Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-15
THB CITY.
THE DEEP GIVES UP ITS DEAD.
The Body of Capt. Bartholomew
Seaman Recovered.
F6rty Miles Down the stream.

The details Of the horrid murder and
robbery of Capt Bartholomew Seaman, and
the throwing of his body in the river at
Stones river bridge, on the evening of
the goth of February, and the subsequent
arrest and trial of some of the parties i'm
plicated in the foul and fendish transae-
ton, have already been published IN full
III these columns. All the circumstances
show clearly that he had been murdered
and thrown into the river at the point In
dieated. Stones river was dragged sssld-
uousIy at the time, but no signs OF the
missing man were found. 1t will be re-
membered that both Stones river and the
Cumberland were very much swollen and
turbid at the time, with swift and rapid
currents. All efforts to find the body be-
ing in vain, it was clear that it had foated
into the Cumberland, the mouth of Stone S
river being two miles from the point
where the dark deed was perpetrated.
DAYS and weeks passed and no sign of the
remains were discovered. On Thursday
morning the 9th inst, however, the deep
gave up its dead
Some persons we're on the brink OF the
Cumberland at Ashland City, in Cheatham
| county, eighteen miles from Nashville by
land. and thirty by water, and discovered
the body of a man floating among the ed
| dies near the bank. The body was brought
ashore and, though very much swollen and
decomposed, was readily recognized as that
| of Bartholomew Seaman, both by the
clothing and general features. 1t had
been borne by the current down the stream
| forty or forty-five miles by water from the
| point where it was first thrown into Stones
| River. The clothing consisted OF gray
sack coat and pants, and apair OF Congress
| paiter shoes In the pockets there was
| found a fragment of q programme of an
| entertainment given at Olarksville neal
nat time, two steel pen points, and an or
| binary sized two biaded pocket knife. Nc
| money or valuables were found IN the
pockets. while he was known to have left
town with thirty or forty dollars on the
evening of the murder, which strengthens
the supposition that he was murdered for
his money and that his body was thrown
into the river to conceal the visible eVl-
dences of the transaction.
Two large fractures were found IN the
| skull which had evidently been crushed IN
by blows from the barrel of heavy PTS
toll on the night of the deed. Either OF
1 the fractures WOuIQ nhNe, IL - tAOuShe,
| produced death. After the body was ia
ken ashore, an inquest was held by the
| Coroner of Cheatham county, and the
verdict was that the body was that of Bar
thoIo1new Seaman, and that he came to
his death at Stones River Bridge on the
night of the goth of February, in the man
/ ner described.
The body was temporarily buried at
Ashland City, though it will be brought to
| Nashville for final inteImsnt, We have
also heard that, as he had been soldier
| in the regular army, the troops at this
point would likely take charge Of the OBJ
seauies and have the body finally inferred
with military honors. Thus, a part OF the
mystery enveloping this sad affair has been
cleared up, and there is little doubt but
the guilty parties to the deed will be fdny
identified and made tc suffer the penalties
| due their crimes
Washington correspondents referring 70
| this horrible murder, will do well enough
to mention that the deceased was FEEDER
| al soldier, who had lived here since the
war on terms of the utmost friendship with
the community at large, and met his death
at the hands of negro Ku-Klux, who u
now incarcerated in Jail for the foul deed