The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-04-05
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE
USEFUL CITIZEN CRUELTY
MITRDERED,

MURDERED,
This city was thrown into n painful
state OF excitement at noon yesterday,
by the annonncemcnt.0n the street that
Dir. Henry Curow, II wcll.known physi-
clan Of this city had been murdered NJ
the Commercial Hotel, corner OF Cher-
ny and Cedar streets. The particulars
ofthc sad affair, as fwa5 we are able TO
gather them, were rs follows: A young
man by the name Of Pr 1ruetl, u
Pinckney Tructt, Postmasterat sparta,
White county, in this State, had been
stopping at the Commercial Il rev
days, having been summoned 70 lh'S
city rs Il witness in the trial OF Judd, the
mail robber arrested some time slncc'
and had been drinking and spreelhg
very freely so much 50 in fact, nat
the L. 5. District Attorney had to dlS'
miss him, us too much under the ih'l"'
cncc ofliquor to give in his evidence ~
the trial, lie vas taken sex ~ ms
room, No. 8, in the Commercial Lo.ei'
and desired 20 have 4 physician a
porter was despatched for Dr. CaroW'
who Immediately came over to the no.
Tel to see him, a few moments "i'er,
words the report OF n pistol was hearu
bv one If the dodgers, and upon enter
inc room No. s, Dr. c, was found sitting
upright in Il chair opposite the BED just
vacated by Truett, and shot through the
hcud 1ructt was arrested walking
about the hail with Colts Revolver III
his hand and with his coat off, A young
man named benton, vino occupied the
,uom onuosjlc TO the one wherein the
trogic net wo, committed. ~statcsthUt he
I,@rJ Same onr ktckfpa nj his door,
.,I n.r,i,Ih, ,.,,iro II he saw Tructt
"]tan,jina tL|rc IN hi. .Lirt sleeves with
, nn,,nITT,r in hi. hand He ilumcdi.
n,,yr nIo.nl Ills door and locked il, and
.oomn onnr hon;,d fine rnno, T.. Of pjstol,
ito thnn locked ont ofhis door and not
,]aoina ,rr,.tt ohnut nroccded toward,
tho .t7,ir.ro.. DESCENDING 10 the saloon.
WhnnL NJ. rn,cLod>hr hr9d Of stairs
Trnntt called ont TO him from the oppo-
.i,o onJ Of tbc U,Il 70 "stop," This
,nndo% ra,Lnr tn i]"rycosc fine specd Of
Dnrloo wh, .urono down the steps rs
- L,nII"t ho,n 'Trmr,ts nistoI whi,tIed
oLnvo ii. hrrJ Denton Immediately
,,.,,, tLn ,l,rm in ,ho saloon. that a
n,on rros mm s,oirs sh%ootinr. and the
nmrcrs went nm and arrested Tructt,
and foupd DIR. Cuow in Tructt's room,
]si,,;n. rnr;ylt in - rh,ir and shot in
,Ln LIr,l m,r, IF tLr Lro1 the bail en-.
,nrin~nt hnL,sc orthc skull where the
Lo.,I inir. f., ,ho neck, and ranging
J,wn ,Tr,rls whicL. rs Dr. Stout and
Winston testified, produced his death,
4 ]roroucy's inqac,t was held over the
Lodv, and fine verdict rendered was,
"that Or. Carow came to his death from
4 hnIlct shot from Il pistol nthc hands
Of =. p. Truett. The witnesses state,
that when first discovered, DR.. Carow
sat in the chair, with his head thrown
back. with a phvsia ans prescriptions
book in his LETT hand, while his right
hand crashed a pencil. 50 that he must
have been in the act Of writing pres
criu,ion for his paticnt when he shot
him. THE PRESCRIPTION on the leaf was
scarcely flied out. and from the scratch
cd or gcrawlcl appearance of the last
letter if unpcarri rs if the sudden
shock had clu,rd 4 convulsivc start
and , crooEcl uonctl.mark was the
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