Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-03
ROSENHEIM & BRO,
22 South Market street
THE KNOXVILLE HOMICIDE.
Surrender OF Col. ID. VI. Nelson EsaiIed
i'm "A Bond Of $4,000.

Prom the KNOXVILLE Chronicle, Oct !.
On yesterday afternoon, about 4 O'Clock.
Col. ID. NJ. Nelson. accompanied by his IA
ther, Hon. ThOs. A. X. Nelson. and one Of
his counsel. Hon. r. NJ. Barton. surren-
dered himself to Sheriff Gossett. at the
Courthouse in this city.
A capias was at the time in the sheriff :
hands, issued upon an Indictment for mUr,,
der. The indictment was returned by the
Grand jury Thursday. Mrs. Parthenia A.
Clanton, widow Of Gen. ClantOn, is smarked
as prosecutrix and Judge C.. F. Trigg and
TOmlinsOn Fort. Esq, as witnesses.
Immediately after Mr. Nelson surTende er-
ed himself to Sheriff GOssett an application
for bail was made BY his counsel upon
writ of habeas corpus. The hearing was
before Hon. +. f. Giilenwaters, of the First
Judicial Circuit, who has been holding the
Criminal Court by interchange with Judge
NJ. L. Hall.
Judge Barton moved that he be admitted
to bail upon the Indictment. The Attorney
General stated that it was his universal Gus
tom, when application for bail in cases was
made to the court to waive a preliminary
examination whenever he became satisfied
that bond with sufficient security would
be given in 4 sum sufficient to cause
the defendant to appear and answer the
charge. His experience was that bond Of
sufficient amount, with ample security, was
more certain to hold the prisoner than a
jail a preliminary examination causes the
intelligent men of a community to form
opinions and thereby become incompetent
to try the cause. That as the defendant in
this case had voluntarily surrendered 10 the
-
charge, be would be willing TO see him 20
TO bail, with bond large enough, signed by
men of ample means, without a preliminary
trial The court stated that this was per-
haps the best course to take, and the AttOr-
ney General and counsel for defendant
agreeing to the sum of $4,000. the court
ordered the bond to be executed for that
amount. The bondsmen were ID. NJ. Nell
son, Th0s. A. K. Nelson, Robert II. Barton,
Joseph H. Earnest. Joseph JaqUes, r. G..
jackson and William G.. Brownlow, by
John b. BrownlOw, attorney in fact.
The bond makes the defendant to appear
at the next term of the Criminal Court, to
be held in this city on the 4th Monday of
January next.
THE sCREENDER.
In suiTendering himself 10 the authOri-
ties, we are Informed Col. Nelson but fol-
lowed the urgent advice of his father and
iriknds His counsel, in applying for bail,
said he would certainly appear whenever
required, for he had been earnestly advised,
and consented, to submit to the decision of
the courts.
We are requested by his friends to again
ask of the public suspension Of Judgment
until the facts on his side are made known.
All he asks now, they say, is a fair and i'm
partial hearing.
From the Knoxville Press and Herald.
Col. ID. NJ. Nelson returned to this city.
on Friday night. the 10Th inst. and re-
manned at the residence Of his father. on
Cumberland street, until yesterday after
noon, when he gave himself up tO the Gus
tOdy of Sheriff GOsSett. His counsel, Hon.
Robt. VI. Barton, Of MorristOwn, and W.
\. Henderson. Esq, Of this city, sOou after
filed a petition with Judge E. E. (iillen-
waters, who was actin. as Judge of the
Criminal Court in exchange with Judge NJ.
l.. Hall, for a writ of habeas corpus, al
leging that he was Illegally re-
strained from lis personal liberty,
contrary to the statute in such cases,
the offense being a bIilable one, accord
inc to the laws of Tennessee. Judge GilleIl-
waters granted hearing at Chambers. The
defendant WAS represented by the counsel
before mentioned, and the State by AttOr
neyg-Gneral J. NJ. ThOrnburg and c. ID.
Mc(iufty, Esq. We learn
that late on the night of the 18th instant,
Judge T. A. Il. Nelson learned that his son,
Col. ID. VI. Nelson. had gone to The vicinity Of
Cleveland, where his family resided. On
Friday morning the Judge sent lawyer to
him. urging him 10 return TO this city and
await the action Of the laws of the land,
and Col Nelson returned as above stated.