Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-15
KUKLUx IN RUrHERFoRD COUNTY.
Six Masked Men Attack two Colored
Men in Their own House.

Wiley Kimbro, a colored man, ffty-siX
years old, lives about two miles from Muir
freesboro on the Lebanon pike, on farm
leased by Mr.. J. p. Berong. The other
inmates of Kimbro's house are Bill Kim
bro, his nephew, and some colored women.
Saturday night a week ago, a party of six
men, masked, and their horses also dis
guised, came on the public square at Muir
freesboro, between ten and twelve o'clock,
and going to Street & Andrews hardware
store, called to Mr.. Hill the clerk, who
was sleeping in the store, to get up and
give them some ammunition for their
pistols. The clerk refused to admit them
whilemasked, when two of the party raised
their masks but Immediately replaced
them. At this juncture citizen came up
and was admitted to the store by Mr.. Hill.
1t is supposed this citizen procured the
ammunition, as one of the masked men
called to him to get cartridges for q navy
size Manhattan pistol. The party then
moved out OH the Lebanonpike and when
leaving, one of them was heard to say,
1--WE will have him if we have to burn the
house over his d-d head.
Arrived at Kimbros house, they de-
manded entrance, threatening to break
the door down and procured a rail for that
purpose. Failing to get in at the door,
they partially pushed the window open
one Of which struck one of the women i'll
the knee. This was after they had repeat
edly called to the Kimbro's to come out of
the house. While Pat Inman, one of the
party was endeavoring to get in at the
window, the old man Kimbro, saying to
to his nephew, "Bill let us stand together,
somebody must die, +" fired at him with
musket loaded with ball and buckshot.
Inman was instantly killed. In a most
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their horses and hastily rode of, leaving
the dead man lying on the ground. They
also neglected to take his horse with them.
In the morning, some persons living in
the vicinity, came to the place and Inman
was at onced recognized by them. He was
disguised by having on white shirt
trimmed with red, and his pants being
turned inside out, the lining showed as il
they were white.
The two Kimbros were arrested and
taken before Esquires John n. Clark and
w. D. Hicks, at Murfreesboro. After
careful hearing of the case, the magistrates
dismissed the case, giving an opinion that
the celored man acted strictly in self de-
fense.
Inman was a constable in the 9th civil dis
trict of Rutherford county, and leaves a
wife and several children. The statement
made by our city dailies, on the authority
OF the MuTII06SDOTO papers, I4Idb uo WAS
Union man, seems to be incorrect.
He was never go recognized by the
Union men of that county, and indeed,
was known to be quite the reverse. We
are assured that the parties engaged in
this raid are unquestionably known to
leading citizens of Murfreesboro, and yet
no attempt to arrest them was made by
the county authorities.
Information of the matter having been
received by the United States authorities
here, a squad of soldiers, with Capt. Dan
ley and Capt. Bently acting as Deputy
Marshals, went to Murfreesboro on We'd
nesday night and arrested J. P. Berong,
against whom an affidavit had been made,
charging him with being one of the party.
Berong was brought before Commissioner
Goodwin on Thursday, and his bail fixed
at So, 900 to appear for examination to-day.
Failing to give the bond required, he re-
mains in Jail. A warrant was also issued
against Mr.. Ed. Arnold, the Sheriff of
Rutherford county, and he being in the
city on Thursday, was also arrested. He
waived an examination on Friday, and
gave bail in the sum of $1,000 to appear at
the next term of the United States Court |
In justice to the old man Kimbro, we
will state that Sheriff Arnold, Berong
himself, and leading citizens of Murfrees-
boro, unite in giving him an excellent |
character Tribune.