Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-27

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Litter az Bain's stable and the former at
theSecond District station. Friday morn
ing ene owner OF the horse, Mr.. Williams.
appeared at headquarters and proved
property so conelusively that Mr.. Pearne
ordered II to be turned over to him. The
darky VINO had been arrested for having
the horse in his possession. havin0 nroved
that he came by It honestly, was released.
he yesterday brought suit for faIse i'm
prIs0nment, damages, and the recovery Of
the horse. How il will turn out remsins
to be seen. II the darky gets the case
heard by some Of the J.. P.'s thev viii
make Billy-WhO, by the waV. is one OF.
the most effective officers in the service
see sights.
Officer Elliott, of the Second District
force, yesterday afternoon cast his net in
teeming waSes-bringing to the surface
no less than six of the rag-tag and bob
tail negro gang hat infest the southern
suburbs of the city. The whole black
population of South street had been in
open rebellion throughout the day. caused
by Blu Thompson kicking over the wash
pot Of Adeline Euphemis Victoria TayIor,
the consequent espousal of the QUAR-
rel by friends and fellow pitchers of the
original parties TO the row. When the
suction was at its highest stage, officer
Elliott, as aforesaid. bounced upon the
seethlng mass u bore off captive Bill
Thompson, Milly Mason, Adeline e. V.
Taylor, Kate Warren, Rena Jones, Jane
u n Buck Haley. The merits of the
row VIII be looked into by the Comnis-
sioner tomorrow afternoon.
We have made several paragraphs
about Geo. Hodges, the negro mule thief,
and our last left it an undenied question |
as to whether a c~oroner's iurv had ever
been ealledto sit upon the cold orpus of
George. Alas ii seems but too u that
his taking OF has been final. After this
arrest in Hell's Half Acre, he was deIiv- !
cred TO I'D. Polk, ESQ. who. with Messrs.
Eubanks, Castleberry and Holmes, start
ed Win him TO Bolivar. He was placed
on a mule n his hands and arms tied.
two Of the gentlemen going in front. and
the other two bringing up the rear. the
negro m the center. On approaching a
piece of woods, the gentlemen in front be-
ing some distance ahead, and those in the |
rear having halted for some purpose. |
Hodges thought a favorable opportunity
for making his escape, and attempting to
90 so, was fired upon and killed, three
shots taking effect.
Abiding to the murder of Win
ters BY Madden, at Mason's depot. a few /
days since, the Press and Times saws:
. Ihls same Madden, always a desperate |
and s~angulnary character, was in the city
years ago At one time he got iRtoa diff
Guilty with a person who was a fellow
lab0rer OF his. The misunderstanding
came 10 blows; Madden knocked down
his antagonist. and was drawing a knife
upon him, when John Winters, AZ present |
keeping bar on the corner OF Cherry and |
cedar, lnterfered and wrenehed the knife |
from Madden. The latter became ex-
tremely trate at this, wore be would kill
Winters, and on two or three subsequent 1
occasions sent messengers and letters To
Winters, telling him, in the bitterest Ian
guage, that he would certainly kill him.
ms was about ten years ago. The sin
gularity OF the affair is. that Madden
killed a man named Winters II MasoniS I
Depot a few days ago"
The HEST Tennessee W1i1 jackson /
Tenn tells the following: son last Sat
urday night, Mr.. ThOs. Epperson, clerk
in +. ii. kelly's jewelry store. met with 1
a painful and very singular accident. He
was sitting near a table in his sleeping
apartment, in the rear Of the store. exam
lining pistol which he had Just loaded. |
FINDING that the bullet in one of the 4
chambers prevented The cylinder from re-
volving with case, he pressed it under the
barrel and attempted to push the bullet
down by ramming it with the blunt point
OF a dental instrument that CHANGED to be /
on the table. While he was ram
ming away the charge exploded, and sent
nc 9Iiaip polHt OF the dental instrument
right through the center of his right
thumb. pinning il to his left breast. lie
sueeeededin drawing the instrument from
his breast, but while attempting to release
his thumb he tainted away. On recover
ing his senses, young EppersoR found
TOO weak to call for help. and had
to remain from tweere O'Clock at night
until daYbreak before assistance eame
We have received from Mr.. J. f. Holt
an Irish potato grown on dis place six
miles northeast of Memphis, on the Old
Raleigh road, which measures thirteen
in growth the smallest Wav.N
Those are . some potatoes we are not
a. to whether these are " few in
a hill " or not.