Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-13
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
A Bloody Horror in y Mississippi.
Burglary, Murder and Arson.
A store-house Burned mp with Two
Men, q Woman and O Chiid-FWo
Others Missing.


Others Missing.
MEMPHIS, March 12.-The Vicksburg,
Miss, Herald of the Sth says the steamer
r. B. Hurt arrived yesterday and her OH
GERS bring particulars of fire at Rolling
Fork and loss of life. The store of Messrs.
Ring s. Moore was destroyed by fire during
Tuesday night. Wednesday morning the
charred remains of Jesse Moore and Mrs.
Moore, Mr.. Goodbne and child, Billy
Jones, were taken from the debris. The
skull of Mr.. Moore had been broken IN
across the forehead, evidently with an ak
and the head of Mr.. Goodhue had been
almost severed from the body, apparently
also with an ak. The bodies of Mrs. Moore
and the child showed no evidences Of any
wounds. Mr.. Joe Tying is missing and it
Is feared that he also has been foully dealt
with. 1t was supposed at Rolling Fork that
Mr. Ring had gone to Vicksburg on a steam
er day or two previous to the Occurrences,
but nothing has been heard OF him by his
friends here. Billy Jones, the child, was
seven or eight years old, and the son OF
well known raf,sman who had left Billy with
Mr.. Moore while he was engaged in other
sections of the country.
Rolling Fork Landing is on Sunfower
river, st the mouth of short stream which
connects Sunfower with Deer Creek. The
store of Ring & Moore was the only house
at the landing, and was used as storing
depot for all the goods put of there. 1t is
supposed there were good many infamma-
bic goods there at the time of the fire, and
an explosion of powder was heard for sew
eral miles around. The numbering of four
or five persons and the burning of house
TO conceal the crime, is enough, of course,
to arouse all sections of the country ada
cent, and intense excitement prevails. No
clue had at last accounts been obtained of
the perpetrators of The horrible crime. Two
suspicious characters had been seen pre-
vious to the occurrence in the neighbor-
hood, and they have disappeared. Robbery
was doubtless the principal object in-View,
but the fiends being discovered at this,
they probably murdered the inmates of the
house and then fired it, hoping TO hide all
traces of their bloody work. The body of
Mr.. Goodhue was brought to the city on
the Hurt, and was buried from st. Charles
church yesterday afternoon. The building
and stock of Ring q Moore we're insured in
different agencies in this city for about
$1,000.
Burglary at Corinth.
The Office of Sheriff Gillen Walters, at
Corinth, Miss, was robbed Of $1,000 last
night by burglars who blew open the safe.
No clue to perpetrators. -.
Bamed Bank Burglars.
FALL RIVER, Mass, March 12-An un-
successful attempt was made to rob the
Metacomet bank early this morning. The
burglars had succeeded in blowing open the
inner and outer doors to the safe when par
ties approaching frightened them away.
FeIo de Sc.
SCRANTON, March 12-August Mayford,
a miner in the Central shaft, yesterday
suicided by precipitating himself down the
shaft four hundred feet, and was crushed
into shapeiess mass.
Fremont & Co. Declared Bankrupts.
CINCINNATI, March l2-In the United
States Court to-day the firm of S. W. Nor
ton s. Co, composed of S. W. Morton and
John c. Fremont were declared bankrupt
as firm. This firm had contracted in 1870
to excavate the railroad tunnel under Wal
nut hill. S. w. Morton resided here an
managed the business. During the trial
John q. Fremont offered to pay the claims
of the petitioning creditor and compromise
the case. Col. Williamson refused this Of
fer uDless Gen. Fremont would pay all
other creditors.
The Louisville Bank Robbery.
LOUISVILLE, March 12.-The robbery of
the Falls City Tobacco Bank grows in mag
nitude daily. 1t is now believed the amount
oF hOD1s 70 Ian il hptuaaO two and throo
hundred thousand dollars mostly railroad,
canal and government bonds.
Desperate Afrsy i'm a Magistrates
Office.
In New Albany, Indiana, to-day Lon
James, an engineer on the Louisville, New
Albany and Chicago railroad while his
brother Matt was under arrest in magis-
trate's Office for shooting at Lon started
out, telling Matt to follow him. The city
marshal, John Southerland, laid his hand
on Matt's arm and told him not to go as
he was under arrest, when Lon struck
Southerland in the face and followed up the
blow with ten or fifteen others, Souther-
land warding off the best he could and tell
ing James TO stop or he would shoo..
SoutherlsLd at length drew revolver and
shot James in the left breast, but the
wounded man continued TO strike b m,
knocking him into a largo wood box in the
coruer. Sontberiand then placed his re-
volver to James head and warned him
again to quit, but the warning was un-
needed and Southerland fred, killing him
instantly. Southerland then gave himself
up, but 10 one would make an affidavit
against him, and he was released.