The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-13
DIED AS A RESULT
OF RESISTING ARREST
Richmond Negro Dead at Hen
rico Jail Before His Case
Came to Trial.
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WAS ARRESTED IN HANOVER
Was Wanted There for sus-
picious Behavior at White
WAS ARRESTED IN HANOVER

Clarence Paine. colored. of 900 North
Seventeenth Street. lied in the Iienrico
Jail Wednesday evening before his case
had been heard by any magistrate of
the county.
County Coroner w. h. Dcas who had
been attending the prisoner for several
days. filed death certificate to the
effect that the negro, who was twenty
Two years old, came to his death as
the result of "interna injuries re-
ocivcd before entering the Jail"
Paine was being held for the au-
thorities of Hanover county for COM
plicity in disturbance at Atlee. some
time since. although in tIcnrico he was
merely charged with trespassing on the
property of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. and had not been tried.
The negro was brought to the Hem
rico Jail by Detective Duke. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio road. Detective
Duke is quite indignant over the state
ment made in an afternoon paper that
the man came TO his death as re-
suit of blows received in an encounter
with a special officer of the railroad,
Arrested Mt Atlecs.
According TO Detective Duke. the ne
gro Paine, was first seen by w. T. Flip
po w j. lsbell and L. j.. kessler, all
Icitizens of Atlee. in Hanover county.
There was a picnic at the Episcopal
Church in Alice and on that day Flip
20 is said to have seen the negro crawl
ing toward the house of the pastor,
where none but his wife was at home.
Mr.. t-lippo and his friends gave chase,
but the negro escaped. Later the
same day the picnic party heard some
children scream and found the negro
in the library room ri the church.
IN y nj a. Mo ON
named above, who, after a severe scuf-
lie. overcame him and tied him hand
ana foot.
Detective Duke says .hat lie was
called TO Alice that day on other
business. and was asked by the young
men to take charge of the prisoner. Il
consulted Mr.. George Haw, Common
wealth's attorney of Hanover county,
about warrant" said Mr.. Duke. He
advised me to hold tho prisoner and
the case. and said he would
''The negro said he had sprained his
|leg and could not stand, and when
seen coming to the minister's house
was going. there for help. II said
that the men had handled him pretty
roughly in the fight"
He didn't resist me, however" con-
tinued Mr.. Duke, "and he wasn't tied
when / got there and i didn't handcuH
him, as 1 knew him we'll. lie asked
me to bring him away from Atlee, as
lie was afraid he would be roughly
handled there. He was quiet and sub
missive with me when got him on
september 9Th. Paine was we'll known
To the police of the State. and was
lust out Of trouble in Petersburg"
IT believe he died of appendicitis, lie
complained to me of pain eoVer the
nnpendix, and when I talked with him
rho day before his death he complained
] OF main in that place. William Allen,
colored, was seen with him on a freight
train, but he got away"
Mr.. Duke said he brought the me-
4 gro to the Henrico jail. where he was
Hooked up on the charge of trespass-
ling on the property of the Chesapeake
land Ohio Railroad, with the under
! stonding that he would be held for
4 tho Hanover authorities If the case
There developed.
\ County Coroner w. A.. Dcas. who is
i phy slcian&to the county jail, was called
ITO see the negro the day after he was
brought to Richmond. Eat this exam-
.ination," said Dr. Deas. ''the negro
i showed no broken bones or bruises, but
Accomplished of pain or soreness In the
Y abdomen. say him nearly every day
I and feared internal complications, He
ldied about o'clock on Wednesday,.
The parents of the boy have cons
'lsulted NJ ]. Lewis, a colored lawyer,
I who is examining into the case WIN
ia view OF discovering hos the negro
,tcane to his death, and it is possible
,.tlat the attorney may bring charges
i against some of the county otnclals
IAs far as is known, however, the negro
Ihas received every possible treatment
4 |wlrilc he has been in jail and ~ ms
,ldeath was brought on by blows there
!. is every reason tc believe that lhey
1Iwere received while resisting arrest