The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-15
DESpERkrE ENCGUNTER.

The Banner last week pub iShed
two long communications detailing
he purticull rs of desperate cncoun-
ter between Joe RAvAgeS, negro
preacher, and DR.. Shy, at the resi-
Ience Of Simon Shy, near Franklin,
Tenn, on the night OF the 9Th ilit.
An attempt WIS made 10 fire the resi-
lence # AIr. Shy un the 18Th of
september Dy some unkhOan party.
Ihe communication says the f.pris
Nere Immediately communicated to
GOV. Brown, vino Offered Il reward OF
$500 for the arrest and convi"tin" Of
the perpetrator, to which reward DR..
d. -. .cAJ, eOm VI nj. .ollIlOn iohy, All
d.I lie sum of $50. Ever since the
attcmpt "oJhing ms been LEFT uhdomc
~ The ftmiiy and friends to ferret out
me villain and bring him 10 justice.
i negro detective, from Nashville,
some days since, appeared il the
nyighborhood, disguised as lsba.er,
nd foand EN- plOyment at wood-chor-
iag wiki quite uLm"cr + o;i.c.
ItgIo men. By adroit questioning,
.iled 10y Inform ton received from "a
colored woman in that neighJorhood,
he MAS lrd to su~p2ct tA..t Oh, J0v
tgvages, negro pIcache: who lived
an the farm OF M.nte y, leaiy, I'D
JJining Mr.. Shy, was the man 10! whom
ne was searching. Accordingly ~
insulating himself into the confidence
# Joe, he learned fiom him that h.
indeed had made the attempt. He
remarked that he had failed, nut t!.c
next time he would III Ike letter work.
Immediately it waS agreed that Joe
and the 10 him unknown detective
were to com inn, and on iiurSd ,
night proceed to old man Shy's and
effect an entrance, when Joe was TO
proceed to the cid fix room XIII
them and rob and bum the hUu>e.
DR.. Shy was informed Of the pl Ii l,y
the detective, and accordingly iepoI.-
ed to his fathers house on Ihusd '
night, accompanied ly Mr.. j. y.
Cayce, aud Nj. Thompson Allen, #
THIS pace, tol the purp0s- OF seeing
the thing well done. They barely
arrived on time 10 arouse Mr.. an'
Mrs. Shy, who live al me, ana iifoim
them Of what was TO t Ike Place, when
the villain, followed hy tine detective
entered the house by the front door.
DIR. Shy who WAS seated near by,
he ri the muIdelous Will in rcnaa, k
ia 4 whisper to the detective th.t he
would first proceed up stairs and Nil
the old folks, secure their money and
then finish the job by fling the
house. As he WIS proceeding to the
stairway to carry out this hclli,h de-
sign, DR.. Shy opened fire upon him.
The first shot the l.. thinks missed
him, when the Negro wheeled an
leveled a pistol at the doctor and
snapped mt him, and then closed il
On him, the doctor firing rapidly ali
the while. A hand-to-hand sttpgg'c
enSued, the negro vauly trying to
thrust his pistol into the face of his
antagonist. The doctor, having cmi
tied his pi>to., caught tie weapon Of
the vii ain, and with his Other .b;uc
-l-w,s peiting him over the head with
the but Of his pistol Al this st:s'
Me.ars. Cayce and Al en- appearc,.
and commenced firing, when The ne
gro Embossed himself and made 60.
the st,irway. A dou, le-barr lei
shotgun Was fired ly Mr.. Allen, ana
the shot was repeated by DR.. Shy,
and Joe Ravages fell corpse in tbs
parlor of his intended victim, his body
perforated with pistol b.lls and .uck.
sh D DR.. Shy, in the scLfir, Wa.
shot through the hand 10y one Of hi
own party, he thinks; but aside from
this, although the negro fred twice
no da mage WAS done to the inmates
A cor ner's inquest was held by Coz
oner w. X. II 'yn=-, on Fgil y m,Tn
ing, aad erdies re.tr G. IL .s,.oEd
ance rith the Above --.sosIe..k