The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-02

! bad scalp wound and telling him in his
! tracks. The train prevented anyone from
| seeing exactly where the rock was thrown
| from and also Inrerfered with the pur-
! suit. By the time the young men could
get around the train the negroes had dis
persed. with the exception of two or three
| o.uer ones. who evidently had no part in
| the assault. Young Beirne was taken to
| his home and is recovering from the ugly
wound.
This occurrence naturally increased the
resen tnlent of the whites, and feeling wa S
| now at fever pitch Next day passed with
apparent quiet. though the current Of
feeling was strong.
SATURDAY NIGHTS TROUBLE.
BY nightfall the Saturday night crowd
of negroes began to assemble in town,
and there was much drinking. The serious
| ness OF affairs led Mayor Scott to swear
in special officers, and these We're taken
mostly from the young men OF the town.
{ was nearly ten o'clock before the real
trouble began. Special Officer Miller Leak
crossed the street from the poStoffice to
arrest a negro for throwing rocks The
negro resisted him, and Mr. NJ. B. Pace
also a special deputy. went to his assis-
lance. Negroes crowded around. and one
struck Pace across the hand with a, stick.
He drew his pistol. but did not fire, be-
cause other negroes got in between him
anu lis HILL WHO lldu StTuCN HIM. 1 HeIl
some one fired a pistol, and a general
frsilade followed.
The negroes broke through Gunst's
saloon, with the whites in close pursuit.
There We're some thirty or forty shots
fired, and then things quoted down. The
negroes left town, firing their pistols as
they went. It was not until hours later
about one o'clock-that it was learned
that one shot had proved fatal. James
Norris q hOJt fbirtI- of
age, was found in the alley back of
GUnst's saloon with three buckshot
wounds in the back of his head He died
shortly after being found The alley led
to the back gate of the negro's house and
he was apparently making for home when
shot On each side of the entrance to the
alley some five or six buckshot are buried
in the stable and fence. These came from
the charge that killed Morris
DON'T KNOW WHO SHOT.
Who fired the shot that killed Morris.
the coroner's jury after careful exam
nation Of twenty-one witnesses and ses-
sions for two days have found themselves
unable to decide. The evidence adduced
showed that in a vacant lot across the
street from the entrance to the alley two
empty shells We're found. These were
for a twelve calibre gun. Two gunshots |
were heard from the locality where the |
shells were found Buckshot also struck |
the engine of the owl train of the Rich |
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac just |
then about to start to Richmond. This |
was in almost directly the opposite d. |
rection from the shot that killed Morris |
presuming that the one that killed him
came from the vacant lot. There are two
theories to account for this double or
right and left shot. The first and the
one more generally accepted. is that
white fred first at he 11arrcac
ming down the street and killed the negro
in the alley and then turned and fired
at a negro who had fed between him
and the railroad track. The other theory
is that a negro fired the shots, the fatal
one installing Morris, who is a u1ulattu.
for q white man, and the second. pre-
at Bagsageman Eatclttfe. who
had just passed the engine with a Ian
tern in his hand.
The coroner's jury was unable 30 fix
the responsibility. and there is little like
lihood that any one who knows will ever !
tell who fired tho two shots from the
vacant lot
MILITARY CALLED OUT
Sunday morning excitement was still
ligh. and Mayor Scott decided TO call ON !
he Governor to have troops in readiness,
The Governors office was communicated |
with by phone, and at o'clock the
.ormal call for troops was made. The
|
Captain Baptist, arrived at half-past five.
IN the Souther train two hours later. a
second detachment under Lieutenant lie
Iesurier arrived. The troops were march
ID to the storage building adjoining the
all, where they have comfortable quar-
ers. Since then they have patrolled the
own and while they report to the Mayor.
he town is practically under martial
aw.
Mayor Scott when asked tonight when
he troops would so home said he did not
are to say. He had not decided. It is
probable that they will not return until
at the earliest Many fear IN
outbreak OF the trouble afresh as soon
IS the troops leave.
The negroes who created the trouble
re Ashland negroes, though it IS said
hey counted on the backing of the
egroes who are working on the Rich
nond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
ouble tracking. Ashland has only two
ocular policemen, and there is some
ervousness, owing to the large number
+ negroes now in the vicinity At late
our tonight all is quiet, no sound, save
he call of the sentries breaking the still
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