The Osceola times., 1873-11-08
FILIAL AFFECTION.
How a Tennessee Youth takes
care ofhis Aged Father--Thir-
teen stabs with a Butcher
knife.

VIC SiNo -hr. LuiicTty OWN NoTuS,
as no dressing of ours can add to
"the simple pathos Of his tale
We would remark, however, for the
information of our readers at q dis.
tancc, that Island No. 80 belongs to
Lauderdale county, Tenn No Ar
kansas youth-and least of all one
from Mississippi county would be
guilty of such shockingly unflial
conduct; as one of them very feel
ngly remarked in our hearing a
day or two ago in discussing this
affair :"if he had anything agin his
old man-that is if the old man
didn't know how to behave hisseli
proper, he'd take him out and shoot
him out of his misery at onst--he
wouldn't hack him up Waterway"
a sentiment that we are sure will be
echoed by every "high(Dtoned"
youth that has any family pride
not to say affection. The following
is Mr.. Laflerty's statements:
A Son Attempts to Assassinate
his Father.
regret that it is my misfortune
to furnish you with an account OF
one Of the most heart rending and
horror-inspiring scenes that has
ever occurred in this "nick of the
woods: On Sunday night, the 10Th
ul,., at about 10 o'clock, James II.
Emmerson assaulted his father with
a butcher knife, using the following
language "God dam your old soul,
I've been wanting to kill you for a
long time, and now I'll do 1T" at
the same time pitched on him with
such impctuosity and fury that he
succeeded in inficting thirteen
wounds before he could be arrested
by those present, who were, Patrick
O'Ncal, d. II. Jones and myself.
The old man had just got out OF
bed to prevent his son from making
an assault on me, which he was
about to do without any cause OF
provocation, when he turned on
the old man and inflicted the wounds
as above stated. The blood flowing
streams soon weakened him so
/ that he was compelled to lie down
and soon became unconscious-ly.
ing in that condition for an hour
when DR.. IIotchkiss, who had been
sent for made his appearance and
applied the necessary restoratives
and brought him TO. On examine
lion, three wounds were found in
nicted in the left shoulder and arm
three in the head one Oh the right
cheek two on the right hand one
in the right shoulder; one the right
hip; the other two were very slight
and none Of them were considered
dangerous. The old man is now
on his pegs again, but still weak
from loss of blood. The cause Of
the attack is supposed to be some
old family trouble of long standing,
best known to themselves. James
r. Emerson was arrested, kept all
night, and started under guard next
morning for Ashport, for the pur-
pose Of turning him over to Esquire
Strickland. On the way, the party
stopped at Mr.. II. Haynes for break
fast, and while the guards were eat
ing the prisoner made good his es-
cape. The last heard Of him, he
was trying TO get across the river
into Arkansas, and no doubt but he
is now in your state.
As the old man is not able to Of
fer q large reward for his arrest, he
bids me say that his thanks and
gratitude will be lavished without
stint on any one who will secure
his orring son IN any Jail in the
United States and notify him, JAS
Emmerson, BY telegraph or letter,
at Osceola, Ark.
yrs, IoHN LAFFEaTY.