Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-13
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APeaceabIe Citizen strlcksu Dawn by an
.UHknOwn Murderer.

The victim in this case is John Glass
mire, who has been employed in looking
after the pumping engine at the Jail for
some four months past. The manner of
the event is more or less shrouded in mys-
terry. Glassmire was boarding at Mrs.
Cleary's, opposite the jail, and after sup
per Sunday evening had Rone out for a
walk. 1t is not said that he had any par
ticular object in goiag out. He didn't
return before bed tinae. This created no
surprise in any body's mind, as it is a
common thing for bossrders to remain out
late, and not unfrequently, all night. At
ten or eleven o'clock, however, the IN
mates were aroused by grooming and
signing on the stoop outside. When ex-
animation was made Glassmire was
found lying on the plank almost
insensible. When taken in doors be said he
had been struck on the head, at the corner
of Jackson street; that he was knocked
down and so stunned he could not get
sight of the attacking party. After a lit
tile he managed to crawl home. He be-
am worse during the night, and died at
daybreak yesterday morning. His re-
mains were taken into the jail, where a
Dost RlOrte7n examination was held by
Drs, TAYLOR and Irwin. This is the testi-
mony of the Doctors:
ave, the undersigned, having made a
careful and thorough post norton exami-
nation of the deceased, Frank Glassmire,
find on the extreme surface of the
! ~teDapoTR pGrletP bones of the right side q
/ confusion, with much effusiOn OF blood
/ between the bones and scalp, but nc frac-
ture of the skull itself. Further invest1-
CATION, by saving of the upper half OF
The Uranium and exposure of the
brain itself, develops the fact that the right
tube of the brain under the external con-
fusion was perfectly healthy, while the
- - FF,a elynU1 an rho loft aida contained
a large mass of coagulated blood. This,
with the history of the case from Witnesses
to the effect that the deceased suffered
from the blow, the appearance ofthe brain
gradually increasing with the ~stertorcus,
breathing leaves US to the opinion that the
death was produced by e~xtravasation OF
blood. caused by concussion from the blow
on the opposite side of the head.
r. II. TAYLOR, M. d.
W. T. IRWIN, NJ. d.
Gisssmire was a master mechanic at the
| Memphis and Charleston shops long be-
fore the war. He was a widower, his wife
having died some years ago, and childless
also. 1t is said he was originally from
Reading, Penn, was a man 45 years old,
had q moustache and goatee, fail
hair, sprinkIed with gray, had a mild
expression of face, and was altogether
a respectable looking person. 1t Is not
known that he had any enemies, and
there is not the shadow of a suspicion
limited at as to the original cause of the
assault, and no one seems to have any
knowledge of the perpetrator, or how the
deed came to be committed. At the in
quest, held by Justice Norton, a great
j number Of witnesses were examined, but
nothing could be elected further thar
above stated; h jury, therefore, gave
their verdict that the deceased came tC
his death lat the hands of parties IN
known" He was buried at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.