Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-09

Mob Law Threatened.
ST. LOUIS, July IA few days 400
report reached here of the severe Nogginr of
the Rev. Thomas Callahan, near Center
vile, Reynolds county, Mo-, on the night
of june %, by a tand of disguised men.
Yesterday Cal ahan arrived, here, having
walked from Centerville to Rolla, I20 miles,
where be took the Rolla road for this city.
He made long statement to United
States Marshal Newcomb and United States
Commissioner Easton, to the effect that be
was chaplain of the 4Sth colored infantry
during the war. He went to Reynolds
county about a year ago from Clinton,
Iowa, and was strong Republican in pol
itics. His trouble first originated In poll
tics, but The whipping grew out of the fact
that last November the courthouse of Rev.
nOlds county was burned, and again in Nav,
destroying all the county records. Incen-
diarism was suspected, and Marion John
son was indicted for the act.
On the 2lst of June Callahan published
a letter in the IrontOn Enterprise exonera-
ting johnson. He knew who did burn the
court house, but gave no names. On the
night Of the 23d, while lie was watching a
sick wife and child, seven men with black
ened faces, entered his house, dragged his
wife from bed, plundered the house, bound
and took him half mile away, and after
attempting to make him tell who set fire to
the courthouse, gave him about seventy-fve
lashes on the bare back with hickory switch
es, and ordered him to leave the county
within ten days on penalty of death.
Callahan further states that there is a
corrupt courthouse ring in Reynolds coun-
ty, against whom he was strongly opposed,
and who were interested in the destruction
ofthe county records 10 cover uptheir frauds
in land titles. Not one man in fifty, he
says, knows anything about his title.
Callahan names the following persons as
those engaged in whipping him: James II.
George, the sheriff Of Reynolds county; Al.
Parks, clerk Of the circuit and county
courts; VIM. Parks, son Of the county clerk;
Napoleon George, brother of the sheriff, and
two others whom lie didn't fully recognize.
U. S. Commissioner Eaton issued war
rants for these men, and u. 5. Marshal New
comb sent deputies TO Reynolds county to
arrest and bring them TO st. Louis. Gala
hans back still shows the effect of the whip
ping.
Later.
ST. LOUIS, June S.-Deputy L.. S. Mar
shal Bierstadt, who, with others, was sent
to Reynolds county last Saturday by L.. S.
Marshal Newcomb, to arrest the perpetra-
tors Of an outrage committed on Rev. Thos.
Callahan some days ago, returned to-day
with Jas. IL. George, sheriff of Reynolds
county, Jesse Allison and VIM. Parks. The
other men charged with being engaged in
the outrage could not be found. The pris-
OneIs were taken before L S. Commissioner
Eaton and, waving examination, were ad-
mi-ted to bail to appear for trial at the No
vember term of the United States Court.
The arrests were made under the 9th sec
ton Of the Enforcement Act of 1870.
Shocking Tragedy in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July IA shocking ira
gedy was enacted here this afternoon, in
which a boy twelve years old, named Frank
Schikk, the son Of a widow, was shot and
killed by the Rev. Samuel J. Browne, an
aged local minister of the Methodist church.
L. appears that Mr.. Browne has been for
some time greatly annoyed by boys, who in
spite Of repeated renlonstrances, have en-
tered his premises to take his fruit and COM
Init other depredations.
To-day a number of boys were playing
ball outside, when the ball was thrown into
Mr.. Brownies yard, and young Shikk en-
tered the premises to recover the bali, when
the old gnan fired at him with slugS, one Of
the pieces striking him in the breast, in
flictinC a wound from which the boy died in
4 few moments.
Browne was arrested by two officers, and
subsequently released on $4,000 bail. The
terrible affair has created great excitement
in the neighbOrhOod Of the Brighton House,
near which it occurred. A large crowd is
assembled to night in the vicinity Of Air.
Brownies house, which is guarded by de-
tachment Of police, and there is danger
from their temper that they viii take the
law into their own hands, should Browne
be found.
1t is a most remarkable case, and appears
hard to account for, save upon the pre-
sumption that Browne is not in his right
mind. He is eighty-six years Of age, one
ofthe oldest citizens, and has been cOHsid-
cred hitherto above repgoach. For some
time be has been quite childish. he owns
property TO the amount Of several hund red
thousand dollars.
Later.
CINCINNATI, July 8.-The shocking
tragedy of yesterday in which a pioneer and
respected citizen shot and killed the boy,
while tgespasSing On bis grounds is the
common theme to-day and is most profound
ly regretted by GIr. Brownies friends. 1t ap-
pears from th6additional evidence published
this morning that the boys had tIesp&ssed on
his grounds for the purpose Of stealing fruit
twice during the forenoon and Dad been
d!ivrn away, and that instead of the boy
having entered the yard for a lost bah
IuuDer Of boys came seeking fruit. 1t ap-
pears, too, that Mr.. Browne has been in
the habit Of shooting TO scare away the
boys. Whether in this case he fired at
random O. took aim VIII probably only be
developed in The official examination. Mr..
Browne remained at the house of a friend
down III The CITY during the nirht.