Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-29
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a partner Of Mr.. w. j. Stegall
he was also employed at Mar
kum's mill, and for about a year,
we believe, lived in Lynchburg.
About the first Of January he
removed to Dresden, West Ten
nessee, where, it was reported,
he was killed. This was a mis-
take. He was shot, however,
and made a cripple for life, as
the following extract from a
letter dated the 10Th inst, writ
ten by himself, will show. He
had bought a saloon, and on
''The 10th day of February
our Circuit Court met, and as
usual a large crowd was in town.
A little after II o'clock three
men came in and one of them
called for a large can of oysters.
I fixed them up for them in the
back room. | was very busy
in the front room for some time;
in the meantime the companions
of the one that ordered the oys-
tiers went out. When l got a
chance | looked in the back
room and saw my man, VIM.
Rhodes, that ordered the oys-
tiers, laying on the floor as if he
was drunk. I went on about
my business for some time, when
he got up and walked out
through the front room where |
was without noticing me. l fol-
lowed him to the door and over
took him on the sidewalk about
4 feet from the door. Islapped
him on the shoulder and asked
him who was to pay for them
oysters. He let ON that he did
not know anything about them,
and said that he eat no oysters
and would pay for none. l
took him by the collar and asked
him to come back and talk it
over and see if / could not con-
vince him he had. He said he
would not come back either. |
then gave him a pull or two and
broughthim into the house back
wards. Just at that time Col.
Baker, the editor of the paper
here, was coming across from
the courthouse right in front
of my door. He saw my man
trying to get out a pistol, (me
being behind him | did not see
IT'D Baker came right up in
front of him and took hold Of
his hands and tried to get it
from him; about that time six
or seven other good citizens
came up, some OF them in the
house, the restat the door where
they could see all that happened.
Rhodes had hold Of his pistol
right to shoot with his right
hand holding the barrel in his
left hand and Baker had hold
of his hands, pistol and ALL
Rhodes at last succeeded in
turning quartering round and
fired under his left arm and shot
off the ball of his own hand
and shot me in my right leg a.
bout four inches below the groin,
the ball ranging downward-I
don't know where, we never
found it. My leg bled great
deal, the town constable arrested
him Immediately and from loss
of blood | tainted, a large crowd
Of my friends Immediately took
charge of me and called an old
doctor who lives here to dress
my wound, he called a doctor
from the country that happened
to be near to help him. My
friends carried me into my house
which is in the same building
back of the saloon, where they
dressed my wound. Owing to
my wound bleeding the doctor
put a bandage around it tolera-
bly, tight from the groin to the
knee. On account of that BAN
dage or some other cause, | lost
the feeling and life of that foot,
and | suffered almost death with
it for eight days, whenmy friends
advised me to change my doc
tors; [ done so by calling in
Messrs. Edwards & Rodgers of
this place; they Immediately
tookotf the bandage and changed
the treatment but failed to bring
life in my foot again. 1t went
on until the 9th day of March
when l had it amputated about
four inches below my knee"
s@ FEENEY 81 Co. will buy
or barter for all kinds of coun-
try produce. They are selling
groceries at extremely low pri-
ces. Call on them at their
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