Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-13
A BFysserious NJ urder-A Dead lHan Eound
An - Church.

Rlysserious NJ EuFder-A Dead zan Wound
IN - Church.
Corrsspozssncs of the Louisville Demserstl
WEST POINT, KY, October Is, 1868.
AEssRs. EDITORS: A very shocking sfair
has transpiIed St church pheasant View)
sbeut four miles from this place. Yesterday
being the day for meeting, persons collecting at
the church feuud the house closed rs usual. On
going in q man vas found dead ia the church.
his head, face and clethss kesmearsd with blood,
and bloed. nearly dry, in many places in the
church. They al5S found two very large clubs
lying near the body with blood and hair on
them. One Of them was oak, Eva or ak feet
long and three or four inches in diaasssr, the
other smaller.
a jury Tss summoned by Esquire Withers,
and Doctors Fletcher and Ferlins were called 70
examine the body, when il was found tBat the
left side Of ths head and lsee were badly fTac-
tuTed, with ether msTks Of violence on the BODY.
The man is supposed to have been desd aboat
TIVE weeks.
He was about ssnty.eight OF thirty yesrs ef
age, six feet high black hair, eyes and WhiskeIs;
his el0thiHg Of black cashmere; 40 peculiar
Ezsrks on the body.
There were papers foand on the deceased
showing BIS Esms 70 be Dsvid A. Hamilton
These papers show that he has been in Glasgow
A ticket for cabin passage on the steamer Han
AeLg flNE4 AaAAiu " 4IuNlBflttcr n Eltc U6Jh
found on the body shows that David A. Hsmii-
ton wss msrried IN October, 1859, to Miss Fan
ME A. williamson.
A negkb5r living near the church said on the
30th of September he was going to Elizabeth-
town, and met two men coming tsHard West
Point walking, and 81 hs came hems the sane
evening he passed the same two men. After
being st home short time, the same two men
came 20 his heuse, wishing to stay she nigAt bat
- IL
they could net stay. They then left. AltsT
Being gene near one hour, tho same two indi-
vidsals returned with a third man, answering
the description Of the deceased. All three again
wished to stay the night. Being told they could
not ssay, they went 10 tbs church. ne Gays he
heard considerable loud talking near the church.
but could not hear what Was said On rotiripg
TOR the night, the persons were still in the eharek
No persen has been known TO have entered the
ehuTea since thsk time. u.
The Louisville Journal gives another and DIFF
fsrent ysrsion Of it, as follows:
A. FIEEpIsH ASSASSINATION.
A murder, attended By circumstances Of uuu-
ana, brutality, was committed on the 30sh uis ,
~ nerpstfs!saFs of which were two young meu,
who sppesred to be 5Tothsrs from their strong
resemblance 10 each other. i occurred at q
,,,.l. unfrsuuented church, near West Point, at
tbe mont. Of Sait river, below eur city. These
two voifuo men went to farmer MeC0y's house
ana sske5 10 be acoomn0dstsd for the night,
but, as be was unprepared for sHeh duliesi aad
they were so near tie village, Ae declined to &C
conamodsts them. They went away, bat soen
returned with an old man, who is, no doUbt fr0m
( Glasgow, Kentucky, snd who told Mccoy he
/ wsuld psy the expenses Of tie party, if they
were permitted TO remain. Mccoy still refused,
pleading his inability to grant their request.
They sSsrted Of again to 60 to the little church
near by for the nigat. Tne next morning the
young men went 10 West Point, one Of them