Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-15
MURDER COMING TO LIGHT.
The Mysterious killing OF M Afk1n-
sOn Near Horn Lake About to
be Explained.
ARTIST OF aFafty" MeGfnnis and q
Restaurant waiter as the
Guilty Parties.

OF Fatty MeGinnIs and q
Restaurant waiter n the
Guilty Parties.
Toward tbs end Of February we gave an
Of the mysterious death OF a Mr..
Atkinson, who was found with . bullet in
bis head, near Whites Station, lust be-
you'd the State line In Mississippi Mr..
Atkinson was a young Englishman Of
respectable family, who had come to the
States to settle. He engaged in
farming near GrenadS, Mississippi, but
not liking how he succeeded, he re-
to sell out and go live with Colonel
Blythe, near Whites. for The purpose
OF becoming better acquainted with the
ways of the country. He had in fact sold
oil and had made preparations for his re-
mOval to Colonel Biythe's. The theory
OF the murder, which was published at the
time, seems to have been incorrect. It Zss
to the effsct that Atkinson had bsSn GrIv-
ing q lot of cattle in conjunction with
two other men whom he had employed
for the purpose, and that the drivers
killed him " the place where they had
camped for the night. The parties who
know of Mr.. Atkinson's previous move
ments deny the cattle feature Of
the case. Colonel Blythe was dis
satisfied entirely with the theories that
Wers advanced in the cass and concluded
to consult Captain Athy, who held many
Gloss cOnfabs on the matter with Mr.
Cranmer, his man Of depth. The results
of these cogitatiOns and midnight eounsels
led TO the arrest. yesterday, OF q man
named " Fatty" the driver OF hack No.
Y, and smother named "Cis," who was 3
waiter at the Continental restaurant
about the time Of Mr.. Atkinsou's dissp-
~pssrsnce. Captain Atby and Mr.. Gran
mer found out hat SIR. Atkinson had
been last seen in Memphis. He was az
Broom's on the night OF the 10Th of Jsnu-
sry, and was in close relationship
with Ada SprsRUe, "one Of the girls"
Some parties requested Ada 20 sing the
"Wearing OF the Green" TO which Atkin-
son objected, being g cocknsy Of the deep
est dye, A row would have ensued had
not Atkinson bseusent down stairs, where
he waited for the finishing Of the per
formance, and then joined Ada. They
took "Fa5by's" hack TO 90 somewhere,
but no sooner had entered it than Ads,
being earthly of instinct, suggested sup.
peT, Atkinson consented at once, and az
ranRements were mads to have some
dey1led kidney and lobster sauce st tbs
Continental scrozs the street. They got
out OF the hack sRsin, and went up stairs
to q front room, where they enjoyed such
fare az the house SftOrded. While
eating supper Atkinson had q quarrel
with "Cle," the waiter, and drew q pistol
upon him, which " Cts" took from him
During the progress Of supper, Atkinson
displays several
PACKAGES OF G-REENBACKs,
with the bankbsnds still round them.
/ The girl Was of opinion that there were
/ seven or eight hundred dollsrs in the lot.
And the little circumstance was q mystic
rious whispering that was carried
/ on by "Cis" and Fatty" while
| thsy eyed the pile of greenbscks askance
upon the table. They remained q long
time at supper, and where they went
sfterWard is not stated, but b last an
| thenties account there Is Of Atkinson shows
him on the stairs lesding up to the Good
/ all house. on Main street, at daylight he
next morning. Atkinson did not want 10
part with Ads, but she would insist on
Going to her little couch to take q snooze,
80 she left the hack. He followed her up
the stairs, calling out that fatal name,
"ADA, ADA"
She disappeared into her room, and 1t be-
ing about time to rouse up all hands and
prepare the matutinsl hash, Mrs, GoOdsll
was rousing out the help, Among other
names she called was that Of John Smith,
the freman Of the concern, When Akin
son heard the pugilistic name pronounced
ne turned round and made tracks down
the steps as fast IS possible. Ada
heard some angry words pass between
him snd Fatty on the s1dewslk In relation
to hack hire, That was the last time she
heard him enuuciate an a~rtieulste sound,
He said, while on the stairs, that he was
going 20 the depot, snd had a hack at thE
door waiting for him.
The police-thst is Captain Athy sn6
Hsrry Cranmsr-trseed the course Of Mr.
Atkinson up TO this, srd then loose sigh
of him. They find him leaving Grensds
and coming to Memphis; they trace sllhii
acts whit s utmost accuracy, but fail *
find any further clue to his further
movements. His career, they say
ends with "Fs5ty.D These events
occurred about toe fifteenth 0.
January. but ais dssd body Wes not found
sill the last Tuesday in the month. His
body was found in q ii lid without q Tpm
or anything OF that sort noticeable about
his garments. His coat was buttOned az
to the chin, his sairs bosom quite olasI
and "eoPrect." IA lsY cOmpOssdly with
! bullet in his head and asm8 al seventy i've
cent pistol living beside him. His body
was exhumed tWics by Colonel Blythe
and the closest sGrE OF examination mR1e,
His hands were found to be burned al
most to 8 crisp tact which lSSds tht
police to suspect that hs was murdered
while sitting over E fire in some house II
the city, and having fallen on the fire WIS.,
burned Their theory Is that be was KEEP.
here a few days s1d Afterwards caETiso
out to Whites where he WIS Left IS h'
was afterwards found, his money having
been taken from him. The whole case Il
mysterious.
QUALITY cFEvENTs.
II is very singlsr, CT rather curiOUs
that about the same time this EnglisbmaT
quRrreled about the singing Of the "Wesr
in o. the Green" At BrOom's, another
coekney in DstrOie got into q fuss upOT
the sslf-ssms subject The story of thiE
latter quarrel has gone tins rounds Of the
press. IL is also curious that Atkinson'E
mother wrote a letter 20 him about the
same time, which was sftcrWard received
and read here, congrstulsting him on bis
removal from Grenada, because, she
said, It was such q lonesome, ont
~of-the-way place, he might get
murdered down among those ssvsgz
wilds, and no one ever hear OF him sgsin.
or know who did the horrible deed, At
kinson had evidently bean writing TO his
ms, telling her of the savage nature Of
the country and the summary way The
people sometimes adopted OF panishins
offenders. The letter in which tins ole
lady gave vent to the sentiments above
mentioned reached her after the young
mans body was found, and Wa
written about the time the tragic event
took place. Atkinson had been in the
hshit OF receiving regular remittsnee'
from LONDON, for the purpose Of carrying
on his amateur farming operations. H'
found that he could not succeed at tbos'
operations until he should achieve
8 more perfect practical knowledge Of tht
business IS it is followed in Mississippi
hence his intended apprenticeship will
Colonel Blythe. So far as present appear
suces lead to q knowledge OF sny facts II
the case, the arrest of Fatty and the otbe
man is upon the vaguest sort Of suspicion
Further Developments, however, are an
tioipated.
BROADWAY" and "Spring" dres
hats at Leidy & CO Is.