Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-27

from there TO the bottom, he found arti-
cles of ladies' wear, table linen, napkins,
towels, and some counterpanes; every
article bearing the impress of the same
letters stamped on the under apparel Of
the dead body-that mysterious and
deadly cognOmen, "Emilie Rogers"
/ Besides the articles, he found in the bot
tom Of the trunk several letters address
ed, some of them to "N. J. Rogers, F"
and Others to "Judge Rogers the same
person being evidently intended by both
addresses. They were all addressed to
him ut Brownsville, Arkansas, and one
of them was from Waddy Thompson,
the celebrated steamboatman OF st.
Louis. He also found the law
| sign Of w. j. Rogers, upon which was
painted in fresh gilt letters, which APP
peared never to have been exposed to
the weather, the following inscription
"W. j. Rogers, attorney at law and real
estate agent.u He also found a tram
script of a record of the United States
District Court for the District of Arkan-
sas, which evidenced the bankruptcy OF
w. J. Rogers, upon which appeared
quite a lengthy schedule of assets and
liabilities, showing that he must have
been a man of extensive dealing and
considerable property. This w. J. ROg-
ers is supposed to have been the husband
of the unfortunate decedent, previous to
her connection with Martin.
THE POSSE JUSTIFIED.
When all these things were discover
ed, the captors felt that they had indeed
nabbed the incarnate devil who had
enacted a tragedy, the atrOcity of which
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make the hair to stand on end. We
forgot to mention that the gentlemen
who disinterred the body found upon it,
in addition to the articles mentioned, a
pocket boOk-the same being in the
dress pocket-which contained so far as
we are able to learn, an account against
Emile Rogers for groceries, by a firm
of LOnOke, Arkansas, on which was en-
tered a credit for twenty days board
also a medical prescription for &c. w.
NJ and two OF three other papers oil
not so much importance.
There was likewise found inner travel
ing companion, which was with the
trunk and boxes, a nice new pair Of
cloth CATERS, about two and a halfs,
and a bottle Of morphine, and in the
trunk there was found a lump of opium,
the size of a medium sized pea.
The prisoner is ironed in a cell, and a
guard placed around the jail. A mes
senger has been dispatched to LonOke,
Arkansas, to see what revelations may
be had from that quarter.
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRISONER.
w. j. Martin is a tall, gaunt man, with
angular features, a restless, green eye,
straight, long nose, a face somewhat
long and sharp, a small ear which lies
close to his head, becomes sharp at the
top, and the top of the ear points in
toward the head. He is dressed in a
brown suit, with no vest, wears a brown
hat, a good pair of boots, and has an
extraordinarily high instep.
On Tuesday morning, before breakfast,
while Willie Mays, an employee of this
office, was casually looking over a torn
piece of an August number of the Vest
ern Methodist, he came across the fol-
lowing announcement in the marriage
column:
married, on the 9TH day of July, 1872, by the
Rev. q. \. Ross, at the residence OF the bride,
Mr.. g. W. Majors, of Monroe county, Ark..and
Mrs. Emile Rogers, OF Lonoke, Ark"
Upon examining Martin'spocket book
there was found in it a promissory note
made by one Ferguson to G. w. Majors
and wife, Emile Majors, for three hun
dred dollars, being part consideration for
certain town property in Lonoke, Ar
kansas, made in July, 1872, and payable
in 1875.