Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-09-12
KNOXVILLE, Tenn THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 10 1879

resolved to open the grave and remove all
doubts on the subject. Winfield Boyd wa:
| present when this conclusion was reached, and
after pointing out the grave requested them tC
wait until he could send the mother of Bowie;
| over from old Mr.. Boyd S. 1t was not deemed ad-
visable to wait, however, and the work ofopening
| the grave commenced. Winfield Boyd remain
| ing absent longer than necessary, he was sent
| for and brought back to the grave. -
The work was very disagreeable and the odo1
! so offensive that Col. w. and many others were
satisfied that the body was yet there, but it was
persevered in until the boards were reached
covering the coffin, which were removed and
the lid of the box enclosing the coffin found to
be loose. .,rs-r- trs 81.
/ On this fact being made known bystandel
who was present remarked that the grave had
! been tempered with, for he was present at the
funeral and saw the lid securely fastened. This
created q hutter and none were then surprised
when the coffin was u , <a @s&'k ~
i Il OPENED AND FOUND EMPTY
On seeing this Winfield Boyd remarked
This is either a Yankee trick or Tom. Boyd
trick, - and being asked what he meant, replied
THAT he "meant exactly what he said-that the
sum of $4,000 was involved and that either
Ia Yankee or Boyd would exhume body for
THAT amount.
The grave of the suppositious Thos. G. Boyd,
containing the scharred body was then opened
alQ SUOm1ILcQ 10 the eXdI1iIdJiOu VI Its DfCh-
| bell and Upton, who unhesitatingly pronounc-
| ed the remains to be those of a negro, which no
| one of reasonable intelligence now doubts. {
-llse ri 9 t7a A RETRAsPECTIoN. W +osA 4. -
Samuel Bowles, whose death occurred on the
23d inst, as stated in a previous ISSUE was i'll
for some time previous and few days before
he died was getting better and the physicians in
attendance particularly cautioned those in whose
care he was to see that he did not eat too much.
These instructions were followed, but during
their absence he went into the cupboard and
ate heartily and drank large quantity of but
lapse and shortly afterwards died, having suf-
fered a great deal during his last hours.
Bowles mother intended to bury him at
Sweetwater, notwithstanding Thos. G. Boyd
desired that he should be taken to Eleazar
expense of transporting the body that distance,
but was overruled by Boyd, who told her that
he and others would see to that. He then went
out and procured quantity of charcoal, in
which
THE BODY WAS PACKED,
and it was taken from Sweetwater at three
o'clock on Sunday morning and buried before
noon of that day. ..f
Whether Boyd had any design in this is not
for US to say, but if the whole affair was mapped
out, details were certainly not neglected, though
they failed in their object, for f
THE best laid plans of mice and men oft gang aglee
"A number of buttons were found in the ashes
where the corpse was burned, and on being
asked what kind of buttons were on her huS-
bands pantaloons, Mrs, Boyd described them,
saying some had patent fastenings, while others
were the ordinary kind. r7Gr
From this it is supposed that pair of his old
pants were burned in order to make the descriP-
ton of the buttons play the part in substantial
pye.-d a oire,s.ustssloo tvvK pface several
years before the war in Hamilton county, in
which former member of the Legislature who
was also q claim agent, sustained the role that
Boyd now does, as is known to many citizens of
East Tennessee.
BOYD'S ESCAPE.
On Friday night three men rode rapidly past
the residence of Powell Williams, who lives on
Connesauga Creek, and from recent develop
ments that gentleman is now of the opinion, we
are told, that these night riders were Boyd and
by the fact that the horse ridden by Boyd,
very feet animal belonging to Mr.. Heiskell,
was found running loose near Mouse Greek by
Mr.. Lowery, with the bride off and reeking
with sweat. Not alone, but
With undated zeal
That horseman piled the scourge and steel, ID
Till laboring now and spent with toll,
Embossed with foam and dark with SOIL
While every gasp with sobs he drew,
The laboring steed strained full in view"
of his companions, perhaps, but of no others as
yet known though if future developments are
as prolific of result as in the past it is not i'm
possible. sf - eff-
AMOUNT OF THE FRAUDS.
The amount of money involved in the frauds
perpetrated by Boyd against the Government
exceed 100000, extending over term of years
Some of them are of the most barefaced charac-
ter and succeeded from their very boldness. As
an instance we will mention the case of
Samuel Elliott, whom Boyd represented as q
member of Bryson's Independent command,
killed in skirmish on Cocoa Creek during the
ininumber, he collected over So 100in pensions,
back pay and bounty. On Monday Elliott
walked into the pension Office in this city and was
astonished to hear of his death. So far from
being dead he had never run the risk of being
killed in battle, having never been in the army.
band was killed at Cumberland Gap, and who
was defrauded by Boyd of pay and bounty OBJ
tanned, the correspondence of which was con-
Quoted on her part by well known gentleman
of this city, is another. We could prolong the
list indefinitely, but forbear. His last attempt,
not two weeks ago came mean being successful,
and the payment of the claim was only stopped
by the vigilance of Col. Whitney and Judge
Andrews, the District Attorney.
-El.tE THE INSURANCE DODGE. ~ s.
+ Our readers remember the mysterious death
of Capt. ColvocoreSses, at Bridgeport, Connec-
ticut, short time ago, whose life was so heavily
insured. Some people IN this vicinity think
it was excellent for Boyd to die, when he could
save his relatives the disgrace that might arise
from his serving term in the penitentiary. save
his securities the sum of $40, 600, and give his
family the benefit of several life insurance poll
cies amounting to $4,000
$aE DR.. p. III. Cardwelps BIZ
Dental Office, West Side Market Square, front
rooms Meters building up stairs, north of P.
Kern's. iii19dtf
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