Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-25
PERRYVILLE.
ers and Supervisors Price and
Holmes.
From the Little Rock Gazette

From the Little ROCK Oazette.l
All day yesterday crowds of eager cit
liens were discussing the late Perry
county troubles, and the arrival Of the
evening train on the Fort Smith rail-
road was anxiously looked to, in the
hope Of eliciting further particulars.
Constable Smyers and Supervisors J. E.
Price and William [. Holmes, the former
president of the board, arrived in the
city late in the afternoon. They all left
the new town of Perryville on Tuesday
evening, though Constable Myers was
in Old Perryville at four o'clock
Wednesday afternoon; and the three
gentlemen named came from Perry
county since ten O'Clock Wednesday
night. In a brief interview with the
gentlemen last evening our reporter
learned that they were in the city to lay
the facts before the authorities, and as
certain if relief could be given
that terror-stricken county. They
all concurred that though officers
of the law, they could not 90 to Perry
vile without danger Of personal violence
from Manes's gang of desperadOes. Con-
stable Smyers says he held warrants for
certain men, with instructions to serve
them despite resistance, and hence he
summoned the posse that entered Perry
vile that afternoon; that soon after the
supervisors court adjourned he with
drew his posse from the town, and i'm
mediately afterwardManes's force, which
he is reliably informed is full forty, took
possession of the town and have it yet.
Constable Smyers said he had authority
from justice of the peace to summon as
many men as necessary to enable him
to arrest the men for whom he held war
rants. He yet has the warrants.
One of the gentlemen was informed
by a member of the Names fac
ton ''that the longer the present board
of supervisors remained in session, the
worse matters would become" POliti-
cally, Supervisors Price and Harper are
Republicans and Supervisor Holmes is
Democrat. Constable Smyers does not
know who or what squad shot Pigg, but
is informed that Pigg was arrested by
portion of the posse; that he snapped
his gun and revolvers and started to
run; that ne was told to halt and failed
to DO so, and was shot while running.
A warrant was out for Pigg, and the
party that killed him were vested with
authority to Arrest him. A rumOr was
afoat yesterday that Justice Weddell
had been shot, but these gentlemen
bring the news that the rumOr is
false. They assert that these troubles
are perpetrated by totally irresponsible
men. 1t is certainly time Names and
his followers were driven to the wall.
They have run riot over the good people
of Perry county long enough. The pre-
vious reports as to the number of COnsta-
bic Smyers's posse were incorrect. He
had but about sixty men, and had no
resistance been made to his lawful
authority, no trouble would have Oe-
Cured.
Names, when he entered the town
with his gang, is reported to have made
intemperate and violent threats, which
have had the effect to cause much un-
essiness in the public mind, and we'll
nigh driven the better class Of citizens
in Perry county to the conclusion that
their only safety lay in meeting force
with force.