Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05
MURDERED.
Another Victim OF Clayton's Blood
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The browning deed has been done.
Another heart-sickening crime has
been added to the long and bloody
list already charged to the account Of
the infamous and detestable scoun-
drel and murderer that we apatheti-
cally have allowed to march around
our streets, with all the insolent
bravado Of royalty, when he ought
to have been in chains. ....,,
We have already made our readers
familiar with the sickening details of
the murder of Harvey, McAllister
and TIGER. They were taken out
without even a sem blance Of a trial,
law or right, and murdered. Two
other prisoners were represented as
being held in the Jail at Marion
Wafford and Crump. After having
held and tortured those two until no
more could be extorted from them,
either in money, gift or otherwise, it
was day or two ago determined that
Wafford, against whom nothing could
be found, bat who would, if turned
loose,sbe a witness against them, must
de- o7cl,d tai cob 90 asio ed bireW !
In order that semblance of law
might be had as an excuse for the
bloody deed, "court- MARTIAL or
military commission was summoned
from among the crowd, who were to
be at once judges, accusers, witnesses
and all, They were negroes, all of
them-or lower in the scale of HUI
manity-and most of them had been
engaged in every robbery, rape and
murder that had been committed in
the county. Few or none Of them
could read, and all had the death of
the victim nearest their heart, as a
measure necessary to their own per-
sonal safety. t.N 10 illa . y.
God knows what for, or BY what
.semblance of trial, but failing in OBJ
tanning their demands, they deter
mined that Wafford should die y; and
they executed the sentence, as we
stated was the rumor yesterday, on
Wednesday. $50 2acs ye' "a ~
Now that the prisoners, or at least
Waford, is beyond reach of harm
from them, We assert that proposal
was made to a gentleman in this city,
by the officer commanding at Marion,
to release Wafford on payment of two
thousand dollars. p ~ ''..
This finishes the drama for the
present, but just so sure as God ex-
lists, we will live to see this villain
and suborner of villains hunted down
and punished for these infamies. -
The curse of blood is upon him and
them, and will surely work its own
vengeance. hG ' No-.r'aU t'a8 q
!. While this scoundrel was in the
city he, was surrounded by an army
of police and detectives, kindly fur,
nished him at the instigation of few
hypocritical knaves who affected to
believe that an attempt would be made
on his life, We know, that no such
attemptwas contemplated, and SO did
those who affected otherwise. He
was visited, we are told, by his organ
in the city, by "loyalists,' who went
out Of friendship and admiration,
andlHKuklux"l and rebels, who went
out Of fear and bringing. o. l,imHr !
As an illustration of his moral
character, and to show how thor,
'oughly he, was identified with the
Plymouth Rock hypocritical Puri-
tanism, We are told that on Sunday,
while his parson, or the chaplain Of
his staff, as he is grandiloquently
called, was praying in his loudest
and most unctious manner--literally
wrestling with the Lord-to punish
the id rebels and bless and make
rich his chosen servant Clayton, that
worthy was playing poker in the ne
groes' cabin of the Des Arc. Won ri