Richmond planet., 1900-12-15

aENERkL soUTHERN NEWS.

lock, charged vita the murder Of
Chief OF Police walsh, Of Freehold, N.
J.. was captured here yesterday. Bull
lock was badly wounded before being
subdvsd.
Thonaston. Ca. Dec. io.--Charlss
Byee. . well known young man. was
killed By Clin Hsrnsberger here yes
terday. being shot twice In the chest.
IN . dispute over 80 cents. Harnsber-
ser was seriously cut. A coroner's
jury brought in verdict OF justifable
homicide.
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. lot is an
nouncsd that the first shipment OF me-
srees from the south to Monrovia, Af-
rica. will leave Birmingham Jan. 80
for Savannah. from which point they
Will sail. The colonists go under the
auspices OF the Librarian Colonization
company. There will be ESQ negroes
In this shipment. Another lot will go
within six or eight menths.
Atlanta. Ca, Dec. 7.-As a result of
bill presented IN the recent session
OF the legislature to prohibit children
under II years OF age working In the
cotton mills OF the state the mill own
ers OF Georgia have formed an asso-
citation to stop the practice. Since the
organization OF the mill owners the ad-
yoeates of the bill have decided not to
insist on Its passage.
Winchester, Va, Dec s.-Ella Brown,
. young colored woman OF the county.
pleaded guilty in the county court this
afternoon to housebreaking and was
sentenced to two years In the peniten-
tiary. She was indicted in September
last for entering the house of M. J.
Hsrdesty-. st Lenore, and stealing a
quantity Of clothing. She is the first
woman to be sent TO the penitentiary
from this city.
Columbia, s. c., Dec. Io.-Rev. VIII.
lam e. Johnson was yesterday acquit-
ted OF the murder OF William T. Bel
linser, court BtensEraphsr, at Bam-
burg. last April. The jury did not
come In until o'clock yesterday morn
inS. The reverend prisoner received the
verdict calmly, and allied bis pulpit at
III o'clock. He and Reliineer had had
&ispnSs over q fence separating th.ir
homes. He seixed shotgun and Bel
nagcr Q pistol.
Rome. Ca. Dec. S.-Mrs. Joseph
White was found dead yesterday after
noon on her farm, II miles west OF
here. Her head was crushed and her
body denuded. She went out in the
held 70 work In the morning. and II Is
supposed she was attacked and GRIM
inally assaulted. Sheriff Camp. of this
county, n working on the case. The
community is greatly excited, and IL
the assailant Ia caught lynchins probo
ably viii be the result. ssiTaI bssefFN
Norfolk, Va, Dec. s.-williasn Bull
lock, the murderer Of Chief Of Police
James Walsh. OF Freehold, N. J., who
WAS captured by Detectives Garrett and
Myers. OF BERTHE and Hertford, N. c., is
still alive in Norfolk Jail, though ply
sicians fear that the wounds inflicted
By Bulisesss captors wi, rroye fatal.
bullock te1ay tdhlttsd that ne killed
walsh and escaped from Monmouth
coupty IN. J.) Jail while awaiting ex-
ecution. The Identification of Bullock
is complete.
Atlanta Ca. Dec. THE sbeHfal
committee Of the lower house appoint.
ed to visit certain convict cafnps in
this state Is said to have found II
white and black convicts sleeping in an
apartment about 60 by rs feet in size.
They found that the hospital is about
il ey IL feet In size, and that whites
and blacks are required to occupy Il
together when sick. They also learned
that whites and blacks are fed out of
SeShSeo Az NhO 1aLuO dpaTIheHI IN
which they sleep. The punishment of
this camp Is said to be toe severe.
Danville, Va, Dec. S.-Jailer George
White had an exciting experience to-
night with VeStor Griffin, the negro
under sentence to be hanged Dec. IA.
The condemned man, grown desperate.
burned up nearly all his clothing,
wrenched the sash from the window
and loosened bricks from the wall with
this. He defied Jailer White to secure
him. The latter grappled with the
powerful prisoner and, aided by two
policemen, secured the man after an
exciting struggle, and put him in irons.
Grfmn'g crime was the murder of
Georgia King, his paramouP.
Kenova, w. Va, Dec. s.-Robert
Bailey, q wealthy farmer. and who is
also an extensive timber merchant
along the Twelve Pole river, was shot
And instantly killed by Charles Smith.
The murder occurred on Garrstt's
creek, 20 miles south, at the home of
SAITH. Smith was q renter Of BAILEY.
ana no enc was present at the trouble
sxceDt ais Immediate family. The
suDRositioR II that they guarrsled over
Q debt which Smith swsd Bailey.
aAitA. whs u In jail, alleges that
Bailey was attempting to strike him
VITA club. Bailey was 40 years of
age, and WAa DroMiaAxt In eauufv