The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-30
[From the Nashville Patriot, Nov. lethl
The Killing of nn Editor I'm Ten


nesSce.
Our city was thrown into great excitement
Yesterday morning by a rencontre between
Messrs. g. G. Poind exter, one OF the editors
Of the Union and American, and Allen A.
Hall, senior editor OF the Daily Nsios, which
resulted in the almost instant death OF Mr..
Poindex!er. The particulars of this most
| melancholy and unfortunate affair are briefly
| these:
Some six or eight days since political
controversy sprung up. between the editors
of the Union and American and of the NeDs.
during which, language was used by both
parties which was respectively regarded as
ofa personal nature. In the Union and
American of Thursday morning appeared tn
following paragraph:
"The charges and insinuations against this
paper, contained in the lesGing editorial
article 10 the Nashville Ne,cs OF yesterday,
are utterly destitute OF truth. We cannot
! consent TO carry on n newspaper controversy
with an editor who utters calumnles against
contemporary trusting to the supposed priv
Ieges OF age to shield him from responsible
| ty."
This paragraph led to an nffray between
| the euthor Of il, MIR. Poindexter, and Mr.
! John Hall, the son of Mr. Allen A. Hall, oi
the NtpS, in which few blows were eX'
changed, but resulted in no hurt to either
the parties being separated by the bystand
els. Thrt ugh their respective friends, they
appointed meeting for the same day, nea
the sulphur spting in the northern suburbs o
the city. Both went to the appointed pac
of meeting, ss we understand, but through
mi. understanding az to the time, the meetin
did not take place. Mr.. Poindexter goinI
in the morning, and Mr.. Hall in the after
, noon. Here the MISTER rested until yeSter
, day morning, when the following card Up
pearpd in the NswS:
! A CARD.
Yesterday morning there appeared in th'
Union and American the following para
graph:
The charges and insinu9tions against thi
) paper, contained in the leading editorial ar
tic!e in the Nashville Ne,pS Of yesterday, ar
utterly destitute OF truth. We cannot con
sent TO carry on a newspaper controvers!
, with N rditor who utters calumnies agains
! Il contemporary, trnsriag 10 the suppose
privileges Of age to shield him from respon
sibiii'y.'
The "charges" made against the Unio
and American in the article Of the Ne,O
, above referred to, eslab}i-hed by undeni
, sbie facts then md there adduced. ii mad
no usnua!lons.
The assertion that trust to the privilege
, Of rge 10 shield myself from reeponsibili'
for eny statements make, is false and CT
, Iumniuua. He who made the assertion trust
, to the pistol to shield from exposure the mis-
, rapre~e ntatons and ialseho0ds OF the j0urnn
, With u hich he is connected. This is III
PLATA English OF the mater. The shield h
> has selected will prove insufficient for hi
/ purpose. shall 60 on, as have begun
with q thorough exposure Of oil misStatc
. ments, misrepresentation, and toleSho d
which tFay appear IN the Union and Ameri
can, and which may deem worthy ot nj
e uce-tuIiy able and prep red to protect m
, person against assault and to runish the as
5 sailant. ALLEN a. HALL.
+ About the ususl breakfast hour, &ir. Puin
Gext,r called 1T the cth e Of the Ne,cS, an
inquired for Mr.. Hall, who had not yet com
down town. IL called 0gsin about 8 o'clock
mpanied BY two friends, and again tail
ing to find Mr.. Hall all the Utfice, he walke
down Cherry street to the neighborhood q
/. Cedar, where he remained for perhaps hal
| an hour, and then returned along in the di
| rection OF The NercS Office When he ha
approached within some thirty or orty step
ui the door, Mr.. Hntl who was warned OF hi
nppToacb, stepped cut ugoa the p yemen
wilh double barreII"d h It gun in hi, hind
) He called to Mr.. Poiudrxter either two OF
three times to stop, but The latter continun!
10 advance, he lrve!ed the gun and fired on,
barrel, th2 charge, which consisted OF bu K
shot taking fleet in Nh Pondexlrr's brras
aud stomach, nnd killing him almost instant
". II was conveyed within tne law eff ict
OF the Hon. Andre" Ewing, in front of whlci
he fell, aud thence to the residence at
friend. IL did not speak, we learn, ate
recevn2 the shot.
/ Mr. Hall was arrested and entered int,
bonds OF $4,000 tor hia appearance on Fidb,
next to answer the charge Of killing Mr.
Pondexter. The Legislature OF Tennessee
in session at Nashville, adjourned out of re
spect Tor the murdered editor. He is tn,
third editor of the Nashville Union an
American who has been shot in the slleet.