The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-18
FIRST EDITION
A BLOODY RECORD.
-Four shooting ARRAYS in Memphis
Thres Negroes MuroereL,

The Memphis Tenn.) Appeal of tuesday last.
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5sys in the Memphis lendsr, no less tnsR foGr
NJ nTderous shooting affreys having occurred
during the thirty six hours ending at nine
o'clock last night Tue nrst OF tlese was the
shooting OF negro named Wash PeepIes by
Onlcer SauermRn, under the following circum-
stances-SRuermGn had arrested Peep os for
n misdemeanor, on Commerce street. about
ten o'clock in the morning, and on the
street, as they passed he alley between Market
aud Exchange the prisoner broke away from
the officer, and r1shng into the alley. seiz d u
billet of wood aud made at him with 1t. Sauer-
man hau drawn mis- weapon, AS tue negro broke,
and wnen he turned with the club, fired AT him,
him wnea ne did So Zoe bullet eutersd the
body Just below the ribs on the left slde, aud
psfsed into the bowels; me moment mo- Inst tne
man and reported 10 headquarters what he had
done and was placed In arrest by Captain
About midnight on Sunday night, as a negro
known as Ben Strange was retu' Mug home
from church, crossing the Jackson street BAYOU
bridge, he was accosted by two m n, aud Oeing
friRhtened, turned to run AS he did SO, several
shots were fired Al him by his pursuers, two OF
The balls taking ef1ect-one in the groin and
the other entering the right shou der aud com'
ing out just below the nipple. These wounds
" ould seem to have been enough To stop most
men, but Strange was able TO make his way ON
foot and unalded to the corner OF Tnird and
his own house, and lay for some time uncon
scious, having tainted from exhaustion. He
survived long enough to say that he thought
that one of the men that shot him was named
Martin Griffin. On his wtfe's affidavit, and from
some attendant suspicious circumstances, q
man named Griffin was arrested.
"Tbe next tragedy on the list is the shooting
Of MIR Charles AIdridge by =. N. Burgett. Mr.
BuTge EFT had been absent during the morning
R+lurning, he found that Aldrdge, who WAS
Going business for him AS his overseer, mad not
issued their rations to the hands. Burgett re-.
ouested him 10 do so at once; remarkiug Jnat If
IL was neglected the hands would become dis
satisfied aud leave AdIidge appeared Lo hest.
tate. BurgeLt then told him If he did not wish
to attend 10 his business he would settle with
him, and he could quit. Aldrldge sprang to his
gun, which was sitting in the corner of the
room, and seized 1t, eXclRtming, I'll settle with
you right now AS Aldriuge turned with his
gun, Burgett. who had his gun in his hand, fired
and illed him instantly.
"The fourth and up to present writing the last,
occurred yesterday evening In Fort Pickering.
II appears couple OF colored women mad an
alteration and difficulty near Judge Snarpe's
residence, when Hiram follower. hard work.
ing hi nest cOlored man, 1nterfered To separa g
the com batants, and that another )lor9d man,
named Fred Jones, late of the 63t u =. u |.
threw q stone at follower the stone striking and
giving him q severe blow. follower at once drew
arevolver and fired upon Jones. Three balls to Jk
etfect-lhe first through the right f1re-ar n
the second about four inches below the left nj p
pie, and lodged near the skin In the back, and
The third in the right side. below the fifth or
SIKH lib, ranging downward through the liver.
Dr. T.. Byrd Baker was called and dressed the
wounds W hich herepOrtSas above. The wou nded
man row lies at his residence in the Fort alive,
but with his life despaired OF. DR.. Baker has
done and Is doing everything In his power TO
alleviste his sutterings, and at last reports. as
critical ss was his condition, he was compare.
lively easy. follower, as soon as he had COM
mitIed the homicide, surrendered himself to
tonstt ble Hayden. who turned him over to
Sheriff curry. He was then, at his own request.
taken before Justice Gritfith, where, upon his
own statement he was committed to all In de-
fault of $4,000 bonds. He Will be further eX-
Rmined to-day at two o'clock"