Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-10-10
MURDERED, THEN
THROWN UNDER TRAIN.
Awful Fate of John LockIey, Colored
Guilty Parties Unknown-TroubIe
Supposed TO Have Original
Ell ut Negro Dance.

en- near Berryyille, John LockleY
was found q mangled corpse on the
n. & w. Ry. track near Pigeon Hill
last Sunday morning. The oircum-
stances surrounding the death strong
ly point to foul play, and the news
of Jockeys fate, with the belief AS
to how ne came to his end, created
considerable excitement in the
neighborhoo especially among the
cOlored people. and the affair has
been the chief topic of conversation
among all classes since it occurred.
The first information of Jockeys
death was brought TO Berryville ear
ly Sunday morning by Lorenzs White
(colored), who had Justice Crow ap-
prised of the affair. White said
in coming from the dance with sew
eral others found the body on track,
aud identified same as Lockly, first
by the shoe on the severed leg, then
by striking u match and looking at
the face of the body. Justice Crow
sent Undertaken Enders to bring the
body to town, which he did in q
wagon. Mr.. Enders found the trunk
of the body laying between the rails,
with left arm across rail furthest
from pike and hanging TO body by
Shreds. The body was about 90 feet
from the cattle stop that separates
+. NJ. Thompsou's and DR.. kerfoot's
lands, aud was laying on stomach.
The left leg was severed entirely
from the body and WAS ,aviug out
side of track on pike side about 1
feet from cattle stop. ia- irst evi-
dence of the body having been struck
10y the train was about four feet
otherside Of cattle stop. where spliu-
tered bone and ground flesh was
found. The facts that gave rise to
foul play was the almost total 40
sence Of blood on the track here the
body and leg Was found. See In
ders evidence
\ personal Investigation OF the
track wh-re the body was found
showed only one spiOtch of blood
which was De large d. mau' : hand
and on the tie where the leg Was
found. No other evidence OF blood,
save few spots, could De found. This
small quantity Of blood, say the Drs..
is conclusive evidence that the heart
had ceased beating before Lockley
was run over by the train, or, if not
owing to his mutilated condition the
flow Of arterial blood would have
been very profuse.
These facts threw over the tragedy
the cloud of foul play, and Sheriff
Smallwood at once began rigid
search for light. Finding out the
names of those from Berryville at
the dance, he arrested two of them
Walter Martin aud Gibson Banks
upon the former being found bloody
andkerchief and the dead man :
watch. Sheriff Smallwood then
arrested George jackson and VIM.
Robinson, two negroes at Pigeon Hill
who were at the dance and bear bad
regulations.
With Justice Crow the Sheriff
summoned the following to hold al
inquest over the body Of Lockley,
which had been removed to the dead
mans late home in Josephine City :
r. K. Ogden, j. ID. Wiley, James
W. Foley, Warren Helvestine, Elias
Parshall and G. 2. Howell. The
jury met Sunday evening, examined
the body and heard Dr. Mccormick 3
autopsy and testimony, and the tes-
timony of hal. dozen colored peo-
pie and Messrs. Enders and Jenkins.
The jury then adjourned to meet
Monday in the courthouse TO exam
inc other witnesses, and the testimony
being all In about o'clock, the jury
rendered a verdict that John Lock
lev came to his death at the hands
of unknown parties and was thrown
beneath the car wheels 10 hide the
crime.
The murdered man was considered
a bully by his race, and had but few
friends of his color He worked in
Berryville at different times st DR.
Pages, Hardesty's livery and for
others.
From the evidence, Jockeys move
ments are traced as follows Saturday
night:
At the tenants house on Mr.. c.
W. Lewis farm, in which iona.
Thompson lives, was a dance giver
by colored woman named ITEM!
Tracy, who also lives in the house
These dances lately have been weekly
affairs, and it is said at each one
fight occurred before the affair end
ed. Last Saturday night at tn,
dance there was more fighting anC
bad behavior than usual, and sever
al men were run away from the house
among whom was white man
Lockley, the man killed, was there
and drinking; and Martin says &C.
companied him from town to tn,
dance. Going up Mr.. Lewis roaC
they met Pres. Jones coming away il
buggy, whom they stopped. Whil
standing there Geo. Jackson cam,
down the road from the house and