Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-03
PHYSICIAN.
THE CUBA MURDER.
Meeting of the Citizens and Adop-
ton of such Resolutions as the
Nature of the Case Requires.

At meeting of citizens of the vicinity
of Cuba. Shelby county, Tennessee, Sat
urday, July 80 1870, I. i. Giles, Esq,
was called to the chair and George
Locke elected Secretary.
The object of the meeting being made
known by the Chairman, viz: to take
into consideration the interest and duty
of the citizens in relation to the late
atrocious murder committed at this
place on the 18th instant by -, and to
adopt such resolutions as the nature of
the case requires; and 10 make further
investigation into the matter, partlcu-
larry as to the real cause Of the murder,
On motion, a committee Of five was
appointed, viz: Capt J. j. McMurray,
DR.. L. Irby, W. P. Yorke, J. A. Trotter
and J. o. Thweatt to prepare and report
resolutions for immediate action, and a
committee Of three, viz: j. ID. Hines,
II. p. Thompson and Saml Rankin, q
standing committee Of investigation, to
inquire into and receive any information
that may throw light on the cause Of
said murder, or any new information
connected with the murder itself, and
report the same at the proper time.
Whereupon the following preamble and
resolutions were offered for adoption:
Whereas, Our neighborhood has been,
from time to time, thrown into confusion
by the violent and inhnman acts Of few
outlaws, who have dwelt among us, and
thereby has suffered and become not0-
rious as a place Of CRIME and INSIDE
meanor; and, whereas, four-fifths of our
citizens have, at all times, denounced
boldly and openly such acts; have as
sisted in arresting and prosecuting every
case in which evidence could be obtained;
many of them have spent their money
and their time, as witnesses in five cases
that were turned over to the courts, four
of which we're sentenced to the peniten-
tiary-one for life and three for twenty
years-all of whom were again turned
loose upon the public-one by respite by
Governor Brownlow; one by reverse de-
cision of the Supreme Court, and two
escaped from Jail; and, whereas, very re-
Gently two atrocious crimes have been
perpetrated in our midst-one a cold
blooded murder by six men, as we be-
lieve, three of whom are now in the
Memphis Jail, indicted by the Grand
Jury of the Criminal Court for murder
in the first degree, the fourth having
turned States evidence, and the other
two are running at large; the other case,
an almost unprecedented one of rape
by colored man, who is also in the
Memphis Jail; and, whereas, the people
Of this vicinity are anxious to stop crime
and set themselves right before a dis
gusted public: therefore, be it
Resolved, That there has been a delin-
quency in the execution Of the laws in
the above recited cases, to the great detri-
ment Of our neighborhood and the en-
couragement Of crime.
2. Thatwe are again diseharging our
duty, in the recent cases; and whilst we
do not desire 20 see the law overreached
in the punishment Of any, or biased By
the excitement Of an enraged and in
suited public, we see no reason why ex-
act justice should not be meted out 10 the
criminals now before the court, and a
reward offered for those running at large.
3. That, in accordance with a resolu-
ton formed here on the l4th inst. we hold
ourselves in firm compact 10 cooperate
together in efforts to detect and arrest
criminals, and to assist at any time the
legal authorities 10 that end