Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-21
THRILLING TRAGEDY.
Mutiuy on the Mississippi River.
The Mutlnsers Attempt to Murder the Gel
tain, but are Killed.
Their Bodies Thrown 0verboard---Arres
Of Suspected Parties, Etc.
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Some days since the police of this city
arrested two men giving fictitious names
on charge Of completely in a murder ru- p we'll
mored to have been committed at or neaIoao
Cottonwood Point, on the river, some I2C ar
miles above town. Nothing appearing v 4ronbIe
O. bo,rs datantfS, rbo snIio|fn@~a for naval
ticnisrs Of ne affair Of wbicb tba ES1Pm ~ to-day by
I Iis1 01 1est gsseHeG v6 Ss, came eboT % t our posses Insulation
extrsordinsry and bloody affair really DIG With Spain
derers-if such they be-did come shor{esPM~j Nth
= nemPuls, ahu we're PIoDaOly She PaTPresident'5
ties arrested by the police: 49, . no
o--s.- 81 20 49, lis believed
left Cairo. 1t was in command or charg6O"'
Of a man named Mcintyre. His crew
were five in number, and consisted o
Michael Mcclure, his partner, Denni
Dowd, Wilson, Ferguson and a negro
name unknown: d illness Of
words imm = Hi aSfsT Ie : on CaiIr5Sss WO-
and when the raft was some four or five
miles above Cottonwood Point, the
agreed to 20 on shore and fight the mat
ter out, asking Wilson to row thedhe Mefar-
ashore for that purpose. After getting ohis morning
shore, however, they concluded not t'city Judge
fight, and both wanted to go for Wilso1ced the con-
He, not having any cause of quarrel, begcketti thaI
Die back to the raft. ~sntatives for
That evening Mcclure and Dowd bgeed to ad-
came very boisterous, but no one thOugbver to Mon
them dangerous, and at eight o'clock Csppectators IN
tain McI1tvre. Wilson and Ferguson re now well
tired to bed, leaving the negro and Richardson
on deck. They had scarcely compose
1Rsmss i've nt to rest ssmy when he Pht they Ssym ssT M M ENTloN
ing an AK, and the latter a long knife
Ferguson % 6 as soon soon as me saw t 5nem, PP5isthe Cost Of
boarding, which gave way, and he felrOducts.
outside. The two armed desperadoes i'm
mediately made for Wilson and Mcintyre
but as luck would have it Mcclure STUN he CohVen
bled before reaching the bunk of the latTesteruay y
ter and dropped his ak. Before he coulPorUSSpon .
recover it the intended victim sprang ups reaa lFon
and seizing it, buried it in McGure's owl rensctlnl
skull. OF rallroa1
Seeing Dennis about to use his knife orressing IN
Wilson, Mcintyre drew the ak from tbenade 10 COD
skull of Mcclure and struck him downYe the p0We
killing him almost instantly. en- Oh Wnpc
The bodies Of the would-be murdererslon adoPOe
were unceremouiouslv thrown into tbates charge
river. and when the raft arrived at thist; oppOsin
city, MCINTYRE and Wilson, who. thoughing grain I
thew felt p~eTfectlv iusti6abIe in what thevlndividuals
had done, dreading the tedious processnreaSonaD
Of law, jumped the craft and came ng that 70
ashore. The negro and the other man err pOaste
carried the raft down to Vicksburg, where ~,
it was delivered to its owner, Colonel re that ga
Mathews, Ferguson detailing to him the practlcaol
horrible affair as related above. charges Il
The authorities promptly arrested him, e ConsuI'
and now hold him. The police of this odlfy us a
city are on the lookout for the re-arrest nents' II
Of Mcintyre and Wilson, who, it is sup ION are u
posed, are still in town. Further devel- resslVs.
Opments may be looked for to-day. Icago boAi
CHAr1rrss t 80 a yard Nainzooks at o organi
New York cost. plain and embroidered Jog. league
prices, at DosTxsr1v1 co.'s m.