Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-11-25
From the Nashville Banner.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OC-
CURRENCE-THE L EDITOR OF
HE UNION & AMERICAN KILL
ED IN THE STREET.

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HE UNION & AMERICAN KILL
!, ED IN THE STREET.
. An unfortunate newspaper controversy
P between ALLEN A. HALL, editor of tn,
Nashville Ne,cs, an Opposition paper, anc
Il. u. PoINDExTER, editor of the Union
t d american, q Democratic paper, which
had assumed personal character, termi
mated yesterday morning in tie death oi
Mr.. Poindexter, at the hands of Mr.. Hall
AS all the circumstances connected with
the affair will be sought for with avidity,
and are liable to Misrepresentation, we
n will endeayor to give them correctly and
and succinctly. The Union 6 american
has recently produced in its columns some
extracts from the Nashville Republican of
1884, of which paper Mr. Hall was then
editor, paragraph, published during Mr..
Halls absence in Washington city, which
seemed to favor the idea of incorporating
in the State Constitution, Convention
to revise which was about to meet, pro-
vision for the gradual emancipation Of
slavery. The object of the reproduction
of this paragraph was understood to be
to make the impression that Mr. Hall en-
tertained such sentiments now, and was
therefore in position to unite with the
Black Republicans. Mr.. Hall repelled
this, and charged the conductors of the
Union with being "unscrupulous," and
guilty of "dsreputable' practices in their
discussions This brought out from Mr.,
Poindexter the following paragraph, which
appeared in the editorial columns of the
Union of Thursday morning.
| The charges and insinuatons against this paper,
contained in the leading editorial article in the
Nashville Ners of yesterday utterly destitute of
truth. We cannot consent to carry newspaper
controversy with an editor who utters calumnies
against cotemporary trusting to the supposed priv
ileges Of age to shield him from responsibility.
Mr.. Jno. II. Hall, son of the editor
of the NewS, accosted Mr.. Poindexter on
Thursday morning in front of the St
Cloud Hotel, and demanded to know if he
was the author of the above paragrap ph
Mr.. Poindexter replied that he was
Whereupon Mr.. Hall denounced him in
the severest terms, which denunciation
Mr.. p. resented by attempting to strike
MIR. Hall. The two clinched, but were
Immediately separated, Mr.. p. remarking
in substance that the affair could be set
ed in more appropriate place.
During the morning Mr. Hall received
note from Mr.. Poindexter, and a cores
pondence followed. of the merits of which
we we are not sufficiently apprized to be
able to state its substance. The difficulty,
however, was still pending aud unsettled
as we understand, ON Thursday morning,
when the following Card appeared in the
Ne'cs Of Friday morning:
A CARD.
Yesterday morning there appeared in the Uhion
and american the following paragraph
"The charges and insinuatons against this paper
contained in the leading editorial article in the
Nashville News Of yesterday are utterly destitute OF
truth. We cannot consent to carry on newspaper
controversy with nm editor who utters calumnies
against a contemporary trusting to the supposed
privileges of age to shield him from responsibility
The ''charges' | made against the Union and
american in the article Of the News allowed referred
to, established by undenable facts then and there
adduced. | made no "insnuatiOns."
The assertion that trust to the privileges of age
TO shield myself from responsibility for any state
ments make, is false and caumnious. He who
made the assertion trusts to the pistol to shield from
exposure the misrepresentation and fasehoOds of
the journal with which he is connected. That is
the plain English of the matter. The shield he has
selected will prove insufficient for his purpose. |
shall go on, as have begun, with thorough expo
sure Of all mis-staements, Misrepresentation and
hsehoods which may appear in the Union and
American, and which may deem worthy of notice
fully able and prepared to protect my person
against assault and TO punish the assailant
ALLEN A. HALL.
Early yesterday morning MIR. Poindex.
ter called, in company with two friends, at
the Counting Room Of the Ne,cs, and ask
ed for Mr.. Hall He was informed that
that gentleman had not yet come down.
The call was repeated, aud Mr.. Hall had
not yet arrived. Soon after the second
call, Mr.. Hall came in, and was immedi-
ately apprized of the fact that Mr.. p was
seeking him. A few moments after he
was farther apprized that Mr.. p. was ad-
vancing towards his Office from the corner
of Deaderick street, Mr.. Hall immediate
| ly took a position in front of his door, and
as Mr.. T. advanced, he commanded him
twice to stop in loud voice. Mr.. p rath-
er quickened his pace, and at the second
command made movement as if to draw
weapon. Thereupon Mr.. Hall leveled
double barrel shot gun, charged heavily
with buck-shot and fired. Mr.. p. fell upon
the pavement about fifty feet from Mr. Hall
and died in few moments without artic
ulating word. His pistol fell by his side.
His body received five buck-shot, either
one of which, in the opinion of a physician
who examined the wounds, would have
proved fatal, In addition his left arm, in
which he supported an umbrella, was badly
broken. The umbrella shaft was also
broken
Mr.. p. was Immediately carried into the
office of Mr.. Childress. He gasped as he
was laid upon a settee, and expired.
T Mr.. Hall Immediately sent for an officer
and delivered himself into his custody.
Mr.. Hall was subsequently brought be.
fore Magistrates Ferris, Maxey and Coltart
/, for examination, Hons. Ed. Ii. Ewing,
/ Nell s. Brown, Jno. s. Brien. and r. ii,