Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-30
ne FAYoRITE ISLAND MuRpER.
The Assassin Of mr.. and Mrs. GeOde Dis
covered In an Indiana latl. Z

murder will out, % Is an old and trite
saying that very often finds ~yerifcation.
On the 18th inst. it proved SO. On that
day a young man lying in an Indiana
jail, charged with horse-stealing, was
foundt to be the murderer of Mr.. and Mrs.
Goode, of FavOrite Island, who were
killed under circumstances of startling
atrocity some months ago. A few days
since we published In the APPEAL the
facts of this young mans arrest and the
suspicion hat attached to him. This
morning we present from a New Provi-
dence (Ind.) correspondent of the
Louisville Courier Journal the particulars
of the arrival of Back, his arrest, exami-
nationof his effects and his possible trans
fer to the Mississippi authorities. The
correspondent says: ain the month of
May or June, a young man came in our
midst by the name of Charles Back. Hay-
ing relatives living near here, he spent g
part of his time with them, the rest of the
time (being a youth of dashing manners)
he underworld to improve in company
with the gentler sex. He avoided any Oc-
cupation, and when asked why he
didn't work, or how he could get
along (haying been a poor boy
without means), he boosted that he
could get fifty dollars per month oversee
ing negroes South. After remaining here
a short time, he left, returning in the
COdlHo VI III Wlbn - ulO nOIS6. OllC6Eb
came in search of the young man and
horse, arrested Back and lodged him in
the Washington county Jail at Salem. He
has since been removed to Greensbnrg,
Decatur county, Indiana-the county
from which he stole the horse-where he
is now awaiting his trial, though it is not
likely he will be troubled greatly for this
crime, as another and a greater charge
will be brought against him. Yesterday
aunninQ the pitiVana Of nnr Uillana
were somewhat surprised to see Sheriff
FultZ, of Washington ian adjoining coun-
tyl, with two other gentlemen, looking as
though they meant business among us.
One of the gentlemen proved to be T. s.
Belcher, Sheriff of Tunica county, Miss,
the other the Prosecuting Attorney of the
same county. While young Back was
confined in jail at Salem, the Sheriff, Mr..
FultZ, happened to see an account of a
most horrible murder, committed on an
island of the Mississippi, in the coun-
ty of Tunica, and State of Mississippi,
and having heard the prisoner speak
of having been in those parts, he
went into the prison, searched the
prisoners person, and found a note of
$1,000 drawn up in favor of che of the
murdered parties, Mr.. j. M. Goode, or
Mrs. Mary Goode. He Immediately
wrote to the Mississippi authorities in
reference to the matter, which was the
cause of their coming. After getting out
writs, they commenced a search, to see
whether anything could be found that
would further eliminate Back. The gun,
a doule-barreled shot gun, belonging to
MI. Goode, and the one with
Goode, was found; also some cloth
ing belonging to the murdered
parties, and pocket handkerchiefs with
the names of deceased on them. There
was also one cameo breastpin likeness of
his victims, which he had torn from a
gold locket in order to dispose of it. There
were one or two gold watches, which as
yet have not been found; but enough has
been found and identified to establish the
fact that Charley Back either murdered
Mr.. j. NJ. Goode and Mary Goode, or was
an aCcomplice to it.n