Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-07

Pom tire austin lTezzs) Jourusl Radi-
ra.
some time last fall difficulty Oc-
cu-raI batweeu Fred Parks, a young
uF4-fer. and sam jenkins, freedman,
about The division of their crop.
Parks ordered jenkins to leave his
place The latter did so, but could
not recover from Parks his portion OF
tha crop. or get a settlement with
him.
100 young friends of Parks, Joe
WrfEhtgEi Nat Outlaw, soon after
met Jenkins some TWO or three miles
from town. and told him that they
would either shoot MIN or whip him,
arH fn.. he could take his choice. BE
submitted % the whipping, and Was
most uumerCliuIy beaten with sticks ;
sa much 30 that the night after IL
was Thought Ee would die. John
EL.R#r.-a. another associate OF Parks,
su ogl4atIy -hgl through the neck
his I-aul PARKS, and II was in evil
derea before the court that he was
uG#. Ll- impression he was shooting
a. sam Jenkins, the freedman.
ON he 9th Of last month the grand
Jury tur Walker county were emp9n-
ua.ed and sam jenkins, il appears,
was the only witness 10 several indict-
mant- against Outlaw, Wright, Parks
and lIePari-a. Al the time he was
whipped, lus freedman said Outlaw
aud Wright told him they would kill
HIM q be went before the grand jury.
He ett the grand jury room about four
D.g...E5 DE was watched during the
Car and followed by four men on
ha-saua.E. three of whom were lden-
tilted 81 Outlaw, McPIrisn and Wright.
Between shutdown and dark that even
. frs De- uss killed boy the four men who
followed him.
g.. ... on or 9Th Of this month
Captain lIcNally arrested Nat Out-
law. Joe Wright, Ju0. McParish and
F..# Parks, charged with the murder
of .Hs Jenkins. upon warrant issued
nvl..-a Burnett of the District Court.
....a a.l the prisoners were ar
raj l.I .ar an examination, Judge
Buu.. lifting as the magistrate. The
district attorney, Horne, represented
the State. and Baker and MsEey were
counsel f.r defendants. The defense
relied un1l au G.tti, but failed TO make
The rEsrE-fHa evidence, ia the Opln-
l1l of tha court, being of such a cn&r-
a-Ear rs 90 warrant the Committal of
ala prisoners to the county jail TO
ass lE the action Of the District Court.
The trial throughout was an excited
one. One of the prisoners, AcParish,
bad many warm friends, ana was re-
lated Ia some of the most influential
citizens u- the county. Threats were
msLslu advance against the officers
of raa cgU-. and the Judge was threat
puaI with as5assinau8u If he did not
give Lne prisoners bail. etc; "Jhe
prisoners should never 90 to Jail"
etc.
The argument of the counsel for the
prisoners was ed CgDtGRdlgH and in
aamma-orv. Captain McNally, the
brave aud ras1lule officer who made
the arrest, atthe conclusion Of the trial
was ordered by the court to take the
prisoners 10 the county Jail. The pTis-
1uers in the meantime had armed
Iheu Vlz through the secret assist
auoe of their friends. McNally, while
Fn the err Of di-armiUg Outlaw,
was shot down by Jos Wright,
but recovering himself returned
the fire until two Of the pris-
0nHrs made their escape from the
court room, both wounded, The
first shot from the prisoners was the
signal TO their c1utedeTate5 outside
and inside the c0uT. room for a gen
eral iu-iIade. Forty or fifty shots fol-
lowed in rapid succession. Two of
the policeman a. the base of the steps
leading into the court room, We're
prevented from giving assistance by
the friends of the prisoners, who
stood with pistols cooked and pre-
scented. The widest excitement PIE
vailed in the street outside, as two Of
the prisoner, Wright and McPaTish,
bleeding from their wounds, rushed
from the court room. Twenty or
thirty c0nfederates, with horses ready,
and armed with -hOtguus, greeted the
mUrderers Witn cheers. Then mount
ing their h0res, firing their pistols
aud yelling ike savages, the prisoners.
DIloWed by their friends, made good
their escape from the town. Judge
Burnett aud District Attorney Horne
were both shot 1T while crossing the
street. and the night after another
attempt was made 70 2ssss5inate the
Jgdgs.
The force under Captain MeNally
was not sufficient TO pursue and cap
ture the prisoners, who, when last
heard from, were some Ten or twelve
miles from Huntsville, guarded by
twenty or thirty well armed cOnfede-
rates.
There are those in Walker county,
representing both wealth and intelli-
geuce, and not in sympathy with the
Republican party, who sustain the
court.