Southern shield., 1870-08-20
ANOTHER TALE OF HORROR.
Secret History of the Lynching of Young
 Sch0feld at Cuba.
COncealment of Another Deed of Dark ness the Object of his
 FiendiSh Murderers.
One of the Most Shocking Chapters of
 Crime on Record.

-" Blacker horrors continue to arise, or, to speak more properly, to unfold themselves out of that Cuba horror, the recital of which so startled the people of this county four weeks ago. Immediately after that brutal hanging of the young man, John. w. SchO- field, at Cuba, the good and peace loving people thereof met and denounc- ed the perpetrators of the deed, passed resolutions pledging themselves to do all in their power to bring the rufians to justice, and also giving It as their opinion that tho elleged steal ing of s2 0H ..s,as ,i425 ,iile;ne " 2 "ie ........s. .......s. ,fa1 EMEN-Having thoroughly test. circums~'if'kip .stTne .ne case, so far rs 1 %iyen in the cJ sa-is@eI1 t4tssS I1ealaaciie. The hidden caus,g referred to by the meeting of Cuba pc2ple have come to light, and are of so h0l7ld q charac- ter as to make one shudder. The de- cent and respectable people of the Cuba district are to be pitied, having to deal with such
 SATANIC SET OF WILLIAMS as appears to be among them. For the sake of clearness i'll the recital of the tale of horror, we have to unfold, it may be proper to give the whole history in the order of events as they transplred.
 J. w. Schofield was person of about twenty years of age, perhaps under. and had come from Virginia, where he left mother and two sisters. His object in visiting Shelby county was to seek home for himself and the other members of the family-a place where they could settle and live in peace. He made the acquaintance of Frank Graves, who kept the only grocery store in the little village of Gu ba, and consented to stay with him while, for the purpose, principally, of familiarizing himself with the country and the people. They lived harmoni- ously together and Mrs. Graves took great liking to young Schofield, so that she was as careful of him as if he was brother. When he happened to be indisposed she made delicacies for him. He was considered realiable and was relied on. No one suspected him of any meanness, and there neyere ap- peared any meanness in him. Before proceeding any further in the Schofield branch of the narrative 1t is necessary to refer to
 ANOTHER AFFAIR.
 Near the little village of Cuba dwells an old man by the name of Carroll, and at his house there boarded carpenter who was stranger at that place, by the name of Gouche. This carpenter suddenly disappeared one day, and no one could tell where he went, and being stranger no one bothered himself about him. He dis appeared and that was the end of him. Bear this little fact in mind as you go on reading this.
 DARK HISTORY.
 It was said above that young Scho- field was favorite with Mrs. Graves, and that she was in the habit of mak- ing up delicacies for him. Now about the day of Gouche's disappearance, young Schofield felt indisposed in the morning, and disinclined to remain in the store; he told Mrs. Graves he would take the shotgun, go into the woods and shoot squirrel, which she promised to cook for dinner. Graves being out at the time. He took the gun and went into the woods. When he got ill the darke shadows of the great old trees, with solemn vistas stretching before him, and the sof springy turf under his feet, he trod on silently musing. He forgot the squir rels, fell into one of those delicious da,