, 1870-03-19
A TENNESSEE TRAGEDY,
slaughter OF a Whole Fnmtly-Con-
syiction OF the Murderer.

Jamestotrn, Itln- tFtb ~, Cbrre!pondeneo ef the
have been ~ attsnding court % the past week.
and interest from the fact that three porsona
wero upon trial for murder.
You viii probably recollcct that something
moro than year ago letter from the Judge
spoke OF IN atrocious murder, committed but
q few nilcs from here. The circumstances as
Lnve gathered them from tho testimony be-
fore tho Court were these:
The Galloway family, consisting OF old tady,
Mrs Lncy Galloway, heE daughter kats, ;I!;,, and
and m infant but .lirty-five days Old, lived in
a somewhat isolated locality, on from the road.
There were no men in the family, the husband
OF kste having died during or shortly after the
close Of tho war. On the morning Of ths Goth
Of November, 1863 an old man, Wm- Brown,
covered the old lady, Kate, and the two boys
on the floor, which waa strowu with marks Of
b1tchcry and violence. The neighbors were
een,,noned. It was found that tie old lady,
hate, and the boy, Willy B., four yeais
o. qe,s 'se 3D. we're T.g a2na naspsba Jimmy thonsb s.
ing piteously. From tho appearance Of
tho bodies it was concluded that they had
been murdered on the day previous. An axe
Was lying On the floor covered with blood.
An iron fre-ahovel also had blood and hair on
1k+
the a1e,.cach blow cleaving her akull Kate'a
head was split open, and her left arm was
broken OF ut tho wrist The fingers still
grasped card, with which she had been card
ing cotton. The boy Willy i. had been Drained
with tho axe. Jimmy had a terrible cut over
ing I have ever heard or read OF, save. per-
haps, tho murder OF the Deeting family Of
Pennsylyania by Anton Prubst, could match
the heliish work Of that morning.
sunpicion At once pointed to young man,
Calvin Lo5aston, grandson of Brown, as the
perpetrator Of the fendish crime. Loynston
had been in the neighborhood, from which he
disappeared suddenly about the time Of the
murder. Officers were 1t once put upon his
track.
Jimmy Galloway, on neutrality-suspicious. was
questioned. He said that "CM. Loyaston
Killed his granny, Ills mother, and little b.
as he called his brother. They first, he said,
made his granny give up her money; his
mother would not give up hers. He further
said that jane and Eliza Brown, daughters Of
the old man, Hho first discovered the murder,
and nunts OF Loysston, we're thore; that Jane
Eliza stood outside by tree
This IL substantially tho same story Ettio
Jimmy tclla in court, and left to himsoN ho
always tells it tho sane way; but the lawyers
did the adult Witnesses.
Loyaston was overtaken at his home in Ken
tucky, eighty-tire rnileB from the scenc Of the
murder. Among his clothes Wa found = shirt
bcspattered with blood. He attempted to &C.
count for this by eaying that his nose had bled,
and the blood had drupped upon It. As the
stains were on the arms and back Of tho shirt,
his statement was untrue. He had
told Ut i meeting some nixty-6ro milea
from the scene Of tho murder, the
next day but one after It. must hare
been committed. that there had been terri
bic murder committed on WOLF River-uomen
and children nuTdercd-and, when asked how
he knew it, vngucly replied that he met man
on hotxebaek who told him OF it.
He Has brought to Jamestown, and, 1t pro-
1iminA1y t1ial, testified under oath the 1.-TWO
Evans boys did the killing, and that ho stood
guard 60 that they would not be molested, :
aeeompice. Tho Evauses were brought te
trial, but, as nothing could be proven agaiusa
them. they we're discharged. The two Brown
girls we're indicted with Ioyaston for tbs uaur.
der Of tie Galloway family. At the April tern
Jury could not bo obtained, and the trial was
where Loyaston wss tried found guilty
and sentenced to be hung in July. Tlt
Governor extended the time until November
Finally his lawyers made an appeal to the Su
perior Court, where the sentence VAS con
hzned- They then moved = rew trial, on tht
ground that, as Loyastou did not ask change
! OF venue, the trial at Huntsvi11e WAS null ant
void, ard tho Superior Court so ruled it, ant
ordered him back to Jamestown for trial.
The tIial ls here w interesting' but. Is :,
worth while to take up The det.ila; LorastoI
and tho brown girls were brought to tris1 undo
tho same indictment. A severance wn
tas1 hiea i Int, A ~ doubt. il oA tSero couii nN
have been q ti.l this time, if Loyas
ton had been disposed to stare it on. He hAe
over forty challenger, aud As majority o.
would have been nearly impossible to have em
panne1led = jury. But strong suspicion WI
entertained By himself and his attoIneys tha
he would in that event be served a Ia Pa
Willrick, and thiak they had ample grount
| for that opinion.
The trial occupied about three days, ant
considerable legal ability waa displayed both b.
the State .ud tho defence. Tho jury IN 1ee
than IN hour after they received their charg
returned u verdict Of 'mur1cr in the first dc
gree The Judge sentenced him to be hunl
The 18th day Of April next
Calvin Loyaston was born on Wolf Myer, II
this county, and is not yet 20 years Of age
He il about feet 8 inches in height, rathe
etnutl5 built, Of dark complexion, with hlacl
long, and black eyes, which never look straigh
At i pereon. On his tial he has shown n
kind Of emotion, and received his sentenc
without change Of counsenance. 1t Is eai
that he admits to the killing OF eight person
during the last year Of the war alone. On tn
whole, think that he can bo well spared frou
this world.
The Brown giFla we're tEiea and acquitted. =
there was NO evidence against them but tn
boy'e. The whole community here beGev
them not only guilty, but really the instiSator
OF the nuasa1cre.