Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-28
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
A Man Played Alive Near Grenada,
Unprecedented Barbariay.


The city was thrown into the widest
excitement on Monday morning last,
at the recital of one OF the most brutal
murders ever recorded in the annals of
crime, which had occurred across the
Abetuponbouge the night previous. In
n short time the whole town was loud
in the denunciation Of the deed, and
could the perpetrators have been
known, they would have met with
| summary punishment at the hands OF
| An outraged community. 1t seems that
on Saturday about midnight, some one
| knocked at the door of the ferryman,
Mr.. John Futhey, and asked to be
crossed over to the city for the purpose
| of securing the assistance OF q physician.
Pleas. Futhey opened the door, when
be was instantly seized by two streng
men and dragged out. In the meantime
three more men entered the house ana
pulled John Futhey from his bed by the
legs, dragging him out also. 1t appears
that out of the FIVE men, who were all
white, one was disguised as an African.
The two men were forcibly taken along
| until the cross roads were reached, when
each party took different direction
As soon as Mr.. John Futhey was taken
he commenced to struggle with his cap
tors and made what feeble resistance hi
could against them. Finding him de-
termined, the party of assassins threw
looped rope about the neck OF the un
fortunate victim and dragged him in thu
manner about four hundred yards
when they commenced to wifi
and otherwise abuse him until life wa
extinct The superstition is that tn
whipping was done with raw hide
While this was going on, the other par
ties held Pleas. Futbey securely IN thel
hands about thirty yards from where III
, brother was being tortured and forcibl
f made to be listener to his lamontatlon
f without being able to assist him Ate
q the brutal work was done the party IL
. Pleas 90, with threats that IL he eve
g diyulged the names Of any of the assas
8 sins they would serve him like they dl
t his brother. The deceased was an II
@ ofe asive, weak old man, almost ready
q step in his graVe-One whom tle con
munity cared very Little for, and SO II
significant that none can conJectnl
:, what brought him such terrible punlsl
=, ment Some suppose it must have bee
~ u for his money, as he is supposed to ha
II had several thousand dollars in gold h
T: away. But we doubt this, because 4
AV parties who killed him, after the murd
10 was committed, made no attempt to I'll
H. the supposed treasure. Others belle
n that the parties who murdered him, on
re intended to chastiss and let him
r while still another conjecture Is I'll
at they intended to whip the secret OF !
hidden treasure out of him, and, that
fore they could do that the victim dl'
ms The body of the murdered man sho
&c that the whipping was cruel beyc
en- comprehension, and that the suffer-
Ill must have been horrible. The militia
OF have arrested r b. Chatham, Glenn l
RS. gar and Bob Wilson, all men of g
character in this community, on sus
he on of being implicated in this d.
he chapter of crime. These gentlemen
The all we'll and respectfully connected.
ult we trust will soon be able to prove
by abb Grenada (MiSs.) Sentt
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