Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20

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/ Dr. Welch, OF this county. and Drs
Whitney and Atkins, of Lexington,
were with him and thought that
there was hope despite his very criti-
cal condition. God grant there may
be IS the frequent aud fervent wish
Of his many friends.
THE FINALE.
Granville Smith, after the shooting,
passed down the cliff to the river,
crossed over TO this side IN a skif
and went 10 q house upon the bank Of
Hickman creek He here inquired
for some one to carry a note to Mich
Olasville for him, and a messenger
being found he wrote to Hon. A. L.
McAfee, inclosing S16 Is. asked him
TO send down suit of clothes for
I HIM and see to his burial; to pay with
| 70 cents the fare TO Lexington OF the
negro boy who had accompanied him,
and giving various directions as 10
the disposal of his effects.
After the messenger had gone, he
stated to the people of the house that
when he 'shoisted lhe black flag a.
gainst a man the work had to be done
well;" that he did not intend to be
captured "to be gaPed at by a crowd
in the courthouse" nor did he wish
to stain any ones floor with his
blood; that he was going away from
the house, and when they heard his
pistol go of, they could come and lay
him out. No ono offering to prevent
him, he then went a short distance
from the house, took or his bsots and
coat, sat down on the ground, and,
taking from his pocket a small Smith
& Wesson pistol, shot himself in the
temple.
He was seen by a witness TO do the
act, as deliberately as If it had been
an ordinary occurrence, and a note
was found in his pocket, stating that
he was ''sound in mind aud all right. "
He was taken to the house, and died
in a few hours afterward. His son
came down from Lexington aud took
charge of his remains.
UNTO THIS LAST.
Aud so cndeth perhaps the most
mournful chapter of history that ever
the grim ellis of Kentucky river look
ed down upon--a chapter all the |
more mOnrnful from the fact that n
round the couch of the wounded man, |
and from his family aud friends, not /
a word against the man who shot him !
IS heard; nay, even the knowledge Of /
the uncle's death is kept hidden from /
the nephew lest the grief of il might /
accelerate his own. All the more /
because the two had loved |
each other so much, and with the 4
misfortune of both strange
bitterness had come TO the one-a
strange fountain of Marah in which
le hath drowned himself aud steeped
lis own aud another family to the lips
n it's Dead Sea waters.
IRANvILLE SMITHS LETTER TO W. T.
HUGHES.
The following is a copy of the let
er sent by Granville Smith to w. T.
hughes:
car HOME" Nay 2sth, 1874.
". Wa T. Hughes: II
You have lied to me and deceived
le, which caused me to become your
ecurity, which wall break me up. ,
.ou have it in your power to rein :
sato me, and you have il to do now
is no use to think of anything else.
viii sacrifice my life on IL. nm
illing to go to hell with yOu rather
han to be turned ont of dOcrs-sO
lake up your mind to do IL at once.
do not wish to take any advantage
you. You can determine where Il
e will go to settle il and how-on v
onorable terms, hope, as / do not |
- j. 10 do nnxrfIafsarr 1far~raaafrrl u I
hOpe.you do not. This country is
OF large enough for us, and as I am b
he oldest, do not intend to leave b
le United States. What you do, do a
uickly, as / am impulsive. No delay !.
bout it. You never answered my
ife's letter-treated her with con- :.
,mpt. | sent a proposition TO you II
ating what 1 was willing to do. by n
y Mr.. Hunt and Major Wiley. You
Ould not do anything. You will 4
ever have the same olfer again. 1t
now all or none. We will hoist the : !,
lack flag. 1t is left with you 70 de- Z
,rmine which must be done before Il
our departure, which is the first of
lne. You had better not delay. Let L
) settle it hOnonbly, and not to dis 4
race ourselves. / am not contend =
g for the love of money, but for =
hat you know to be right and Just !,
stween man and man. If You were Y
Ot able, / would not ask il. After i
sitting the last you could get your 2
If, you then wanted me and others
go in for Harp, who you know has
Othing, nor would he pay IL he had. o
know these things. You have act ?
l a traitor to me-have gotten my i
lme OH notes under false pretenses, a
hich will send yOu 10 hell. Norem- q
ly for it. 1 urge you to meet me 2
ID settle it honOrably. do not ?
ish to do anything disgraceful to Il
yseh or family. 1t is with you what a
J done. 1 have repeated often n
Tough. 1t is with you. 1 viii not n
tract what have said, so help me n
od. Fixed and sealed. n
GRANVILLE SMITH.
A true copy that handed TO VIM.
Hughes, May Doth, 1874.
G.. SMITH. 4,