Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-28

yesterdays LSDGER concerning this most
terrible and bloody scene, we are able to
Mace before our readers further particu'
lars of the causes, names of the murder
ers, the action Of the citizens, and who
we're Colemans avengers. Tae Hunting
don Tenn. Courier writes that ION
Saturday night thres negroes of that
neighborhood. named Allen Robinson,
Matt Brown and George Ballew, stole
from Mr.. T. II. Doherty's stable two
horses and mule, and at his place they
picked up their fourth accomplice, named
George Coleman. Armed with pistols
aud guns. and masked as Ku- Klux, they
proceeded to Col. Coleman's house, and
called up out of sleep servant, and re-
ouested him to go and wake up the Col
onel, aud inform him that some men were
in the yard anxious to see him. To this
the man refused, but was forced to go by
threats of murder. Col. Coleman was
awakened at the hour OF twelve az night,
and suspecting no harm, went to the door
and out upon the portico. He was or
dered 10 come out into the yard. BE re-
fused, and, beginning to suspect harm,
was in the act of returning in the door
when the party fred on him, one shot
taking effect in his hand and another in
his bowels. Sunday he died.
After the outlaws shot Col. Coleman
they rode around the neighborhood and
commenced burning fodder-stacks and
barns after which they attempted to
break in the door of Mr.. Barker's house.
Their efforts to break in the door proving
Intellectual, they set Gre TO the house, and
sontineled themselves at convenient dis
tauces to shoot Mr.. Barker and his fam
ily in the event they attempted to escape.
The fire, fortunately, was extinguished,
and they satisfied their hellish desires
BY breaking in windows and threatening
murder. On they went, gloating IN
the hellish deeds done and those yet to
be performed, little dreaming that just
fate was following in their wake, for the
sons of the dead man and their neighbors
were in hot pursuit. A ride of several
hours brought the pursuers in sight OF
the double crime monsters, halt was
.r;ad and an account demanded. The
answer was returned in volley of mus
kerry, aud two OF the citizens we're
wounded. The FIRE was returned, a
charge made, horses captured, but the
fugitives found shelter in the woods.
Sunday night, suspicion caused the ar
rest of Matt. Brown and Robson. After
conflicting statements as to their where
abouts Saturday night, they made clean
breast of the deeds, and furnished in ad-
dition the names of the other two already
mentioned. They stated it was their pur-
nose to rob Col. Coleman of $4,000 they
heard he had, and confessed being the
parties engaged 10 the late-atnigbt Bry-
ont whipping, the attempted rape of q
refined young lady, all of the incendiar-
ism. and in all the late pillagiDg raids.
All were arrested on Monday, and con-
fessed TO the damnable deeds committed
fsr The last year in the neighborhood.
The citizens, fearing the lynch law, held
meeting and adopted resolutions as
follows:
WHEREAS, We have learned with deep
regret and mortifc cation that our esteemed
and aged fellow citizen, Col David Cole
man, has been cruelty murdered IN his
own house by band Of lawless negroes,
who sss noy under arrest; and, whereas,
we feel that an outraged community, and
the friends Of the deceased and injured
narties. may for the moment forget the
supremacy of the law, aud lake it into
| their oyp hands, and deal out summary
Justice to the guilty gho 80 richly merit
punishment; and, whereas, We would Fe-
greet to see the supremacy of the law thus
set aside, we, the citizens of Huntington,
~o4ld, therefore, earnestly request ell
persons TO Atgtsin from violence upon
the peraons Of the aecAsea, believing, as
we do, that it would have much better
effect in suppressing crime for the &C.
cased to be punished by law than for them
10 be sam maFily dealt with and we
hereby pledge ouTseiges,Rs pitigens of the
town of Huntington, TO zee every erort
ia our power to keep the accused safely
in cnstody to the end, that they may be
tried and executed according to law.
| AttEo oeisek the trial took place, and
ct it's conclusion the prisoners -srs com
mitted to Jail. and strong guard placed
over them. AT 10 o'clock at night
noise was heard aa of cavalcade cross
lag the bridge near the towr, and in
few moments c heavy discharge Of fire.
arms announced the arrival Of body Of
men. The jsiler wes ordered by them to
dsliyer the keys he refused; but upon
being told By two men that they we're
Coleman's sons, the keys we're given up.
| The prisoners we're taken ont, shots we're
cred, aud Eve death-deserving wretches
met their fate
Admiral Franklin Buchanan and
The Life Association OF America.
A Baltimore paper contains the fol-
lowing:
We learn that Admiral BuchsnaB has
accepted an important Office in The Life
Association OF America, and leaves our
State il few days for Alabama, where
his duties Ia the Association call him
While Maryland regrets to see this
good aud great man leave her soil, she
reioices 10 learn that G & cid Of usefulness