Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-27

Statement of Conductor
Thos. Hutchinson.
Report to Col. S. 3.
Jones, superintendent of
M. and L. r. r..
The Participants in the AT
g 7i fair all Radical.

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| The following statement of the Milan
outrage, an outline of which was pub
lished in our issue of yesterday, has been
furnished us by that well-known and
popular conductor Tom. Hutchinson, OF
the Memphis division, Memphis and
Louisville railroad s
/ HUMBOLDT, May %, 1863. ITO Col. s.
| B. Jones, Superintendent Memphis and
Louisville Railroad When my train
arrived at Milan tonight, it was
surrounded by fifteen or twenty
masked men, and the engineer,
Frank Van Vlietch, was told by them
if he moved until they gave him or
ders he would be instantly killed.
The cause seems to be, from what l
could ascertain from the citizens, as
follows: Some days ago, Mr.. Robert
Hahn, Assistant Internal Revenue As
SCISSOR, learned that one Marion Hold
er, was distilling whisky without pay
ing the revenue tax, in the vicinity Of
Scull-bone, about twelve miles from
Milan. Hahn then made an effort to
arrest him, but Holders friends refused
to allow him to be arrested. The
matter was left in this shape until yes
terday, (Friday) when Holder came
to Milan on some business, whereupon
Hahn had him arrested by the consta-
BILE of the district, instructing the con-
stable to forward him to Memphis
for safe keeping and trial. Holder
was then placed under the care
of Hahn, who was furnished with guard,
Hahn, as he said to me afterwards, fear.
ing that Holders friends would attempt
a rescue, and to avoid any difficulty with
his prisoner, took the evening train for
Mckenzie, where he met the westward
bound train and came back to Milan,
where the train was stopped and Holder
taken from him under the following
circumstances:
As soon as the train stopped at Milan,
several men, disguised in black dominoes
and masks, jumped on the engine, with |
cooked pistols in their hands, and warned |
the engineer not to move at the peril of |
his life. Another party. also armed and
disguised like the others, went through |
the cars, preceded by railroad employee,
(whom he had forced into ssrvice) bear
ing a lantern and searching for Holder.
Not finding him, be came out
and commenced shouting Holders name
The latter then answered from the bag
gage car, around which the whole party,
with the exception of the guards
on the engine, then rallied, and one Of
them attempted to go in, when shot
was fired from within, striking him in
the breast and wounding him, how Sc
verely is not known. A general fire was
then poured into the baggage car by the
maskers.
| then called to the men that they
would kill the mail agent and express
messenger, if they continued their at
,acks upon the car, and if they would
ease firing, l would go and get the
nan out, which l did, and as put him
,ut, during the confusion and excitee
nent, the party took him in charge.
then gave the engineer ssigDal TO start
he tr4in Immediately, which he did, and
he train proceeded on lis way. The above
8 full report of The affair, AZ nearly ac-
Mrate as can make it.
Very respectfully,
THOs. HUTCHINSON,
.r. Conductor No. l.
In addition to the above, and the facts
5iven yesterday, We learn the following
PARTICULARS Of the affair, from a promi.
nent citizen of Milan, who witnessed it,
md who is cognizant of all tbs facts in
he case
Holder, our informant says, is pros
,rietor of an Illicit distillery situated
1t Skull>bone, a place about twelve
niles from Milan, between North
iibbon and Trenton. lie is known
Is 4 bitter denouncer Of rebels"
damner" of Democrats, and loyal
eaguipg, anti-Kuklux Radical of the
blacklist stripe. The party making
he rescue are all we'll known men Of the
Iame stripe, being the same party that
murdered the Flippins several weeks
ince. During the war, every one of them
8ere members of Hollis company, Sixth
6th) Tennessee, Union regiment
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