Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
EAST TENNESSEE AFFAIRS.
Chase, Shooting and Capture Of John
Mangrunl, Another Of the Notorious
Outlaws.

Chase, Shooting and Capture Of John
MRngrunl, Another Of the Notorious
Outlaws.
We gave an account day or two ago of
the conflict in East Tennessee between a
band of outlaws and posse of citizens, as
reported in the Knoxville papers. The pur-
suit was continued after Loudermilk and
Nangrum who made their escape, but the
latter not without severe wounds. From
the Chronicle of the 18th we condense the
following account of the capture OF Man
grum by Mr.. j. X. Love:
Saturday night the pursuers spent near
Campbells Station, Sunday MesSrs. Love,
Bailey and Keen Went up the, railroad to.
wards Erin, thence to Easley'S and thence
over towards Mrs. Don's, where Love
thought the gang would pass the night. In
the midst of the storm of early Monday
morning they were within sight Of the place
which was to be the scene of the capture.
About 3 O'Clock Monday morning. while
watching Mrs. DOn's house, they saw two
women within, making up a fire and cook
ing breakfast. The pursuers knew what
this meant. Determined to see what was
ia the house, Love bolted in with his gun
an hand, and to mislead the women, asked
for the Vaughn boys who had been doing
mischief in the neighborhoOd. The women
said no such boys were about. Love poked
about under the beds to satisfy himself and
then went off as though convinced. But
his discoveries only satisfied him that his
men were near at hand. Ionic Smith, who
had joined them at London. had been left
a short distance off with the horses. Love
and Baily took their station about two
hundred yards from the house to watch de-
velopments. While living there, Love heard
Il low muttering noise near by. He listen
cd and called the attention of Bailey who
pronounced it owls. About the dawn of
morning one of the women came from the
house towards them and ran upon them
before she knew it. Love stopped her, and
she went back to the house. Soon after.
Love and Bailey moved up towards the
point where the owl sound proceeded. As
they neared, Mangrum heard them,
and, suppOsing it was the woman
with their breakfast, he jumped up and
CRowED LIKE A ROOSTER.
Seeing his mistake, he started to run, but
Love had his gun drawn on him, and fired.
Mangrum said, Il am shot," and started to
run, but turned and snapped his pistol
twice, when another load from Loves shot
gun brought him to the ground with his
right side and breast literally
RIDDLED WITH SHOT.
Bailey was to fire at LOudeImilk, but in
The terrible storm his gun got wet and it
snapped. Loudermilk and Mangr1Im both
snapped back, but their pistols were wet
and would not go off. Love and Bailey
pursued Loudermilk short distance, but
fearing he would run on to Smith, who had
their horses, they turned to look after them.
When Love got back to Mangrum, he
asked him for the pistol he had shot him
with. MangTIm gave it up, when Love
said, l guess
I'LL HAVE TO SHOOT YOU, JOHN.
As cool as though asking for drink of
water, Mangrum asked him not TO do it,
saving at the same time, '.You have fixed
me up already" "You never spared your
innocent victims when YOU robbed them,
and do not see why should spare YOU
But Mangrum asked for his life, and Love,
vino had not intended to shoot him, prom
ised not to harm him if lie would tell the
truth about the plot to take his life. Man
grum then told him that there had been
such plot.
1t seems that the low muttering heard by
Love and Bailey duringthe night proceeded
from under a pine tree, where Mangrum
and Loudermiik had been sleeping all
night on a bed made of shucks and pine
boughs, covered with a blanket.
MangrUm was taken to the railroad and
brought to Knoxville on the noon train
Monday, and hauled to the jail, surrounded
by a large crowd. He was suffering from
his wounds.
Loudermilk escaped, but parties are after
him, in close pursuit, and it is expected
that he will certainly be taken.