Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-11
THE OUTRAGE ON THE PIGEON
ROUST ROAD. ia1
The Negro Arrested and Identi.
fed by his Victim.


BILE outrage upon the person of girl,
twelve years old, on the Pigeon -Roost
road on Saturday last has been arrested
He was captured on Court street by Ser
geant Garrett, yesterday evening, and
Immediately taken to Jail He gave his
name as Bill Washington and this morn
ing, Mary King. the girl referred TO, APP.
peared at the station-house and identi-
fed him as the perpetrator of the out
rage. An examination was had before
magistrate this morning, aud he will
be tried before the Criminal Court at an
early day. uLt
| ATRocloUs OuTRAGE77A man claim
ing to be United States detective vio-
lated the person of married lady at
the Gayoso House, yesterday, under err
cumstances that for deep villainy have
not been excelled for many a day, ME-
w. B. Clark and his wife arrived yester-
day on the Molie Able, and put up at
the Commercial Hotel Mr.. Clark is
from Texas, and came last by way of
Shreveport, Louisiana, and it appears
that while he was in that place riot 'oc-
Cured among some negroes, the partic-
MARS of which Mr.. Clark was aware OF.
A man by the name Of W. s. Choate was
also a.passenger, we learn, on the Able.
and put up at the same hotel. Mr. w.
B. Clark wishing to take the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, went to the
Charleston Hotel, with his wife, and as
he was registering his name, Choate at
that moment stepped up, and claiming
to be United States detective, arrested
Mr. Clark for being implicated in the
Shreveport riot He placed Mr.. Clark
aud his wife in hack and they were
driven to the Gayoso House, and con
Quoted BY Choate 10 the ladies sitting
room, where he left them. Choate then
went to the Office, registered his own
name, and told the clerk he had two pris-
oneps up stairs for whom he wanted sep
arate rooms That gentleman, not sup
posing anything was wrong, assigned him
two rooms adjoining each other, into one
of which Choate placed Mr.. Clark, and
told him be must remain there until his
return. He then took Mrs. Clark into
the other room, and shutting the door,
told her if she made any cutlery, or did
not permit him to accomplish his hellish
object, he would kill her, His base de-
sign carried out, Choate left the room,
Mrs Clarke following. She went to the
parlor, called one Of the ladies', told her
what had happened, and before the alarm
was sounded the villain was gone Mr..
Clark, though in the next ROOM knew
nothing Of the matter until a gentleman
went to him and called him out, which
he declined to do at first, still deeming
himself prisoner until the facts of the
case were told him. A full description
of Choate has been placed in the hands
OF the police, and several detectives are
now on the track Of the villain, with
good prospects of capturing him.
FIRE LAST NIGHr-ARREsr About
ii o'clock last night, fire broke out in
the second story Of the house No 20l
Main street Officer Brockman, of the
Metropolitan Police, being in the vicin
ity, rushed up stairs, and breaking open
door, entered the place; the flames
were breaking out between the plaster
ing of the walls, and he found the gas
pipes cut Dashing down stairs into the
saddlery. store. of j. Dworaek, he found
a man with a candle in each hand, in
the act Of setting FIRE to lot of papers
and other combustibles, the gas pipe
there being cut ALSO When officer Brock
man ordered him to hold on, he began to
cry, fire fire !" Justify, and to make
great fuss, but despite this he was ar
rested and taken to the station-house,
where he stated that his name was Isaac
d. Coleman, and that he was from New
York, and had nothing to do with the
saddlery store The fire department was
promptly on the ground, and water be-
ing speedily obtained, the fire was soon
extinguished. Considerable damage was
done to the stock of saddlery, and to the
goods in the adjoining stores, by the
large quantity of water thrown upon the
fire.
CHANcERY CouRT-An important de-
cision was given yesterday by Chancellor
Smith The case was that of John j.
Wood VS.. Guthrie, ct al, in which claim
was made for the payment of a debt