Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-19

had done so could have seen it. did
not hear the soldiers use any abusive

had done so 1 could have seen it, did
not hear the soldiers use any abusive
! language.
Q. AL the time you heard Hall say
| keep away was the attitude Of the
soldiers menacing or threatening?
| A. No: Hall did not even stop driving
when he told them to keep away
Peter Peihl who was with Andrews
and Admire When they We're shot tes-
| titled Us follows:
'tWeS We're in Halls place about 8
O'Clock. Andrews asked for the drinks
Hall came in and said he wouldn't
give us anything. Andrews told him
| ne hau The money to pay for anything
he got. but Hall told us to go to hell
lhen we walked out and went into
Mary Georges place. She not being in
we went out and ran down the steps,
Hall came along and told us not to
interefere with his buggy We We're
ter passing us about three PAGES Hall
commenced firing. He fired three shots
| hitting Admire and Andrews. His horse
| was gong at Eallop all the time
| When | saw Andrews he was on his
| hands and knees. bleeding at the mouth
| and nose. We had no weapons and
| none OF us made an assault on Hail.
Minerva Allen. negress, who was in
ialiS saloon when the soldiers came
! in and ordered drinks. stated that An
lrews was not drunk and acted like
/ u gentleman: that the others used pro-
fame language. calling Hall a "d-n
liar; that Andrews pulled money out
sf his pocket to pay for the drinks or
dercd: that Sam Hall told the men that
they could not get any been in his
| place. and that Sam went behind the
bar. took up his pistol and put it in
give You Il drink. Then Sam said:
| i ain I going 10 give neither one of YOU
d-n bastards nothing: l amt going to
| give you Il arm Then Sam said
close the door Then the dead man
said No. don't close the door: we
amt after having u fuss The dead
man stood in the door The other TWO
were at the bar uuarrelins for the
| beer This dead man came back and
catched this one here ln,eaning PeihD
aHd said: Come lets so some place
else ana The dead man pulled this SOL
der out. sam showed the other one
cut sam got in his buggy and one Of
| the men ran up and caught his horses
bride. The other ran up to Sam say
ing ! want to see YOU. The dead man
then went up and put one hand on Sam
ana the other on the soldier what got
shot in the foot, and tried to get him
away. Then sam pulled out his pistol,
but didn't shoot at first. After he
dldn', let so Sam shot. but he didn't let
go till Sam shot the second time. Then
| the man fell on his hands and knees
with blood gushing out of his nose and
mouth. The dead man got two balls
and the little man one. sam shot out
| IN the back of his buggy
There We're other witnesses but this
testimony was sufficient, and the jury
rendered verdict that Alonzo Andrews
came 70 his death from ball received
| from pistol in the hands OF Sam
| Hall.
Undertaken Rouse took charge Of
Andrews body, which lay in Mary
| Georges saloon till late in the evening.
1t Will be prepared for. burial and sent
| 70 he soldiers home. Andrews was
about 80 years old and unmarried. He
bore an excellent record in his company
| tor department.
| The colored people in Bloodiield rem
dered all the assistance they could to
the soldiers. and they We're unanimous
| der. nich they declared was done in
| cold blood.
SCENE AT THE CAMP
y more desperate set of men is sell
d' y seen than the mcbers OF the
! It. n indiana regiment at their camp
al s-Ne the slipyard last evening. when
it became generally known tina, An
di MSS had been killed. The soldiers
riiti With anger. They wanted to
aNr!i"e the death of their cumrade in
| arms. If they could have passed
through he lines Hall would have been
sumnc::':!5' DEALT With. The usual good
order was suddenly converted into tur-
m" !. CLIFFS We're disregarded and
| tLe Spioilel NdS cursed IOf not giving
the men an opportunity to wreak VEN
| Eeanc" on the slayer of u fellow SOL
der. At one time it looked as if COM
pany /. Of which Andrews was a mem
Der. would escape from the camp in
| body. The company formed into fours
with bayonets fixed and their belts
| t1lled with ammunition. They made
dash to escape, but Colonel Gunder de-
pl"Eed the other eleven companies into
slirmsh line and thus held company
| l III check The men begged Colonel
| Gnnder with tears streaming down
! their cheeks to be allowed to leave the
camp. but their request was not grant
| ed.
City Sergeant f. W. a1ilstead heard
OF the trouble and rode 'out to the camp
and made an address to the men, i'm
| plorinG them To let the law take its
course and promising that speedy JUS
tice would he melted out to Hall. .
The address had Il tendency to quiet
| Inc men down. but they were by no
means satisfied. Last night the provost
Suart! was enlarged and soldiers pa
| trollcd The city. Company X was Sent
TO El"odiicld and that place was prac-
tlcaiE placed under martial law
| Squads OF men guarded the saloons
and other places to prevent the de-
Structionlof property. Many of the sa-
! loon Keepers closed up their places of
fbusiness ut sundown.
one thing is certain. and that is il
the men of the Tooth Indiana regiment
lay hands on Hall negro will he
killed in a jiffy.
HALL SPIRITED AWAY.
Realizing that Hall would be lyncled
{! city Sergeant Milstead had the prisoner
removed from the city Jail and spirited
away, and when he visited Camp Grant
last evening he told the soldiers that
ttal! was not in the city Jail There
We're reports galore regarding the
whereabouts Of the negro. 1t was stat
ed that he had been sent to Richmond
Another report current was to the eff
feet that Hall had been taken to Fort
Monroe and confined in the prison there,
put as a matter of fact he was first
lodged in the Hampton Jail.
| HALL IN HAMPTON
| Inc following was furnished by the
hampton correspondent OF the Daily