Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-29
Society in Nashville Murders. Rob
berries. and Lareeuy"-Lymch Law
Advocated.

Society in Nashville" Murders, Rob
berries, and LaFeeuy"-Lymch Law
Advocated.
Nashville must be a pleasant place to
reside, The UoioHb of the Goth inst, sums
up the days transactions in and about the
the city as follows; Highway robberies, 8;
attempted robberies, 3; arrests for rob
berry, IS; attempted burglaries, 3; bur
glaries, /; arrested for burglary, /; bur
glars shot, /; arrested for murder, > !;
negroes killed, }. In addition there is n
rumor of the killing of two men and
wounding of a third, near the city, with
the statement that there were other ru-
mors in abundance Of alleged outrages
and murders"
The Union makes the following signif-
cant remarks on the subject of summary
vengeance;
Nashville is safe. w had thought its
occupation, like that of Othello, was gone
-or rather, that it had lost its good name,
as we did not, yesterday, hear of Il single
murder. But to-day, the Capital of Ten
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and San Francisco, were never the equals
of Nashville, though in each of those
cities, a score or more of suspicious char
acters were hung, without either Judge or
jury. We do not say that such will ever
be the case here; far from it; the people
would undoubtedly rather be murdered
han to protect themselves, through any
other instrumentalities than grand and
petit iuries, who were never known 70 deal
with justice, if mercy could be pleaded.
1--WE once heard of a man who, when
very sick, said he had rather die under the
treatment of a regular physician, Thar
live, under the care of any other and so
it is in Nashville. Before the people
would hang a few of the outlaws who in
fest society, by a summary process, they
would all suffer from the assassin's knife
or bullet,
When will men understand that the
forms of law will no longer serve their
purposes; will no longer suffice to insure
security, either to person or property ?
The military is aroused, it may, and we
hope will, do something; but if it fails,
we must learn wisdom from the history of
Vicksburg and San Francisco.
A special dispatch from Nashville to The
Cincinnati Commercial, under date of Nov.
9th, gives the following account of the
trial by a military court of the murderers
of Mr.. ". Heffernan;
The trial of the three murderers was
completed to-day before the Court Mar
tial. The court adjourned till four o'clock
tomorrow. 1t is understood that the
charges, specifications, finding and evil
dence, have been telegraphed to General
Stoneman at Knoxville, and his approval
is expected tomorrow. The impression
prevails hat the execution mayta take place
between four o'clock tomorrow afternoon
and night unless the military authorities
decide to defer it until Wednesday to
enable a more public execution.
Heffernan was buried to-day, and had
the largest funeral ever seen in Nashville.
Mrs. Heffernan is still not expected to sur
vive.
For a wonder there was no robbery or
murder last night or to-day.
The four parties engaged in the murder
are VIM. Dean, Geo. Graft, Jas. Lysought
and James A. Jones. Craft is considered
the principal actor in the tragedy, and is
from New York State,