Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-21
A CHAPTER OF BLOOD.
Shocking Murder of n Boy In Han
cock County, nissIssippi.
From the New Orleans Times.l

From the New Orleans Times.l
We have just received adyices OF a
terrible murder near Gainesville, Miss,
the particulars of which are as follows
On Saturday of last week, while at
school, near Gainesville, two boys, aged
fourteen and sixteen years, sons of Ohas.
Reyre and Thomas Bradford, engaged IN
friendly boxing match, in which Young
Reyre was worsted, whereupon his elder
brother, aged sixteen years proposed TO
take his place as contestant. The sec
ond battle had not progressed very lar
before both boys became excited ana
fought in downright earnest, the result
being the defeat of Reyre.
Maddened by his beating, he went I'M
mediately home, and informing his iather
of the event was accompanied by HIM 10
the school, which entering, old Reyre
instantly attacked the boy Bradford by
severely beating and kicking him, the
teacher of the school being an aged man
and able to do nothing to prevent the
onslaught. Bradford's older brother Ia
cripple), aged eighteen, approached
Reyre, saying, "You hadn't ought to
beat and kick my brother in that savage
manner; if he have done anything
wrong, get switch and chastise him.
No sooner had he said this than Reyre
pulled out knife and drawing it across
the boys abdomen, inflicted fearful
cash, from which the bowels protruded.
As soon as he was cut, the crippled boy
started for a neighbors house, about
fifty yards distant, closely pursued by
Reyre, who hinged at him with his knife
as he ran The younger of the Bradford s
Immediately pulled out knife to attack
Reyre, when Reyre's son caught him
and the boys soon engaged in struggle,
in which, being worsted, young Reyre
yelled Justify, whereupon his father
desisting from pursuit of the boy he had
cut. turned back opon his sons assail-
ant, and grasping heavy knotted stick,
beat Bradford over the head so unmer-
cifully that he soon fell senseless to the
ground, large pieces of his scalp having
been cut away by the knotted weapon.
After leaving the boy for dead, he again
started after the cripple, and finding him
standing inside the neighbor S yard hold
ing his bowels in his hand, said to him.
IL have fixed you; you may tell your
father, and if he isn't satisfied I'll fix
him in the same way" The murderer
then escaped, and is supposed to be still
lurking in the swamp in the neighbor-
hood. The boy who was cut fingered
until Sunday, when he died. His
brother is in a critical condition, and it
is thought will not recover. The Gov
ernor Of the State has been notified OF
this terrible crime, and will offer re-
ward for the perpetrator
The murderer, Charles Reyer, was en-
gagged in the business Of getting out
timber for the mills in that vicinity, and
has borne the reputation of being an
ugly sort of a person. But short time
ago he committed violent assault upon
a lad under similar circumstances to the
above, which fortunately did not result
fatally. He is described as a man about
five feet ten inches in hight of slender
build and swarthy complexion, black
bushy hair, no beard, and remarkably
white teeth, one of them only being
gone. So cold.blooded and unproyOked
a murder has seldom occurred in the
history of our county.