Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-08

street, to explain the matter. While doing
so his carriage at the door was Immediately
surrounded by large and excited crowd,
who commenced jeering and denouncing
him. Just as his carriage was being driven
of, some one fred q pistol. The driver
Immediately piled bis whip and drove up
Natchez alley at furious pace"
kellogg Lnterviewed.
The Ptcaytne has the following:
Rep MIR Kellogg, am a rep sentative
Of the Picdyltee, and if you have no objec-
ton to tell them would yoti detail the facts
Of the attempt on your life to-day.
Mr.. K-Certainly; have no objections.
left Mechanics Institute this evening in
company with Capt. Geo. L. Norton and
went down the common to Magazine street
and turned up Magazine to Whitney's Of
ice for the purpose of seeing Mr.. Hutchin-
son regarding some complaints heard he
had made about his passengers being inter-
rupted this morning by the police. After
conversiDg with Mr.. Hutchinson a short
time, tod Norton be need not wait for
me. he went off and few minutes later
| left Mr.. Hutchinson. On walking down
the steps, just as I was about getting into
N12t soSCS oOAA1C SCheAOAhGSA oeoAd4hS
asked tie if my name was Kellogg. He
spoke very hastily and excitedly.
Rep.-Did you know him TO be Mr..
Bailey?
Mr.. K-No.
Rep.-Haye you any remembrance of his
appearance? r.I
Mr.. K-He was a fine looking, rather
middle-aged man, of large statue. l no
ticed several rough characters and boys
little distance off who seemed drawn on each
side. There might have been fifteen or
twenty.
Reptile asked you if you were Gov.
Kellogg or Mr.. Kellogg
Mr.. K Il can't say whether he said Mr..
Kellogg or Gov. Kellogg.
Rep.-What did, be do when you told
him you were Gov. Kellogg.
Mr.K.-He spoke excitedly snd
used harsh languages, saying" you
a damned scoundrel," and one or two other
expressions of like import. was in the
act of getting into the carriage, and l said
to him 81 am not acquainted with you and
don't know that have done anything to
offend you sir" Some other person short
distance of, raised bis hand and shook his
fist at me, saying something could not IN
derstand, because my driver started the
horses. As we went round the corner from
Magazine street, he .rd shot and simulta-
neously felt the passage of the shot by my
neck.
Reporter reporters had it that you
were shot in the neck.
Mr.. K.-Well the reason of that is that
when the ball passed l involuntary rails
ed my hand to my neck. The driver was
driving pretty fast. said to him, abe care
fol and don't run into that dray." | spoke
pretty sharp 10 him. really was not con-
scious that pistol was aimed at me until
l felt tiDgling.
Rep.-You then went where?
Mr.. Kellogg-Just as soon as he drove
on Camp street l said, "Don't drive SO
fast" and he drove comparatively slow
round to the St. Charles Hotel.
Rep.-I heard that you went TO the st.
Charles Eotel and procured a close carriage
and had fifteen policemen to come up here
as body guard.
Mr.. Kellogg-That is not so. l was at
the hotel some time talking to Mr.. Rivers
until came up here with Capt. Flanagan
in the carriage that is now standing at the
door.
Rep.-Then suppose, Mr.. Kellogg, that
is all you know of the affair?
Mr.. Kellogg-That is all 1 know, but l
have been told since that the person who
accosted me was Mr.. Railey.
The WOuId.be Brutus.
The statement of an eyewitness is that
the young man who fred the shot was
about three PAGES behind the carriage as it
turned into NatcheZ street followed by
loud and jeering crowd. 1t penetrated the
back of the carriage. The man was well
dressed, very quiet and very collected.
A SOrtie-SOIid Shot and Shell.
The Picaylne's New Iberia special says
a sharp engagement took place to-day at
st. Martins. the police, about lis p. m,
made sortie from the town and attacked
the forces of Col. DeBlsnch, who fell back
before them. The police fred both solid
shot and shell from the cannon but without
effect. They advanced about mile and-a-
half beyond the town and made a stand,
but retreated after skirmish before the sd
vancing forces of Col. DeBlanch.
BRAsHEAR, May THE United States
troops are still here quartered in the rail-
road depot. They expect to leave to-mor-
row with the agreement that no Metropo-
litans shall have transportation with them.