Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-25

ter, and Bruif registered bis proper name on the
landlords book. The peddIer soon after came along
on foot, and they remained during the night. Next
day B. 4 w. asked the peddler to go on with them,
telling him that he could ride, &c. But the Hun
garian concluded to remain, saying that he would
wait till the snow melted and recover his missing
jewelry. By doing so he probably saved his life.
The murderers soon traded of their horses AID
took the stage for st. Louis, whence they took
steamboat passage and went to Vincennes, Indiana.
Here they separated, WorreI going North and
Bruff South.
In the meantime, the absence Of Mr.. Gordon be.
came notorious, and fears entertained that he
had met his death by violence or bad persisted by
the severity Of the weather One day, an old ne
gro, whilst hauling wood, concluded TO cut off some
limbs from old tree the road SIDE to be used
as light wood. In doing So the lower limbs shook
the snow from a portion of the old saddle thrown
away By the murderers. The negro took il out,
put it 10 his cart and took it home telling bis mas
ter Of the circumstance. In the anxiety to know
what had become Of Gordon, every circumstance
for days past was talked Of through the country,
men asked the negro to show them rrhere be found
the saddle, which he did. A little ras-terrier dog
followed some one Of the party, and whilst they
standing and talking around the spot, the dog
scratched up some bloody snow. Shovels we're pro.
cured, and the fresh snow removed to the frozen
snow and the bloody trail followed TO the ravine,
where the body Of Gordon found Was any
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was discovered eight days after the murder.
Sufficient circumstantaI evidence was soon elicit
I'D to point out the two deserters from the army
the hurderers. Pursuit was made, and at Vincen.
mes one party started north in search Of Worrell,
whilst Mas: Trewsdae of Missouri, determined to
come south in pursuit Of BruH. He secured the
services Of officer Cavitt at Evansville Ia, in com
plny with a young physician who came along to
identify Bruff, If be should be found, arrived at
Nashville where they had traced him. At this
place they lost his trail Mas Trewsdale here EN-
ployed officer Meacham to assist CaVitt in finding
the whereabouts and srresting the murderer. Mr..
Meacham, owing to his services a police officer
in this corporation is considered, lard justly toO)
the man for such an emergency. After thoroughly
searching the city, and finding that Bruff had been
here and gone, and also ascertaining that he did
MT 90 of on the railroad, the officers were mon
plussedn Meacham, however, insisted on taking
che railroad for Chattanooga, snd the party accord
ingy took passage At Chattanooga, they sscer-
tanned that a man answering to the description of
Bruff had passed down the Georgia road. They
went on to Atlanta, where tbev again lost all trail
Of him. After diligent and prudent enquiry, bare
susnicion occurred to the mind Of Meacham that
Bruff WAS in or near LsGrange, Ga. The party
took the cars for La range, and ascertaned that a
man of that name had been there and was then at
little village called Liberty Hill, twelve miles in
the interior Cavitt and Mracham procured horses
went to Liberty Hill, found Br, q in Grocery, put
him in irons and brought him along. He was raised
at Liberty Hill, but has no family, nor connexions
of any kind living. The whole party arrived here
on Thursday evening, aud Bruf was taken on TO St.
Louis by boat, on Friday. He was arrested at Lib
erty Hill on the 18th February, and on the same
day, Worre arrested at his fathers house at
Dover, Delaware by the party that went in pursuit
of him.
Bruff says, $50 we are told that he did not COM
NIT the murder, but that he standing not far
of, and saw Gordon soon after he fell. Worrel
told his captors, says the elegraphc dispatch, that
he did not commit the murder, but acknowledges
STANDING by at the time"
Mr.. Gordon found when the snow twelve
inches on the ground. He shot in the back Of
the head. His remains taken to ST. Louis and
inferred on the sth of Feb. He was formerly Of
Alexandria, Va.