The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-03-13

NEkESIED.-ln last weeks journal W,
published that three men, on Sunda,
night, February 10th, had zone to til,
house of Il French citizen in this county
and, after running his two daughters t
the woods, committed II namcless outran
upon the wife OF said citizen. In additio,
to what they did, the Tullahoma Indie
pendent of March Sth, says: "Aftcl
making her a victim to their beastly pas
sions, they compelled the poor creature tc
sit on a hot stove until she was burned in
a dreadful manner"
In the same issue of said paper appears
an article Of late date from which We eX-
tract as follows:
Just rs we were going to press late
Yesterday evening, Sheriff j.. A. NormaG
of Moore County, arrived in Tullahoma,
, having in charge the three villains who
committed the brutal outrage upon Mrs.
Willcmon, an old lady living six miles
south of this place, al account Of which
appeared in the Independent last week,
and which we supplement with additional
particulars in this issue. Two of the
wrctrhrs are named Hampton, and the
othrr is Il voting man by the name OF
Fari,. All three of them are uncommonly
mean looking, and appear to be capablcol
| almost my sort of crime. Sheriff Nor
man arrested them yesterday afternoon on
the Fayetteville pike five miles this side
of LynchbWrg. lie first met them yester-
day mornin. on West Mulberry Creek
utrly aroused his suspicious. Having
,.,,1 .,, ,.n,Int nf thp pltrlUn in LAST
weeks independent, some rnaccountable
feeling led him to connect the three men
with that affair, and becoming more and
more confirmed in his suspicious, he
finally collected together a few friends
and started in pursuit When he over
took them they were walking lcisurely
along, and upon being Intercepted on
the subject, they not only gave assumed
names. but manifested Il virtuous indigna-
ton at being disturbed. However, the
Sheriff arrested them and brought all three
to this place whore they were Immediate
" recognized and identified as the guilty
parties.
AS the outrage was committed in
Franklin county. Sheriff Norman started
Tor Winchester last night with his pris-
oncrs, where it is to be hoped they will
meet with that swift and stern punish
ment which their shocking crime deserves
We are no friend of Judge Lynch. but
wretclcS like these men deserve a speedier
punishment than the forms of law will
admit OF. y cong rope ana Il short shrift
MOulI -Git .tIcir case exactly. Sherif
Norman deserves great credit tor his vigi-
lance in this affair. Moore county is for
tunate in having,sicli an energetic officer
On Saturday last Sheriff Norman, OF
Moore county, arrived in our town with
the prisoners, and they are now undergo
ing. at this writing, a trial before Esqrs.
| Merritt and Slater. How the Judges will
determine we know not. nor would we
prejudice public opinion when we assert
that IRON our conversation with various
well-informcd parties the Judgment will
be adverse to the parties under arrest
But it may pc they are innocent. If 50,
we will he surprised. If guilty, they
! should certainly suffer a worse penalty
than is fixed by the lame laws of Tennes-
see for DEMONSTRATING. The men under
arrest have employed able counsel. and ii
may be that their bold efforts can make
the worse appear the better cause" never
theless we feel that the Court will decide
right in the premises. The complainants
are impecunious French immigrants, and
we are 10th to believe they would com,
into court except under plausible, If moi
extraordinary reasons. and especially dc
we think so in view of the fact that they
need an interpreter in court. Such per.
sons deserve leniency from the prosecu-
ton, for 1t ia a matter Of law and order
and general good rersuS dollars and cents
It may he that the men under arrest are
innocent, but Of one thing we feel sure
that is: The offence was committed, ant
a worse one cannot be named in the cata'