Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-20

| way. Such certificates will not be issued
| to parties holding Exposition tickets, or
clergymen's passes. The Tennessee and
Pacific Railroad will return free all who
| pay full fare, on the Secretary's certificate.
Free entertainment VIII be provided for all
who may attend.
Rev. u. w. Busy, of Huntsville, Ala,
will deliver the annual sermon, on Satur-
day evening at o'clock.
The public are cordially invited to at
| tend the sessions and services of the AssO-
citation.
Delegates will report themselves on their
arrival to the Committee on Reception,
! who will be found in the basement of the
Central Church.
The Laws TransgressOrs.
justice Cassetty was Of the opinion yes
| terday that there was some reason to be-
leive that George Martin was guilty Of the
charge OF horse stealing, lodged against
him, and so committed that individual to
jail TO await trial.
Taylor Turner, of this city,While visiting
some relatives in Georgia,two years ago,got
into difficulty, and, it is charged, shot at
man who hsd insulted a lady relative.
On this charge Turner was arrested here
last night by officer Camp, of Atlanta, Ga,
and committed TO Jail last night for safe
keeping. He will be taken to Atlanta to-
day, Camp having procured requisition
for that purpose from Gov. Brown.
a letter was received from John Kindred
at the Jail yesterday. He says he is enjoy
ing himself as well at the penitentiary as
could be expected, and speaks in high
terms Of the management of that instItu-
ton.
VIM. II. Forrest, colored, was committed
to the county work-house by the Criminal
| Court, yesterday, on the charge of selling
whisky On Sunday.
In June last, a young man calling
himself Harry Palmer, made his aD-
pearance in this vicinity, claiming to
be the agent Of the Custom House at Louis
vile, and having with him samples Of
ladies' dress goods to be sold at a sacrifice
because takeU out of condemned overcheck-
ed cargoes. He proposed 10 trade on easy
terms, for instance, selling a silk dress
pattern for the sum Of two dOllars-one hall
in cash and the other within ten days, upon
the delivery OF the goods. In order to give
assurance Of his entire honesty and authori-
ty, Palmer had papers with the apparently
genuine signatures of certain custom
he called at a residence in Edgetield where
he succeeded in selling several samples,
giving receipts for the money paid him.
Either from ire form Of the receipt or
some other circumstance calculated 10
arouse suspicion, the gentleman of the
house, as soon as informed of what had Oc-
CURED, was impressed with the belief that
Palmer was not playing an honest game.
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aud the night after his visit to Edgefeld,
the sample dealer was arrested at a hotel
in tie city and has been since that time in
jail, awaising trial on the charge Of obtain
ing money under false pretenses. The
strial occurred yesterday in the Criminal
Court, the defendant pleading guilty The
jury assessed his term OF confinement
in the peniteutiary at three years. Pal
mer is a very intelligent young fellow, and
takes his sentence very philOSOphically.
He remarked yesterday that he was willing
to sell out his interest in the dry goods
business of Nashville, and shake the town.
Last night a young man by the name of
George Taylor was lodged in jai! for safe
keeping by Sheriff Mavfield, of CLAY conn
ty, on the double charge Of murder and
rape. The following facts in relation to
Tic NtlSC " GLC ODltAilEu u -Gtll lhdNlltlu
last night by UNION AND AMERICAN re-
porter: Last December Taylor, while I'M
der the influence Of liquor, killed a man
by the name of Jesse York, in Clay c0un-
". He fed to Bowling Green. Ky. where
he was arrested by the Sheriff of Monroe
county. Ky., and lodged in Jail at Temp
kinsville, from which he was rescued by a
party of his friends. He afterwards re-
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was engaged with Bill Brake and Joe Rid
die in committing rape upon young
girl of that county about the last of Au-
gust. He was arrested last Saturday IN
Overton county By Sheriff Bribery, of that
county, and an effort was made to rescue
him from jail that night, which, however,
proved unsuccessful. He is twenty-five
years of age. and is unmarried.
4 general row occurred between a trio
Of darkies, in Black Centre, near the Broad
Street Tunnel, yesterday afternoon. The
finale of the affair was that Ella Settle. one
of the female cOmbatan:s, received a severe
wound in the face from a stone, tn own by
Charley Gibson, the hero of the fight.
Gibson says Ella remarked that his sister
had kinky lead, and made other often
sive remarks, besides taking hold of her
anu SlldhLil- lltE dbOlb III q NtlN IUueu
manner. whereupon he thought it his duty
to interfere The two were arrested by
officers Bolton and Reagan, when the
former was lodged in the wOrkhouse the
latter giving security for hsr appearance
before the Recorder this morning.
Mo.lie Settle, coloFed, brought suit in
Justice Cassetty's court yesterday against
Solomon May, colOred, for a breach Of
e L. Il
Sl20 damages against the defendant.
TX gentleman observed a couple of ne
groeS, seemingly in great hurry, carrying
a trunk along Church street about II O'Clock
last Saturday night. Thinking something
was wrong, he called out to them to stop.
At this the darizies dropped the trunk and
ran out McLemore street in the direction
of Broad. The article in question was af-
forwards taken charge of by officers BrOd-
erick and Jackson, and can now be found
at the police headquarters
About two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
man giving his name as George Martin,
arrived in this city from OwensbOro, XIV.
He had in his possession dark roam mare,
nine or ten wears old, and about fifteen
hands high At 2. NJ. he was trying TO
sell the mare on North College street.
asking 500 for the animal. When just
in the act of making sale, he was nabbed
by detectives RYAN, Watson and Fields,
who took the prisoner and the mare to
%atson's stable, on Market street. Upon
arriving at the stable the detectives began
to interrogate Martin, who claimed that
his father lived nine miles from the city on
the Gallatin pike, near Neely's Bend,
and that he had resided there |
for two years. Being questioned |
about citizens k own to live in that |
section of the country. he could rot men |
ton the name Of a single individual. He |
also stated that his father lived on farm |
owned by a man named Samuel Colyar, |
and it is said 10 such man is 10 be found |
anywhere in that region Of country. The |
officers SwOTe ont a warrant against the |
prisoner on the charge Of horse stealing.
and arraigaed him before Justice Cassettv. |
5y whom lie was committed to iaIl. At |
ter his Incarceration he stated that |
he had a wife and seven children, living |
near Hartford, Ky. Being unable to pro- |
cure work anywhere, he left home on foot. |
and one night. after walking twenty miles |
during the day, lac came across the mare. |
in field. lie mounted the animal, and, |
with nothing bul a bride, rode her 40 this |
city, and was endeavoring to dispose |
OF her when taken into custody. |