Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-20

One MAN Wounded and Another Shot
Bead.
The Murderer Hung by Enraged Citi
zens.
Russell the Express Robber Shot 10
Pieces.

zens.
Russell the Express RObber Shot TO
Pieces.
One OF the most terrible and shocking
tragedies we have ever been called upon to
chronicle, took place Monday night, at
Union City. The nature of the bloody
deeds, as committed there, are enough to
shock the senses and appal the hearts of
every one made conversant with the follow
ing circumstances, as detailed by young
man who was in
UNION CITY MONDAY NIGHT.
Most of our readers have been informed
OF, and doubtless remember, the two daring
express robberies, one of the train on
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, committed
last July, near Moscow, by unknown par
ties, who succeeded in getting s., 100 or
s., 200, and the other in October, while the
train was at Union City, in both of which
the Southern Express Company were losers.
DETECTIVE VIM. A. PINKERToN,
Of Chicago, in company with detect
ives Gallagher, Robert Pinkerton
and Council, have been on the track
OF these robbers for some time.
Within the last few days VIM. Barton, Ed.
Russell, who also goes by the name of Far
rington, and VIM. Taylor have been cap
tured and their guilt seems to have been
pretty well established. After being cap
tured they were taken to Union City and
closely guarded. Anticipating that move
would be made to rescue the prison
ers, and in order to better secur
THEIR SAFE KEEPING.
Burton and Taylor were placed in Sc
cond story room of the Metropolitan shotel
at Union City, and after being handcuffed
and chained to the bed were also tied and
each with chain which was then locked
around the body of Detectives Council and
Robt. Pinkerton who occupied the same
room. In an opposite room was confined
Ed. Russell who was also handcufed and
heavily chained to the bed. Detective VIM.
Pinkerton occupied an adjoining room COM
municating with the two rooms in which
the prisoners were confined.
Sometime in the the afternoon. of Mon
day
AN UNKNOWN MAN,
who is said to have come from the neigh
borhood ofReel Foot lake, got off the train
at Union City, and was seen about the
town during the evening. Between the
hours of s and 8 o'clock of Monday night,
the Waterman, named Mike Kelly, at the
Northwestern depot, saw a man
TRYING TO ROB FREIGHT CAR
that stood in the freight yard. The watch
man, who has but one arm, approached the
unknown party and told him che could not
do that" meaning that he would not allow
him to break open the car. The parties
then had few words, and without any
cause, the robber drew his pistol, and be-
fore Mike was able to escape,
DISCHARGED HIS PISTOL.
at him, the shot hitting Mike in the lower
part of the left neck and coming out in the
back. Mike called for
HELP,
and Immediately policeman named Kline
ran to his
ASSISTANCE.
Learning what was up, Kline started in
pursuit, and had not gone far before he saw
the party who had fired the shot. As soon
as he saw him, Kline rushed fearlessly upon
the rutfian and told him to give his arms
up. The only reply was
ANOTHER SHOT.
Taking deliberate aim the villain fred again
and ere the sharp report died away
KLINE WAS KILLED.
the bullet piercing hissbreast Immediately
under the collar bone. BY this time several
citizens rushed
TO THE RESCUE.
Kline was picked up senseless and carried
to the Metropolitan hotel, where he lived
only few minutes in speeches. agony.
Although some ten or fifteen minutes had
now elapsed since the last shot was fired,
THE MURDERER
Made no effort to escape which he could
have effected very easily, but remained
within few yards cf the spot, seemingly
in no hurry to get away, only blowing a
policeman's whistle, evidently for the pur-
pose of srrmmoning other desperate men to
his assistance. At this juncture a gen.
tleman whose name we have been unable
to learn, rushed from among the excited
crowd of citizens and performed
A BRAVE ACT,
as the following well and truly tells:
Going up to the murderer he seized him
by the neck and demanded bis arms Al
though unarmed himself the murderer i'm
mediately surrendered himself and pistols
to this bold and fearless man. With the aid
of others present the murderer was
HANDCUFFED
and takenfto the Metropolitan Hotel and
there more securely guarded. By this time
it was ascertsined that the effort to break
open the car was only sham to divert the
attention of the detectives in order to re-
lease the prisoners in the hotel. Learning
this fact large number of citizens armed
themselves and prepared TO resist
AN ATTACK,
should any be made. About II O'Clock the
hotel was surrounded by thirty or forty
MASKED MEN,
who entered the hotel and Immediately as
cended the stairs. Detective Pinkerton
poked his head out of the window and
asked who was there. He was told to
keep quiet else he might have his head tax
en- off by bullet. This Pinkerton did, AM
the party then broke open the door and en-
tered the room where Russell was con-
fined. A large number of shots were heard
and from that time until daybreak the par
ties in the hotel knew not what had hap
pened, until going into the above room
they found
RUSSELL DEAD.
The body bore the marks of countless bull ..
AC1 HOlCSs dHu VIC IIltg say IL was ldlEIy Tlu-
died. He was shot to pieces where he lay
hand-cuffed and chained to the bed. From
the number Of the reports heard and the
bullet holes in his body, it appears that
there must have been at least forty shots
fired. Horrible as was this scene, where
death had so terribly claimed its defence
less victim of mans just revenge, yet about
a quarter of mile from the town was an
other equally frightful in its character, for
here was seen the lifeless body of
THE MURDERER HUNG TO 4 TREE.
After shooting Russell, the disguised party
seized the murderer, and proceeding down
the railroad, launched him into eternity in
the above mentioned manner.
The body was still hanging when our in
formant left yesterday, and no one seemed
disposed to do anything in the way of re-
moving it. The excitement in consequence
Of the bloody carnival has been very great.
1t is said that hundreds have
been to the spot where the
murderer's body was hung. The citizens
are aroused to the importance Of ferretting
out the parties implicated in the effort to re-
lease the prisoners.
Circumstances are that there still remains
J well organized gang of robbers in West
Tennessee, and that some of them were in
5he immediate vicinity of Union City when
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