Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-18
A uORRIBLE RUMOR.
All the inmates OF a mississippi Trading
Boat Reported Murdered.
Dame RumOr as Usual at Fault-The
True Account Of the sTrs Eedy.-

A terrible raw-head and bloody-bOnei
story WA current in the city yesterday
to the effect that a horrible tragedy haC
been enacted on Friday night at Brad
ley's Landing, about ten miles above
Memphis, where poor
CROCKETT WAS KILLED
in so mysterious a n over a yea
ago. The rumor was TO the effect thai
the whole crew of a trading-boat, in.
Guiding the Captains wife and children,
had been cruelty put to death. Informa-
ton of
THE TRAGEDY
was brought to Chief Athy's Office by
one of the passengers of the Grand
Tower, and detective MeCune was at
once dispatched to the spot to investi-
gate the entire matter. He went over
on the ferryboat John Overton to Mound
city, and there learned that a trading
boat, belonging to Captain Patt, had
been towed to Bradley's landing the
previous night, by the tug Ellen Bowers.
On board the trading-bOat were the
Captain, his brother John, a carpenter,
and the wives of the Messrs. Patti and
their families. 1t appears that shortly
after the boat arrived at the landing at
Bradley's, a man, under the influence of
liquor, came on board and commenced
interfering with the manner in which
Captain Patt was conducting his BUSH
ness. Captain Patt ordered him to go
on shore, which he refused to do, and he
was forcibly put off the boat.
BECOMING INDIGNANT
at the treatment he had received, he
went over to the village and swore out
a warrant to the effect that Captain Patt
was engaged in selling liquor without
license, before a colored magistrate. A
negro Constable was instructed to exc
cute the warrant, and
CAPTAIN PATTI WAS ARRESTED.
The trial was set for ten O'Clock this
morning, and as trouble was antici-
Captain Pats brother and
the carpenter above mentioned de-
termined to take the boat over
to the Tennessee side of the river, which
they did. During the night a number
of negroes crossed the river in skiffs,
above Island 40, and made an attack
with pistols and shOtguns on the parties
belonging to the boat. The wOmen and
children, the moment
THE SHOOTING COMMENCED,
fled to the woods for safety. The men
returned the fire, and it is said that Mr..
Patt was wounded in the affray. The
also sought shelter in the woods,
and a couple of negroes went on board
and took possession of the boat.
CUTTING LOOSE
from the bank they sailed down the
river, but knowing little of navigation
they Heated with the current of the
until Mound City was reached,
where they hailed some fishermen, who
went out to their assistance and pilOted
the boat to land. Such is the account
given by Detective McCune of the
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,
which thrilled everybody who heard it
yesterday, as the N was to the effect
that at least ten persons had been killed,
and that the trading boat, with several
GRINNING CORPsES,
had floated down the Mississippi river
past Memphis yesterday afternoon.
We want hundreds more to be bene-
flied, as already many have been, by
learning of the cures of malignant tu-
mors, ulcers and chronic diseases by
DR.. Bramhall, AZ North Court street.
Send for his circuIar-