Indiana American., 1867-10-11
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| In one Of the mo|htain counties Of
! Middle Tennessee m tjdent occurred in
the early part Of the far which goes TO
show that detorminedcourag and noble
daring are not alwayskpfre ed 10 strength
of muscle. Ii serveX TO show, too, that
swift sycppinQ justicd| |metimes oyertakcs
the offender In way| he least expected.
Previous to the tbrcak in 1861 a
Young man Of mnchfromse and moral
worth located in ruI neichborhood In
one Of the upper cou les, for the purpose
OF pursuing The prac9e OF medicine. the
study OF which he Ma Just completed.
And when the war "a on he was among
the few faithful Wa est heart was
set upon tho fag S~country. But
such was the force Of the nde OF secession
and rebellion which swept over the coun-
try as to make submission for the time
being virtue; and ho eontented himself
by quietly pursuing hh calling, in at
tending the bedside Of the sick, AWAITING
with patience the day when the turbd
stream should pass away, and the dag of
the Union should again float in the noun
tain breeze.
That day came at length, aud tho Un-
ion army passed through the county, and
every man was required 10 swear allegiance
to the Government The young doctor
was the FIRST 10 take the oath, and this act
at once made him q marx for rebel hatred
and rebel bullets. Nor was it long ere
bis life paid the penalty. Three young
men Of the neighborheod wire selected
as the willing agents in making him an
example TO all who should lare thus TO
welcome again the old gag.--They went
to his boarding house. and inding him
seated at the dinner table, rr-sed in and
ordered him to surrender, ,t the same
time opening fire upon him b his de-
f.nseless condition. Several balls took
effect as he rose and attempted to make
his escape, as resistance was worse than
vain. He got out Of the door, but finding
himself mortally wounded and about &c
bleed to death, he was carried in, where
he was again set upon by his murderers.
He begged them to leave him as he was
then dying But one Of them, placing n
revolver at his head, blew his brains out,
when they retired TO report thsir hellish
success.
The news of this murderous deed fell
like damper upon every loyal heart But
there was one which felt the wight Of it
more keenly than all others. Mss Liver
MIA W., the daughter of a we'll 10. do farm
er in the neighborhood, was engaged to
the young doctor. She was young, scarce
lv grown mn 10 womanhood-intellieen
.modess and amiabla,sucIwi.hs kdelicately
formed, weasias A-sllce that fis children,
Of No. ID. The sad news fell upon her
like the crushing weight Of a mountain.
And she resolved In her mind 10 revenge
the death Of her fallen lover And with
due caution she waited and sought an OPP
portunity, communicating with no one,
that she might effect her object the more
surely.
Thus time passed on; but justice, like
the revenge for the dead, sIumbered not.
One Of the young menwho VAS present
when the awful deed was committed, not
long after was killed by accident Then
another one was captured by the Federal
forces passing through, and when 1t be-
came known that he was one of the mur-
derers Of the young doctor be was shot by
order OF the commanding officer. But
Turner still lived, a regular guerrilla, the
daring bloody guerrilla, who styled him
self "Louisiana tiger And so little
remorse had he for the murderous deed,
he not only remained in the country, but
had married aud lived in the neighbor-
hood.
IL was in the beautiful month Of May,
when one Sabbath morning the young la.
dy, with the heart Of Spartan soldier,
determined to accomplish the object Of
avenging the death of him who, having
won her heart, was dearer than life itself.
She was young lady OF exemplary NOR.
ais, church member, but sought the nc
complishment Of the long cherished object
on that day, because il was likely to af-
ford her better opportunities than busi.
ness day would. And when breakfast was
ovo- she dressed herself and left without
saying word TO any one OF the family as
to where or Tor what purpose she was ao-
sent one iei'a note' however 10 her
room, stating the opJect OF her erranu,
ana IN case she should DC kiiied IN the
undertaS'ng' she gave directions in re-
gatu 70 her our'ai; M no'c was nov
found' however, unuf Fo ume she
returned 'a'e 10 'he al Hon'
on ies'ing IN 'he rv'enoon sne wen,
d'recuy 70 ms mouse, in'enaing 10 oeara
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