Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-30


: with Nancy; he is an intimate friend
mine" He asked him what was the ma
: ter. He said further that deceased wa
|. drunk, and had insulted Colonel Lncket
: Deceased had at this time a very loud dii
cussien with Mr.. George Martin At th
counter, and Craig went up to him an
succeeded in pAeifying him, and got him {
cit down al table with him near the mid
die of the room. The deceased appearei
70 be yery. drunk. They remained abou
hfteen ortwenty minutes at The table, Whel
they rese, Mr.. Craig asking deceased to q
home with him, and they started to go
4 As they rose to leave the room, Colone
tIuckett and the gentleman who killed ID,
deceased entered the room. They met a
the center table; the deceased asked Col
Luekett il he had taken any exceptions to
II what had been said. Col. Luekett an,
4 swered, "You haye cursed me, sir" Tht
4 deceased replied, in an excited manner
4 mo, BY God, have not cursed you, air.
which he repeated once or twice. The
gentleman in company with Col. Luekett
called the deceased sou OF q b-h and
then struck him on the side Of the head
with bis list, aud, as witness thinks, re-
| peated the blows twice before witness saw
3 knife. Then witness saw a knife in his
hand, and saw him stab the deceased twice.
The deceased made no resistance. or said
anything whatever The knife was one OF
those called gimlet knives. When deceased
was first struck with the fist he staggered
to the window, where he was stabbed. He
remained standing at the window about
one minute, and as Mr.. George Martin
/ pffaraN hin, ohaiV ell r Al
| the hoOr into the hall. The man who
stabbed the deceased stood where he stabbed
him, and witness heard Col Luclett remark
that it was horrible, or something to that
effect; whereupon witness told Col. Luck
EFT that the man was going to die. After
this Col. Luckett went in the back part Of
the room and the assassin went out of the
/ front door, both very rapidly. Witness
then went outside and called the police;
they came over, and he described TO them
the fugitive. Witness did not see Colonel
Luckett any more in the room after he
walked to the rear Of the room.
Witness describes the murderer as beiug
man OF five feet seven inches, had dark
complexion, moustache and goatee, trim
med and jet black and witness thinks he
kad checked linen coat and felt hat on,
but does not rscollect the color. He was
oi rather stout appearance Witness thinks
he will recognize The man again.
The deceased never spoke a word or
made any resistance after being struck, and
had nothing in his hand during the whole
affair. The attack commenced about three
or four minutes after Col. Lucket and his
friend came in.
The Picayane's report of the evidence
shows that Col. Luckett went to the restau-
rant "in company with friend Of his,
notary on Gravier street." but the name of
this friend is suppressed "at the request of
the authorities" The Pieayuns's report of
Col. LucketPs statement before the Coroner,
contains the following
He (Col. Luckett) was absent about TWEEN
ty five minutes, when be returned second
time to the restaurant, still in company
with his friend, to aes if the disturbance
bad ended. As he entered the room. the
deceased again spoke to him renewing his
offers of satisfaction" Without pausing,
Col. Luckett advanced towards the clerks
desk but when near the middle of the
room, heard his name mentioned, and.
turning, saw bis friend slap the deceased /
several times ia the face; scufIle ensued. (
and by the time he reached them, the fatal !
thrust with the knife had been given. His !
friend Immediately passed through the !
door into the street. He remained, and |
hastenlng to the assistance of the deceased, |
asked if he was hurt. |
" es, stabbed p was the reply.
Col. Luckett then called out, put him iu |
chair and give him some water" but be- |
lore his request could be complied with, |
The wounded man reeled into the hall and |
iell corpse on the floor COL Luckest |
then left the place and went to his board /
ing house. He was not aware that he was
implicated in the homicide until he read |
the announcement in the morning papers. |
His only motive in concealiug the name of |
his friend was that delicacy of feeling
which any honorable man could have 10 |
being placed in such apredicament.
The testimony OF Colonel Luckett, as
reported by both the Bee and Picayune, |
shows that his friend, whose name is sup |
pressed, did the killing. In the face of
this testimony, the Picayune makes this
Up to FIVE o'clock the person who indict-
ed the stabs had not been arrested. What
was said or done by the deceased, that
brought this terrible vengeance upon him,
Of course no one knows, save upon one hy-
pothesis. The man who did the deed is
Mexican. He has been prominently identi-
bed with the revolutionary movements
which have recently disturbed that country,
and, 1t is said, was prime mover in the
expedition leaving that c0un-
ny for itS-objective point This movement,
t will be remembered, was recently be-
rayed, by some unknown party, to the
United States authorities. 1t is now said
hat Major Nancy was that party. Under
hese circumstances il is not surprising that
he hercest resentment Of the Mexican was
against him. Supposing this TO
le true, IL will not astoDish any one that,
meeting the man as he did last night, il
ook very little 10 inhame his anger to actu-
Il violence.
This story is very improbable Major
Nancy was not the man to have exposed
he secrets of the Glibustering expedition,
( they had been confded TO him. 1t may
y WI NffANthAS2AA itt VII A4uthttt that !
he surnise set aaoat by the Plcdyrne
hould gain credence, for he has certainly
,layed very strange part in this horrible
flair. The Btaletia gives the result of
he investigation as follows:
The jury Of inquest found vereict 60
he effect that deceased came 10 his death
y stab wounds inflicted by -. One of
he FIVE jurors fonnd Col. P. NJ. Luckett
ccess0ry.
Coroner Bradford concluded thereupon
o commit Col. Lnckett to prison upon this
pinion Of the juror
The affair thus strangely Investigated,
nd 20 mysterious IN its Preparation, has
reated no little sensation. The name Of |
he principal in this killing is suppressed,
he evidence having been taken with closed
oors, in order, perhaps, that the guilty |
sTty may not be put on his guard.
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In is curious illustration Of the morals
{ the Radical party in Memphis, that the
'hief Of Police, Judge OF the Criminal
Ourt, Judge of the Municipal Court,
udge Of the County Court and President