Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02
NORTHERN KU-KLUx.

Friday night Mr.. Tyndale determined up
OF visit to st. Louis, and perhaps to
Bellv!ue- He packed small travelling
sack with such articles as he needed, and
placed in his wallet fifty dollafs, in addi-
ton to a small bum, less Than five dollars,
then in his pockets. At the usual hour
the family retired, and Mr.. Tynd lie, af-
ter setting an alarm clock so as to wake
him at one o'clock IN the morning, with
out undressing lay down on lounge.
He intended to take the train which
passes South on the Chicago and St.
Louis railroad at 1:50 A. NJ. The rail
road timeis fifteen minutes faster than
the city time, and this gave him thirty
| five minutes after the stroke of the alarm
| clock to arise, leave the house and walk
thence four blocks to the station. The
alarm faithfully performed its Office, and
at o'clock Mr.. Tyndale arose, took his
travelling Tag and entered his wife's room.
| He bade her an affectionate goodbye,
told her not to disturb herself, and left
the house. This was the last time he
was seen alive by any of his friends.
When the body was found, there was
shocking bruise on the left forehead and
temple, which extended down the cheek
en- the right side of the back of the head.
Just behind the ear was apistol bullet
wound, into which the probe was passed
four inches in slanting and slightly up
ward direction, and this wound was
necessarily instantaneCusly fatal.
The shirt collar of the deceased was
torn open and the neck-tie- was found
some distance from the body. The body
lay on its face on the angle formed by
the moth wall of the foundry building and
the east side of the coal-shed. Near the
| body was found an oak stick an inch and
half wide, an inch and an eighth thick
and two feet two inches long. The ends
| of this stick are mitered off for about an
inch and half in the line of width. A
-barelled, cartridge loading pistol,
tied to package of cartridges and bird
shot, was also lying near the body. The
pistol is of the sort known as the pocket
Derringer, of the make of the Brown
Manufacturing Co., Of Newburyport,
Mass. By an ingenious contrivslce the
barrel, which is about two inches in
length, and rifl,d, can be turned to enc
side on a pivot and loaded with cart
ridges.
The weapon is numbered 1,417, and is
marked Southerner on top of the barrel.
1t is quite new, and the cartridges found
| with it were marked caliber A 100 of an
| inch. Some tufts of short brown hair,
| and q few hairs from heal of beard of
Mr.. Tyndale were found on the ground,
and there were several fragments of
hriPRc lNyinn q &c aarfaip
| from the evidence taken before the Cor
| CoRer's jury, which was in session all
day, that some unknown parties must
have been aware of Mr.. Tyndale's inten-
ton of takin1 the morning train south,
| and, thinking doubtless that he had
large sum of money on his person, de-
termined to possess it, even by bloody
murder, if necessary. Mr.. Tyndale was
g well-built and powerful man, and if
/ attacked, as he doubtless was, he would
| make desparate resistance. The murderer
or murderers, were prepared to do
their bloody work effectually, if neces-
ssry, and no doubt the struggle was terri
| Bile while 1t lasted, and the defense made
by Mr.. Tyndale desperate. In this strug
gle hair was torn from the heads of the
combatants, and Mr.. Tyndale s collar was
rent, as above mentioned. While the
men were still locked IN the deadly strug-
! gle, the robber or an accOmplice (fOr
| there may have been more than oRe of
| the robbers) placed pistol close to the
head of MIR. Tyndale and fred q single
shot, which ended the struggle and the
victims life. The robbers then rifled the
body of the victim, but were frightened
by some means from their prey before
they had completed their work. They
took the pocket-book and seized
the fifty dollars, but left some
smaller sums. He, or they, pulled
at the gold watch, but this was Sc
! surely fastened by q steel clasp. The
gold spectacles which Dir. Tyndale con-
stantly wore, and which he had on when
struck by the club, as shown by the bend
in the left limb, probably fell to the
| ground in the struggle, or was knocked
off by the blow. These and the travel
ing sack were left On the ground when
the robbers and murderers were obliged
to depart. Mr.. Tyndale leaves a wife
and five children, all of whom except two,
are men and women grown. The mayor
of Springfield has offered 81, 900 for the
! arrest and conviction of the murderers,
and doubtless this reward will be largely
| increased by Mr.. Tyndsle's friends. Nr.
Tyndale was about So years of age, and
| was a gentleman of very considerable SCI
entiic attaiRments. In 1854 he was
elected Secretary of State, and has resid-
ed al Springfield since that time, having
! principally lived at Belleville. His re-
mains will be taken to the latter place to-
morrow for burial
CHICAGO, April 3O.-A Springfield dis
patch of this evening says that the excite
ment over the murder of Mr.. Tyndale is
still intense, and the city full of rumors
| of the arrest of the perperpetrators. One
man who was arrested at 3 O'Clock this
morning, was lodged in Jail, but proved
an alibi and was discharged.
Arrest Of tue Probable Murderer.
| Bernard Lisnier INDUCED in some big
talk at Quincy, ILL.,, yesterday, and got
himself arrested as the probable murderer
of ex-Secretary Tyndsle, of Springfield.
Valuables to the amount of 80 cents and
a slungshot were found on his person.
A Most Extraordinary Case.
NEW YORK, April 29.-Judge Scudder,
of the New Jersey Supreme Court, had
before him yesterday one of the most ex-
traordinary cases ever reported. Theo
dore Willett, proprietor of the Brooklyn
Opera House, and Mrs. Anna w. Yates,
lady of wealth and high social stand
i g, appeared In court as prisoners,
charged with subornstion of murder
They were brought from Jail upon a mo-
II f,pV, Inv fhfir NOt1nonl for rolaoon
Mrs. Yates had been arrested on the pre-
ceding day, and Mr.. Willett had been
lodged in Jail on Wednesday; but until
yesterday, when they appeared in court,
no person other than officers of the law
and counsel for the prisoners knew of
this imprisonment. Their accuser is
| James Baxter, a valet to Samuel White
head, wealthy citizen of Washington,
New jersey, who is father of Mrs. Ya.es
and father-in-law of Willett Baxter, who
says that in July, 1870, accused bribed
him to kill Mr.. Whitehead, which he had
attempted to do in various ways. He
once set fire to the house, when White
head was severely burned, but managed
to make his escape through the window.
There has been much quaIrellng in the
family, and Baxter states that the accused
wanted to get possession of the old gen.
tlemau's property. The Judge, after
hearing the case, decided to hold the pris-
oners in $4,000 each to answer at the
next term of court.
Murder and Robbery I'm Indiana.
LoGANsPoRT, IND, May 1.-Jerome
Brooks and Chas Carr have made full
confession of committing the murder and
robbery of Slater at this place April 20.
They are in jail.
A Reverend RRscRl