The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-03-13
Ngurdcl. ia In,yrcncc CO,

/ NEurdcl. ia La Svrcncc Co,
rFron the Nashville Press & Tunes, March 2.1
Ga Saturday a eenslemau from flo
town Of Columbia gave the police Of o,,r
city description Of man named Wulker
the porpe.ritorSpf the horrible crime of
murder ten miles from Mt. Pleasant, in
Lawrence county lasS Friday.
II arpears from the Statement received
from this porson that.a yosag man, M
jain Bicknell, son of SamucIT BiclSIel
of Columbia, who formerly hasjdAd in
East Tennessee, started out in lhe morn
ING to solicit subscriptions to releat .p.tl1=z
licnti,ns Of which he was the a?Sst Tn
the afternoon he was founl lying dead in
the road, his brain pierce hy two bull.
lets, and his horse, reviewers and boots
gone.
Early that mominga stranger of very
rough appearance passed through the lit
tie town Of Hcnryyillc, travelling On foot
in the direction of Columbia. 10 parties
who had some conversation with bin he
gave his name as Walker, and said he
was from West Tennessee. A short time
after he had passed out of the town,
young Bicknei had mounted his horse and
started in the same direction. ~ few
hours afterward citizen of the neighbour
hood, in passing along the pike ncarSum-
mertoWn, discovered INC body or young
i'i'N'''.I ' ;, ,it';atVii S'"5 6IV' PR
mnrdcror The footman, WnIkers beJ
been seen On the road, riding the horse of
the murdered man anu wearing his boots.
", men isSC SIGn "ap PaS't"Y vntoush MI;
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The news of the murder created intense
excitement in Columbia, where the young
man was highly eSteemed' and a subscrlp-
'lon was vas III. in,H,uui s S'aL.ou W raise
means n" ~: Sno V tt u 'Do muluGro'.
ne o?JooSot Cnp ni"'uoLo' was, NiInpU1
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aye, VITA sunny r1@i! ",iH "'iSueil oo''u u
sl'Ii'0t oo,o: i,. ito y p9u'; Ivy 10y 'oa
nee IN hc.gh'' anu Id" i 1"rf Sr. saGN to:'
a anu warn P%n'f' m:,i "I'n' 4i ~ III, ti"s 10
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The murderer was soon oyeFtakon, ar
rested, tried, convicted, aud placed in the
goIumbia mil. from which he was taken
j., = ,...,. af ,,rsor;on r,,n,hor;no FROM
~ " t'' " :,
Sixty TO hundred ana eohodclou ABOUT
one mile from town, on the Pulaski
pike, where he was found the next day
m ;rni,g don,l;,g fyom tho l;mb IF fres
w. t,I,n,,.,7o ,,..;.,,,.n, 49,, Co.,, ~.
- nc 'o!,'","S P''l'i'''i'''S "'' i'o"' 'iD
nashville hahneT;I
From a gentleman who witnessed the
execution Of Powell, alias Walker, elias
Watts, We get the following interesting
particulars with regard to. his, last mo-
monts: Having arrived at the spot which
was to end his career in this world, he
requested atcw minutes to engage in
prayer which Of course was granted
His prayer was ferYent. He said he was
not prepared to meet his God, and inyok-
ed the Great | An to have mercy on his
wicked soul, and to save his last rictim
"that poor boy 50 cruelty murdered, and
to save the souls of al Others that fell by
my wicked hand" After this prayer,
and when the rope was being arranged to i,
limb, he desired to make clean confess
ion, which he partly did. He said when