company, Of Bakersyllle,
Mitchell county. Capital. 100000, w. G..
Woodruff, Richard Foster, and Frank d.
Foster, Of Washington, ID. c.. and ID. 4.
Glenn. of Bakersville, are stockholders.
a few officers and clerks remain here
finishing the muster-out rolls OF the Sc
cond Regiment. Company X, Of VIII
mngton, was the first 10 complete its
rolls, having sent them in last Friday.
Saturday night at z or o'clock, NJ. +.
Moore a desperate white convict, OF
Lumberton, made his ecape from the con
yict quarters on the Cape Fear and
Raleigh railway, fifteen miles south OF
here. He was what is Illegally known as
a "trusty,' and was employed az night.
Thus he slept much during the day He
contrived 10 get a guards shotgun and
dozen cartridges, each loaded with six
teen buckshOt He also took a quantity
OF iodoform, thinking the latter would
prevent the hounds from trailing him.
He went for 1000 feet along a barbed-
wire fence, crossing IL each twenty-five
or thirty feet, and then retraced his steps
most Of the distance. suddenly striking
out through the woods towards home.
He was missed. the roll was called, the
eleven hounds were put on his trail. and
seven guard followed. The dogs brought
him 70 bay at IL o'clock that night. He
was in the shade of a tree and partially
hidden by fence. He began firing. shoot |
ms six times. Each time he threw him !
self down as soon as he had fired. Charles !
d. Shaw, guard, aged %, from |
Weldon, ran Up in fifteen yards Of him. |
Moore shot him in the breast, twelve /
)uckshot striking place over the heart /
lot much larger than ones hand Shaw /
lied instantly. A voiley was fired at
Moore as he turned to run. He stumbled |
md fell, breaking his sunstock, and the
,ucksh0t passed over him. That is all,
ave one, which hit him in the neck.
making only a slight wound. Moore be-
IAN the firing. He had planned the IS
ape two weeks and had food in his
ockets. lie was heading for Lumber
on. He is a man Of 40, and is serving a
Ive-years' sentence. Governor Russell
ad promised 20 pardon him at the end
( four years, and that time was near at
and. Moore was taken back TO camp.
]
" t-potato he had IN his pocket lie
aid he intended TO go home and thence
o 10 California, then write the Governor
here he was, and tell him his where
bouts, and that II his escape was not
harged against him he would return.
Ii this was a falsehood. Moores
iother is 50 years Of age, and not long
go came 10 see him. Habeas corpus pro-
ceilings were began against Moore to-
iy. 10 take him from the penitentlary
nd place him I'm jail. so he can be tried
n the murder of Shaw The body OF
law was sent 10 his home, at Weldon,
day
The number Of arrivals of visitors to
e State Fair is very large. The weather ,
perfect and everything is suspicious. O
eat deal OF work was done to-day. ar n
nging the exhibits. All space in all
/
ened to-day; really. IL opens to-mor- a
w. C
The Revenue Collectors force is this
ar making few seizures OF Illicit dis
leries. 1t is claimed that there is an
atement OF moonshining. n
The State Labor Commissioner has com s
tied the chapter on cotton mills for his Ii
port for 1898. He says II shows 225
lis In actual operation. with l0SO.000 o.
indies, and 100 looms These are !.
clusively cotton mills, spinning and .,
ayine or making hosiery. Two mills "
re burned during the year. and one, m
Iich had old machinery went out OF
siness. Twelve new mills were grant
charters, and work on these is in pro- n
;ss The average day is eleven and II.
zee quarter hours. There were only CT
rty-two accidents to operatives. one T