Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-24

A MYsTERIoUs AFFAIR-A DEAD BoDl
FOUND IN THE WooDs.-A gentleman liv
ing near Anderson Station. on the Chatia
nooga railroad, furnishes Louisville pa
per with the particulars Of a dark anC
mysterious affair The story is to this eff
feet: About ten days ago hunter, while
roaming through the woods, found the
body a man reclining against a tree at the
foot Of a mountain about two miles from
Cowan's Station, on the line OF the Nash
Vile and Chattanooga railroad, with a pis-
toll shot wound in the forehead. The right
hand of the corpse, which was lying across
the thigh, held a pistol. The body had
been considerably mutilated by some ami
mails, most probably hogs, and could not
be identified by any one. The body was
without hat, coat or boots. On the body
were found about SIS aud a drover's memo
randum book containing an expense ae-
count, and sales f40 or so mules. From the
memorandum the man was supposed to be
d. or G. Summers, of Kentucky. The
body was considerably deeomposed, and
had the appearance Of having been dead
notice of his discovery TO the authorities,
and the magistrate who held the inquest
managed in some way TO have a verdict Of
death by suicide returned. The magistrate
il strongly suspected of being in league
with band OF horse thieves, and facts
subsequently elected lead to the belief that
the man had been murdered and robbed of
several Thousand dollars, and that the
magistrate above mentioned was accessory
70 the bloody deed. A short time after the
finding Of the body man was arrested at
Anderson Station, Tennessee, upon sus
picion that he had committed the murder.
At the time of his arrest he was riding a
fine mule, which he had offered to sell for
SIS, and had a new coat, hat and boots,
which evidently did not belong TO him, as
none Of the articles fitted him. While I'M
der arrest he made some excuse to go out
in company of a guard Of one man, and in
the darkness Of the night, managed to eff
feet his escape. He. is a notorious charac-
ter in the neighborhood, and as his haunts
are known: will probably be re-Irrested.
All the statements made by him at the
time of his arrest have since proved to be
untrue. The effects of the murdered man
-mnrdered he undoubtedly. was-are in
the. hands of parties at Andefs IN Station.
An air of mystery surrounds the entire af-
fair, and it is to be hoped that it will be
cleared up and the guilty parties brought
TO justice. Et ttE sfb $3.50
HEALTH MATTERs.-The Louisville
city authorities are evincing praiseworthy
promptness in the matter of sanitary pre-
cautions for the ensuing summer. They
have recognized their Board of Health
and established health officer, granting
them ample powers and supplying them
with liberal assistance and fall corps of
subordinates. Louisville last year, during
the cholera visitation, was the healthiest
city in the West. It's protection then was
mainly due to the perfection of its sanitary
system and its timely and thorough appli-
cation.
There is a measure before our Council
looking to the establishment Of a more
complete health organization than that of
last year, and it is to be hoped that it will
soon be authorized by law, and that the
health officer may be put to work early and
vigorously. If through the lack cf appli-
cation % the most improved scientific
means, this city is permitted to be scourged
as it was last autumn, there will be terri
rible responsibility on those who impede
the work of sanitary publication. We
trust that atthe next meeting of the Coun-
Gil this matter will be brought up, and that
wise and liberal legislation will sanction
the suggestions of the Board of Health,
and that the city viii be cleansed before
the summer solstice.