, 1869-07-28
TENNESSEE.


TENNESSEE.
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The. ReigRn Of Violence:
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| shooting an oels'r of=th Law
The Eighth Murder in a Family
Feud.
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The Assassin OF Captain Iaayncs
Correspondence qf 11s Chicago Tribune.
Mxr7m.s5 Tenn, July a.
On the morning Of Wednesds,, The 91st lnat
while Mr. Fullerton, Pittsburgh detectirn, VA
on his way ID this cry on horsetsck from neigh
boring 11age, he suddenly met fscs to face, aoon
two miles from town, . notonons burglar ant
cornterfeher, Of the nhme Of Rosehe17J, whom HI
Ind ,oBE desired and sought to app1rotnd, ba
was not aeekin8 At that time, though otnc1B were
II nosekenJ recognized the olllce1-as uo Slrel1
pcgh. 10 have dnne1 fnoEtng him 30 weil-he dla
not appear to take any notice Of him, and vau
pasa.pg bt,al2ps BY Oh his way However, thf
opportunity was too good 10 be LOST and .Hf.
Fullerton resolved 10 assume the responsibility q
s,resting the fellow, though he had no warrant IN
his possession for Euch arrest; bur among his
papers IN the city TITS ths original warrant. :
Accordingly he lurnsd bis hofse about, aud
11de toward Rosebery. who Tad passed him
several rods, and eounaused HIN 10 halt The
fellow, not daring to trusr TO n'got, paused and
ru1utrf ,oNnIu the ot1ceE, a1d; u l5 did 30 drew
his revolver and pointed It n Mr.. Follertoa's s
head, tAHe&senlnE 10 shoot HID II h6 advanced
further.
The lsslsr WIS prepared Tor SONS sucD moTe.
Without ary further cerenopy he .irdw bss1 on
Hosebeuy aud frct, but without sueet, ~ his
horse begun 70 plunge md Esk with zach rlofeuce
that lie could not tnte 6:esdJ aim. DeforS he
could use his wsspoo again, Roseborry Hred tws<a
at him, and With sucn Leeuracy that one ball pro
dpced Eight wound in his neck.
Firing the second rmo without effect, ". Full
terton leaped trUR horse, aud ran toward tho
man, who then hred the third shot, as Close guar
te1s, but fortunately without doing any iueary.
AZ the on1cer attempted TO sstze him he drew a
large knife, and cut hlt7ln sev.t.i places Oh me
shoulder and brcast, men turned from the rood
and ran Into the brush, Nj. Fullerton nfed 1t
him once, ~ be was run11hg away, but failed to
disable him, and the fe1lsw Buccseded In getting
away.
Tho otsee1, unable to puIsce the c11prlk, walked
to n- houss near By, nhBEe hIa horse had
beea caushs, aud taErted there for a short
time, to rest and dfess his wornds which were Of
palpfol, though not dangerous character. He
was as!e to proceed to the rortt on Thursday
morning.
Mi. Wate DoltSu, OF this city, cred this morn
Ing, from the elects Of = wound received teN
days since, at tho hands Of one D. Dickens, who
lives eight or ten E,lle1 out Of the city: Ns- Boil
ton hal jues COINS ont Of the park At Court Sqazp,
aud WEB sta 9nE, II company with s1rend, On
the sIdewalk, On liam street. when III! Dickens
ND hls son c:.ne up toHssu them. Itseems thus
Nj. Bolton had capae 10 fear an sttFrk, for Eo
nsde move TO get uray as soon as he eaw rko
two men arprosch,' pxpfc wa TOO late re e'deF
nickens drew q rrrolTrr zud shot Mr Doetos
Through the lett breast, DeaF the shoulder.
Tbs wound war1t rsst thought not to be tauser-
cus; but stii the ball warnot found, nor !ts d.
reetlon discovered, 1t has since been found to
ha,s lodged between the eeE1ebrR Of the spIEe.
lnnedls1ely after The shooting, Dickens w:1 'ar.
rested on charge Of assault with tntcnt TO- hlA
He WIS released on Ashs ba, md now 1t Is g'nef-
ally believed that Il will be dltt1lt % Ind hin,
since Nj. Bottoms death
Thi4 new act Of Violence o'ag marks another
step In tho progress n one Of the hitteyest ead
Jloodicst reuda TecerdeItn history. In the course
II Y hlca seren human Lives h2T3 slready been de-
sttoyed. TeI no one hl1 thus far been ponishta
toz aBy ere OF these fc si' Icurlszs- This dcailJ
e;r1plty originated longtime aimee between tho
ta11ltes OF Dickens On tts one side and the Pat
ierecos on the other, and has progressed and IN
tets1td 1n:iI IL has ens, ID the ueaE relatives OF
each family in their bchaI1,:who themselves now
csEo1sc the quarrel With r8 venomo1s spirit OF
haired IS ever the prtnci paA DID
The tead4zarters Of ttn.e faua1les are hnt
auDut 1nhouT's drive fro N he city; nnd. at times.
,r1 hHftr trnNn e
sach snItt and Le.erina tion that the entire Fur
rounding ne4gnsorhood IL thrown into q violent
panic OF alarm, 40 that luoCnted parties OF the
police fc<ce haye u be de4 patched to the seene OF
action to restore order aud guietude-
The ma;eecoueAtauts on tic Dickens side are
becoming 50 thip1ed out al Id scattered that their
NUMEROUS enemies Of the OF 'posste class fud some
difficulty in coming upon II ZEN. AMI the yoQng
men on tina Paitcsson side arc sPreIeouJ ready
10 take tic yolnen N the cou rse otther yengeful
retaliation, when they cannu' md tho men. or
the Dlckensrs7- however, the re arc Still together
the old INN, :hc murderer Of DR. Bolton, and one
kor, Who ara still able to gircl hnru ashr What
the next mare in this tcsTtb c tragedy will be,
tlG1t nlorc c1oteH-
The intense excitement occ, lsfonct bJ the re-
cent murder Of Captain uayncA al Aaron, ARK,
s;ll contiuue3 unaha:ed. The frtcnAs Of young
Collier, the c1rrderer. are Maa Ing atfenuous ef-
forts TO Hhitewa5h bis Character, and
thereby in.sra1e public Sympathy IN
Ills behalf. Men whose positons IN
society nt Least ought to erti1c Its 10 rcspecla-
uuity, have descended 10 the meal / championship
OF the murderer bJ publishing sta teInenta In VIZ
tuaI Justification Of tho foul deed, and represent
ing the man Collier as an honest. Industrious,
pcaceau1e citizen; ;wnen Il Is well enoEn 70 them
and to nineteenth Of thelr party, that be Is IN In
doieut, drunken. gambling yAgabond, wsose high
est aspiration han been to deserve the eppe1atson
Of "trort-"
Young as &c Is. .h!s IS not the urst time hts halds
hase been dyed IN human blood, na7tng some
months since ncI1leTcs1 ono OF hla aasecinted, q
yaung mxD, under peculiarly ngEraratinH ctrcun-
s,ancea. But he unl not long escape .ho officers
OF the law, go determined and thosrnsa Is the
ses!ch that is btlnc made for him.
The rebel citizens Of CEftendea Cc1EtJ, who
havc harhortd the assassin, and asslstau HIM IN,
Guiding the authorities, now raise great howl Of
Indignation ag1lns: tho parties Of Ee9roes bF
whorn their pte:ptEcs have boon searched 1nd pref
ty well turned rp- Tho negroes have little dca-
cncy IN searching The houses Of tbe>o people, t1r
they have abundant reasou to renembtr: :the te5c1-
bic prosecutions and peFlls they h,vc endured at
the hands Of the lAwicss despcradoes whom these
citizens have ae1bored and encouraged -
c1lttendcn County has been soreIy .scourgcd hoK
this cause aud yet that class Of peoTio have seau-
.neiy not yet lcarnns tho lesson which alone Will
enable them % cnt1y uninterrupted peace aud
qulttute. They uust eeAsc " cocn&enaacc shcse
desperauoR1, and nsGst the authorities In securing
them, wheu It Ia necessary for sho public SAFETY to
DO ia. Hut some OF Them arc well eounectec--the
eca2cgoa. members 0. well.xloEa and Fe5pfcta-
Die families, Ill faet-and for this reason meta few
arc eree feauF 10 give them comfort RndI Assist
suce. They win no Aoubt continue to do tnls
unt :her country sAa1 sc1c d2y rocelve
s.ea.1r scL age 1han ever bcIore.