The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21
Rushed on the Boy and Was. IS.
.58 Able to Bar the Door.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
NEAR REIDSVlLL,EE;.. y, E.
Governor Aycock Wires That the Law
Must Be r cspccted and Thata Spe;-'
cial Term of Court Will Be Held. i5
Prompt2Action Of the She
riff il suppressing
Threatened Lynchng.
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X. IeBIDsvIILE, N. c.. March g 90 n. One le q q
& the darkest crimes In tho annals Of Rock
inEham county was committed III the
Carmel .ecuon, ,iyc miles from Reldsyillt,
last night John Broadnax, a negro, six
teen years old. Killed Mr.. Sydney Blair,
an estimable old citizen, and shot his
niece, Miss salllc Walker. In three q 4
fcrent places. Miss WalkerS is a school
teacher and housekeeper for Blair.
About dark yesterday afternoon. while
Blair and his niece. Miss Walker. We We wr re
II. supper. the negro entered tha bousse
ana engaged In conversation with Blair.
Without warning he drew a pistol and
fired upon them. Blair was killed al
most Instantly, two balls taking effect.
One entered at the collar bone AMI the
other pierced the bowels. Miss Walker
was wounded at three different places.
one ball taking effect Just under the he
skin OF tho neck. another went through
the muscle OF tile arm. and another
grazed the thigh. III ss5
With rare presence OF mind Miss Walk
er rushed on the negro and pushed him
through, the door. which she barred. and
then placed quilt underneath the pros.
uate form Of her uncle. She then left
tho building TO notify nelghbors, who
rushed to the scene.
When theylarrivcd the negro was found
u no act gofs nil ri
Without resisting he was captured.
When unarmed his pistol was found to
have been reloaded. and but for their
quick action he would probably have es-
capped. u
About the time Deputy Sheriff John G..
5Faucette arrived there was talk among
those whom had gathered, which indl.
Gated there was danger of the negro being
lynched Two or thS.c suggested that
evidence was conclusive, and that the
negros confession made doubt impossible,
but they were quickly told that this
would not do.
BOLD SHERIFF
II know your faces, said Deputy Sher-
If Faucette. 'If you harm him, or per-
nit him to be harmed, ! will have You
every one arrested"
Tho news or the horrible crime quickly
spread to adjoining farms. and within a
short time the premises We're crowded.
The negro made n full confession; stated
that he was told by another person to
commit the deed, and it was his intention
to. search tho premises for money and
valnables.
Mr.. Bair! WAS about sixty years old. a
native Of Pittsylvania county, Virginia.
and had been a: resident Of this county
ten years Miss Sallie Walker was his
shousekeeper and taught school in the
neighborhood. She is about twenty-five
years old and was devoted to her aged
uncle. Mr.. Blair was robbed OF sixty
dollars recently, and officers have been
trying to locate the perpetrator Of that
crime. Yesterday Brcadnax passed
through Redsville and several people
assert that he had a number OF watches,
new clothes. and two or three vnllses
He left the Carmel section, where he
had been working rs n farm laborer for
some time. about the time the money was
missed from Rlair's home. It is supposed
that he got tho money Mt that tne, and