Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-19
HARLER'S MURDERER.
Arrest of the Negro, Bob Baskin, Who
Murdered Nr. Marler, Near
Salisbury.
The Murderer's Story a FalsehoOd-A
COld-BlsOded Crime, Perpetrated
for e in.

A few days since we published in tLs
APPEAL the particulars of the murder O
a Mr.. AIarler, Of Salisbury, IN this State
by a negro man, who made good his es
cape. On Sunday evening, a week ago
this murderer made his appearance neal
Fupelo, Mississippi, and in letting down
the fence Of q eottOn-6eld, was told by
its owner that he could not ride through
il. He persisted, and presented a pistol
70 enforce his intention, when Mr.. Nc.
Canless, the sheriff, put in his appear.
auce and arrested him. SusPecting him
not to be all right, Mr.. MeCanIess tele-
gTaphed to Bgena Vista. In few min
utes, says the TUpelo Journal, the oper-
atOr at Egypt, where the dispatch was
sent 10 be forwarded 10 uena Vista,
sent copy Of 3 dispatch 10 our city
marshal from Salisbury, Tennessee, ad-
dressed TO BUena Vista, 70 be on thelook-
out for one Bob Bsskin, cOlored. who
had murdered sn old citizen of SauIs-
bury as he was returning home about
dark, on the evening Of the eighth in
stani. Mr. McCsnless then telegraphed
TO Salisbury and soon received an an
swer directing him to hold the negro he
had arrested until parties could be sent
down to identity him. Five citizens OF
salisbury, one cOlored, arrived here
Tuesday evening and proceeded with
the sheriff to the jail, and identified the
negro at once. Bob, who had been put
in irons after the dispatch from Sauls-
bury was received, made them clank
considerably as he heard the crowd
marching up the narrow stairway into
bis cell. he spoke to the negro who had
been brought TO identify him, and to one
OF two Of the whi-e men calling them BY
name. On Wednesday morning be, OF
his own accord made clean breast of
the murder of Mr. Marler telling ali the
circumstances connected with the hOrri-
ble deed. He was seen near nightfall
walking rapidly beh nd Mr.. Marler, who
was riding horseback, as If be desired
OvertakiDg him A short while after be
was seen walking behind Mr.. Marler,
two reports Of a pistol were heard. and
Mr.. Marler was next day found about
fifty yards from the road in the direction
from whence the sound of the firing
seemed to proceed. He was shot through
the forehead and also through the shoul-
der. De was killed just where foot
path cuts of an arm of the road, and
the negro Is supposed 10 have taken this
near cut and reached the main roa4 be-
fore Mr.. Marler came up. 1t is thought
that be sprang forward, grasped the bri-
dle reius OF Mr.. Marler's horse and
shot him through the head with
the pistol. killing him the first
fire. He IS believed to have fired the
second shot to make sure Of him, while
falling TO the ground. The negro then
mounted Mr. Marler's horse and pro-
ceeded in the direction OF Corinth. AT
Corinth he swapped the horse for the one
he was riding here, when arrested in Mr..
Reese's field. he also swapped the sad
die, obtaining, as he alleges three do
lars 70 boot" The negro says that Mr.
Marler had lost some spelling-b0oks out
of his saddlebags as he was going home,
and ia riding back to look for them, be
met him, got into 3 dispute with him,
and tried to cut him with a barlow knife,
when he (the negro) shot him. The
books were found near by where the
murder was committed, which stamps
falsehoOd at once on the negro's story.
He is held by the authorities here
to await a requisition from Governor
Brown.