Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-25
THE MILAN OUTRAGE.
tatsmsnt Of Conductor ThOs. Hutchinson
Smc;., Report to Col. S. 3. IOnes, Super
intendent of the Memphis anS
Louisville Railroad,
The Participants ia the Affair all Radical
Holts Company, Sixth Tennessee lunIOn)
Regiment IN an Old Role.
The aurderers Of the Flippias Again.

The following statement Of the
Milan outrage, an outline OF when
was published in our issue OF yester-
dav, has been furnished Us by that
Well-known and popular conductor,
Tom. Hutchinson, of the Memphis
division, Memphis and Louisville
Rail Road:
HUMBOLDT, May %, 1859.
To Col. s. 3. Jones, Sap't Memphis and
Louisville Railroad:
When my train arrived at Milan
tonight, il was surrounded by fifteen
or twenty masked men, and the engi-
neer, Frank Van Nlietch, was told by
them if he moved until they gave him
orders, he would be instantly killed.
The cause seems to be, from what
could ascertain from the citizens, as
follows: Some days ago, Mr.. Robert
Hahn, Assistant internal Revenue
Assessor. learned that one Marion
Holder, was distilling whisky without
paving the revenue tax, in the vicinity
Of Scull-bOue, about twelve miles from
Milan. Hahn then made an effort to
arrest him, but Holders friends re
fused to allow him to be arrested.
The matter was left in this shape until
Yesterday, friday when Holder
came to Milan on some business,
whereupon Hahn had him arrested by
the Constable Of the district, instruct
ing the Constable to forward him to
Memphis for safe keeping and trial.
Holder wasthen placed under the care
of Hahn. who was furnished with a
guard, Hahn, as he said to me after
wards, fearing that Holders friends
would attempt 4 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 al
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, pre-
coded by a railroad employee, (whom
he had forced into service) bearing
a lantern and searching for Holder.
Not finding him, he came out
and commenced shouting Holders
name. The latter then answered from
the baggage ear, around which the
whole party, with the exception Of the
guards on the engine, then rallied,
and one Of them attempted to 90 in,
when a shot was fred from within,
striking him IN the breast and wound
ing him, how severely, is not known.
\ 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, ifthey continued their at
taeks upon the car, and If they would
cease firing, l would go in and get the
man out, which [ did, and rs l put
him out, during the confusion and
excitement, the party took him In
charge.
then gave the engineer a signal to
start the train Immediately, which he
did, and the train proceeded on its
way. The above Is 4 full report of the
atfair, as nearly accurate as / can
makelt.
Very respectfully,
TSigncd7 THOS. HUTCHINSON,
Conductor No. /.
In addition 10 the above, and the
facts given yesterday, we learn the
following particulars Ofthe affair, from
a prominent citizen Of Milan, who
witnessed it, and who is cogniZant of
all the facts in the case.
Holder, our informant says, is pro-
prietor of an illicit distillery situated
at Skull-bone, a place about twelve
miles from Milan, between North
Gibbon and Trenton. lie is known
az a bitter denOuncer Of ''rebels," q
"damner" of Democrats, and q loyal
leaguing, a~nti-CucluX Radical, of the
blacklist stripe. The party making
the rescue are all well-known men of
the same stripe, being the same party
that murdered the Flippins' several
weeks since. During the war, every
one of them were members of Hollis
company, Sixth 9th Tennessee,
Union Regiment.