Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-27
THE GREENEvILLE MORROR.
The Murderer stnspson's Confession.
Further Arrests and discovery of ets1em


MoRRIsTowN, TENN, March 10, 1872.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Tho mystery of tho
terrible murder which occurred at Greeneville,
Tennessee, Is no longer hidden in darkness. Our
village was aroused last evening by the report
of pistol, and the news soon spread like wild
fire that the Mason murderer had been killed
iby the authorities. ....f ..f tIf-r.rt
The facts, rs nesr rs your correspondent can
obtain them, are about as follows -lHEiH.Hs
Messrs. Jas. p. Mercer and Jas. i. Dobsoni
Deputy Sheriff, arrived In town yesterday morn
ing, in search of suspected person whom
they supposed had directed his steps toward NJ.
George Simpson, the suspected person,
came in town about dark and went to the bar
Der shop of Nath Smith and after shaving paid
his bill promptly and started out the door where
Dobson and Mercer, who had obtained clue
to his whereabouts, were standing, and rs he
started out the door they demanded him to sur
render. He immediately started TO run and was
in the right thigh severing the main artery
Death ensued at 1924 p. NJ. ''sssr- , rH.
~ THE MURDERER's COMPRESSION rra o..
He was questioned by Messrs. Prof. A, w
Wilson, DR.. G.. Il. Magee and Others and re-
piled as promptly as could be expected. -
2 He told them he brought hammer from q
blacksmith shop above Greeneville and went to
Mason's store with the intention of numbering
him for his money, surprising by killing him he
could obtain more money. He knocked at the
'uOOt ana NlaSOu aISWereu tue Cdii. Tic
(Simpson) told Mr.. Mason The wanted to buy
some meatn Whereupon Mason took the light
and went back TO a back room where he kept
his bacon, Simpson following carrying his ham,
mer. He struck him Immediately on his enter
ing the room with the hammer, breaking his
skull. He died Immediately. Simpson then
took the safe keys, Invested Mason of his watch,
&c, and proceeded to rife the safe where the
money was supposed to be. XXI
There was found on his person three hundred
and thirty-one dollars and twenty five cents,
with numerous other articles, recognized as the
property of Mason.
He stated that he was persuaded by his sister
sand Joe Carter to commit the deed, and that
they were implicated, and that he divided the
proceeds" with them. That his sister took
numerous articles out of the store but no was
not able TO tell what all she did get.
He walked from Greenevlle TO this place, via
Lick Creek and down Nollschucky river
His body will be removed to-day by express
to Greeneville. XENoPHoN
BY reference to our special dispatches it will
be seen that Simpsons accomplices in the muir
der of Mason have been arrested. A rumor
reached us last night that great indignation was
felt toward the prisoners and threats of lynching
were freely made, but as the chief actor in the
horrible tragedy has suffered the penalty of his
crime by death, it is more than probable that
jury of inquest, consisting OF Messrs. A. w.
Walker Il. Without j. A. Urine, Geo. +. Jones,
James o. Brien and DR.. w. F. Green, have
worked up the case splendidly, and they, to-
gether with the officers who arrested Simpson,
deserve the thanks of the community for their
efforts which have been crowned with such
signal success. a#s '...a