New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-31
TENNESSEE.

THE MURDER OF UNION MEN-rARIlCuLAl'S of ltE
.ss,ss,v,rToN OF SENATOR CASE AND TIE DEPU-
1ysf,EPIFFs OF oBION COUNTY
Prom Oar Special Correspondent NASHVILLE Jan. 49, 1861
You have already received, by telegraph, the an
,,,ooo,ent If the murder Of Senator Case, and the
,oyo Derptv sheriffs OF Obon County all Union men,
NV the hands of a Rebel guerrilla named Frank Far
ria The particulars Of this atrocous business which
have lust been received here viii briefly narTate
On Friday last while Deputy Sheriff Human OF
Obion County was transferring to Jail q colOred
prisoner who had been indicted by the Grand
Jury the paiT were joined by Farris and ell three
rode along together, Farfis and Kinman talking on
the most amieable terms. Arriving on the Puonc
Square OF the county seat, Troy, Kinman was IN the
act of dismounting, when Faris suddenly drew re-
volyer and deliberately shot the former through the
head. inflicting fatal wound. The scOundreL not
content with this Intellectually snapped his revolver
four times afterwaId and then turning his horses
head rode rapidly away in the direction Of the resi-
dence of Senator Case about eight miles southwest
OF Troy Arriving there, he made inquiries for the
Doctor-Case was q physici an and was informed by
Mrs. Case that her husband had gone to Hickman.
Taking the road 10 that place Fais proceeded about
three miles, when he met the Senator who asked
him If no would not return and spend the night at
his Cases) house. The other assented and both rode
along until on the point Of meeting three hoTSemen.
neghbOrs of Case when tarTis, with dabOlcai cool
ness again drew his revolver and shot the unSuSpeCt
ing Case through the head killing him instantly.
He then gallOpped off into the woods, leaving the
body of the murdered man in the hapds of the three
men referred to, who were unarmed and did not ven
lure to pursue the iDhuman outlaw. On the succeed
Ing day while Deputy Sheriff Green was engaged IN
conversation with a friend, about II miles distant
from the of Cases assassination, aITls rode up
and taking deliberate aim, shot Green through the
heart, who expired in few moments. The triple
murderer. in the mean time, put spurs to his horse
sped away and has not been heard from since.
trans8ctiOnsf I'm general sense that the murdered
victims were Union mes, two of them having served
in the Federal army, and coTeatively that the muir
derer had been a Rebel guerrilla The immediate
specific motives can be traced back TO the war, when
the assassin and bis victims had been on opposing
sides. One of the gangtO which FaITis belonged had
been captured By the Federal troops, who Summa-
and Union soldier named Thompson was shot dead
in his own house and IN the presence OF his wife AT
the close of the warrants were issued Tor the ar
rest OF FarTis and his brother charged with the muir
der OF Thompson. They fled, but returned 1t seems,
short time since. What could have prompted the
murder of Senator Case 1t were bard to imagine ex-
cept on the base hypothesis that he prominent
UniOnist and consequently obnoxious to the Rebel
outlaws in that part of the State. He had often be-
friended Farris it is said, and mild and unof-
lending in his intercourse With all In the Leglsla-
ture he was known a Radical, although one OF the
few in the Senate who disposed 10 extend the
ballot to Rebels and cOlOred men alike. His death
will do otherwise than hasten the consummation of
his fayOrite political project and if the day OF uni
yersal suffrage IN Tennessee Is yet far distant sueh
BtPoCiOus deeds as the murder OF dead Senator,
and the existence of the Infamous WTetches who per-
petrate them win 60 far 70 account for the ardy pro
reSs of the era OF general political acknowledgements