Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-05
ATROCIOUs OUTRAGEs.
Young White Woman RaVished by n
Negro Fiend-HOrrtbIea and Brutal
Treatment.
A Gel BFed NAIL agent Taken out of his
Car and Murdered-Eurder Of Two
HeErOss n Montgomery COun-
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A dastsrdly outrage was committed
! in the sixth district. "a ar Concord church, on
/ the Nolengville pike.thirtean and half miles
from nashville, Monday night the facts o.
lows: Holday morning, abort eleven O'Clock,
I when Mrs Bennett Mason was approach ng
I her house with basketO OF peaches which she
had gathered in an orchard, she saw strange
negro standing in the yard. Her husband Dt =
ing absent, and herself slone, she felt rather
timid, but asked the negro politely to take a
sat he sst down on a chair on the porch,
and as she passed him, after setting the basket
OF peaches down, on her way into a r9Om, he
seized her and dragged bel toward the door of
the room. Being naturally endowed with a
great deal Of strength, she resisted, and COM
menced TO scream. Dragging her into the
room, however, the incarnate nend forced her
on the bed, after eflectually stopping her
screams. by throwing a qnit over and en-
yeloping her head, he accomplished his
hellish purpose. During the struggle, il is Ie-
ported, ne cut her thigh and throat, while au-
other version says she was caught in the
Dushes snort glstance rom lhe mouse
thrown down by the negro and then raNish-
ed, and when found by her husband, was COW
cred with weeds and dir. The Infamous
scoundrel then fed, and had not, up 10 the
latest accounts, been capt-red. Mrs Mason
was not discovered for some time, until her
husband returned from the store to which he
had gone in the morning, and found her in
sensible. He Immediately gave the alarm,
and, leaving his wife in the care OF their
neighbors, started in pursuit of the negro, but
had not yet captured him al last accounts.
Constable Robertson and several citizens also
went in pursuit. and are now endeavoring TO
capture him. A strange negro, supposed TO
be the dsslardly scoundrel, was seen at Anti.
och station yesterday morning and inquired
the way 10 MuTfreesbOro, but the persons in
charge Of the station, not having a descrip-
tiou OF the negro who committed the rape,
did not arrest him. The citizens all around
the surrounding country express the greatest
indignation, and every endeavor VIII De
made 10 effect his capture. Mrs. Mason lived
thirteen and one-haif miles nom Nashville,
near Concord church. She was between
twenty five and thirty yeas Of age.
From he Chattanooga Commercially
Thomas L. Ivey, colOred route-agent
on the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad,
has for ONE time past been running on the
southern division Of that road. On last sat
urday, as the train was going south, at point
about three miles above York station, num-
Der OF masked men tagged the train down,
and Ding to the mail-car, where Ivsy was on
duly in charge OF the mail. and shot him to
death without a moments warning. Ivey
had been about one year in the service, aud
he has always attended strictly TO his own
business, and the probabilities are that he lost
his life simply and solely because OF MS color.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal
MT. STERLING, KY, September L.
On sunday night last while the colored peo-
pie on Grassy Lick, in Montgomery county,
were at church, some unknown persons came
10 the door OF the bOnse during service and
called a couple Of darkies. No sooner were
they outside than they were fired upon, both
shots taking effect. esterday IL was thought
the abdomen. One Of the parties charged
with the shooting was arrested and lodged in
Jail Yesterday. The cause of the shooting has
not been learned.