The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-09
From the Memphis Appeal. sth isst.
bloody Tragedy in 8IissisSippi-E
Son Murders a Family.


son Murders a Family.
James Thompson len his home s,-bt q,
ten years age About a wear since bs -.
turned 90 the house Of his f,fhs- -
| Brooksviiie, on the Mobile and OHIO rs
road. James exhibited % his father 80
appeared 20 be authentic and oficisl Iett,rs
from Perm, showing that he was q c-tirar II
tnat country. and had been IN the Peruvia Al
army When this man arrived 81 home M I,
Federal army was approaching Br1oksrrle.
and Young Thompson persuaded his fsthe-
70 deed his properly 20 him. So thar De c1i,Id
/ legally place il under the protection ofthS
Peruvian Gag.
James has recently been Organizing a
colony for Brgzil. He sold stock from he
! BlaSe, ana ms last aci was 20 piace one hun
Tleu osles q cotton % q fataost on the
Iombigbee river. which hovs within = ~,
miles ct BrooksVile.
The father became alar,ned. and. 70 M
| pea.s. LEFT home on Tuesday of lssf vel
Tor GAINESVILLE, 70 obtain legal advice Al =,
the proper steps % take In restraining ks
son. u appears, however. that this mo,e
vas inside quietly, and that the relations or
james, with the family, which consisted of
ms siepmother. three haif-siurars sra
haii-hruther, were entirely cordial Thsrs
3 also iuil brother named joseph. who ia
p reared was accessory % james on Sun
day morning james approached the ho1ss
and inquired Of the negroes in the vard h
ait were we'll. He then entered the house
and Z appears, shot his sister Margaret with I
= shotgun IS she was in.the act of .lressin4
herself She bad one sto,lip, az and ~ |
another IN her hand. The shot took efa,t /
IN her right shoulder and side, nearly tear I
ing the arm from the body, aud fnanrllro 4
I eside most horribly. The mother was hesra /
~ ner daughter Jemima, who was up SITS irs.
70 Deg her son most piteously not % shoot
out a second report followed, and the moth |
sr was found dead. shot in the riTht shoal-
ier aud side, on the door back of The
bed. The mother and this daughter nnst
have died instantly. The murderer then
uttered the room Of his brother, Clay. whom
le shot IN the forehead, killing him in
tanuy. Clay was also heard 81 the girls
looVe 5taIrs begging his brother not 20 shoot
I'M. The two girls up stairs closed ana
'oit-d their door; but the terrible MAJ as
ended the stairs aud forced 10 omen. re
aima slipped BY him, rushed down. ar5
as on the threshold Of the door. when she
'as seized by the shoulder and Sung ones G
no toe room and shot in the back of the a
cad with pistol. She must die. From o
ie direction Of the fatal shot she must have o
zen on her knees, begging Tor her life. The q
urderer then sgain went no stairs and shot |
.e last and youngest sister, named Emma. q
the shoulder and breast. She rot under y
e bed, where he fred two shots | b
her. She abandoned this position v
ID placed herself behind war ID
ODE. Here she received two shoe OF
e IN the side aud one 10 the ieH thigh W
rs young giri may racoveT. James NOV, M
: the house and proceeded 20 the river. m
iere his cotton boat was mcored lie me
: father and the sheriff Of the countr | 81
aimed deliberately az his father. but tie q
P snapped. He fred the secoEd barre. qu
II was knocked up by bys ander. anal a
'sed harmlassly over the fathers head. an
then drew bis pistol and fred twice. ou. so
u taking effect IN the body of the fsthes. FEY
% now clenched the desperate, and amer no
cree struggle be was bound. )
Ne hue and cry was raised, and citizens ina
"a brooksville followed The ruiian 10 the ha
e., who were with difficulty restrained Ia
n burning him. lie is 30 iail al Macon. ar,
Is supposed that Joe Thompson was an | Gel
omplee, from the fact that he told his
Ter and the sheriff, on their arrival al | up
river, that bis brother james was drink JeI
and would do mischief, since which time the
has not been seen son
ames Thompson is descri bed as q small tur
D, with pleasing but reckless face. He
1irty years Of age are