Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-10
PROBABLE MURDER.
A Man SIung-Shotted in Happy
Hollow.
Arrest of the BIudgeOners--Critica
Condition Of the Injured Party.

IL was mentl0ned IN the APPEAL q
day or two since that q nan had been
attacked and nearly murdered, on the
batture, Monday night, but it was not
until yesterday that the circumstances
Of the murderous attack TRANSFERRED.
1t appears that Monday night a
g shin-dig" was given on board a
hatboat moored near the mouth OF
Wolf river, which was attended by
the elite Of Happy Hollow. During
the festivities of the evening two
men-Max Piper and Peter Good-be-
came engaged in a quarrel about &
woman, of course, but the row was
stopped by friends of the parties, and,
to all appearances, the matter was
dropped. The Notification lasted I'M
til about midnight, when the party
broke up. Piper starting for home.
As he stepped on the banquette at the
corner Of Washington and Front
streets, some persons approached
him from behind and dealt the unsus-
| pecting man q desperate blow upon
| the head with a slung-shot, knocking
him ~senseless. Though quite a num-
Der of persons were in the immediate
| vicinity, and two were in COM
pany with him, so quick was
the rufhan's work done, and Sc
hasty the departure of the villain that
no one could interpose either to pre-
vent the assault or to capture the per
petratOr. Two or three of those pres
ent, when they had recovered from
| the momentary shock, started IN hot
pursuit of the bludgeon, but he gave
| them the slip, and the pursuers re
turned to where the victim had been
stricken down. To their intense sur
prise the man was not there, though
traces WerediscefnGd of a body having
been dragged towards the river. A
search in this direction REVEALED moth
ing, and they naturally concluded tha'
the accomplices of the fellow whC
made the attack had spirited away
the body. 1t should have been stated
that while in pursuit of the man thC
party was stopped by q man, doubt
less q friend Of the fugitive, who, un
der p~retense Of asking INFORMATION a
to "'who had been killed - "WhC
killed him?" etc, was gaining HmS
for the escape of the murderous scoun
dTel.
But Piper had recovered from tht
/ blow, during their absence, sufficiently
Ito enable him 10 crawl to his home
on the threshold OF which he wa:
fOund'at daylight Tuesday morning u
an unconcious State. NotWithstand
ing surgical aid was at once called in.
the wounded man remained insensi'
bic throughout Tuesday and unit
Wednesday evening, when, ia an ipl
teryaI of consciousness he stated that
he had been attacked by one Peter
Good-aided and abetted by a mar
named Taylor Stokes.
The above named parties WERE
arrested yesterday and committed tC
iail by Justice Foley, in default o.
| bonds to the aniGunt Of $1,000, tOaNail
| examination, which vi" take place
to-day at two O'Clock
DR.. Lynch, in attendance upon
| Piper, expresses grave doubts as IL
/ the result Of the injuries.
In Justice to Stokes it must he said
that he has heretofore borne q good
name, and that his employee gGstcE.
day gave him an excellent report OF
| him. We trust that he will be able to
| eXculpate himself from the grave
! charge now pending against him.
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