The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19
THE RGYD MYSTERY.
How the Deed was Done.
Tie Murder Of TLOS. G Boyd as told
by h. p. Reagan.

regard to the mysterinus dls"Ppearanct
Of TEnS. G Bnyd.
Hr. Reagan arrived in Knoxville oI
Friday last. aud his evidence trken l.,
Col l.. B Whitney. Of IA" seor,t service
If the Treasury DrIartmrn'. lcf"re Maj
A. II. Petit one, ASSIST ut United State
Attorney General. The testimony i
'el gthy and cnvprs the entire time from
heir del arturo from Sw'erwnrer ~
W, fnesday. the 4th inst, including tho
tine
THE BURNED BODY w,s FOUND.
until IT. npnhnelinV Of The jury Of IN
quest, and lie last act Of an Official M
rure lefure starting "n the memorable rriI
was uttesting a voucher for Dnrras v H.
'ams. widow Of Randolph l.aucy. inynlv
NJ about $l,5C0 This was dane in
Iioyd's office.
Reagan 4 ted that he had been living
with Boyd At Sweerwater aud was on in
mate term. With hilh. On Wednesday
morning l,tupen \ and 8 o'clock, he and
I~lrnslry started in a buggy for the noun
iIs Cor the purpose of Summnning wit
ne,se> for Boyd whom tley expected to
"ept Ut his farhrr's, at Mount Vernon,
Int when they arrived no ne was there
xrepr a colorrd girl. However, Mrs
Boyd aud Mrs. Srillmnn came in shortly
| after, and there they STAYED al night.
On Thursday morning they started
or the Garden settlement, having been
ioined by Thns &. BOYD, hut heir buggy,
~ more properly a sewing marhine wag-
N. had the 81 at broken and tIey
LEFT THE VEHICLE
'' Col Rn,d's. aud he an Hcn''sy and
T. III Boyd proceeded thruc" IN horse.
lcE, 60 ny in the direction Of Coco
reek. Boyd riding young Heisl ellis
o'>e. l~Icn>lpy taking the Horse fr"m III"
urgy and Reagan riding an animal he
hid orroscd from Ezra Reagan, u Lins-
man
They travelled al dpy Thursday and
the evening reached the residence of a
IN nayred Hawkins: where they remain
O. all night. On III, next morning. Fri
a., they left, Intending IN 60 to u MIR.
N~0!cnuhr's aud thence into the edge of
y, til carolina, for the purpose Of serv.
,mg subj enus. Az before stated. There
A're several parties living n short dis
ice from the route hey intended trav-
ing whom hey wished to summon, and
II. II ely w,nt to notify a witness AZ KeI-
s, while Boyd and Reagan sen to a
dow Roberts. having appointed a rem
zvuu| 1T Vim GoImlpy'>, where thcy
81 and proceeded on their way until
ipy arrived a Jn>rIh Coppensrr'',
here they nined, eating their " pr =
%i>ionA, n large quantity Of which had
cen ~p,elar"d by B'yd'e mother bef"e
hoy stared, which was carried in u sack
N Hen ley'S horse At Coppengcr'S they
prOcLred some corn for their h0rS'-, Nj
eging the scarcity IF forage on the noun.
t,ins. They arrived ahont noon. In re.
pnmse to n question the witness said that
e had ever travelled from Mrs. Ruhert-'
u Grrmley's before that day, as It WAS a
70 nd hut little f~revueni'd.
APPEARANCE OF THE KUKLUX.
After dinner they started on their way.
meeting Joe Coppenger and II son Of
" i'll Payne IN the m"nntain two or three
miles from where the ascent hegnn. This
"as bout two o'clock p. H.. Shortly al
prward, Reagan sLw a make by the side
i the road and killed it. They were
hir>ty and spoke Of dlSrnonntin. to get II
rink of water, when before they c"nld
o 81, 1.-TWO black, horrid looking Neu
rmed with pi.trls rushed ont Of the lau-
rel thirkpf," to use the witness own
words. aud nIdrreh them 10 surrender and
give up heir arms. Witness heard the
"mshcs rustic OH tho Ut er SIDE Of the
road, and Looking a'Ound Ia saw three
"tIer Disguised men. Being unarmed
hey submitted u thnut resistance When
tbs occurred i I'd vas riding in. front
and witness and Reagan just behind him.
The three last Corners looked after
Boyd, while the two first proceeded to
Reagan, the person who did so being de-
scrihed a. a "hig, heayy-hesrded fellow
handing his pi-tol 10 his comrade t hold
while he bnnnd witness hands behind hi
back. This being done they paid the
same attention to Iiensley, when u Eqn4b
BILE ensued, in which Hen~ley's pistol wa
knocked out of his hand. They were
then
ORDERED TO MOUNT.
but could not do 80 without assistance
Witness was very much excited think
ing their time had come. Boyd was ais,
tied. Just before the three Last kukluS
appeared he heard sums one say ''ru>f
IN" or something to that effect. The,
we're reiz"d before they had crossed LIu'
'el Branch.
Thu prisoners were then taken back
ahont sixty yards, when they turned of
INTO the woods on the left, when witnes,
thinking his horse would fall, was helped
of and allowed to walk. They then Sent
on top of the mountain and again got 81
his hor e. when after proceeding is h
supposed about Il mile from the road
'UtV tldIltu " SilliL NlulO d'h 'HNI l'''
ceeded a short d Stance further, VII I
they stopped again. Witness was
0 BLINDFoLDED,
bot HenSley was. Here tn. horses were
taken away from them and the prisoner,
h.n walked some distance further, tins
time III the direction of Laurel Branch
Ahrn they stnpred for the third time and
were searched, and everything taken away
rom them, witness had $32j in money
Reagan and Hrn>ley were then taken :
ew ,teps fr III the top of u hill On whicl
the search took place and M d. to ST
down, with t cir had, and Get tied se
curely.
Boyd wa. then led If b, tn first tw,
aho had appeared, and Re yam and Hens
lie. left al ne, IT, cap;ors rem rki'rg thai
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