Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-28
CHARGED wifTlH MURDER.
Arrested After Nearly Mine Years o
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Eaneied security.
A Louisville detective came TO this city
Friday, armed with a requisition for the
arrest of man by the name of Squire Ca
bell, charged with having killed a man near
Louisville in the spring of 1865. The de-
tective secured the assistance of Larry lty-
an, andt the two arrested Cabell at iIudson's
grocery, on North College street, near JEFF
ferson, at ten o'clock yesterday morning.
The latter had stopped IN at the grocery,
when, few moments later, Ryan and the
Louisville man came in. One Of them
spoke to CabeIl, calling him by name, when
he remarked, "There must be some mistake
.I.,y name is Griffin.'n The Louisville
detective replied that he knew who he wag
talking TO, whereupon one of Cabell's COM
paniOns spoke up and said he had worked
in the same shop with Cabell for the past
twelve months, and that he knew bis name
to be Griffin. A few more words passed, a
pair of handouts were suddenly produced,
and Cabell was secured. As the instrI-
ments clicked together, he turned as white
az the wall.
He was taken to the Louisville depot at
once, notwithstanding his request to be
allowed to see his wife and children before
starting, and was taken to Louisville
yesterday afternoon. G
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
The wife of the arrested man gave to
representative Of this paper yesterday, the
following account Of the killing and her
husbands subsequent movements
"The name of the man killed was Fitch
or Fetch, and he came to picnic held near
where we lived on the Nashville road,
nine miles from Louisville. He came
there with five pistols and said he was
going to kill eight or nine ankee soldiers.
He shot my husbands cousin, Henry
Weiser, ard when Henry fell, my husband,
ran to help him up. Fitch started towards
him and run to pull my husband off to
one side, and while / had hold of him,
Fitch shot at him twice, both balls going
through his clothing. THIN Joe Woods
and Ben Woods handed my husand a. pistol,
and Fitch started to run. There was six
teen men started after him, all of them
shooting, and after he run little ways he
fell. My husband was
ALWAYS A QUIET, MAN
and minded his own business. Joe and
Ben Woods came to our house soon after
the killing and said they were uneasy, and
| that they were going away and wanted my
boys were arrested afterwards and had a
trial and they were acquitted. Since then
they have openly said they killed the man,
and know my husband is perfectly limo
cent"
"Where did your husband 90 when he
| went away at the same time Joe and Ben
Woods lefI?n inquired the reporter.
''IIe went to Terre Haute, Indiana, and
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tradc-he's a cooper Then he went TO
Russellville, Kentucky, and staid there
about four years, and then he came to Nash
Vile, where he went to work for Mr.. Brack-
man in his cooper shop and he's been here
now over year. lie is not drinking
man but works hard and provides for his
| family, and now he's gone | don't know
what in the world will become of me and
the children. We've go four children and
have been married ten years.
"IIow is it that your husband has been
going by the name Of Griffin-when did he
take that name?'
''IIe has always gone by that name since
his mother married the second time. His
father died when he was very young, and
his mother married man by the name of
Griffin, and the neigbbors all call him Ivy
| his Step-tatherS name; but lie has told peO-
pie here in Nashville that his right name is
Cabell, and so have /. There was
| 4 LAWYER IN LOUISVILLE
| by the name Of Thompson. lIehas known
my husband since he was little boy, apd
he sent him word TO give himself up and
have his trial. and he would insure his
being cleared. Ny husband wanted to do
| it, but | vas afraid to risk it, and thought
that as he was fires he had better keep opt
| of the way, wish now had let him go
10 Louisville then. He has been in Louis
Vile three times since the man was killed,
and he wasn't disturbed"
Cabell is spoken Of by his former asSo-
eates IN Brackman'S shop, as beinga steady,
industrious man, who always attended to
his own business, molesting no one. He
is a small man. and is thirty-four years Of
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