Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-23
HoRRlBLE AFFAIR At sauLsB6sI
A Nan ARRESTED ana Imprisoncd withe
Fsrnnof Law-He is then Taken out
and Murdered.

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Nan Arrested ana Imprfssued withoa,
Form, Of Law-He is then taken out
III and Murdered.
The body Pound Partly Devourcd y
Hogs--AImosta ParuIlef 20 the
schofield MuEsfer.
From the Memphis Avalanche, 21st.I II
One of the blacklist and most damning
deeds that ever Edisgraced a community
Claiming to be civilized was perpetrated
on Saturday night last at the little town Of
Salisbury, a station about fifty miles from
this city on the Memphis and Charleston
railroad. The particulars, as we CLEAN
them from parties both well informed and
reliable, are substantially as follows:
Some time during last week DIR. Pegrarn,
living in or near salisbury, lost horse,
which was supposed to have been stolen.
who formerly resided near Salisbury, but
for some time past has been engaged on
the river plantations of Mississippi or Ar
kansas, was discovered in the, neighbor-
hood of his old home, and, without any
legal process whatever, was arrested by
two citizens and conveyed to Salisbury,
where, without a hearing, IZO9
WITHOUT FORM OF LAW
of any Kind, he was locked up in the cala-
booses The parties making the arrest
whose names are John Bowden and Levi
Smalley-gave as reason for the proceed
ing that they suspected Garrett of stealing
DIR. Pegram's horse, but entered into no
particulars as ito the nature or causes of
their suspicion. The prisoner remained
in the calaboose during Friday night and
Saturday without an examination and on
Sunday morning was missing. 1t appear
ing that he had been =
REMOVED FROM THE CALABoosE, ~
several citizens made inquiries as to his
whereabouts and finally a search was in
stitnted, which was kept up the greater
part of the day without success. Towards
night, however, a negro entered the town
and stated that Garrett was lying dead in
a piece of woods about mile out. A num-
Der of citizens immediately proceeded to
described
TIA SHOCKING. SPECTACLE.
The dead man lay with his face upward, :,
1t had been .fearfully mptilated by hogs,
and showed the marks OF 9 blistering sun.
In the forehead was bullet-hOle from,
which the brains were Oozing and putrify-s
ing, and the neck bore the impress of
rope, showing that hanging orstrangulation
had also been resorted to by the murderers, :
thoaghi 1t was evident that the wound in
the head had been the immediate cause of
death. -
,tf;H ,eIG1AN INoNEsT So
was held over the remains, which, as is
usual in such cases, resulted in a verdict of
death at the hands of parties unknown,
etc., The murderers, Kuklux, outlaws or
whatever they are, rest in security, and
are perhaps even now engaged in plotting
if not executing more dark deeds in def
ance of law and society.
-fkafnnsggsf THE VICTIM TEInA
Of this hellish outrage was about thirty
five years of age, and leaves wife and
several children who depended upon him
for support. He married near Salisbury.
1t is said his character was not the best,
but that's no Justification of the crime
committed nor of the mere arrest on slis-
picion without form of law.
Heavy is the responsibility resting upon
the community in which the tragedy was
enacted, and the people owe it to Them
to leave no means untried which
would be likely to lead to the apprehen-
sion and punishment of the guilty par
ties.ar Il sgrfI ieY ~ e - qfls1aM u II | ~
slxeaA .llaeu s'9i sAULsBURY oriN IT .eat 4
is an incorporated town of about 500 i'm
habitants, but has no officers. Its inhab-
itants are generally clever, enterprising
and well disposed people, but the vicinity
has for some time been invested by gang
of outlaws, who, under the intimidating
cloak of kukluxism, have both threatened
and committed violence on respectable and
we'll meaning citizens. 1t is time for the
good people to unite in opposition to these
Outrages and exterminate these scoun-
drels.
:. THE MURDERERs OF GARRETT
are not known, but suspicion is fixed. AS
seems by the statement of Q negro, made
after the body was found, they were five
Dr. six in number and visited the calaboose
about eleven O'Clock Saturday nightsl The
murder was probably committed about
No noise was heard. The event
S the latest sensation in Salisbury and
will continue to be until the community
bylsome new actof violence and
death, ssta..,.aL-
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