Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-12-17
CRIME AND IT'S CoNsEqurNcEs
Arrest of Ganum Mynatt. enc OF the Gang
of East Tennessee Banditi.
lie Verifies the Saying that The way Of
the TrapsgressOr IN Hard
His Statement After CapturP-LOudCrmilk
the only Member of the Band AT
Liberty. DC, &c &c.


His Statement AFTER Capture-LoudcrmiIk
the only Member of the Band AT
Liberty, &c, dc, &c.
AS has been previously stated in these
columns, Ganum Mynatt, finding the usual
ly salubrious climate of East Tennessee not
adapted to his constitution departed for
the clark and bloody ground" of Ken
lucky, his first stopping place being Bar
louisville, where he thought to find ha-
ven of refuge secure from the search of the
myrmidons of justice, but sad for him,
only to be disappointed, for he had scarcely
pressed the soil of the inhospitable village
with his weary feet when he was spotted
by pair of vigiiant selfconstituted guar
dams of public morality and taken in Gus
tody, while missive was forwarded to
Sheriff Gossett, announcing the fact and
asking. in the language of the immortal
Tweed, "What are you going to do about
it?n
This letter was received on Thursday
the 4th instant, and acting on the nfor-
nation therein contained, that energetic
official left on the four o'clock train the
same afternoon, accompanied by two dep
uties, for the purpose of bringing the
gentle Ganum back to his old quarters in
the stone palace provided by the fore
thought Of our county patriarchs for the
accommodation of gentlemen of his ilk.
RETURN OF THE FUGITIVE
Thursday morning Sheriff Gossett, John
Jonesand J. n. Ray returned ,brining with
them the third link in the chain "gang.n
From every side ofthe street the finger of
scorn was pointed and the words "there
goes Mynattn could be heard. The prisoner
was taken to Jail, and asked to be placed
in the cell with Mangrum and Henry
Mynatt, but as Mangrum seriously object
ed to such move, he was placed in another
cell tc await his trial.
In the afternoon we called upon the
| Sheriff and gathered the following facts in
regard to his trip: Leaving here on Thurs
| day of last week, on the Knoxville and
| Ohio Railroad, and arriving ut Jacksboro'
! that night, he remained there until ueXt
morning, and, finding that it would be inn
| possible for him to procure horses, he at
once engaged hack. and the party started
! for Barboursville, through Big Creek Gap
and via Boston, KY, distance of So miles,
over terribly rough road. They arrived
at BarbOursville on Sunday morning, be.
| tween and a'clock, and remained about
| two hours, to make some necessary repairs
to the hack, receive the prisoners, pay
| charges, &C., after which they started on
their return trip, taking the Muddy Creek
road to Boston, and they say it was muddy
and rough without a doubt.
| A BREAK DOWN
of one of the wheels took place about three
miles this side of Barboursville, when {
piece of timber had to be used in the place
of the wheel, and thus the hack was drag
ged about two miles further, to the residence
of man named Watkins, where it wa.
repaired, and by Monday noon they were
again ready to proceed, taking the MUD
Creek road to Boston. They arrived a
that place on Tuesday about 10 o'clock
and finding that they could not cross tn,
there until Wednesday morning, when
taking an early start, they arrived a
Jacksboro' that night about o'clock
Leaving there at o'clock, they came owe
to Careyville in time for the morning train
arriving in Knoxville at 1890 yesterday
just one week having expired since Sher
if Gossett and party started out after him
MYNATT SAYS
That after he broke Jail with the rest of thu
party, he took but one trip with them
and that was into North Carolina, wher,
he obtained work, and leaving the com.
pany he remained for some time at labor
Shortly before the Strawberry Plains fight
he returned to his home, keeping himsel
quiet, having nothing to do with Man
grum and his party, until one day they
came to the place where he was and asked
him why he would not join their party
and wear good clothes, showing him theil
fine suits, and offering him suit, which
he said he refused to accept.
He did not attempt, however, to explain
how he came to be with the party at tn,
time Of the skirmish near the Plains, bu
admitted that he was with them, receiving
q slight wound. After ne was Wounde(
he stayed around in the Vineyard settle
ment, and claims that IL would have beer
impossible to have Captured him at tina
point, as he had tGo many friends. H,
thought, however, that he would be SAT,
in Kentucky, and started for that State
but was arrested within half an hour afte
ne arrived at BarbOursville, the party ar
resting him having a paper containing
an account of some of the operations
of the gang" and containing Henri,
Mynatt,s name. He denied that he wa
the man they wanted, aud his name wa
not Henry Mynatt. But when anothe
paper was presented, containing full nc
count of the Strawberry Plains skirmisl
and the capture of Mangrum, copied from
the CHRONICLE, and in which Ganun
Mynatt's name figured conspicuously, h
gave in, and admitted that perhaps he wa
the man they were looking for.
He said that he was perfectly satisfied a
the result, and would not make any NOR