Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-30
ahe rInr.ler of rral. Riehard nnnex.

From the New Orleans Crescent .26th.l
Last evening, between eight and nine
o'clock, terrible tragedy was enacted in
! NictoT's celebrated restaurant, on Canal
| street Maj. Richard Nancy, of Nash
/ vile, Tenn, entered the restaurant and
called for supper. The proprietor told
| him he was already in debt for q certain
sum, and he could hardly expect credit
! for further bill. Maj. Nancy becams
angry, and after some alteration retired
70 his seat, nesr the side door adjoining
the principal entrance. He had another
difficulty with third party, who had
just entered, and rising from his seat, they
approached the window fronting Canal
street One of the waters called the pro-
prietOr's attention to the scgffle. He went
towards the front of the restaurant, but
before he reached that part of the room,
the person engaged in the alteration,
but whose face he could not see, because
his back Wss towards him, made his way
out OF the building. The proprietor Tor
rather Mr.. George Martin, the propFle-
tors nephew then advanced to Major
Nancy who, up 10 that moment, had
been standing with his back to the front
window, and seeing him faltering, but
noticing no blood on his shirt, drew .
chair forward and asked him to sit down.
from Major Maney's mouth and from !
two wounds in his breast, over the region |
OF the hesrt. He staggered and fell upon |
bis back iOtO the entry, and died imme- |
diately. The writer went to the scene |
about eleven O'Clock and found crowd |
on the street in front of the premises. |
Making his way inside, he found Major |
Mauey's body where il bad fallen, the /
heavy mustache clotted with gore, and |
his shirt and white vest SO eHssnguined /
Gs to make the spectator believe they
were composed of red flannel. Tive
deadly wounds, about an inch wide, haG 1
penetrated the heart, and the left hand
had Geen pierced by the murderOus Wea-
pon, most probably when the unfOrtu-
nate man had raised it to protect his
breast after the fret thrust. It was
the writer's opinion, on viewing
the body, that the wounds had been
made with D3filho or 8 cork
screw knife, terrible weapon, the han
die of which is grasped in the hand
transversely, and the blade projects from
between two Of the fingers, so that the
holder strikes a forward blow in the
manner of boxer. BY whom, or on
what account, this deed was enacted, il
is impossible, at the late hour at which
this is written, to determine. Up to half
past eleven O'clock no arrest had been
made, and there was hardly any clue to
the perpetrator. The police are On the
4Ui Ulye, and there is no doubt SIS to Sc
curing bis arrest.
Maj. Maney, we are told, was brother
Of Gen. Nancy, who commanded q
brigade ia Gen, Joseph e. J0hnston's
army in Tennessee. He possessed an
..dventurous and daring spirit, and Z
years ago went with Maj. Bob Wheat to
Italy, where he fought very bravely, as '
4 member OF Garibaldi's staff, and was ,
decorated. He returned to his native
country just in time to participate in
.he opening scenes Of the late war, on
he Confederate side, and fought gal
antly 10 the end of the struggle. He
,0uid scarcely have been over thirty
years OF sge, and was Q very fine-look-
ne and athletic man.
1t was a IGmentabie spectacle, that Of
he corpse Of a gallant gentleman, who,
N hour previously, was in the esriy
prime OF lie, well dressed, hopeful and
,0mely, lying 6stSed in its own gore, in
he sand sprinkled over the entry to the
table cloth, which hsd I
)esn hastily jsrked from some festive
able, serving as Z shroud. The body lay
IS il hsd fallen, awaiting the coroner,
md very justly, for it is the duty Of the
.0rouer aud his jury to see and investi-
,ate everything just as il happened. ?