Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-13
FRIGHTFUL ASSASSINATION.
A WeII-knOwn eitizea wayiaId and Mar.
dered.
The Victim On His way Home ia the Country.
A Cold bIOoded Piece Of AtrOcity.

Messrs. Mitchell & Hoffman, the well
known furniture dealers, received a teIe-
gram early yesterday morning ~announc-
ing that Mr.. w. W. Davidson. their book
keeper. a gentleman extensively and most
favOrably known to almost every in
Memphis. had been assassinated while on
his way from POcahOntas stationon the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad to his
residence, which is about a mile from the
station. No particulars were given, but
Messrs- Mitchell a Hoffman immediately
sent out a burial case in charge Of a geu-
tleman, for the remains.
During the day we ~telegraphed to POea-
nontas for the details Of thessad affair,
and received.a dispatch stating that, some
days since, a man named John Whitley,
who was Nh. Davidson's overseer, had
grossly insulted Mrs. Davidson. She
wrote h facts TO her husband, and he
wrote a severe letter to Whitley about il.
On Friday Davidson determined to go
out to P~Ocahontas to see his family, and
accordingly left town on the midnight
train, reaching his destination at an early
hour Yesterday morning. Abots midway
from the station to his place, (which is
distant about a mile, Whitley, who was
lying in wait for him, fired upon him and
killed him instantly. Tn assassin then
fed, and up TO the latest accounts had not
been arrested.
Mr.. Davidson was an old resident of
Memphis, though comparatively a young
man. He leaves a wife and three children
to bemOan his sad and untimely end. The
grief-stricken widow is a lady known and
beloved throughout the entire South, be
ing the famous Sue Lundy, whose heroic
and unfalteTing love for the South during
the late war caused her arrest and incar-
c~eration in the Irving Block, whence she
was removed to Alton, IliinOiS) Mr.. Da-
wilson was a Southern soldier, and was
also an ardent Southerner. We hope that
the misereant, who 50 fouIly and treach-
erOusly dealt him his death, may be cap
tured and given short shrift.
$500"
CRY and country buyers OfDry Goods,
be sure and attend the grand semi-annual
clearing sale of summer goods, at greatly
reduced prices, during the month Of June
at NJ. kraus & Co, cor. Main and Adams
SENsIBLE.-NOw that the heated IA
is upon us, and Our young men have u bre
leisure time than usual on their hands,
no better occasion could be presented to
gain a good practical education than is
afforded at the Commercial College of
Prof. S. NJ. Robertson, No. 267 Main
street, over the store of Messrs. Wells &
Coll. We are glad to know that this gem
tleman, who is a practical accountant, al
ready has aIarge class, and we hope that
parents who wish their sons thoroughly
instructed in the various branches of .
mercantile education, will visit the hand
some rooms of The Professor and examine
into the thoroughness with which he i'm
parts every detail. No young man should
be without "A business edUGtiOn, and we
know Of no one more abEtO instruct our
yOuth-yes, or old men either-than the
gentleman alluded to. His assistants are
able and thoroughly efficient in every de-
partment, and RObertson's Commercial
College is destined to be an ornament to
our city, from which it will be an honor
to come forth holding q diploma ss q prse-
teal, first class business man.