, 1866-06-20
THE MEMPHIS TRAGEDY.
4 Citizen Shoots Three Murderery
The CIllzen Killed by = Deputy ShertH
-Fun DetalIa of the bloody ARRAY.
(Frouu the Memphts Isnttetfn Jnue 16shl

u JAk1LCA S4UUSS 1A4CC Jul N0l GAS
Pull DeaalIa of the bloody ARRAY.
fFrom the Memphis Bu1re,tn, June 1s.h,]
A terrible tragedy was enacted Oh Thur
day evening, about three miles from the city
Of Memphis, on the Pigeon Roost road,
artsing out of q feeling for revenge, which
resulted In the death Of two men BY
pistol shots, and the seriously woundiuE
farmer named Thomas Paine, residing on the
holly Ford road, about sig mflea from
the CITY, was shot down tn cold blood by
three men who had gone to his place II
search Of some steers, on Friday night. A
man named William Carmichael was wounded
In the thigh ut the same time. BE WIS not
90 seriously injured, however. but that he
WAS In position to identify bis assui1Ant5 aud
the murderers Of Mr. Paine. Tho warrants
were plpced In the hands Of Sheriff Winters,
who deputcd Mr. VIM. !. SAINT to proceed
out on the Pigeon Roost road, snd use all the
means in his power to aPprehend the murdaE-
era. Saint, who was RELAXED to the murdered
mad, went to work On Wednesday evening
with the greatest alscfity, and on Thursday
morning be had succeeded In arTesttn4 En-
bank, and lodging him In the county jail.
When Tubank found himself secure behind
the bars, he was seized with . remorse, and
| offered to diyu1ge the particulars OF tho
tTlTQLIul 1HulQef ~ OLuStT SAlut+ 11G WA
| told that hie evidence would be used for the
benefit Of the State In the trial Of tho Others
I implicated, and then he determined 10 s'make
clean breast Of It," He informed the officer
that the parties implicated in che murder Of
Mr.. Paine, besides himself were Frank Win
gate and Sam Bowett. He did not state who
fred the fatal shot. but warrants were i'm
nedinte}y procured from 'Sqni1e Hall for the
apprehension Of Wingate aud Bowett.
slISTFASD POSSE PROCEED TO ARREST TIE
MUnDgRERs.
These warrants were also placed In the
hands Of Saint for execution on Thursday
forenoon. A poHe eo4ni&atus was promptly
summoned, consisting of Richard Grooms, a.
J. Singleton, William Carmichael and Daniel
henderson, LneIatter brother-tn-law of the
riage. The arrangements were quickly form
ed, and Euhank was taken out OF jail 10 act
us guide to tha party, and to point ont the
mnrderers, as 1t was fully anticipated that
several mics would have to be traversed be-
tors the prisoners would be captured.
OF Mr. William Saint. On leaving the
city the officers Of Justice, or tnosa who
we're for the time acting as auch, proceeded
out On the Pigeon Roost road for several
miles. On their way out, Henderson strong
! ~ urged On the party that they should kill
| them On the spot He said ha wanted Just
Ice. To this proposition Saint strongly OBJ
Iccted, and peremptorily told Henderson that
| he would do all In his power to taxa them
| paclty Of an officer Of the law, aud he waa
| determined to do bis duty. Henderson, who
seemed bent on reTengtng the death ofhis
brother-in-lnw, did not seem to relish the re-
was determined 10 do hts duty, he LEFT the
party ard rode back ashort distance int tho
| woods and was soon out Of sight.
| THE ARREST OF THR AuRpERERs.
By this time 1t was about twelve O'Clock at
noop, and the party were saon IN 'front.' OF
Pigeon Roost Rondt about ten miles from
| Memphis. 4 short distance from tho house
they observed two men working In . field,
\ whom Eubank pointed ont a. WinQate and
med'ately entered the aeld, accompanied BY
his posse, aud, informing the two men that
! they were his prisoners on a charge Of
murder, he called on them to surrender. The
men, seeing there was no hope Of escape, and
that they were likely soon to be oyerpowered
by numbers II they attempted to resist, sur
rendered at Observation-Disclosures, the only
| ona who w2s armed, giving up his pistol to
Saint. The men we're then taken into custo-
dy, but as the day was extremely hot, the
cool Of the evening.
TIE DOUBLE TRA0EDr ENACTED.
Between seTeu and eight O'Clock In the
| evening the prisoners md their captors left
Wngate'a houaa for the city. al riding on
horsss or mules Enuank and Bowett were
astride the same animal, mule, while Win
gate rode mule belonging to himself The
prisoners were securely guarded On each side
By the members Of the pose, and every pro-
canton was made to prevent An escape A.
Was dirk as the caValcade rode alowIy to-
| ward the city, and when the party was with
in about three miles Of Memphis, they rero
again Joined by Mr.. Henderson, who &C.
costed Saint, and rode alongside Of him for
sometime Henderson again strongly urged
that AL the prisoners should he nnassscred In
cold blood, as he said they richly deserved
It. aaint repeated that be was In the ca-
paclty OF an oflcer OF justice. and would de-
lend The lives Of the prisoners with his OWL
dersou replied in q surly tone, and then fell
Into the rear Of the party. Revenge, how
ever, had taken possession Of his soul. The
desire for vengeance wae gpawiDg, a. 1t were,
| ut bis very vital9, aud he Was determined to
have it. he rode On sulkuy for > short dis
tance. aud when the party was about quar-
ter of a mllo from the junction OF the
Memphis & Charleston Railroad With
the Pigeon Roost road, ,lhe suddenly pulled
pistol from bis pocket, and, riding up behind
Eubank, who was on the same mule as Bow
EFT. fired. The ball entered behind the un-
fortunate mans shoulder. He Instantly fell
to the ground, and almost before be had
touched the earth, lie was extinct. The bull
let had penetrated . vital part As might
have been expected, th1s fearful Incident
caused tha greatest c0nsternAtlon to prevail
among the party for few moments. Hem
dezron seemed for minute or two to b. m11-
ter Of the feld.
TIE WOUNDS OF T1z TWO MuBpgaxas.
The blood Of poor Euhank did not seem to
antIsfy the too thoroughly desperate man.
/ and In an instant smother shot was Aired and
Bovett was wounded in the left arm. Almost
instantly another bullet entered his shoulder,
I ~ N1h G.. -
turned his mnls's head round, aud galIoped
into the woods. The thoroughly tnfu1iated
man next attacked WIng1te, and lodged .
bullet IN h14 left arm also, little above the
elbow. AL this happened In shorter space
| OF time than It has taken to Write It or &he
| reader to read It.
HExpkRsos sHor DEAD D1 SAINT.
The repeated nrhg and the flashes Of faEe
from HendersGn's pistol, in the darkness sf
| the night, caused some OF the riders 70 !ose
for moment control Of tho animals they
rode. Saint, whose mule beca1ne very restlve.
shouted to Henderson. y no seemed 70 behave
or be would shoot bin down On tho spot.
The onlv reply he got to this was 4
bullet. which went Nhtzzmg past the
LEFT side Of hts head, partially grazing
his temple. Saint had bis pistol il his hand
might be better aimed, he raised his weapon.
took deliberate aim and fired Henderson
ree1ed In his saddle for moment, and thea
fell to the ground bloody corpse Ihe
bullet from sAln.'s pistol had pierced hts
heart. This terminated one Of inc most
frightful tragedies ever enacted In the county
OF Shelby.
TIE WOUNDED.
The wounded men, Boxest and WlngAte.
were as kindly cared for as circumstances
would permit. They we're taken TO house
the spot wheso ths tshdifat ~ htssgedJ IT,
drsssed both men suffering the most
acute pain. The Wounds however.
tation In both cases may he necessary. fss-
hv nri1er If Squire Hall, and conveyed ~ tho
nolice station. They arc now under caro- Of
. he surgeon OF the hospital, and ara roeeiring
| the hc.f medical attention.