Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Homicide, 1878 

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"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Fri., Oct. 18, 1878, p. 3, col. 1 

PETERSBURG. 

GREENSVILLE HOMICIDE - 
   HUSTINGS COURT - INDICTMENTS AND CONVICTIONS - 
   GRAND CONSERVATIVE RALLY - REPUBLICAN MEETING - 
   FATAL CASE OF BURNING - ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE - OTHER ITEMS. 
     [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 
                             October 17, 1878. 

  The killing of the negro Adolpbus Trotter at Hicksford yesterday afternoon, 
during the progress of a Republican meeting at that place, by Mr. William A. 
Reese, is very much regretted by the friends of that gentleman, and is 
regarded as a very unfortunate affair in this section of the State, where 
occurrences of such a character are rare.  Mr. Reese, it is understood and 
claimed, acted in self-defence, and only fired his pistol after a blow had 
been aimed at his head with a stick by the deceased. 

  The case was set for a preliminary examination to-day, and Major Charles F. 
Stringfellow went out to Hicksford this morning to act as counsel for Mr. 
Reese. 
[...] 

  P.S. In the examining trial of William A. Reese to-day at Hicksford for the 
killing of Adolpus Trotter, the accused was sent on to the County Court for 
trial and bailed in the sum $1,000. 
[...] 


Article posted as part of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of article corrected 


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