The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-02

from the Co-niuia Irrosl
The MLnt -. .-ttis 81 q. ID. 80 ~ % ''''
paravr.,.hs relative 1" a.. iiuii.'" ed'' "a
Memphis; tut We have never n'iI'hr' III,
parlicuIats Of the affair. A. The raSe Is sun
sAciiinr good deal Of attention. o''''
tory Of i, may not IrOv- uniHi'r'''l"@' ~ I've
reader. We give the tact" "' ."e ""'"
.ubs,an,iail, as they we're relate" !" VS. y
..,,,I.o,.,, =, h, an, in M.mphis soon alter
tile deed was prtprlraIrd.
d. \, .,.,ms that inlt"n w"H h"sr" "'uer'
.,, uc,iil;au, hi. victim. acted AZ his "g III
~. i.,,.., while IL Redmond purchasing
.,.v.. for hi. rmp."yrr, WIS "tfTrd. ii
,nodrrale price, negro whose ierm at acr'-
tujr was limited 10 a lew YEAR,, hut feeling
unwilling To u,akr The purchase upon hts avn
r. -pnBsibilriy, he wr"'e ar ieirgr Paeh !"
Bolton Tar adyicc. B"lt''n instructed him 4"
buy the nrgr,, ,iug thai II th"n-nid dali ~
could he reaIizrd by his sal. The negr" wa"
arcoruiu.l, bought and sent I" Mrmphis,
where hr was said by Button Tor av,ry h""'.
solir profit, the purchaser believing the n"sr"
to be- n slave for lie. By s"Ine means. hon
ev.r, i've soon IL rn thai he had hern M
pos, d upon hy Bolton, aid drmah'd thai
the trade shouid hr cancelled aud The Pur-
Gins. money refunded. This Bolton r'in~' d
10 d.: and the ease WAS sabn Tied by the
purchaser al the near" I" The nrl'iira'I"li al
the law. Mcmillan ", summon Il M - W.T.
nrss Bolton tearing that Mcmillan =. rd' nee
would iniurr his cause, drlrr;u'ned ia il
should moi BE- heard. lie addressed Nc william
mote. requesting The Tier /" meet him al
L,s office nj u specified iimr. Unconscious al
The fate that awaited him, or that any vi
lrncr wna p,rnrniInI"d hy his employer, Mr.
Milan reImr' d I" III" place If meeting AT The
tine appointed. here he iound Bolton await
ing him. Having closed, nu'i perhaps l"ck' d,
the ,locr 81 his ..ilir, liolt0n turned Ia Me-
MILAN ard -nquirrd the n.iure al the e,i-
drnre hr prros. giving in the c'se in qn r.
ton. Mcmillan ailsw cred, tbs, he would br
compelled I" make u true stat, mrht Of the
matter. Bolton then drew pistol and shot
a,c MILAN, innriing wound which proved
fatal in u few DAYS, aud having tbr"wn II
bowie knilr near I" where Ills victim lay wei
terinu ia b nod, he cried out ~ several m-r
rushed iniO the r""iIi, that 1.-The id rascal
had tried To cut his throat" Mcmillan told
the by.s,and-rs That il They would search
Bottom they would lind the scabbard of the
knife about his I'er,on, which proved to br
tue. Fortunately, loo, for the ends "f Jus-
lice, [if, indeed, justice cnn rrrch u murderer
who boasis ~ Wealth T." the amount at ta"
or three hundred Thousand d"llnrs) Mcmillan
survived hong enough To lell how aud Why he
had been shnl.
II il n ii that The men " o frs, rushed Into
the i,om II the sound at the pistol, were
B"ron's ncc"Inplc, $, stationed 1T u CONVEX
lent distance aud instruct I" b" "in ut the
drntI,," az Just after, shat they might testify
without snspiri"n " han the matter came Ia
be- invested. that Bolton acted il self defence.
But Of course the d, inn testimony "f the
mnrd,r d man knocked This little -chrne on
the head iinIInn was arrested aud tried d
tor. n uagi-lr les r'uri, aud WINS committed
Ia Ill Ia aw ii his trial b-i"rr higher ir;:,i-
nal, il being decided that his case Was hot u
bulluhlr onr.
FINDING TIA, he rou,l not esq pc the mesh.
en- Of the law in Memphis nnd cover III bill
10 n" sort at an an"uni Bolton ani his
friends rrliinnrd Judge Fitzgerald, Of PARIS,
't"r writ al hdoeas CORPUS, clnngin! the
Y, nnr from Shelby Ia ila,w""i cnu"iy.--
1'b, viii WIS i,>md very readily hy Judge
Fitzgerald (~h", il Seems, is famous H.: rA-
tending such nd and cumi"r, I" rasc,ily)
aud placed in tie hand, at the psoler "llir,i;
hal tnr riiiz.ls"i Memphis, knnn'ng ~ I 1t
the rr:s"nrr was pr,mi'ird {" leave the city,
be Would scnpc the vengeance "i tie h",
annouuc d 'ha, they Mould r. ais, hi- r"n"y.,l
hy fnrr,. Thu, tie lirsi writ al hd5eaS curpDs
having fd'd 81 is object, Jn lgr Ftz: crn'd
result. How the uhuitrf Will rnd, il Is dill.
cult to say; hui il is ,e,y Certain thai the
n.ur,l-rer mus stand his trial whrrr the crime
was cnlnuiittri. When Ihr sheriff srri"nsiy
attempts 10 execute u " III 81 habeas corJus IL
ihr c..s-, The mob will execute the corpus
withunt the writ. Onrc b.ilch ont Of tie
custody If the law, d .lion wonld newer feel
The inpr al the bangman. here is scarcely
amy crime from which gold viii n"l pnrriraS.
Immunity; and il - said that Bnlinnr II runi-
mand NEARLY million, his avn wealth aud
tha, at his lruth,r aud brother in law amount.
ing To " iihin n hundr d thousand or ~ of |
Oh >nn.
"plate sin with gold-the lance Of justice
Hairless hreks; ciolle II In rags pisnys straw
Doth pierce It,"
stg Prja lice may be- compared IL n
misty morning N Ocinlri; n N n goes forth