The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-22

Our fine picture of Horace Greeley stil
graces the top Of our sanctum door
Last Monday morning, Mr.. Roland Bry
ant, of Silver creek, thought it was a pic
ture of Major John Bacon Anderson
who was NOT hung by Gen. Palmer
when the latter crossed Rutherford creek
during the war. ~ ~
Tlghman vssta1, of this county. hal
been for sometime past in Ohio, selling
his patent Wagon-bed Elevator" 4
10 valuable invention, and we trust ht
will succeed in selling : right to allths
States. Z
The Rev. DR.. Blake, OF Nashville
preached an excellent sermon at Pleas
ant Mount. last Sunday. His text war
In the ID, IA, Is, l6, and 18th verses Of
the Sd chapter OF Proverbs. He alsc
got up three and one>half policies foi
the benefit of the Ministerial school at
Lebanon. The policies cost 1874 each
year. IL -
A little girl aged about four or FIVE
years, daughter OF DR.. Nathan Perry,
near Southport, Tuesday of last week,
running out of the house, was caught
by her mother and the burning clothes
stripped from her, not, however, until
the little sufferer was severely burned
OH the body and arms. DIR. Perry was
absent on professional business ut the
time.
The.members of the Maury County
Farmers Club should remember that
the annual election for officers will be
held on the 30th of November, 1872.
Don't fail to attend. fEF f5
One OF the seven hundred persons
summoned by the Sheriff and his dep
uties in the Riddle case, last week, was
refused by the Judge because he was
drinking. The same fellow, who was
from the Rally Hill country, went about
town all day, talking about East Bum
gardner having taken load ofpumpkins
from his field. and what West Bumgard-
ner said about it.
over at. Last.
We allude of course to the Riddle
murder case. The jury brought in a
verdict last Wednesday morning of
Murder in the first degree, with miti-
eating circumstances" and the Judge
passed sentence upon the prisoner 20
confinement IN the penitentiary ter lite.
What mitigating circumstances" there
were, it is..impossible for outsiders to
tell, or even conceive. Our people are
not blood ..thirsty, but. they are disap-
pointed with the verdict. Almost every
man and woman in the county felt an
interest in this trial, and among them
all, there. was one universal feeling, as
deep as conviction can be, that Frank
Riddle was guilty of the murder Of
Samuel F'riedman, .he Jew peddler, and
that he ought tobe hanged. Said every
body, "If you don't hang Riddle, there
is no uss in ever .trying TO hang any,
body" While the trial was pending,
we abst aimed from. saying anything
about it. But now, that it is all over,
we think it is our duty TO publish what
the people think of it. 1t is merely
condemnation of what they believe is
the disposition of juries to be 1enient
toward prisoners, after the crime has
been committed long time. Riddles
face, which had been dark and lower
ing, with dread and hate, shone like
morning sun, when he heard his sem
tence. When Friedman was first muir
A. ~ed, the people, who had been dc
ae >aaG by BRowNLow as ku klux,
hoca,no deeply interested in the case,
..,J hro,.,. NJ a strong influence to bear
nm Cen W., N't@cf~eSs NoA, - va, 49,
other oh @eh leading la ~yefs, and they under
t derers The murder mans country
men, though poor, mani, .el ,anturad
terest in having the murder sIaf,'n;S
and especially Leman, +. u aInna5
Indeed, he disP@yeI
able tenacity OF purpose a."
courage in ierretiing Out and capturing
Riddle aud Griffin. For days lac crept
along the banks of Tennessee river,
hunting TOR them, and nothing Out
instinct and q perseverance
and courage very remarkable. could
have overcome the various difficulties
he had TO contend with. Judge Melee
more's charge in the case IS pronounced
So full, explicit, clear. III
cid, method;cal, was 1t, that the counsel
for and against the prisoner, said they
had othipg to suggest. The attorneys
EMPLOYED on both sides OF This lmpor-
tant case, have won honorable distmc-
ton by the ability with which they
lave managed their case, and the elo-
uuence with which those for the state
pleaded for justice, and those Tor the de-
PENDANT prayed Tor mercy.
The following are the names OF Inc
gentlemen composing the jury that
tried the case Wv. b. Watson, Z. w.
Ramon, VIM. Adkisson, Thomas ID
Jones, Peter Pinkston, ID. T. Diilahay,
Adams, Jas. Eskew, f. M;
s. J. Moore, Robert Erwin, and
X. "A. Hughes.