Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-27
BLOODY BRAwL.
The way Love Matters End in West
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From the New York Heraid.l
LOGAN COURTHOUSE, w. v, August
8.-Upon my arrival found the little
community still in a feverish state Oi
excitement over what / aseertained to
be
A MOST BLOODY AND SURDERoUs RIOT,
having its origin in the alleged seduction
Of young and handsome widow, res
ident here. In order to give a clear con-
eeption Of the affair, it will be necessary
TO state briefly the circumstances OF q
murder that occurred here as far back as
1870. During the month Of Msy Of that
year, the quiet mountaineers Of this
country were startled by the intelligence
that a murder had been committed in
the vieinity-a most eold-bloOded, delib-
crate and foul murder. The victim Of
this tragedy was a'weli-known and es-
teemsd young man, a store-keeper by
profession, named Peter d. Morgan,
who was singularly popular throughout
the country, while the murderer was
supposed to be one Uria5 Bushkirk,
man Of exceedingly bad reputation, and
who, owing to former difficulties and
rencOuntres in which he frequently used
the knife and pistol, had 10 leave the
country aud seek an asylum for the time
being in the far west. Consequent upon
the murder was the arrest Of Bushkirk,
on suspicion that he had committed the
deed, and this was almost confirmed be-
yond the question Of q doubt by devel-
opements that followed. Unfortunately
for Bushkirk he had q very pretty,
charming and
FASCINATING LITTLE MOUNTAIN WIFE,
with whom report went to show, and
subsequent facts to prove, that Morgan
had been too intimate. 1t was during
one Of the periods OF Bushkirk's inVOl-
untary exile that this intimacy was be-
gun, but so attached had Mrs. Bushkirk
become to her paramour that the HQisOH
was conducted after her husbands re-
turn. For q time the visits of Morgan
to the fsithless wife were skillfully con-
cealed, out at length they became un-
guarded as TO their meetings, and the
knowledge of their Intercourse finally
reached the ears Of the husband. Bush
kirk, who was a desperate man, had
after this been heard to threaten to kill
and on the very evening Of the !
murder he said he should net be sur.
prised to hear of Morgan's brains being !
blown out. 1t was on that very night, |
Morgan was at his store as usual, attend |
ing to his business, and Bushkirk was |
seen in the neighborhood armed with a /
'itis. Morgan had served several of his |
customers, and was engaged in waiting
lpOn lady, standing behind his coun-
ieT, when some one on the outside, with |
erTible and deadly aim, sent a bullet /
,rashing through the window and
THROUGH THE BRAIN OF MORGAN.
Almost simultaneously with the re-
port OF the gun the blood spirited from
he wound over the lady Morgan was
waiting upon, and over the goods that |
ay upon the counter. The lsdy
creamed in terror, thinking she had |
,esn murdered. Morgan fell to the floor
. bloody corpse, crowd rushed to the
Gene, and the greatest excitement en-
ued. A few moments after this, Bush
Kirk, with the most imperturbable cool
less and delioeTation, went to a doctor
iving near by, and told him he had
'heard q gun go off," and he sishould
lOt be surprised if some one was not
,illtd" Bushkirk, after some trouble,
vas arrested and lodged in jail, but that
Office not being very secure he found
10 difficulty in escaping from it very
con after his Incarceration, and he re-
NAMED away over two years. He re-
grns d in 1877, and showed himself pub
cIy in the neighborhocd, when, as in
uty bound, the authorities had him