The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-06-20
DEATH OF MR. STEELE.
His MaFdeFer's Trial and fem
initial.

Ills AafdeFer's Trial and Com
It Is With pain that we chroniel,
the death Of Mr.. A.<G Steele VIII,
was struck in the head by 4 negr,
F last Tuesday week, some Of the dc
tails Of which appeared in las
! weeks paper. Mr.. Steele died last
; Thursday evening at O'Clock. af
ter having fingered two DAYS in
greatphyslcal agony, though rs new.
er recovered entire eonsciousness
after the moment he was struck.
The negro, Prof Bryant, was tried
before Esq Alexander the same
evening the deed was committed.
from whom we learned the following
facts: Bryant was a negro who had
been in the employ Of Mr. Steele
about month, and Ii led with a wo
man known as his wife, but who af-
forwards gave her name as Matte
Rea, IN cabin about 2ooqTnrds
from the family residence. Upon
the day upon which the fatal event
occurred, Immediately after dinner
Mr.. Steele came across the women
near her house and asked her how
many rows Of cotton she had hoed
that morning, when she replied that
"she counted rows for no white man
and allowed none to count her
rows" Mr.. Steele told her that he
did not come to raise a fuss or to
insult her but simply asked for in
formation. She continued to heap
abuses upon him and followed him
to the yard fence upon his return to
the house. lie at length became
tired of her vile language and told
her to go back and hush or ne
would knock her in the head with a .
rock. Her husband, Bryant was .
off about a hundred yards and heard .
this, and Immediately came up and
told Mr.. Steele that %if he hit his
wife with rock there would be
trouble generally afouad there"
AIr. Steele went into The house b,
the side gate and got his pistol,
which he placed in his pocket, and
returned BY the same gate towards
where Bryant stood with his rocks.
Immediately upon his issuing from
the same gate, without a word, the
negro drew back to throw at him.
when Mr.. Steele drew his pistol
and shouted to the neglo to hold on.
When he drew his pistol and while
it was at angle of 45 degrees, point
ing towards the ground, it went of,
the ground about four or
i've feet from him. The negro con
timed to THROW and Mr.. Steele
lodged behind a hcFse which was !
near by, but the negro ad
ranced, and before Mr.. Steele could j
get out OF the way or Gre, he had
thrown several rocks, the fifth one,
which weighed about Six pounds, A..
him ON the side Of the head
'ather above and behind the ear, {,
smoking him to his knees and
.hecce to the ground. Bryant then
.urned and walked of, and accom-
panied by his wife, Immediately !,
tarted for town, but wasf soon over :
aiken By Capt. Lem Olivers who !,
HAN before Esq. Alexander, :
nd he and his wife we're both 7
ommitted to jail ;
Mr.. Steele was aged about sc
ears, was n consistent member
+ the Cumberland presbyterian
,hureh at Mt Moriah, and was es- a
cemed and honored by all who c
new him as n man Of strict honesty e
nd generosity. The entire com b
lunity bemoan his loss, and we ex 4
end to the borrowed family our A
in this great bereave a
lent. 4
Mr.. Steele was born in North c
,arolina in July, 1906, and moved f,
D this county in 1912. He was O
l,.rried to Miss Eliza Anderson, Ii
august 2sth, 1916, and was left
-idower June, 25th, 1859. He was
larried again to Mrs. Margaret
Waters, Oct. lst 1861. He joined a
Confederate company in 1852 and g
rent to Decatur, but would not be Il
eceived on account of his age. He O
lowed all the morning of the day y
f the last Gubernatorial election 81
nd then walked to Coopertown, p n
lilies, in the evening to vote FOL a
sOy. Brown. h