Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-28

OQlIO was -AlDL VI UAA-A1hEr He UElAZ
taken for General Shelby. The bullet
that killed him entered his head from
the rear, and lodged in the back Of hiS
right eve. He was shot in the passed.
ger-cOach, and a. the crowd yelled for
Shelby, DUtrO's body was dragged out,
with loud cries of q Here he is Here i
Shelby! We have got him. Dutro'-
face was literally disfigured with
wounds and clOtted with blood, 80 a. o.
render his features undistinguisbable.
Being about Shelby's size, the body
readily passed for Shelby's and 50 the
mob o left him, to do murder else
where.
During the melee the engineer or the
train e~ndeavOTed TO start up, but even
wheel being blocked with rails, it wa
impossible 70 move the train an inch.
After the train departed the mob dir
persed, leaving their victims where
they fell, no q daring 10 touch them
DutrO lying beside the track, sensible.
and suffering untold misery until after
eleven O'Clock, when he died with his
head touching the iron rail. Sometime
during the night the bodies Wen
dragged into the store Of a man namei
looks, and dumped upon the floor.
where they lay this morning when the
Times reporter arrived upon the scene.
About eight O'Clock Squire J.. W.
ShOey, A. acting coroner, ~impanneled "a
jury Of six trembling and frightened
men, who viewed the bodies, and, after
very meageF fOrmalities in examining
some boys, rendered the verdict that J..
r. Cline, Jehl G. Stevenson and ThOs.
DutrO came to their death at the hands
Of unknown men. No notes were taken
Of the testimony, and no record what
ever made. At nine O'Clock the re-
mains Of the unfortunate men Were
placed aboard the baggage-car Of the
fated train, and started for Harrison
vile, the home Of the murdered men.
There, no One dared to show the slight
est attention, and for a time no one al
all dared to touch the bodies. Finally,
a couple Of old men removed them tO a
wagon, and as the home of each was
reached, the horror and griefstrieken
relatives received them.
What viii be the end no one dares
venture to say. The mob threatens
many men Vet alive, and declares that
not n of those engaged in the bond
operations shall escape. At Pleasant
Hill a prominent man loudly declared
that If Governor Brown sent troops o.
the county, every man would be killed,
and then they would hangthe Governor.
Others said that Cas- county was under
a peoples government, and no outside
interference would be tolerated.
Tonight fierce threats were made To
burn down the houses Of the victims in
Jacksonville and also those Of all the
friends to the bond operations. The
mob assert that the other men they are
after viii not be shot, but hung up To
trees like dogs. 1t appears that hang
ing was TO have been the death melted
Out 70 those already dead, and that
ropes and men were provided for such
execution, but in the heat Of the mo-
ment pistols were used Many Of the
mob who were unmasked were resOg-
nized, as were also a large number who
were masked, but no man dare tell, and
the sheriff is pOwerless to investigate.
special Dispatch 70 the Republican,
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF II
SCENE.
HOLDEN, April &.-The details Of the
shocking tragedy perpetrated in Cas-
county yesterday afternoon form the
chief of conversation upon our streets
to-day. The accounts given By pas
sengers on board the train. and Who
witnessed the awful scene, are sufficient
to curdle the blood with horror and ex-
cite grave apprehensiOns of alarm for
the security Of life and the preservation
Of social order in the vicinity of the
outrage.
ORGANIZATION OF THE vIGILANTS.
The facts are briefly as follows: Ey-
er since the fraudulent issuance of the
Cas- county bonds became known, a
secret organized body OF men, known a.
the Vigilance Committee, has been
rapidly increasing in numbers until the
organization IS now believed to include
a majority Of all the able-bOdied men
in Cas- county. Secret meetings have
been held, where the excitement has
been kept up, and plans of assassina-
ton and murder have been discussed
and perfected with IS much calmness
and serenity as the most ordinary affair
of business.
MYSTERIOUS THREATS.
Now and then mysterious threats We're
thrown out, and the devoted victims
themselves were warned Of their i'm
pending fate; but, as they had given
heavy bonds to appear before the cOur
to answer the charges which might be-
brought against them, they thought the
danger not imminent. Yesterday after
noon MIR. J. G. Stevenson, J.. r. Cline
and ;. L. DutTO got on board the train
at HarTisOnville to come to this place.
They had been in Jacksonville together
the greater part Of the day, and
is said that the Mayor of the town
had warned them of their danger.
Their movements were watched by the
vigilanters, their intended destination
learned, and the work of death, which
had been repeatedly resolved upon BE-
fore, was eOOlly planned with elaborate
precision.
THE MURDERS.
It was about five O'Clock in the even
ing that the train was approaching 4
called Benton City, a few miles
west of Jacksonville, when a pile Of
ties were observed lying across the
track, and the train was signalled To
stop. Until the train approached to
a few rods of the distinctions,
not more than one man was in sight.
Suddenly, As the train stopped, a crowd
Of men, numbering about one hundred,
rushed out of a blacksmith-shOp, sur
rounded the train, and, dwelling their
pistols and shOt-guns at the engineer,
compelled him to remain quiet. A pOr-
tiaH 0ffiie crowd then entered each door
Of the passenger-ear and, finding Messrs.
EAA-Ou anu OuA4Ur M4AAAUIL ally DAE-
Tiddied their bodies with bullets and
Ouek-shOt.
Cline happened to be in the baggage
ear, and he wa eOmmandedtO come out
and surrender. He was assured that he
should not be hurt. No sooner had he
made his appearance than he was inter
by a large, cOrpulent man who
no mask about three-fourths of the
men wore masks and who seemed to be
leader, whether he had not done GER
ain things. His answer was: I" Upon
my homo as a gentleman, I have not"
bis interrogation replied that he was a
I'D Did liar, at the amt time saving,
. Shoot him, give him hi, bOys.U 1T
seems that Cline determined to sell his
lie as dearly as possible, for no sooner
lid the crowd commence firing than
Cline drew his pistol and commenced
firing too. He had fired but one or two
ihOts when he fell, riddled with bullets
and Immediately expired. One of his
shOts, however, took effect upOn the
head OF n his assailants. who was
made TO bite the dust. Blood was seen
% flow p~rOfusely from his head down his
Iaee a his comrades bore him away, but
whether the wound was mortal or not l.
not known.
There We're only about a dozen pas
on board the train, and nOtwith
Standing the indiscriminate shouting Ne
One excepting the three victims already
named was injured.
Some time during the melee, General
10 Shelby, who was M Of the passen-
gers, was v~ociferOusly called for by the
Infatuated mob. General Shelby prompt
" stepped 10 the front, told them who
be was, and demanded to know what
they wanted Of him. No answer being
returned to his inquiry, General Shelby
"a permitted % resume his seat.
OF the three victims Of this horrible
butehery, DutrO was an estimable eth
and was never charged or suspect
a3 with havfnv anvfhfny 10 In with tn