Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-10

money. 1 told him no, and lie then too
hold of my leg, as if he meant to ara
me from my horse saying, " ou
have to tell different stor.
from that: you ride too fine
horse not 10 havesany money" soOl
realized that was beset by robbers, ant
the big Irishman mentioned. having
made q belligerent demonstration,
drew nv pistol, a small deTinger. from
my pocket and fired, The ball taking
effect in his side, [ believe, fatally
heard him say, "Tm dead man. a,
he ran to The edge of the csnebrake AM
/ fell. Some of the other men said, "Mc.
lCarthy is wounded" 4" and after that re-
member nothing more until / found my
self living in the middle of the road
with a deep cash cut in my head, my
clothes all gone except my neither gar
menls, and my pockets robbed OF one
hundred and eighty-twO dollars, aud all
that they contained. Before
was knocked senseless saw
| them throw the man whom ] had
shot into the saddle and drive my horse
off through the canebrake, and that
/ was the last seen of them. The horse
they stole from me is a peculiar looking
animal, with large brown and white
I spots, carries q high head, aud when
pacing, hops in his right foot. The de-
scriptiOn Of the horse is such that any
person might easily identity him, and
| through this means il is possible some
clue may be obtained to the band of
desperadoe~ who are operating in so
high-handed a manner in the Little
Deer creek and Rolling Fork region.
HoRsE-THIEvEs CAPTURED.
From the Jackson Tenn. Herald.
On the night of the thirty-first Of De-
cember, John II. Smith, living near
Mifllin, in Henderson county, had sew
eral horses stolen from. his premises.
The next morning, having discovered
that his horses were missing, he, in
company with several of his neighbors,
Immediately started in pursuit Of the
thieves. In the meantime, three suspi-
ciOus looking characters went into Lex
ington, in the same county, where they
were arrested and lodged in Jail. The
prisoners, after they had been thoroughly
examined, were then taken out and
requested 10 give information as to
the whereabouts of the stolen property.
After certain preliminaries, such as
sham shooting and hanging, the fright
ened scamps acknowledged that they
had committed the theft, and told where
the horses could be found. These fel-
lows claim that they are from Calves
ton, Texas, from which place they came
to Henderson county, having passed
through Jackson on the morning of the
day the theft was committed. One Of
the three men who were captured is a
splendid linguist, speaking fiuently
seven different languages. These horse
takers are supposed to belong to an or
ganization whose adherents have been
playing havoc with the horses of Hen
dersOn county for some time. The names
of the three captured are Charles Ford,
George SchielteT and John Moore, all
Of whom have taken comfortable quar-
tiers in the Henderson-county jail.
A MAN SHOT.
From the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Commercial.
Last night about seven o'clock, man
by the name of Ben Thomas, an en-
ploye of the Roane iron company, was
shot while passing up James street, near
MsjOr CaTile's, in the direction Of his
home. The circumstance attending the
seem to be rather mysterious.
was said to have been under the
influence Of liquor at the time, out has
the reputation of being peaceable and
quiet. No one seems to know who did
the shooting but Thomas himself. and
he declines to tel for the present. The
man was carried home by
some friends, and Drs. Wight and Burns
called to dress the wound. On exami-
nation they found that the shot had TAX
ED effect in the left leg, between the
knee and ankle, breaking the bone, and
inflicting an ugly flesh wound.
A KLEPTOMANIAC--A NARROW ESCAPE.
From the Jackson Miss Pilot
Some time since 3 gentleman from
Nicksburg was confined in the lunatic
asylum at this place. He was not en-
tirely sane, but considered harmless in
every way but one-he was a kleptO-
maniac. While under DIR. ComptOn's
care he was so correct in his department
and gave the superintendent of the asy-
lum so little trouble that he was fire.
quently sent into the city on light
and always attended to his
business and returned promptly. One
day, however, while in the city, he fell
in with bad company, took 10 drinking, |
1ChA0lLlEu efDGGuA GEhtAGA AdNSs anu
was severely reprimanded when he |
made his re-appeaTance at the asylum |
This offended him, and shortly thereaf- !
tef he disappeared entirely, Recently, |
Superintendent Compton received let |
ter from the Iunaway's brother in |
NicksbuTg, stating that the insane man |
had been seen at that place, and re- |
questing that, should he return to the |
asylum, he be kept there. The other
day he walked into DR.. Compton's of |
flee, at the institution, ragged and
dirty, and stated that he had been in |
New Orleans driving hOrse-car, and at |
other places. DIR. Compton was of course |
desirOus of securing his cratic patient, |
and kindly suggested that he should 90 up |
stairs, wash himself, eat his dinner, and |
he would then feel much better. But the |
eccentric gentleman shook his head |
and said that they "wOuld not get
him in that establishment again." DR.. |
Compton then told him steTnly that he |
would have 10 stay. At this the maniac |
became nervous, began searching in his |
pockets, and finally plunged his hand |
into breast pocket, drew five
shooter and prepared to shoot. This was
ettingunpleasant. DR.. Compton sprang /
quickly upon him, wrested the pistol frOm |
lis hand, and before he had time to
cock it, or fire, took the weapon from
lim, and thus narrowly escaped danger.
The maniac was then secured, and now
'emains where he properly belongs, un-
il cured of his mental disease. The
genial superintendent will be careful
lOw he trusts that man hereafter, and
feels an unpleasant sensa-
ion cFppDinp nm his spiDal colupau yyban /
ne thinks of what might have happened
Gad he chanced to have been taken off
MS guard.
LA GRANGE.