Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-02
JUDGE CRUELTY BEATEN.
Atrocities i'm Putnam and other COuu-
ties-OutIaWs Punished by a little
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Correspondence Of the Union and Americana
SPARTA, April q. '66.-Our neghboring county
of Putnam has been in suite an exctementfe the
last,week. 1t has become almost common thing
for a 'fcw lawIess men who range through that
county TO mistreat citizens and returned rebels at
their pleasure. One night last week, three men,
formerly of Capt. Pennington's company, Of Col.
CARROTS regiment, named Maxwell, Miller and
Patton went to the house Of an old man named
Gnter, took him out from his house, stripped his
shirt off. and Miller and Maxwell were whipping
him most numerically. The cid mans daughter,
fourteen years Of age, and son, twelve years old,
hearing his cries, went to his rescue, each with
axe. Coming up, one of them Glove the edge of
the axe to the eye in Millcr'S back, and the other
did the other did the same in Maxwell's head
Patton, who was holding horses. rushed to their
rescue with his pistol, when one blow almost en-
tirey severed his right arm. Having released
their aged parent, strange to say, they all return
cd to the house without further molesting the
whipping party. Maxwell has since died, and
Miller, it is said is bound to die. These are the
facts as heard them. and believe they are true.
Monday Circuit Court began ia COOkeville, and
it was expected a large number of those outlaws
were or hand, cutting up generally. Two of them,
whose names l understand to be McCalip and
SUPERINTENDENT and abused the venerable Judge
Quarles, of Gainsboro, badly, for what reason 1
have not learned. Judge Quarles is lawyer of
high standing. and esteemed by all who know
him. Several arrests were made the next day,
am informed, by a company of regular United
States troops. who had just arrived, and quiet is
restored. All agree that no court could have
been held at Cookeville. had it not been for the
arrival of this company of troops.
Some two months ago, a part of these same out
laws went to the house of man named Roberts,
below Cookevile. whipped him almost to death,
took $500 cash from him. and made him leave the
country Immediately. Roberts had just returned
from Indiana, whittier he had removed during
On last Saturday, a son of Tinker Baty, of Fen
tress county. and a man named Hatfield, came to
Sparta on business, and LETT IN the ran. Ihey
called OF the house of John Devices, y man seven
ty-five years old, ten miles east of Sparta, to
warm. The old man having kindly invited them
Devices had left Fentress in 1862 to avoid troubles
there and settled in this secluded place, and
commenced abusing the old man, and gave INN
his choice to go to Fentress with them or take n
whipping The old man objected to bOth-had
no business in FentresS. and was too old to take
the whipping. But when they had dried thor
oughly, they started. taking the old man with
with them a few hundred yards from the house,
when Baty let in on him with n stick knocking
him down several times, and then with limb
whipped him severely.
/ also learn to-day that man named Jones,
living FIVE or six miles east of Smithvile, was
whipped to death by three unknown men, one
night last week.
III these men are not disarmed, and stopped
from such inhuman acts more girls and axes Will
have TO be brought into TequiSltion. Everybody
L rcjoiced to hear OF the United states troops IN
Putnam. and we since: rely hope they will remain
there until all of these outlaws are dsarned ~ all
of this mountain country. w