Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-10

y. III. Edgar, vice-president of tie same
General A. M. West, president of tn,
Mississippi Central; Mr.. Billings, Mr.
w. n. Francis, and Mr.. w. B. Hillyard
these three last from McComb City, il
this State. On Thursday the board ne
at this place and Organized for the yeal
/ by electing Mr.. Billings president, Mr.
Francis secretary, and Mr.. HillyarC
treasurer. An executive committee
consisting of Colonel l[cComb, Genera
West, General Scott, Colonel Thomp
son, and Colonel Edgar, was chosen e
manage the affairs Of the company, witt
the full powers ~ The whole board
The board resolved to move the gen
eral Office OF the company to McComl
CITY. and establish q branch Office il
the city of New YORK. The Courier, in
giving the above information, conclude!
from It's activity and an anxiety in New
York to get holC of its stock. that the
indications are that this comRany bid.
fair to become one Of gigantic proper
tons, and viii no doubt become one o
the great, and probably leading features
in the representation Of southern enter
prise and southern capital
The Vicksburg Herald of Saturday
! announces the capture near that city o.
a man answering to the published de.
scripuon Of John Gender, one of the
numbering Bender family of Kansas. a
/ suspicious character had been seen about
/ the city, answering to the description,
/ and suspicion pointed to him as the fu-
gitive, John Bender. Chief Hall and
Captain Edwards, 0. the police force,
1 commenced to scour the city in search
of him, and Coroner Richardson did
likewise Yesterday they were all
mounted Gnd in hot pursuit, and late in
/ the afternoon some colored men, who
| had been put on the trail, shOUldered
their muskets, and after a lively chase
captured the fugitive, and marched him
into the city at the point of the bayonet.
As soon as the supposed Bender was
confronted by CaDtain Hall, he spoke
up quickly and said: II am not the
man that committed the murder at Bas-
trop, but know who did.u Nothing had
been said about the murder at BastrOp,
and his information on this score was
entirely gratuitOgs. ae denied being
John Bender, or any knowledge of the
horrible crimes of that notorious family.
He answered the description perfectly,
however, except that the scars were on
mentioned in the description. 1t is said
that he was in this city a year or so ago,
snd was then known as John Bender.
The police say that whether he is Ben
der or not, he is evidently bad charac-
ter, and fugitive from Justice. His ae-
counts of himself are very conflicting,
and they think i quite certain that be
is wanted somewhere. He will be taken
out Of the wOrkhouse to-day to sit forh his
picture, and when this is done, his cOun-
terfeit presentment will be forwarded to
the proper authorities in Kansas, and
also to BastrOp, Louisiana.
The Vicksburg Eerald tells of fight
in that city on Friday last, over a dice
table. 1t appears that two men named
Smith and Robertson, entered CondOn's
saloon and proposed to play . game Of
cards for the drinks. Jimmie Condor,
a brother of the proprietor of the estab-
lishment, who was attending bar, told
them it was too late, and that he wanted
to close Up. They then suggested
throwing dice, TO which Condor assent
ed. On the first throw the bar-keeper
was ''stUck," and accordingly treated.
Afterward Mr.. HOrrigan, a bOarder in
the house. was elected" " and he treat
ed likewise. The third time Smith
was the loser, and the next
time Robinson. Both declared
the proceeding unfair, and refused
TO acknowledge their obligation. Hor-
Tigan made some remark about the
game being as fair as any other game,
and one word provoked another, until
the baT-keeper, Jimmie Condor, inter-
fered, when Smith said to him: az came
in for you, and I can knock hell out of
you in minute.n Condor then
came out from behind his counter to
eject the man from his premises. As
he did so, Robertson struck him in the
mouth, and then followed q hand-to-
hand tumble, and a general row. HOr-
rigan interfered to separate the parties,
and then Smith went for HOrrigan. In
the general melee that ensued the two
Smith and Robertson, who
came in and started the row, were
badly wOrsted. Smith received a severe
stab in the abdomen, just below
the navel, and Robertson had his
skull fractured by . blow from a
brick. Condor and HCrrigan were both
bruised, but neither Sc
riOusly hurt. The two men, Smith and
were conveyed to the city
hospital early yesterday, where their
We're dressed, and where they
viii have proper care and attention.
The wounds Of both Smith and Robert
son are said to be dangerous, and prOba-
bly, fatal, and We learned late yesterday
afternoon that their recovery was con-
sidered dOubtfCl. Mrs. Condor states
that she threw the brick which struck
Robertson or the head and fractured his
skull, and Smith al.irms that he received
The ghastly cut in the abdomen at the
hands of Horrigan at the time he at
tempted to interfere in the fight between
Condor and Robertson.