Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-28

der was commltted, thinking TO eVade
detection. He threatened to kill Towles
if he betrayed him, but not deferred by
the threat, Towles has handed him
over tojustice. Woodward is the son oi
an old and greatly respected minister Of
that section of the State, and the SYM
pathy of the entire community is ex-
pressed for the good old gentleman,
whose gray hairs are bowed low under
this real sorrow.
Railroad Accident.
At eight o'clock Sunday evening,
promptly on time, the splendid night
train forSt. Louis left Barring Cross. The
train was filled with men, women, and
children, and was in charge of Con-
ductor Pratt. The engineer was F.Ben-
/ vile. 1t will be remembered heavy
rain fell the greater portion of Sunday,
making, in some places, the ground as
soft as mortar. 1t required great eau
tion to run a train, and the conductor,
engineer, and brakemen were constant
| ly at their posts, on the lookout for dam
ger. Notwithstanding all this precau-
ton, however, while the train was run
ming on time between McAlmont and
Jacksonville, it suddenly left the track,
with the exception of the locomotive.
The scene of the accident was in dense
| forest, with water on every side. The
| track at this point was on an embank-
ment, which, in all probability had be-
come water-soaked, thus allowing the
rails to spread under the weight of the
| train, and throwing the cars from the
track. The first to leave the track was
the baggage-car, the baggageman being
thrown out of the door, and the head
| brakeman into the end door. The car
was off badly. The next was the second
class or smoking-car, which was thrown
down the bank, bottom up. The third
was the frSt-class passenger-coach,
which was also precipitated down the
bank and nearly turned over. Fourth
and last was the magnificent palace
sleeping-car Bermuda" in charge of
Conductor o. S. Newell, one end Of
which was down the bank, the other
resting on the fill. In the coach were a
number of ladies, who were taken out
of the windows, all of whom escaped
uninjured. Every car was well filled,
and not a passenger was Injured save
few who sustained slight scratches. As
soon as possible after the accident, Con-
ductoT Pratt Returned to the city and in
| formed Mr.. Homan, the superintendent,
of the accident. A relief train was at
once sent to the wreck, which returned
with the passengers to this city about
two o'clock yesterday morning. An
other track was laid around the wreck,
and the regular train left for ST. Louis
at eight O'Clock last night.
Execution Of Billy Williams.
From the Austin Miss Republican,
On lest Friday, in accordance with
| the sentence of the court, Billy Will
| liams, one of the murderers of Mother
| White, suffered the extreme penalty of
| the law, denying to the last his guilt,
and asserting TO the last moment his
entire innocence. At about half-past
twelve o'clock, he was brought from the
| Jail by Sheriff Manning, assisted by
Deputies Perkins and Neblett, and con-
Quoted to the seaffold. After religious
services by Rev. Rackar Mitchell, VIII
| liams was allowed the usual opportuni-
ty of addressing the large crowd
which had assembled from all parts of
the county, which he did at some
length. After which the cap was ad
justed, the death warrant read, and
Billy Williams was launched into eter-
nifty. The large crowd was unusually
quiet and orderly, owing to excellent pO-
| lice arrangements made by Captain
Manning. After the attending physi-
clan had pronounced life extinct, the
body was lowered, placed in the coffin
and decently inferred. Thus closed the
career of one Overtaken in crime; a SOL
emn lesson to those left behind Of the
| consequences of crime, which should
ever deter one from imbruing his hand
in the blood of another.
COwardIy Murder.
From the Washington Chronicle
Another terrible shooting affair, which
will almost certainly result fatally, Oc-
Cured yesterday morning on Z. street,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
at No. 1915, in one of the houses known
as RutherfOrd's row. 1t appears that
Mrs. Fanny Kelly, the wife of Fred
erick Kelly, who lives in the rear part
of this house, employed a colOred boy
named Samuel Agge to saw some wood
promising to pay him twenty cents.
About ten O'clock yesterday morning
Sam went into the back way and up a
| flight of steps to the door OF her room,
and, calling Mrs. Kelly out, demanded
payment of the money then and there.
| She replied that she hadn't it just then,
| but acknowledged that it was due him,
and that she would give it to him
later in the day. He told her this
was not what she had promised,
but she gave him to understand that the
money was ready for him when the
work was done. He said that he wanted
| il, and if not given to him then he
would have satisfaction. She was then
standing in the passage up stairs, a dis
| tance of eight or ten feet from him, when
| he pulled out a single-barTeled pistol and
| 81, - har tho no II anfarinu of
! the outer angle of the right eye and
| lodging III the brain. She fell in the
| hall way, the blood flowing in a large
stream and covering the floor. Seeing
what he had done he retreated down
the steps leading into the backyard,
and made his escape. The husband of
the woman was sent for, and in a few
minutes afterward DR.. Hartigan was
summoned by some Of the neighbors,
and was soon by the side of the unfOrtu-
nate victim. She was placed on the
only bed in the house, when the wound
was probed and pronounced fatal, the
ball having lodged beyond the reach of
surgical skill to extract it.
a wife Killed by her Husband.
From the Nashville Union and Americana
About four O'clock on Sunday evening
| last, Edgefield was the scene of one of
| the most shocking tragedies that has
ever been enacted in a civilized cOmmu-
nifty. For two years past, Conrad Kess-
| Ter, German, has been keeping a
bakery and confectionery on Main
street, Edgefield, his family living in
the same house, a two-stoTy brick, few
doors east of Tulip street. During that
period Kessler and his wife have had
| frequent quarrels, and on two or
three occasions have been arrested
for disorderly conduct and disturb.
| ing the peace of the neighborhOOd.
| At the time above indicated, another
quarrel ensued, and the alteration
which occurred in the store-room was
distinctly heard by persons in the neigh
| borhood. A few moments after the
| quarrel commenced, Mrs. Kessler made
| her appearance at the front door, and
| Just as She stepped out on the pavement
was heard to use abusive epithets to her
| husband. She then left the door sud-
denly and hurriedly, and to all appear
ances like a person who feared s0ne
bodily harm. From her position at the
door. she walked in brisk pace to a
front window just beyond the door, and
while in a slightly STOPPING attitude,
one arm resting on the window sill, and
peeping through the pane of glass, the
report Of a postol was heard. After the
firing, Mrs. Kessler gave shrek, and
ran about fourteen steps to point OppO'
stte the side door OF Weakley's store,
where she fell, the blood Oozing
quickly from the wound she had Ie-
ceived. A minute afterward she gasped
several times, and life was extinct.
The first mortgage bondholders of the
st. Joe & Denver railroad instituted a suit at